VietPress USA (Jan. 20th, 2016): World News on Jan. 20th, 2016:
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The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. (sciencemag.org)
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ISIS destroys Iraq's oldest Assyrian Christian monastery that stood for over 1,400 years (news.yahoo.com)
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Leonardo DiCaprio has launched a ferocious attack on the greed of the world’s energy industry at the World Economic Forum in Davos. DiCaprio used an awards ceremony to demand more action on climate change, decrying those who deny it is a problem. (theguardian.com)
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Amnesty Int'l saysOver half of the world's supply of Cobalt, a primary element used in lithium batteries, is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo by child miners. (arstechnica.com)
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Vietnam is mourning an ancient turtle revered as a symbol of auspiciousness, whose death has shocked the country. Thought to be one of only four living Yangtze giant softshell turtles, it was found floating in the Hanoi lake where it lived. Cause of death is unclear. (bbc.com)
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India's internet regulator just called Facebook's Free Basics campaign 'crude' and 'dangerous' (scroll.in)
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Inside the world’s saddest zoo: Horror pictures show starving bears and lions abandoned by billionaire oligarch (thesun.co.uk)
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Swedish Police Instructed to Withhold From Public Suspects’ Skin Color and Ethnicity to Avoid Being Labeled Racist (theblaze.com)
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Government condemns "violent intimidation" by anti-Israel protesters at King’s College (jewishnews.co.uk)
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The UK government's official voice encryption protocol, around which it is hoping to build an ecosystem of products, has a massive backdoor that would enable the security services to intercept and listen to all past and present calls, a researcher has discovered. (theregister.co.uk)
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