VietPress USA (Feb. 18, 2016): World News on Feb. 18th, 2016:
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Scientists warn of coming global disaster because of water inequality.“We are revealing a global disaster in the making, yet we are seeing very little coordinated response.” (fusion.net)
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Fast-growing tumbleweed called hairy panic blows into Australian city - Dry grass piles up around homes in Wangaratta, north-east Victoria – at times reportedly reaching roof height (theguardian.com)
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Police find 10 hours of video footage of a Belgian nuclear official at home of a suspect in the Paris terror attacks (mobile.nytimes.com)
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Swine flu: Three hospital wards closed in Leicester, UK after 14 cancer patients diagnosed with virus (independent.co.uk)
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Obama to travel to Cuba President Barack Obama is planning to travel to Cuba within the next month, becoming the first U.S. president to do so since Calvin Coolidge. (politico.com)
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Nigerian soldiers capture Boko Haram’s deadliest stronghold:during the raid on Alagarno and general areas around Sambisa forest, troops were able to arrest two elders and notorious leaders of the insurgent group, named Mustapha Busuru, 50 years old, and Usman Abubakar, 56 years old (today.ng)
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Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and is now releasing detainees for a price of $500 a person. (bigstory.ap.org)
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Pakistan’s parliament becomes first in world to run entirely on solar power | The seat of the government in the country’s capital, Islamabad, is now wholly powered by the sun(independent.co.uk)
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