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June 01, 2016



VietPress USA (June 1st, 2016):

King Tutankhamun's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms (cbc.ca)
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Sweden: Fewer than 500 of 163,000 asylum seekers found jobs (thelocal.se)
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Forty tiger cub bodies have been found in a freezer at a Thai Buddhist temple accused of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse. (bbc.com)
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Cars registered before 1997 will be banned in Paris as of July 1st. (theverge.com)
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Forced contact with Amazon people would be 'genocide', tribe warns: Survival International says other tribes, who have themselves experienced the dangers of 'first contact', are protecting uncontacted groups against the plans of 'some anthropologists in another country' (independent.co.uk)
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Brazil's government has sprung a leak, and a flood of secrets is gushing out (latimes.com)
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The colorless coral corpses of north Queensland will soon be blanketed with mats of algae, and the hard skeletons will begin to crumble. It may take decades for the submerged wonders of what had recently been unspoiled reefs to resprout and recover from the wipeout, if they ever do. (scientificamerican.com)
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Foreign-connected PACs spent $10 million on the US election so far: It isn’t only American companies and unions that spend money on the US election, subsidiaries of European firms also make themselves heard. The biggest spenders so far are a Swiss bank and a British defense company (dw.com)
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Signals DetectedBlack Box From Crashed EgyptAir Jet Found (news.sky.com)
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'Universal cancer vaccine’ breakthrough claimed by scientists (independent.co.uk)
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Anti-vaccination protesters shut down Australian immunisation seminar, call doctors liars (au.news.yahoo.com)
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Saudi Arabia on course to execute more than 100 people. (independent.co.uk)
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Scottish parliament votes narrowly in favour of ban on fracking (theguardian.com)
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Germany’s second largest supermarket chain, Rewe, will stop using plastic bags. This will save Germany from 140 million plastic bags landing in the garbage every year.(general-anzeiger-bonn.de)
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Environmentalists plan fierce battle against Bayer-Monsanto merger Critics fear the takeover of Monsanto by Bayer would create a GMO juggernaut too powerful for Europe to resist, while conveniently "disappearing" a tarnished brand. Concerns abound over concentration in the seed market. (dw.com)
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The families of those killed during the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown have accused Beijing of subjecting them to nearly three decades of “white terror” in a bid to stop them speaking out about the massacre. (theguardian.com)
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Angela Merkel strikes deal with German states to put brakes on green energy. Pact addresses concerns that burgeoning output from renewables is putting strain on electricity grid and pushing up prices (theguardian.com)
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New ZealandResidents challenge council on sale of 40 billion litres of aquifer water.The battle over just who owns our water is being fought across the country. Water ownership is also an in issue in Hawke's Bay. Regional councillor Peter Beaven says everyone should own the precious resource. (nzherald.co.nz)
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British Special forces play Bollywood music to annoy ISIS (khaleejtimes.com)
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Dutch Labour Party kicked out Erdoğan loyalists: chairman (politico.eu)
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Israel on Wednesday freed a Jewish extremist detained 10 months ago following an arson attack in which a Palestinian toddler was burned to death. (nytimes.com)
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Walmart, Gap, H&M Called Out for Global Worker Exploitation and Abuse: Reports find tens of thousands of laborers in Bangladesh are still making garments in buildings without proper fire exits, while pregnant workers in Indonesia and India face discrimination and wage theft. (commondreams.org)
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World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work. It runs 35 miles (57 kilometers) and connects northern and southern Europe by passing under the Swiss Alps. Switzerland says it will revolutionize European freight transport. (bbc.com)
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BBC News: Renewable energy surges to record levels around the world (bbc.co.uk)
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China’s foreign minister berates Canadian journalist, calls question on human rights ‘irresponsible’ (thestar.com)
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