VietPress USA (August 22nd, 2016):
Speedo USA Drops Sponsorship of Ryan Lochte Amid Scandal, donates Lochte's $50k fee to children in Brazil (abcnews.go.com)
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The wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a surprise visit Sunday to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii fueling speculation that Abe may head to Pearl Harbor on the anniversary of the attack this year to reciprocate the historic visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to Hiroshima. (japantimes.co.jp)
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Philippine police anti-drugs operations have killed 712 since July. and 1,067 were killed by vigilante groups (theguardian.com)
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North Korea threatens to turn Seoul and Washington into 'a heap of ashes' as military drills begin (independent.co.uk)
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Muslim prisoners to be removed from communal prayers for spreading anti-British values (independent.co.uk)
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Burkini ban: Wealthy businessman pays fines for women who defied France's new law: Rachid Nekkaz has already paid out more than £200,000 in fines and legal fees levied on Muslim women who defied bans on the niqab (independent.co.uk)
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Stunning blue lakes spotted in Antarctica could be a sign its giant ice sheet may collapse (dailymail.co.uk)
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Ultra-Orthodox rabbis ban women from going to university in case they get ‘dangerous’ secular knowledge (independent.co.uk)
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NASA has successfully test-fired the engine for the most powerful rocket ever - ...those twin boosters (which are 17 stories high EACH) will burn 5 tonnes of propellant per second to create 3.6 million pounds (1.6 million kg) of thrust to kick-start the mission. (sciencealert.com)
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Orang-utans will be extinct in 10 years unless humans stop destroying habitats for palm oil, says charity (independent.co.uk)
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Drones carrying large amounts of drugs and mobile phones have been intercepted by police as they were being flown near a north London jail. (bbc.com)
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Russians who practice female genital mutilation (FGM) could face ten years imprisonment under a new bill. The bill says that FGM “has no place in a civilized society,” and was presented to parliament by United Russia deputy Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs. (themoscowtimes.com)
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Philippine senators opened an inquiry Monday into the killings of more than 1,700 suspected drug dealers and users amid a crackdown spearheaded by President Rodrigo Duterte, with witnesses accusing some policemen of gunning down suspects or being involved in illegal drugs. (abcnews.go.com)
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Scores of Turks have taken part in a peaceful protest in central Istanbul calling for justice over the murder of a transgender woman, Hande Kader. They held signs and chanted slogans for Kader, 23, an LGBT activist, whose burned body was discovered in a forest after she went missing (bbc.com)
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