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June 22, 2017

VietPress USA (June 22nd, 2017):

Norway has issued a threat to Brazil that if rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is not reversed, its billion-dollar financial assistance to Brazil’s Amazon fund will fall to zero. (theguardian.com)
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North Korea: Trump a 'psychopath' who may launch strike to distract from US problems (thehill.com)
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El Al can no longer ask women to change seats to accommodate ultra-Orthodox men, Israeli court rules (haaretz.com)
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Church of England admits: We helped cover up child sex abuse by bishop (haaretz.com)
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Finnish citizens given universal basic income report lower stress levels and greater incentive to work (independent.co.uk)
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Turkish Government Removes Evolution From High School Curriculum (news.sol.org.tr)
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The Queen reported to West Yorkshire Police for 'not wearing seat belt' (bbc.com)
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S. Korea does not need U.S. permission to engage with N. Korea: Cheong Wa Dae (english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
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French bus drivers wear skirts to get around ban on shorts during heatwave (independent.co.uk)
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Prince Harry says no one in royal family wants to be king or queen (theguardian.com)
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Conservative party call centre 'may have broken election law' | An undercover investigation by the programme has found that the party used a market research firm to make thousands of cold calls to voters in marginal seats in the weeks before the election. (theguardian.com)
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Polish lawmakers legalise medicinal marijuana (france24.com)
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UK homelessness surges 34% under Tory Government, with 100,000 more families losing their home compared with 2010 - 120,000 children are living in temporary homes as councils illegally place families in unfit accommodation (independent.co.uk)
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After London fire, 600 tower blocks must be tested for flammable cladding (reuters.com)
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U.S. Tied to Torture in Network of Secret Yemen Prisons Run by UAE (democracynow.org)
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Experts Suspect Russia Is Using Ukraine As A Cyberwar Testing Ground (npr.org)
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US refuses to back UN on abortion access in human rights resolution (theguardian.com)
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Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies demand (among other things) that Qatar shut down Al Jazeera news network in order to end blockade. (apnews.com)
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US issues arrest warrants for former VW executives: US authorities have issued international arrest warrants for five former VW managers and developers for their role in the Dieselgate scandal. Germany has reportedly refused to hand them over to the US (dw.com)
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Chile's police thwarted Nazi plot to destroy Panama Canal in second world war, declassified files show (telegraph.co.uk)
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A sniper with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,450 metres. (theglobeandmail.com)
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American professor held by Taliban pleads with Trump to negotiate his release (foreigndesknews.com)
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Theresa May tells EU leaders any EU citizen living in UK for five years will be given "settled EU status" (bbc.co.uk)
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Macron: Removing Assad no longer priority in Syria, international community made a collective error in thinking the conflict could be solved only with military force (guardian.ng)
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China to standardize use of English on public signs - Chinese authorities on June 20 issued a national standard for the use of English in the public domain, eradicating poor translations that damage the country’s image.(en.people.cn)
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