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Friday, October 27, 2017

World News on Oct. 27, 2017

By: vietpressusa October 27, 2017

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Nestlé, Mars and Hershey 'breaking promises over palm oil use' - This year’s Halloween confectionery will contain palm oil grown on land that should lawfully be habitat to orangutans, rhinos and clouded leopards, despite commitment to clean up supply chains (theguardian.com)
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First Charges Filed in Mueller Investigation (amp.cnn.com)
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In parliament voteCatalans declare independence from Spain (bbc.co.uk)
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Scotland 'respects Catalan position' (bbc.co.uk)
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Nurses returning from Puerto Rico accuse the federal govt of leaving people to die - "We cannot be silent while millions of people continue to endure these conditions." (vox.com)
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Spanish Senate votes to seize control of Catalonia; Seeks rebellion charges against Catalan parliament members that voted for independence (apnews.com)
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Spain's PM dismisses Catalonia's government, dissolves its Parliament and calls regional election on 21 December (elpais.com)
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75% of the world’s new billionaires are from India and China (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Spain announces intent to sack Catalonia's government (dw.com)
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UK 'won't recognise' Catalan independence (bbc.co.uk)
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Pence to U.S. troops on North Korea: 'Be ready' (politico.com)
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Puerto Rico's Government Just Admitted 911 People Died After The Hurricane — Of "Natural Causes" (buzzfeed.com)
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An 18-year-old teen has filed a suit seeking ¥2.2 million ($19,000) in damages from the Osaka Prefectural Government, alleging her public high school demanded that she dye her naturally brown hair black to continue attending classes. (japantimes.co.jp)
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Russia has test fired the massive nuclear-capable ballistic missile Satan 2 that is believed to be capable of carrying 12 nuclear warheads and could annihilate an entire country in one strike. (aol.com)
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Mysterious object spotted in solar system likely to be of interstellar origins (theguardian.com)
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World's witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn - The world’s super-rich hold the greatest concentration of wealth since the US Gilded Age at the turn of the 20th century, when families like the Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts controlled vast fortunes. (theguardian.com)
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The cost of a can of soda or fizzy drink is expected to rise significantly in France after French MPs overwhelmingly backed a new hike in taxes on sugary beverages. "The only objective is to boost the health of children and reduce the risks of obesity and type 2 diabetes." (thelocal.fr)
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U.S. backs Spanish efforts to block break-away by Catalonia (reuters.com)
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China lawyer recounts torture under Xi's 'war on law' (bbc.com)
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Man jailed for infecting 30 women with HIV (bbc.com)
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Kazakhstan to change from Cyrillic to Latin alphabet - The Kazakh language will change from Cyrillic to Latin script as part of a modernization and development effort. The move is also viewed as an attempt to distance the language from Russian and promote nationalism. (dw.com)
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Jeff Bezos now the richest man in the world, overtaking Bill Gates, with $90 billion (cnbc.com)
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Journalist Ahmed Noorani attacked by knife-wielding assailants in Pakistan. Noorani has been covering the former PM Sharif family's legal troubles extensively since the Panama Papers verdict. He had also covered the Supreme Court's proceedings on the Panama Papers case. (dawn.com)
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Anthony Bourdain Has Been Blacklisted by Azerbaijan After Visiting Disputed Territory (cntraveler.com)
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Chile Bans Plastic Bags in 100+ Coastal Areas: President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill Wednesday that prohibits the sale of single-use plastic bags in 102 coastal villages and towns in a bid to stop the build-up of ocean plastic and to "[take] care of our marine ecosystems." (ecowatch.com)
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