World News on Aug. 19, 2018

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US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus

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Apple’s Amsterdam store evacuated after iPad battery explodes

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Floods in Southern India leave 800,000 displaced and 300+ dead

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Korean families to meet after decades in temporary reunions

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Paris installs completely exposed urinals near popular tourist spots

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Ocasio-Cortez faces heat for excluding media from town hall events

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Walmart asks some beauty suppliers to consider sourcing outside of China

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Baby boomers move in with adult kids as multi-generational housing trend changes how we live

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Iran detains outspoken lawyer calling for free elections

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Italy threatens to return migrants to Libya in new standoff

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Renewable resort: Greek island to run on wind, solar power

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U.S. Geological Survey says magnitude 6.9 quake hits near Indonesia's Lombok island at depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles)

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Drought reveals remains of German 'Atlantis' in lake

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Shallow 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesian holiday of Lombok

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General Suhag awarded US ‘Legion of Merit’ - Times of India

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Giuliani says Trump Tower meeting was for Clinton dirt

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"Peace and stability must come above all else. With this as the goal, all measures can be tried. We must hold onto our belief that keeping turmoil away from Xinjiang is the greatest human right." - Global Times, State Media of China

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Mueller Probe Looks at Trump Fundraiser Pay-to-Play With China, Malaysia: 'In particular, allegations have been made that Broidy sought tens of millions of dollars from China and Malaysia.'

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Fleeing Venezuelans face suspicion and hostility as migration crisis worsens | World news

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Families split by the Korean War get rare chance to reunite

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Plastic waste tax 'backed' by public - There's high public support for using the tax system to reduce waste from single-use plastics. A consultation on how taxes could tackle the rising problem & promote recycling attracted 162,000 responses.

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800,000 Displaced In Flooding In Southern Indian State Of Kerala

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UK investigates WW2 shipwreck looting claims

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More than 800 road bridges in France are at risk of collapsing within a few years, according to a survey carried out for the Transport Ministry that has raised alarm following the Genoa tragedy.

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Trump

Manafort trial has Ukraine freshly nervous about Trump: Good-government advocates say Ukrainian authorities will ignore the incriminating details from Paul Manafort's trial, fearful of losing Trump's support.

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UK investigates WW2 shipwreck looting claims - "Very concerned" over claims 4 wrecks off the Malaysian & Indonesian have been looted. It comes after 6 wrecks, including Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales & battlecruiser HMS Repulse, were reported damaged or destroyed by thieves.

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North Korea

North Korea to let U.N. aviation agency officials conduct on-site missile safety inspection

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Fears for environment in Spain as pigs outnumber people - Official figures show there are 50m pigs to 46.5m humans in country famed for its pork

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Flooding in southern Indian state kills more than 350, displaces 800,000

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China may add 'nuclear element' to South China Sea dispute, Pentagon says - The Pentagon sounded a warning over China's plans to introduce floating nuclear power plants on disputed islands and reefs in the South China Sea

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Trump to make Paris visit in November to mark 100 years since end of WWI

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Sadiq Khan: Being London's Mayor is still the best job

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Israel closes Gaza’s pedestrian crossing in response to border riots

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Nearly half of Russians ignorant invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 – poll

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The Indian Patent Office rejected a patent on a vibrator because it "lead to obscenity" and was "morally degrading by law".

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Russia

Hunger-striking Russian activist Sergei Udaltsov hospitalized

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China, Trump and the new Cold War

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Egypt's Sisi ratifies new internet control law - Sisi's govt has been criticized for blocking critical voices in the media & scrubbing digital content. Some 500 websites have already been blocked since May 2017.

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Russia

Russian oil industry would weather U.S. 'bill from hell' - Stiff new US sanctions would only have a limited impact on its oil industry because it's drastically reduced its reliance on Western funding & foreign partnerships & is lessening its dependence on imported technology.

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Iran will unveil a new fighter jet next week and continue developing missile capabilities as a top priority, the defense minister said on Saturday, defying new U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran’s missile program and regional influence.

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Flood in Kerala

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Mauritania voices solidarity with Saudi Arabia in Canada row

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Elon Musk Details ‘Excruciating’ Personal Toll of Tesla Turmoil

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Dispute after state authorised expropriation of farm

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Afghan officials claim that dozens of Pakistani nationals were among more than 400 militants killed in fierce battles in southeastern Ghazni province in the past several days.

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ALPS system at Fukushima No. 1 plant failing to remove more than tritium from toxic cooling water | The Japan Times

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End of Greek bailouts offers little hope to young

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Musk's tunnel-boring firm seeks U.S. tariff exemption for Chinese parts

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