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UK airline & tour operator Thomas Cook goes bankrupt, leaving 600,000 travelers in limbo
Russia Today 23 Sep 2019
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has announced that Thomas Cook Group, a major tour operator and airline, has ceased trading with immediate effect, with all flights and booked tours cancelled ... The UK’s civil aviation watchdog has pledged to help some 150,000 Brits currently abroad, but the fate of the remaining customers remains unclear ... Visit....
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Trump Joins Indian PM in 'Howdy Modi' Event
Voa News 22 Sep 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump has praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian-American community in the United States. Trump appeared with Modi before a largely Indian audience of some 50,000 people who are due to pack a Houston stadium for the "Howdy Modi" event ... 22, 2019 ... “My administration is fighting for you each and every day.” ... ....
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Indonesia finds design flaw, oversight lapses in 737 MAX crash -WSJ
Canada Dot Com 23 Sep 2019
Indonesian investigators have found that design and oversight lapses played a key role in the October crash of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jet that killed all 189 aboard, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday. The draft conclusions, expected to be the first formal government finding of flaws in the design and U.S ... U.S ... Around month-end, the U.S....
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Saudi Arabia says it will be ‘an act of war’ if attack on oil facilities ...
The Independent 22 Sep 2019
Saudi Arabia has warned that if it finds that last week’s attack on its oil facilities were launched from Iranian territory then it would be considered an “act of war” ... this would be considered an act of war." ... 1/10 ... Riyadh held a press conference this week displaying debris from drones and cruise missiles that they claimed proved Iran’s involvement ... ....
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Emmys 2019: the complete winners list
Sina 23 Sep 2019
The 71st Emmy Awards are in the books, with Amazon’s “Fleabag” knocking off perennial winner “Veep” to become TV’s top comedy — among Television Academy voters, at least. “Game of Thrones” didn’t let the same happen in drama ... Maisel” — and five out of the initial six ... See all of Sunday’s winners and nominees below ... Anthony Carrigan, Barry • HBO ... ....
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Trump, Modi vow fight on extremists at rally
Dawn 23 Sep 2019
HOUSTON. US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared themselves united in a relentless fight against “terrorism”, vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans ... Trump won his biggest applause when he told the crowd, many wearing the saffron of Bharatiya Janata Party ... ....
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Yemeni woman recounts horror of husband trying to divorce her after labour left her incontinent
The Independent 22 Sep 2019
Sahar Salem says her husband immediately sought to divorce her when he discovered she had become incontinent after giving birth ... The 31-year-old, who lives in the port city of Aden in Yemen, says it was after marrying her husband that her problems started. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now....
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Scientists identify neurons that help the brain forget
The Times of India 23 Sep 2019
One afternoon in April 1929, a journalist from a Moscow newspaper turned up in Alexander Luria’s office with an unusual problem. He never forgot things. But his ability to remember was also a hindrance ... A new paper in ‘Science’, points to a group of neurons in the brain that may be responsible for helping the brain to forget ... ....
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Weather radar picks up mysterious shadow across three states ‘caused by huge dragonfly swarm’
The Independent 22 Sep 2019
An enormous mystery cloud has baffled US meteorologists this week who spotted the shape stretching over parts of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, but saw no rainfall ... NWS Wakefield said on Twitter. “No rain around the region with decent returns on radar. Usually we’d think we’re seeing bugs ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Getty ... ....
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Canada's Trudeau pledges lower taxes, cellphone costs as blackface scandal hits him in polls
Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2019
By David Ljunggren. BRAMPTON, Ontario (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went on the offensive on Sunday, promising to cut middle-class taxes and slash cellphone costs if re-elected after polls showed he took a significant hit when photos emerged last week of him in blackface ... 21 election ... "You have been betrayed ... ....
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Hong Kong protests turn violent once again
TVNZ 22 Sep 2019
22, 2019, in Hong Kong ... Associated Press ... Associated Press ... 22, 2019 ... Associated Press ... But the anti-government protesters are pressing other demands, including fully democratic elections in the semiautonomous Chinese territory and an independent investigation of complaints about police violence during earlier demonstrations ... 22, 2019 ... Associated Press ... ....
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FIFA says women ‘have to be allowed’ into Iran’s soccer stadiums
Time Magazine 22 Sep 2019
FIFA said Saturday in an unambiguous statement that Iran must admin women into its soccer games ... The announcement comes the same month that a female Iranian soccer fan set herself on fire, after learning that she could be imprisoned for six months because she snuck into a stadium to watch a match, according to the Associated Press....
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FIFA chief appalled as Dalbert racist abuse halts Serie A game
BE Soccer 22 Sep 2019
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Sunday the problem of racism in Italian football has "not improved" after a Serie A match between Atalanta and Fiorentina was halted for several minutes because of racist abuse of Brazilian Dalbert ... Play resumed after three minutes with Fiorentina leading 1-0 after a goal from Federico Chiesa ... .......
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Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment
Sri Lanka News 22 Sep 2019
What is the US troop deployment? The Pentagon announced on Friday that, in response to a Saudi request, there would be a moderate deployment to Saudi Arabia, not in the thousands and focused on air and missile defence.Defence Secretary Mark Esper said ... "Whoever wants their land to become the main battlefield, go ahead ... We will pursue any aggressor."....
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Make climate fight 'sexy,' says Japan's new environment minister
Yahoo Daily News 22 Sep 2019
Japan's new environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, pledged on Sunday to mobilise young people to push his coal-dependent country towards a low-carbon future by making the fight against climate change "sexy" and "fun." ... "In politics there are so many issues, sometimes boring ... It's got to be sexy too," Koizumi told a news conference in New York ... U.N ... ....
