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UN: Cyclone Idai May Be The Worst Natural Disaster To Hit The Southern Hemisphere
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
The United Nations said the countries of Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe were hit by one of the worst disasters to ever hit the southern hemisphere this past weekend, with hundreds still missing on Tuesday, according to The Guardian. There is widespread destruction across the three countries, affecting more than 2.6 million people....
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Judges Lean Toward Siding With Trump In Washington DC Hotel Emoluments Lawsuit
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
A three-judge federal appeals court seemed sympathetic toward President Donald Trump on Tuesday over a lawsuit which claims he is profiting from foreign and state government visitors at his new Washington D.C. hotel, according to The Washington Post ... The clauses have never been applied in court to a sitting president before until Maryland-based U.S....
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Massive Chemical Fire Continues To Burn For The Third Day In Houston, Texas
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
An ongoing blaze at a petrochemicals storage terminal outside Houston, Texas intensified early Tuesday, blanketing the city with dramatic black clouds of smoke on the third day of the fire, according to CNBC ... The fire had consumed eight of the facility's 242 tanks by Tuesday afternoon, though two which were burned were empty ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Armed Men Attack Convoy Carrying Nuclear Fuel In Brazil
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
Police and a company managing a nuclear power plant in Brazil said armed men shot at a convoy while it was transporting uranium to one of the two nuclear power plants in Rio de Janeiro state on Tuesday, according to Reuters ... Police and Eletronuclear commended the officers for thwarting the would-be attackers ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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New Map Shows Hundreds Of Previously Unknown Seamounts
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
It's hoped the research will add to the wider understanding of Earth's seafloor, one of the least understood biological habitats on Earth. “[Earth’s] surface remains more poorly understood than that of many other planets, moons, and asteroids ... The ecology of the seamounts is likely even more diverse and complex; however ... ....
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US Supreme Court Rules For Trump On Immigrant Detentions
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
The US Supreme Court overturned lower court rulings Tuesday and provided President Donald Trump with more authority to detain, arrest and deport immigrants convicted of crimes, ruling the federal government may detain immigrants indefinitely for past crimes, even if they have been previously released, Politico reported ... ....
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U.S.-Russia Talks On Venezuela Stall Over Maduro's Role
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
sanctions on the Latin American country.Hours earlier, the United States imposed sanctions against Venezuela’s state-run gold mining company Minerven and its president, Adrian Perdomo.U.S....
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U.S. Says Iran's Missile Program Is Destabilizing Mideast
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019photo: AP / Richard Drew
Facebook agrees to advertising overhaul to settle US discrimination suits
Indian Express 20 Mar 2019
Advertising ... They will also be required to use a minimum geographic radius for location-based targeting to prevent the exclusion of certain communities ... 03.07 ... In five separate lawsuits, the groups alleged the company’s audience selection tools enabled advertisers to exclude specific demographics from seeing job postings and other opportunities....
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CDC Report Says One-Third Of Uninsured Americans Can't Afford To Take Prescribed Drugs
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A government report released on Tuesday said one-third of uninsured Americans did not take their medications as prescribed in order to cut costs, according to Stat News ... Some ask their doctors for the cheapest medicine, while others turn to alternative therapies or trying to stretch their medicine by not taking it as prescribed....
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Indonesian president's lead over election rival cut in new survey
Reuters 20 Mar 2019
A new Indonesian election survey shows President Joko Widodo's big lead over his challenger, retired general Prabowo Subianto, is narrowing, just weeks ahead of next month's vote in the world's third-largest democracy ... ....
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Court Says Berlin Must Press US Over Yemen Drone Strikes
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
A court in Germany said the government had to ensure any support provided by a United States military base within the European country for any U.S. drone strikes in Yemen must comply with international law on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press ... ... drone strike in 2012. A U.S. court rejected a similar complaint ... A spokesman for U.S ... “The U.S ... Col ... ....
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Passengers Evacuated Unhurt After Plane Catches Fire On Landing At Tehran Airport
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
Other agency reports said it was flying from an Iranian island in the Gulf to the capital.IRIB news agency quoted Reza Jafarzadeh, the head of public relations at Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization as saying the plane had 24 passengers and nine crew ... Tehran says U.S ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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WHO Pressures DRC To Do More In Thwarting Attacks On Ebola Treatment Centers
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
The World Health Organization said the Democratic Republic of the Congo's government needed to take more action to help curb the often deadly attacks on Ebola treatment centers as the country continues to struggle to contain the second largest outbreak in medical history on Tuesday, according to National Public Radio ... ... Dr ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Asylum Seekers Returned From Mexico For First Court Hearings
WorldNews.com 19 Mar 2019
Asylum seekers sent to wait in to Mexico under a controversial new Trump administration policy crossed into the United States on Tuesday for their first hearings in U.S. immigration court, harboring hopes a judge would allow them to stay, Reuters reports.The U.S ... court dates in Mexican border towns ... 30 and given a notice to appear in U.S....
