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End The Death Penalty
The Independent 17 Oct 2021
By the time Dylann Roof went on trial, Reverend Sharon Risher was already starting to have her doubts about the death penalty. In 2015, Roof, an avowed white supremacist, shot and killed nine people at a historic Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, after they had welcomed him into their Bible study session ... ((AP Photo/Stephen B.
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The Nigerians who want Israel to accept them as Jews
BBC News 18 Oct 2021
Rocking back and forth, Shlomo Ben Yaakov reads from a Torah scroll at a synagogue on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Intermittently his soft mellow voice rises in Hebrew and he is joined by the dozens who recite after him ... "I consider myself a Jew," says Mr Yaakov ... His given Igbo name is Nnaemezuo Maduako ... Secessionist surge.
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'Broken Heart Syndrome' on the rise, even before COVID pandemic - study
The Jerusalem Post 18 Oct 2021
The correlation between our lifestyle and various heart conditions is widely researched. high-fat diets contribute to coronary artery disease, obesity and sedentary routines increase the risk of deadlier heart attacks. But the pathology of one elusive heart condition remains a mystery ... (credit. Wikimedia Commons) ... This is interesting on two counts ... .
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Slaughter in Indonesia: Britain’s secret propaganda war
The Observer 17 Oct 2021
In early 1965 Ed Wynne, an official from the Foreign Office in London in his late 40s, arrived at the door of a two-storey villa set in the discreet calm of a genteel housing estate in colonial Singapore. But Wynne was no ordinary official ... Revealed. how UK spies incited mass murder of Indonesia’s communists ... In mid-1965 the opportunity arrived ... AP ... ... .
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Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build 'metaverse'
Reuters 18 Oct 2021
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) plans to hire 10,000 in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday, to help build the so-called metaverse - a nascent online world where people exist and communicate in shared virtual spaces ... read more ... ....
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Rising sea levels threaten Marshall Islands’ status as a nation, World Bank report warns
The Observer 18 Oct 2021
Projected sea level rise would mean 40% of the buildings in the Marshall Islands’ capital of Majuro would be permanently flooded and entire islands would disappear, potentially costing the Pacific country its status as a nation, according to a devastating new report from the World Bank ... So that is a quite big impact,” she said ... It really hit hard.” ... .
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La Liga Table: Barcelona beat Valencia as Real Sociedad go top
Football Critic 17 Oct 2021
Barcelona eased the pressure on manager Ronald Koeman by beating Valencia 3-1 at Camp Nou on Sunday evening. Jose Gaya put the visitors ahead after five minutes but Ansu Fati and Memphis Depay turned the game around before half time. And Philippe Coutinho added a third as a substitute five minutes from time to make the game safe ... ....
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Joyce Lebra, first female University of Colorado Boulder history professor, dies at 95
Denver Post 18 Oct 2021
Joyce Lebra, feminist trailblazer, renowned scholar and the University of Colorado Boulder’s first female history professor, died Oct. 10 in Boulder. She was 95 ... One of the greatest honors of her life came in her final weeks, when she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver ... ....
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El Salvador sees greener cryptocurrency mining in its future
Shenzhen Daily 18 Oct 2021
Energy-intensive cryptocurrency “mining” is done by computers, and has come under criticism from environmentalists as a big source of demand for mostly fossil fuel derived electricity ... The Salvadoran Government in September began harnessing geothermal energy for Bitcoin mining ...
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Haiti: 15 US missionaries and family kidnapped
Deutsche Welle 17 Oct 2021
The missionaries had been heading home from building an orphanage when they were pulled off a bus by a gang, according to media reports. Haiti has witnessed more than 600 kidnappings already this year. At least 15 American missionaries and family members have been kidnapped by a gang outside the Haitian capital, security sources said Sunday ... .
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Japan PM says Fukushima wastewater release can't be delayed
Korea Times 18 Oct 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence, Tokyo, Oct. 14. AP-Yonhap. Japan's new prime minister on Sunday said the planned mass disposal of wastewater stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant cannot be delayed, despite concerns from local residents ... In this Feb ... (AP). .
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Giant Rome rally urges ban on extreme right
The Jordan Times 17 Oct 2021
ROME — Tens of thousands of Italians called for a ban on the extreme right as they rallied in Rome on Saturday after protests over a tough coronavirus pass regime last weekend degenerated into riots blamed on neo-fascists. Carrying placards reading “Fascism ... The violence has focused attention on the country’s fascist legacy ... Image. Section ... Right .
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Big investment in green hydrogen production by Ineos
Belfast Telegraph 18 Oct 2021
Chemical giant Ineos is to invest around £1.69 billion in green hydrogen production. The company said it will be Europe’s largest ever investment in electrolysis projects to make green hydrogen with the potential to “transform” zero carbon hydrogen production ... Ineos chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe said ... Sir Jim Ratcliffe (Martin Rickett/PA). PA. / ... Most Read.
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Pressure mounts on ex-DoJ official Jeff Clark over Trump’s ‘election subversion scheme’
The Guardian 17 Oct 2021
The report noted Clark repeatedly tried to “induce Rosen into helping Trump’s election subversion scheme”, including by telling Rosen that if he agreed to join their cabal to overturn election results, Clark would turn down an offer Trump had made him to become attorney general in place of Rosen ... .
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Menopause: NI employers could be on the 'wrong side of the law'
BBC News 18 Oct 2021
Northern Ireland's employers could end up on the "wrong side of the law" unless they make strides to facilitate women going through the menopause. That is according to the Equality Commission's chief commissioner ... The commission's Geraldine McGahey said that "many employers are doing really well - others are not" ... .
