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Bolsonaro to send army to fight huge fires in the Amazon

Published On: August 24, 2019 09:45 AM NPT By: Associated Press

PORT VELHO, Aug 24: Under international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of Brazil’s Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized use of the military to battle the huge blazes while thousands took to the streets to protest his environmental policies.

Rolling Stones get name on little Martian rock that rolled

Published On: August 24, 2019 09:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press

There is now a “Rolling Stones Rock” on Mars, and it’s giving Mick, Keith and the boys some serious satisfaction.

N. Korea test-fires missiles again after joint drills end

Published On: August 24, 2019 09:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SEOUL, Aug 24: North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after it threatened to remain America’s biggest threat in protest of U.S.-led sanctions on the country.

Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods as trade war escalates

Published On: August 24, 2019 09:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 24: President Donald Trump angrily escalated his trade fight with China on Friday, raising retaliatory tariffs and ordering American companies to consider alternatives to doing business there.

Israeli teen dies of wounds in West Bank attack, 2 wounded

Published On: August 23, 2019 09:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Aug 23:  An explosion Friday near a West Bank settlement that Israel said was a Palestinian attack killed a 17-year-old Israeli girl and wounded her brother and father, Israeli authorities said.

Putin orders Russia to respond after US missile test

Published On: August 23, 2019 08:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MOSCOW, Aug 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty.

China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of US products

Published On: August 23, 2019 08:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Aug 23: China on Friday announced tariff hikes on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest planned increase, deepening a conflict over trade and technology that threatens to tip a weakening global economy into recession.

Billionaire David Koch, conservative donor, dies at age 79

Published On: August 23, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 23: Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother, Charles, transformed American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, has died at age 79.

Rolling Stones get name on little Martian rock that rolled

Published On: August 23, 2019 01:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

There is now a “Rolling Stones Rock” on Mars, and it’s giving Mick, Keith and the boys some serious satisfaction.

Peppa Pig to get new owner: GI Joe maker Hasbro

Published On: August 23, 2019 01:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Hasbro is going whole hog on Peppa Pig.The maker of Monopoly and GI Joe will pay about $4 billion to buy Entertainment One Ltd., a British entertainment company that produces “Peppa Pig,” ″PJ Masks” and other animated shows for preschoolers.

Miley Cyrus takes to Twitter to deny cheating rumors

Published On: August 23, 2019 12:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Miley Cyrus denied rumors Thursday that she cheated on her soon-to-be ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth. In stream-of-consciousness mode, the pop star concluded : “You can say I am a twerking, pot smoking, foul mouthed hillbilly but I am not a liar.”

Sri Lanka attacks boost feared ex-official’s bid for power

Published On: August 23, 2019 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

COLOMBO, Aug 23: He is a feared former defense official accused of condoning rape, torture and shadowy disappearances of critics, but to many Sri Lankans, the opposition’s presidential candidate is the best choice to protect the South Asian island nation after attacks that killed over 250 people this year.

Canada halts Hong Kong consulate staff travel after UK case

Published On: August 23, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

HONG KONG, Aug 23: The Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong said Friday local staff aren’t allowed to travel outside the city including to mainland China, in a move that comes days after a British Consulate worker was detained there.

Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot

Published On: August 23, 2019 09:02 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TASIILAQ, Greenland, Aug 23: From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn’t fill a football stadium — are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide.

Daughter’s sleep training influenced Knightley’s latest role

Published On: August 22, 2019 06:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Keira Knightley’s edginess while playing a real-life Iraq War whistle-blower in the political thriller “Official Secrets” wasn’t all an act.

Report shows US deficit to exceed $1 trillion next year

Published On: August 22, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 22: The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year under the first projections taking into account the big-budget deal that President Donald Trump and Congress reached this summer, the Congressional Budget Office reported.

Spain posts international health alert for listeria outbreak

Published On: August 22, 2019 04:41 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MADRID, Aug 22: Spain has issued international health alerts in light of a widening outbreak of listeria from pork meat that has affected 150 people and killed one person.

Could we be any more excited? ‘Friends’ fans nuts for merch

Published On: August 22, 2019 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

See your “Friends” on the big screen. Deck out your place with “Friends” decor. Wear your “Friends” as jewelry. Heck, buy the “Friends” Lego set and pretend it’s for your kid.

Once upon a time in fatherhood: Tarantino to become a dad

Published On: August 22, 2019 02:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Quentin Tarantino is going to be telling a whole new brand of “Once upon a time” tale — the bedtime-story kind. The “Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood” director is about to become a father.

Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, citing ‘strong economy’

Published On: August 22, 2019 02:21 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug 22: A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had “a strong economy.”