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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.”
Taylor Swift says she plans to re-record her songs’ masters
Published On: August 22, 2019 02:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Taylor Swift plans to re-record her songs after her catalog was purchased by popular music manager Scooter Braun.
Alabama postpones 50th anniversary tour over singer’s health
Published On: August 22, 2019 12:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22: Country band Alabama says it is postponing the remainder of its 50th anniversary tour as lead singer Randy Owen battles health complications.
Shooter at large after LA deputy shot at sheriff’s station
Published On: August 22, 2019 12:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22: Investigators believe a gunshot that wounded a deputy outside a Los Angeles County sheriff’s station on Wednesday was fired from a nearby building complex that provides housing to people with mental health issues, authorities said.
Hong Kong police in standoff with protesters after sit-in
Published On: August 22, 2019 10:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, Aug 22: Hong Kong riot police faced off briefly with protesters occupying a suburban train station Wednesday evening following a commemoration of a violent attack there by masked assailants against supporters of the anti-government movement.
Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely
Published On: August 22, 2019 09:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press
COX’S BAZAR, Aug 22: The repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims appeared unlikely to proceed as planned Thursday after those who were eligible told the U.N. refugee agency and the Bangladesh government they didn’t want to return to Myanmar unless their citizenship and safety were ensured.
Larry King seeks divorce from seventh wife after 22 years
Published On: August 21, 2019 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
Larry King is seeking a divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn King, after 22 years. The 85-year-old talk show host filed a petition to end the marriage Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Beijing appeals to US to ‘meet China halfway’ on trade
Published On: August 21, 2019 08:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Aug 21: Beijing appealed to Washington on Wednesday to “meet China halfway” and end a tariff war after President Donald Trump said Americans might need to endure economic pain to achieve longer-term benefits.
Spacewalking astronauts add parking spot to space station
Published On: August 21, 2019 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
FLORIDA, Aug 21: Spacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention
Published On: August 21, 2019 07:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Aug 21: The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention, a decision that will almost certainly lead to a new court fight over the government’s ability to hold migrant families until their cases are decided.
Rust-belt China looks abroad as economy slows, tariffs bite
Published On: August 21, 2019 05:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
YINGKOU, Aug 21: From Thailand to Kenya, trains run on tracks from steel mills in China’s northeast, a rust-belt region that is trying to capitalize on a multibillion-dollar national initiative to build ports, railways and other projects abroad.
Pompeo urges fresh thinking on Mideast, warns Iran
Published On: August 21, 2019 05:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that greater cooperation and “fresh thinking to solve old problems” are needed in the Middle East — but he also condemned Iran and its proxies for continuing “to foment terror and unrest” in the region.
Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
Published On: August 21, 2019 04:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TEHRAN, Aug 21: Iran’s president sent a bill to parliament Wednesday that would cut four zeroes from the value of the Islamic Republic’s sanctions-battered currency, the rial, as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington.
Danish royal palace ‘surprised’ by Trump canceling trip
Published On: August 21, 2019 04:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Aug 21: U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a visit to Denmark next month after the prime minister described his plan to buy Greenland as “absurd” took the Danish royal palace by surprise, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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