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SpaceX launches hefty rocket with 24 satellites
Star Tribune 25 Jun 2019
SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes ... ....
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India annuls Israeli missile deal in favor of domestic alternative… again?
Russia Today 25 Jun 2019photo: AP / Oliver de Ros
Mexico cracks down at US border with 15,000 troops
The News International 25 Jun 2019
MEXICO CITY. Mexico has deployed nearly 15,000 soldiers and National Guardsmen to its border with the United States, the army chief said on Monday -- admitting they are detaining migrants who try to cross, after the policy triggered backlash ... Asked whether those forces were detaining migrants to prevent them from crossing, Sandoval replied ... ....
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Brazilian diplomats 'disgusted' as Bolsonaro pulverizes foreign policy
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3 Chinese banks face U.S. action in sanctions probe--report
Asahi News 25 Jun 2019
Three large Chinese banks could lose their access to the U.S. financial system after a judge found them in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into violation of North Korean sanctions, The Washington Post reported on Monday ... The U.S ... The U.S ... U.S ... ....
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US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy: Iran
Business Line 25 Jun 2019
Iran said on Tuesday that a US decision to impose sanctions on the country's supreme leader and other top officials permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington ... .......
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UK's Johnson admits needing EU support in event of no-deal Brexit
Manila Bulletin 25 Jun 2019
By Agence France-Presse Boris Johnson, the favorite to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, has acknowledged that London would need cooperation from the European Union to cushion potential shocks in the.......
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4,500 gallons of oil per day leaking from site in Gulf of Mexico
Toledo Blade 25 Jun 2019
NEW ORLEANS — The federal government’s first study of the nearly 15-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico estimates that up to 108 barrels per day — more than 4,500 gallons — is flowing from a site where an oil company’s platform and wells were destroyed during a hurricane ... ....
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Police seek witnesses in D�sseldorf gang rape case
Deutsche Welle 25 Jun 2019photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Sexual assault accuser is 'not my type', says Trump
This is Money 25 Jun 2019
President Donald Trump has said that a New York-based advice columnist who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store in the mid-1990s is not his “type”. “I’ll say it with great respect. Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened,” Mr Trump told The Hill newspaper in an interview at the White House ... ....
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Trump-Iran news: Russia says downed US drone was in Iranian air space, contradicting key claim ...
The Independent 25 Jun 2019
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Harry and Meghan's new home cost $3 million to refit
The Times of India 25 Jun 2019
LONDON. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's new home in Windsor cost £2.4 million ($3.05 million, 2.7 million euros) to renovate before they moved in, royal accounts showed Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth II's grandson and his wife moved into Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Castle estate before the birth of their son Archie on May 6 ... Top Videos ... ....
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London Bridge attack: Gym owner ‘cannot recall’ content of 329 text messages with ringleader
The Independent 24 Jun 2019
The man who owned a gym and school where the London Bridge attack ringleader worked has claimed he “cannot recall” the content of hundreds of messages they exchanged. Sajeel Shahid, a former member of Anjem Choudary’s al-Muhajiroun Islamist network, claimed he had no “social or personal relationship” with Khuram Butt ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... 1/16....
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Children of Isis terrorist Khaled Sharrouf will have 'strong support network in Australia'
The Guardian 25 Jun 2019
Lawyer for family says ‘resilient kids’ to receive help from Muslim community and government, with focus on counselling for PTSD The children and grandchildren of deceased Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf will be coming home from Syria to a large and well-resourced support network, the family’s lawyer has said ... .......
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Nissan governance steps, board win shareholders’ approval
Wtop 25 Jun 2019
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Scandal-battered Nissan won shareholders’ approval Tuesday for a new system of committees to oversee governance and for keeping Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa on its board. The Japanese automaker had seen profits and dividends tumble amid a high-profile scandal involving its former chairman Carlos Ghosn ... is based ... ___ ... ....
