Yesterday’s news: Trump cancels Times, Post

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 07:15:16 +0000

President Donald Trump doesn’t like what he reads in two of America’s biggest newspapers, The New York Times and Washington Post — so he won’t be getting them any longer. “We did not renew our subscription, that is correct. This will be a significant cost savings to taxpayers,” White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told AFP. […]

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39 found dead in UK truck were Chinese

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 05:44:16 +0000

British police said Thursday that 39 people found dead in a truck near London are believed to be Chinese nationals, in a case that has triggered national outrage over the people trafficking business. Emergency workers discovered the bodies early Wednesday inside the refrigerated container of a truck parked in an industrial area east of London, […]

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Tiger poacher who ate bear penises arrested

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:51:01 +0000

One of India’s most wanted tiger poachers, who also had a fetish for eating the penis of sloth bears, has been arrested after being on the run for six years, officials said. Wildlife officials in the central state of Madhya Pradesh formed a special task force in 2013 after several sloth carcasses were found with […]

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Rats find driving relaxing, scientists find

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:40:43 +0000

Sometimes life really can be a rat race. US scientists have reported successfully training a group of the rodents to drive tiny cars in exchange for bits of Froot Loops cereal, and found that learning the task lowered their stress levels. Their study not only demonstrates how sophisticated rat brains are, but could one day […]

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Horror in Britain as 39 found dead in truck

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:13:53 +0000

Britain launched a major murder investigation after 39 dead bodies were found Wednesday in a refrigerated truck, once again putting the spotlight on the shadowy people trafficking business. The corpses were found in the truck container at an industrial park in Grays, east of London, triggering outrage among politicians. The local Essex Police force, which […]

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Australia’s Chris the sheep, the world’s woolliest, dies

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:41:39 +0000

An Australian sheep who made headlines in 2015 for the record-breaking weight of his fleece has died, according to the carers of the Merino named Chris. The animal, believed to be aged 10, was found dead on Tuesday morning by his minders, having died of old age, said Kate Luke, co-founder and vice president of […]

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‘Baby Shark’ song becomes rallying cry in Lebanon

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:26:29 +0000

A popular children’s song became a rallying cry in Lebanon after protesters in Beirut spontaneously sang the hit to calm a toddler caught in the midst of a noisy demonstration. When driver Eliane Jabbour was surrounded by a rally in the capital last weekend, she asked protesters if they could stop shouting as her young […]

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Thai king strips consort of titles for ‘disloyalty’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:45:55 +0000

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his 34-year-old consort of all titles for “disloyalty” and apparent “ambition” to match the Queen’s position, a royal command issued late Monday said, less than 3 months after she was bestowed with the honor. Former royal bodyguard Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi — known by her nickname “Koi” — was gifted the […]

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Hong Kong protesters set up roadblocks, clash with police

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 11:24:57 +0000

HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong protesters flooded the city’s streets on Sunday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs amid the firing of tear gas by police. Protest leaders carried a black banner at the front of the procession that read, “Five main demands, […]

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Hong Kong activist stabbed as protesters gird for march

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 05:05:55 +0000

HONG KONG (AP) – A man distributing leaflets near a wall with pro-democracy messages was stabbed and wounded, as Hong Kong anti-government protesters prepared to hold an unauthorized march Sunday to press their demands. Police said they arrested a 22-year-old man Saturday in connection with the knife attack that wounded a 19-year-old. On Wednesday, a […]

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