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Has America Plunged Into Agnotology – A Culture That Creates Ignorance And Stupidity?
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingJust because you ignore the facts doesn’t mean they cease to exist. But you wouldn’t know this if you lived in America.Whereas Allianz’s chief economic adviser Mohamed El-Erian just said wealth inequality is a “good thing,” an aging nuclear industry wants more deregulation ... He makes a good point....
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New Zealand FM Will Visit Turkey To Confront Erdogan Over Shooting Comments
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Foreign Minister Winston Peters would "confront" Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan over his comments on the recent mass shooting killed at least 50 people when a white supremacist opened fire at two Christchurch mosques on Wednesday, according to Reuters ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Millions watched her kids on YouTube. Off-screen, she was beating and starving them.
Democratic Underground 20 Mar 2019
They cast spells and engage in Nerf wars. They go on a cookie capture mission, suspending themselves over a granite countertop in a handsome suburban kitchen to swipe their sisters baked goods ... Its color evoked a green room, almost like a staging area for their performances. They were being pepper-sprayed and beaten with belts, brushes and hangers....
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration Plan To Drill On Federal Lands In Wyoming
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday President Donald Trump's Interior Department violated federal law when it did not take into account the climate impact of its gas and oil leasing in the western United States, according to The Washington Post....
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Trump Says 'Ridiculous' Mueller Report Should Be Released
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he believes special counsel Robert Mueller's report should be released to the public, even as he disparaged its very existence as "ridiculous," The Associated Press reports."Let it come out, let people see it," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Wednesday for a trip to Ohio ... ... ....
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Fugitive Indian jeweller Modi arrested in London, British police say
Gulf News 20 Mar 2019photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana
Lion Air pilots were looking at handbook when plane crashed
The Guardian 20 Mar 2019
The investigation into the crash last October has taken on new relevance as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other regulators grounded the model last week after a second deadly accident , in Ethiopia .......
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Trump Says China Tariffs Could Remain In Place Indefinitely
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration’s tariffs on Chinese imports could stay in place indefinitely until Beijing complies with a still-developing trade deal — which the president said “is coming along nicely,” CNBC reports ... Negotiations will restart next week when U.S ... businesses.“President Xi [Jinping] is a friend of mine....
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Hungarian far-right leader Viktor Orban's party Fidesz suspended from main EU conservative group
The Independent 20 Mar 2019
The party of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has been suspended from the main EU conservative group following years of criticism over extreme policy positions ... Joseph Daul, the EPP’s president, said. “Fidesz will be suspended with immediate effect and until further notice following today’s vote of EPP members.” ... Subscribe now ... ... ....
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UNIFIL Confirms Existence Of Six Tunnels In Southern Lebanon
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
Six tunnels discovered in southern Lebanon were confirmed Wednesday by the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the Jerusalem Post reported, with two of the tunnels violating the Blue Line and crossing into Israeli territory....
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Senate Panel Calls FAA, Boeing Officials To Testify Over 737 MAX Plane Crashes Next Week
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A United States Senate panel will hold a hearing on March 27 to discuss the two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft crashes since October on Wednesday, according to Reuters. The Senate Commerce subcommittee on aviation and space will also schedule another hearing later with Boeing and other manufacturers to discuss aviation safety....
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Ariana Grande signed away 90% of her royalties for '7 Rings,' her second-most popular single ever — here's why
Business Insider 20 Mar 2019
Ariana Grande's controversial single "7 Rings" returned to No. 1 this week, marking six total weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart since its release in January — but, financially, the pop star will reap much less from the the success than one would expect ... The Times also reports that "Concord stands to make millions of dollars from the song."...
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Hindus Celebrate Festival Of Colors Across India, Nepal
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
Millions were participating in the colorful celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival which marks the beginning of spring, on Wednesday across India and Nepal, according to BBC News ... "Witness the beauty of the great cupid festival which excites curiosity as the townsfolk are dancing at the touch of brownish water thrown ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Huge Plume-Producing Fire At Texas Petrochemical Tank Farm Finally Out
WorldNews.com 20 Mar 2019
A fire burning since Sunday morning and sending a huge plume of thick black smoke into the air at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility was extinguished early Wednesday, the tank farm's owner said, CBS News reported.Intercontinental Terminals Company said flames in all the tanks that were burning were out by 3 a.m ... ....
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Italian Deputy Prime Minister saved from migrant kidnapping probe
RTE 20 Mar 2019
The Italian parliament has blocked prosecutors from pursuing an investigation into Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini for abuse of power and kidnapping migrants ... "I hope no one in this chamber ... has any difficulty in understanding the concept of nation and national sovereignty," Salvini told lawmakers ahead of the vote ... ....
