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Biden Bombs Yemen

Joe Biden is already facing protests in America over his decision to launch air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen in response to attacks on international shipping, with demonstrators chanting “hands off Yemen” outside the White House. On Thursday, the president ordered “a number” of strikes against militant targets following what he described as an […]

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Immeasurable pieces of plastic in bottled water

Microscopic pieces of plastic are everywhere. Now, they’ve been found in bottled water in concentrations 10 to 100 times more than previously estimated. Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy […]

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Trump to win more black votes than any Republican in history

Donald Trump may win more Black votes than any other Republican presidential candidate in history in the upcoming presidential election. According to national and swing state polls reviewed by Bloomberg, the former president and GOP front runner has between 14 percent and 30 percent of the Black vote share as the country heads into an […]

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China’s ominous threat to US over Taiwan

Chinese commentators have accused the U.S. of “interfering” in its politics by arming Taiwan—and warned that Beijing would retaliate “swiftly, accurately, powerfully… [and] painfully.” The claims were made in an editorial published on Sunday in the Global Times, an English-language publication launched by the Chinese government to address Western readers. The opinion piece said that […]