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  • Some states are better than others for millennials. Specifically, Massachusetts is way better than West Virginia, according to WalletHub. Those two states came in first and last, respectively, in the website’s ranking of millennial life. A whole slew of factors went into the rankings, including millennial employment figures, earnings, housing costs, the number of younger people…

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  • President Trump on Tuesday thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his “kind words” about lowering auto import tariffs, amid heightened economic tensions between the two countries. Image: Xi Jinping and Donald Trump “Very thankful for President Xi of China’s kind words on tariffs and automobile barriers…also, his enlightenment on intellectual property and technology transfers. We will make great…

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  • For Russian mother Farkhanur Gavrilova, the blow came a week ago when an acquaintance called her to say that her son was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria that pitted Russian and U.S. combatants against each other for the first time in the Syrian war. Gavrilova’s son, 37-year-old Ruslan Gavrilov, was one of seven…

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  • It’s no longer a war of rhetoric for the United States of America and North Korea; Britain has drawn up a battle plan and is ready for war against Kim Jong Un. In the face of recurring provocations with DPRK’s nuclear missile tests and verbal threats of attacks against Guam, Japan, South Korea and the…

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  • The United States President Donald John Trump sparked controversies with his recent executive orders against immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries. http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1230647/img.jpg Although the country’s judicial arm of government presented challenges to these laws, here’s what every potential traveler must know. The US laws have provisions upon which a green card holder, non-citizens or illegal immigrants…

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  • The Satanic Temple issued a statement last Saturday threatening to file a lawsuit against the state of Texas over new regulations which require abortion providers to either bury or cremate aborted babies. According to the religious organization, “the new rules violate our religious beliefs because it promotes the idea of ‘fetal personhood.’” Texas’ Department of Health…

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  • North Korea has warned the United Kingdom to learn from the past and stay out of aggressive military drills. The DPRK added that “its on the brink of war” with their South Korean neighbors. Image shows DPRK’s leader Kim Jong Un. The warning from Kim Jong-Un’s leadership came in the aftermath of Britain’s declaration that it…

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  • The US and Russia have never forgotten their wasteful errors on the Cold War but if any of the parties should accept defeat, the Kremlin doesn’t look like the one. Rumors are rife that Vladimir Putin’s country is set for yet another war, this time a nuclear one, and would gladly welcome any threat from the…

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  • The US Food and Drug Administration placed a ban on several key ingredients used in the making of antibacterial hand soap. The agency warns that most chemicals used in these health care products doesn’t make it safer than others, adding that there are health risks that cannot be ignored. A report from the AFP says the country’s…

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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on July 25 details of a “U.S. plan” for military cooperation and intelligence sharing with Russia on Syria were expected to be announced in early August. Image: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry’s statement followed the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

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  • Image: Donald J. Trump (US Presidential Candidate with the Republican Party). According An Analysis From The Washington Post, The Financial Industry Has Been Bill Clinton’s “Most Frequent Sponsor,” Paying Clinton At Least $19.6 Million For A Minimum Of 102 Speeches. “The financial industry has been Clinton’s most frequent sponsor. The Post review showed that Wall…

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  • “Brave Lady in Baton Rouge – Brave man in Tiananmen Square.” As racial tension rises and protests against police brutality rage in the United States an image of a young woman standing defiantly before heavily-armored riot police has drawn comparisons with the 1989 Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”. The photograph of the lone black woman standing…

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  • We’ve all seen the short-term downsides of Brexit: the stock market nosedive, the crash of the pound to 30-year-lows and the political earthquakes in the United Kingdom — including the announced resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron, the flaring up of civil war in the opposition Labour Party and the threats by the leader of…

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  • The South China Sea is currently breeding bad blood not just among the Asian tigers and their smaller neighbors but between China and Britain – the U.S. included. Recently, China has expressed its strong dissatisfaction with Britain over comments on the South China Sea from a senior British government official named Hugo Swire. The Chinese…

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  • There’s fear that one of the biggest banking giants in the world HSBC may lose its US banking licence.   This will depend on the reaction from the Oval Office regarding the bank’s role in its overall banking activities on the Panama records. If the US government probes the bank and nails it for illegal…

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  • A young girl aged 17 has become another victim of an exploding Takata air bag. The girl died after her car crashed near Houston. The girl named Richmond from Texas was driving a 2002 Honda Civic in Fort Bend County when the car crashed into another vehicle forcing the airbags to go off. The malfunctioning airbag…

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