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Federal Judge Blocks Missouri Abortion Law
A key part of Missouri's new controversial abortion law won't start Wednesday after a ruling by a Kansas City federal judge. "Missouri is a strongly pro-life state and lawmakers acted on their constituents' will when they passed landmark protections for unborn children and their mothers", she said , adding that her organization's polling "shows that 82% of Missouri voters support banning these ... [Full Article...]
Trump Says He Will Pardon Law Breaking to Get His Wall Built
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. The Post reports that the president has directed aides to aggressively push ahead with construction contracts and seizing private land while glossing over environmental rules, brushing off worries about contracting procedures and eminent domain, giving orders to "take the land". [Full Article...]
Spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docks at ISS
Usually, Soyuz rockets are manned for these missions, but in order to test a new emergency rescue system, it remained unmanned this time around. Russian Federation hopes that future models of FEDOR , an acronym for the Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, will be developed to carry out extravehicular activities. [Full Article...]
China rotates new batch of troops into Hong Kong as protests continue
Aperio Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of China Unicom ( Hong Kong ) Limited (NYSE:CHU) by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). "The airline must do this; there is no ground for compromise". At a press conference on August 27, when asked by a reporter whether she would consider exercising the ... [Full Article...]
Babies in Spain develop ‘werewolf syndrome’ after taking contaminated medicine
As children can't swallow capsules, pharmacists must prepare special omeprazole syrups. "It was scary because we didn't know what was happening", Ángela Selles from Granada told the newspaper El País after her six-month-old baby Uriel was affected. [Full Article...]
Trump taunts GOP primary challengers Bill Weld, Mark Sanford and Joe Walsh
Asked if he thought Walsh's past comments should disqualify him from running for the GOP presidential nomination, Weld emphasized that "there's already someone like [that] in the GOP nomination race and that is the president of the United States". [Full Article...]
Stromboli volcano eruption sends huge cloud of ash into the sky
A volcano off the south of Italy erupted with a loud roar in front of gobsmacked tourists, spilling a river of lava into the sea and sending huge plumes of hot ash into the sky. Elena Schiera, a 19-year-old from Palermo, Sicily, was on a sailing boat when the volcano erupted . 'I started filming and then we heard the large blast and I filmed the plume. [Full Article...]
Greta Thunberg lands in USA for climate meet
Thunberg documented her journey in regular tweets , including tales of both pleasant and bumpy conditions, dolphin sightings and life aboard the 60-foot boat. "It's insane that a 16-year-old would have to cross the Atlantic ocean to make a stand", she said. She is set to speak at a United Nations climate summit in September. [Full Article...]