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Berlin zoo celebrates birth of twin panda cubs
As pandas that give birth to twins usually only raise one of the cubs, Chinese experts of giant panda breeding at Zoo Berlin have chose to actively support six-year-old Meng Meng in the rearing process. This photo provided by the Berlin Zoo on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, shows one the newborn panda twins during its first care at the zoo. The cubs will spend up to four years in Berlin before leaving... [Full Article...]
Taiji cove: Japan's controversial dolphin hunt begins
Animals caught alive and sold to marine parks fetch a far higher price than the meat yet there is growing pressure on the parks not to buy dolphins captured in Taiji. The annual dolphin hunt gained global interest following the Oscar-winning documentary 2010 documentary The Cove . Nevertheless, with exclusively round 10 members of a Japanese animal rights group gathered on the port, the primary... [Full Article...]
Greta Thunberg: "being different is a superpower"
Another commended her for achieving so much at just 16, writing: "You have done more at your age than most people do in their entire lives". "I'm not public about my diagnosis to "hide" behind it, but because I know many ignorant people still see it as an "illness", or something negative", she said . [Full Article...]
Harry Potter books removed from U.S. school library
The email also reportedly shared that Reehil had consulted with several exorcists who also advocated for removing the books from the school's library. The Harry Potter books have drawn censure from Christians ever since the first in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , was released in 1997. [Full Article...]
Election speculation mounts in Britain on eve of 'last chance' Brexit battle
Scotland's first minister says she's all for a general election, provided that it takes place before Britain is set to leave the European Union on October 31. Corbyn urged opposition parties to join together, saying the events in Parliament this week may be the last opportunity to stop a no-deal Brexit. Johnson last week announced Parliament would besuspended for over a month shortly after it reco... [Full Article...]
Xenophobia: South Africans Set Properties And Cars Owned By Nigerians On Fire
DAILY POST reports that viral videos on Monday showed widespread attacks on Nigerians and their businesses in South Africa. Police Minister Bheki Cele insisted the violence was linked to "criminality" rather than "xenophobia". Nigeria's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has reacted to the violent attack of Nigerians in South Africa. Onyeama, who confirmed the development in a tw... [Full Article...]
Indiana Red Cross volunteers deployed ahead of Hurricane Dorian
The hurricane is moving slowly westwards and may hit areas of the eastern U.S. seaboard. But it is clear that Hurricane Dorian has had a catastrophic impact. The hurricane's effects on the Southeastern U.S. are not expected to be "anywhere near as risky as what the Bahamas has seen", Douty says. Earlier, Dorian churned over Abaco island with battering winds and surf during Sunday. [Full Article...]
UK prime minister doesn't want election amid Brexit crisis
Britain's Parliament has a limited amount of time to craft and pass a new law aimed at preventing a "no-deal" Brexit. The BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, said Johnson could ask lawmakers to vote on calling an election if they vote against his government on Brexit. [Full Article...]