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South Korea will shoot at Chinese boats fishing illegally, says coastguard

Nigerian troops surround Shia Muslims observing Tasu’a mourning ceremony

China and Russia slam US missile systems in Europe and South Korea

Europa-Center Blaze: Fire breaks out atop iconic Berlin tower

Thai police hint at possible bomb attack on Bangkok tourist spots, increase security

Macedonian opposition supporters hold demonstration in Skopje

Pentagon vows to retaliate for attack on US warships off Yemen

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian youth in West Bank

Yemeni forces hit Saudi base with ballistic missile

After the airing of tapes recently that showed Donald Trump making crude remarks about women, you’d think that it’d be all over for him. Polls taken after the comments were published reveal a decided bump for his opponent,Hillary Clinton. In the second presidential debate, however, he unleashed a truth offensive that exposed the many faults of the former Secretary of State while breathing some life into his embattled campaign. It’s certainly true that Donald Trump is a different kind of candidate. You probably don’t want your kids to grow up to be like him; he has no filter, something both refreshing … Continue reading →

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Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Ninety-three percent of Detroit’s predominantly black public school eighth-graders are not proficient in reading, and 96 percent are not proficient in mathematics. According to the lawsuit, “decades of State disinvestment in and deliberate indifference to Detroit schools have denied Plaintiff schoolchildren access to the most basic building block of education: literacy.” In terms of per-pupil expenditures, the state does not treat Detroit public school … Continue reading →

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In the last few days, gold has been on a losing streak. Last Tuesday, gold prices fell by $42 per ounce – 3.3% – the biggest single-day drop in value in nearly three years. Does that mean gold has resumed its long-term downtrend since it reached its all-time high of $1,923.70 per ounce in 2011? Some analysts predict gold prices will fall another 20% or more before stabilizing. That’s certainly what central banks and governments would like you to believe. But it’s not how the world’s richest investors and central banks themselves are investing. Billionaire George Soros, for instance, recently … Continue reading →

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You’ve undoubtedly used Dr. Bronner’s, the top-selling organic liquid and bar soap brand in North America. But how much do you know about the man behind the company, and the soap he created? 1. EMANUEL BRONNER WAS BORN INTO SOAP. Bronner was part of the third generation in a family of Jewish master soap makers in Germany. His family is credited with important liquid soap innovations in the country, but because of Bronner’s increasingly sour relationship with his father and uncles, he emigrated to the United States in 1929 for a clean start and to consult for American soap companies—just … Continue reading →

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