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THAILAND,event acknowledged

Thailand Searches for Teens Trapped in Flooded Caves

“We are still optimistic they are all alive.” So said Thailand’s deputy prime minister of the 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old soccer coach, who have been stranded in the Tham Luang Nang Non caves near the Myanmar border for three nights. As rain continues to fall, rescue efforts were paused while authorities pumped water out of pools in the cave system. Navy divers have now resumed search efforts, citing fresh footprints as signs the group has survived, while grief-stricken families camp out near the cave.

The Most Fun You Can Have in a Cave

Sad and strange. Hope for the best that maybe some or all of them found some crawl spaces or something with air pockets
 
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BRING IT ON,looking fwd to it
make the wealthy hungry bastards suffer as well


Security issue
In the latest blow to trade relations, the Treasury Department will heighten scrutiny of Chinese investments in sensitive U.S. industries, according to eight people familiar with the plans. The administration may use national security rules to create a two-track system for the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S., or CFIUS, which would slow capital in key sectors from Chinese buyers. With deadlines on tariffs and other trade barriers coming in the next few weeks, negotiations have descended into something of a game of ‘chicken’. China, along with the European Union, is steadfast in saying it will oppose U.S. trade measures, warning unilateral actions will push the world into recession.

Technology has moved faster than bureaucracies and security policies. Trade restrictions and tariffs aren't silver bullets for national security.
 

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welcome to European nations warring prevention
may be a best thing out in this age-++
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perhaps quell/threaten the SAUDIS a little with there dominance on the killing/destruction scene
show them there are others with military might

something has to be done with those UK/USA fed stooges
interesting the cunning poms are sucking up to Europe militarily,expect some special agreement to happen
the bastards all keeping the money to be made frrom arms sales flowing

European Countries to Launch Joint Military Force

Is their best defense a good offense? Yesterday nine nations, led by France, Germany and the U.K., agreed to create a collaborative military force to boost border security outside the EU framework. Without help from NATO, the European Intervention Initiative — which includes Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Estonia, Spain and Portugal — will independently respond to “crisis scenarios,” while also serving to keep the U.K. involved inEuropean security affairs after Brexit. Euroskeptics have panned the initiative as unnecessary, while other analysts see it as a vote of no-confidence in NATO.

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yes
am thinking of the cold/lack of food,fear and esp missing there parents/siblings

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Sad and strange.

personally,never used to think how much it could e used against fellow humans with such ruthlessness
not as bad as killing wars but..

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seemingly BShitting again
more suspect than the RUSSIANS ALLEGEDLY doing the deed huh
damn good when they have in-depth investigations so we know,or more so can decide for ourselves
dont have to take Zuc the F'ks 1/2 hearted less than convincing fronting up esp to the shithouse
sad looking sorry BS doesent mean a thing
rip off c...ts the lot of them,but still blame the Russians for everything

Will Facebook's new annoucement change anyone’s mind? | Inside Story

Published on Jun 26, 2018
Facebook says NO European users’ information may have been shared with the UK firm at the centre of the privacy scandal after all.
But at an EU hearing the social media network’s executives said they still had to conduct an internal audit to confirm that.
Facebook had previously said data from up to 2.7 million EU users had been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the firm reportedly hired to influence Britain’s Brexit referendum and the U.S. election campaign that saw Donald Trump become president.
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologised and pledged to apply new European data protection rules globally.
But has that happened yet?

 

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FEED THEM
you caused it you fix it
bs poor us crys ISRAEL FOREVER

UN Palestinian refugee agency warns of massive funding shortfall | Al Jazeera English

Published on Jun 25, 2018
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned it is facing an unprecedented funding gap and is weeks away from cutting emergency assistance. The agency will ask for more than $250m at a donors' conference in New York.

The agency said it has struggled since the US cut contributions earlier this year.

Harry Fawcett reports from the Jalazone refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

 

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Saudi Arabia is ha
usually keeps to itself but
so many in India scared to go to work now so maybe


Is India the worst place in the world to be a woman?
India is the world's most dangerous nation for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and regressive traditions, said a new study. Activists disagree with its methodology, but agree that gender crimes are up.

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so TRUE
yet again

and for anyone who has followed PRUITTS childish Trrumplike antics

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You may have missed this gem from Friday, but fear not! We’re here to bring it to your attention. Scott Pruitt apparently loves a good commemorative coin and wants to celebrate the EPA’s response to last year’s terrible hurricane season. The coins will read “PROTECTING HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT ALL ACROSS AMERICA.” An odd thing to do, since 2017 wasn’t exactly a banner year for the EPA. Who wants to tell them?

I personally have plenty of below-average, pretty unacceptable things that I’ve done in my life that I could print a commemorative coin for. None of them have led to thousands of people being exposed to pollutants or toxic wastewater, but a coin’s a coin, right? What subpar things have you done that warrant a commemorative coin?

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always got a smartarsed answer threat or accusation for everyone
73 years of it
not a genuine nice word for any soul
i wonder how the people who adore and support it behave, in real life
similar i imagine

well
we know by the people it has chosen to be alongside it
not to mention the common citizens who think the sun shines out of its .... etc

Trump accused Harley-Davidson of using new tariffs on trade as cover for an existing plan to shift some production abroad and threatened an unspecified "big tax" on bikes imported to the U.S.

Trump Says Harley Move Abroad Would Be ‘Beginning of the End’
 

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image 2014 ut still elevant i believe
and yes i do peruse the articles to know whats going on
life isent just fun and games

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A boy from Honduras watches a movie at a detention facility run by the U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 8, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images
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IMMIGRATION CRISIS: THE FLORES AGREEMENT EXPLAINED
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President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week that temporarily halted family separations by proposing a new system; family detention. But a decades-old settlement must be changed in order for the government to legally detain families for longer than 20 days. The Flores Agreement, often described by the Trump administration as a “loophole” that’s harming the immigration system, is a 1997 consent decree, or settlement agreement that was designed to prevent the indefinite detainment of unaccompanied minors. Here’s a close look at this agreement and the challenges it presents to the president’s immigration efforts:

The history: Flores v. Reno’s story begins in 1985 when class action lawsuits involving the government’s detainment, treatment and release of unaccompanied minors were filed against the now defunct agency, Immigration and Naturalization Service. One such lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a 15-year-old girl from El Salvador named Jenny Lisette Flores. Children in detainment were strip searched daily and would at times share living quarters and bathrooms with unrelated adult men and women. The ACLU asserted that the detention was in violation of the children’s rights. The case was litigated for 12 years until a settlement agreement was reached in 1997.

What it does: The agreement restricts the federal government from indefinitely detaining unaccompanied minors and requires the government to release a child as soon as possible into the custody of parents, other adult relatives or a licensed child-care program. If no guardian is identified, the child must be be put in the least restrictive setting and the government must follow a certain standard of care. Over the years, laws enacted by Congress require the Department of Homeland Security to hand children over to the Department of Health and Human Services, whose Office of Refugee Resettlement is responsible for placing children with the proper guardian. The initial settlement largely focused on unaccompanied minors. But a case against the Obama administration changed that.

An previous court case: In 2014, the U.S. saw a surge in Central American families crossing the border into the U.S. to seek asylum. The Obama administration, in an effort to deter this migration, began detaining families. This was challenged by immigration advocates in the courts under the Flores Agreement. Federal District Judge Dolly M. Gee sided with the advocates, ruling that the administration could not detain children, even those accompanied by their parents, and ordered the administration to release children from detention after 20 days.

The impending legal battle: President Trump’s solution to family separation is detaining children as a family unit, the same strategy used by the Obama administration. This is in clear violation of the Flores agreement, which means after 20 days, the order becomes illegal. The Trump administration has asked the courts, specifically Judge Gee, to alter the Flores agreement in order to legally detain families.
 

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youngsters doing more for possible gun contol law change and there future than the aged wealth driven politician devils
looks like ya'all have to look afte yourself as an American citizen

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Launching a National Gun-Control Coalition, the Parkland Teens Meet Chicago’s Young Activists


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Launching a National Gun-Control Coalition, the Parkland Teens Meet Chicago’s Young Leaders
One local effect of the March for Our Lives movement against gun violence has been the banding together of activists from all over Chicago.

By Emily Witt


Launching a National Gun-Control Coalition, the Parkland Teens Meet Chicago’s Young Activists
 

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the additional reporting and what they have to say
more so than CNN/NY TIMES
personal preference

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Harley-Davidson Shows the Folly of Trump’s Trade War
The President’s bluster can’t disguise the fact that European tariffs are already hurting many American companies.

By John Cassidy

probably knows already she will likely get off?? ha
at least its a reminder she has been indicted





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Netanyahu seemingly unfazed by wife's fraud indictment

For the time being, the indictment of Sara Netanyahu for fraud and breach of trust has not damaged the popularity of her husband, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, among Israelis.
 

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couple of VOX LOLs
add FFS to both
think the NYT is on its way towards shit,like NEWSWEEK is

THOMAS MARKLE SR. DRAMA
JUNE 26, 2018 9:21 AM

Meghan Markle’s Dad Has Decided to Pick a Fight With the Queen

  • Meghan Markle's father, Thomas, threw some major shade at Queen Elizabeth while talking to his favorite outlet, TMZ. Mr. Markle argues that if the queen is willing to meet Trump, there's no good reason as to why she can't meet him. We can think up a few. [The Cut / Lisa Ryan]
Meghan Markle’s Dad Has Decided to Pick a Fight With the Queen
  • The New York Times wants you to spend $300 on a woke T-shirt based on their famous 2017 ad in the fight to end "fake news." Given that they have to beg readers to subscribe with lower prices by the day, it's unclear if many will take the bait. [VICE / Eve Peyser]
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The New York Times Will Pay $300 For Selected Modern Love Stories
 

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rightly so

a blow to the demons


June 27, 2018
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The U.S. must stop taking migrant children from their parents at the border and reunite separated families within 30 days, a federal judge ruled
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:15 AM EST

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A federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction late Tuesday temporarily stopping the Trump administration from separating children from their parents at the border and ordered that all families already separated be reunited within 30 days.

Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Federal District Court in San Diego said children under 5 must be reunited with their parents within 14 days, and he ordered that all children must be allowed to talk to their parents within 10 days.

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whimsical changes as usual
what happens when wise intellect competes against pure blatant off the cuff idiocy
no shame in stating how i see it
perhapsm others could speak thee mind also

'trae was are easy to win
- the idiot Trump muttered
as if the wealth is his

Trump Appears to Retreat on Chinese Trade Restrictions
The White House has been promising to roll out new investment restrictions on China by the end of this month, leading to a market tumble in recent days. But yesterday, while President Trump maintained that “people come and steal” American technology, he said investment rules could be handled by the existing Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. — which has just been awarded new powers by Congress to review Chinese tech investments. It’s seen as a victory for administration figures who have attempted to cool Trump’s burgeoningtrade war.

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farce of the century
NK WON that round
the dodo idiot
'yes, we will stop ou warlike exercises ith SK
showing almighty USA power strength huh
more like childish immatue diplomatic non negotiating bungling
NK had/S no intentiion of giving up its hard earrnt 'USA DETTERENT'
and Trimp knows it can restart its exercises with a childish tweet

North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges
Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is needed

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Look at This: Satellite imagery indicates that North Korea is continuing to upgrade its singlenuclear reactor, despite vague pledges made during a summit with the United States.

North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges

 

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most promising pleasing happening so far
could be a good thing fo both leades plus e the summitt Trump was insisting on with Putin
combine a summitt with a SYRIA peace deal be etter than the NK farce



Syria cease-fire deal unravels as Trump, Putin prepare to meet


A southwest Syria de-escalation deal heralded by the Donald Trump administration as an example of successful US-Russian cooperation is unraveling as the US and Russian leaders prepare to meet.
 

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CSM make sense this am

have to say the SAME in NZ/Au
too many suicides etc
most important poductive people WW feeding the world,and to often neglected


US farmers, desperate for help, increasingly turn to Mexico
In Michigan, a top fruit producer, the number of growers using an expensive and cumbersome visa process to bring farmhands from Mexico has jumped from four to 50 in the past four years. Congress is considering a bill that would make it easier to employ guest workers.

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Trump and truth: Why the media are losing the battle
The gap between facts and perception plays out repeatedly in press coverage of President Trump. The result is a seemingly irreconcilable break between the media and Mr. Trump’s supporters, with each hearing the president very differently.

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Trump flip on family separation underscores 'chaos' in immigration reform
The issue of immigration surfaces sharp political divides. But dismay over the handling of children at the US-Mexican border has disrupted the usual party lines.
 

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not so shit hot this season as it has been
GOOD JOB !!!
blame the event being held in RUSSIA now duh'
will
cobine Sports with Politics now
becas doey aTrump can/does
so can i

Two late South Korean goals have sent Germany crashing out of World Cup 2018 at the group stage after another poor display

World Cup 2018: Germany exit at group stage after South Korea loss
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Two late South Korean goals have sent Germany crashing out of World Cup 2018 at the group stage after another poor display. The reigning champions finish bottom of Group F, while Sweden and Mexico make the last 16.

World Cup 2018: Germany exit at group stage after shock South Korea loss | DW | 27.06.2018

different perspective on itwonde if the Eus paranoia of Russia hs anything to do with thee forming a new military alliance ove the defuncy NATO

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President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will hold a summit soon. The planned meeting has worried U.S. allies in Europe.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:51 PM EST
The prospect of a high-level encounter, one that would presumably focus on the United States-Russia relationship, has stirred anxieties in Europe given Mr. Trump’s growing tensions with top American allies like Germany, France and Canada.

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like to see this gang of 3 bomb CHINA like they got together a few weeks ago to bomb SYRIA
bet they wouldent huh
resort to the usual meek arsed threats, esp the pussies UK/FRANCE

CHINAs not going to be intimidated by the USA like every other country in the world
incl RUSSIA
not so much Russia now becarse of Potin

CHINAs turn
hail the catchcry
trouble is paranoia wont allow some to accept an inevitability


South China Sea: France and Britain join the US to oppose China
France and Britain have conducted naval operations in the South China Sea to put pressure on Beijing's increased militarization of the disputed islands. Chinese authorities maintain they will not give up any territory.

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France and Britain have conducted naval operations in the South China Sea to put pressure on Beijing's increased militarization of the disputed islands. Chinese authorities maintain they will not give up any territory.
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SOUTH CHINA SEA COUNTRIES ARE BUILDING LARGER NAVIES
Pride of the Chinese armada
The first Chinese aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was originally a Soviet model built in 1986. In 1998, the stripped hulk was sold to China by Ukraine and rebuilt by the Dailian Shipbuilding Industry Company in northeastern China. It was completed in 2012 and has been ready for service since 2016.

South China Sea: France and Britain join the US to oppose China | DW | 27.06.2018