Daily Archives: Friday, August 2, 2019
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World briefs
US-China U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday that Washington isn’t asking any Asian nation to take sides as it engages with the region where ... -
The Buzz | Organizers finally cancel troubled Woodstock 50 festival
Woodstock 50 is officially canceled. Organizers announced Wednesday that the troubled festival that hit a series of setbacks in the last four months won’t take place ... -
Russian military called in to fight Siberian forest fires
The Russian military has joined efforts to fight forest fires that have engulfed nearly 30,000 square kilometers (11,580 sq. miles) of territory in Siberia and the ... -
Greenland sees massive ice melt
The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island’s ice ... -
Kapok | The ugly foreigner
It’s a classic survival tactic: if anything goes wrong, blame it on the other(s) and not on yourself! The burden of responsibility all of a sudden ... -
Friday, August 2, 2019 – edition no. 3345
* July revenue drops 3.5% in surprise posting * Law to restrict foreign workers could boost border crossings * Light flooding was reported in the Inner ...
