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lundi 28 septembre 2020

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Malta seeks shark tooth fossil presented to Prince George
British Museum 'won't remove controversial objects' from display
Asian shares stutter ahead of U.S. presidential debate, oil dips

Malta seeks shark tooth fossil presented to Prince George

Posted: 28 Sep 2020 12:35 PM PDT

Malta says it will seek to retrieve a shark tooth that was presented to Britain's Prince George by veteran broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who found the fossil during a holiday on the Mediterranean island in the 1960s. Culture Minister Jose Herrera said he will "get the ball rolling" to bring back the tooth to be exhibited in a Maltese museum. "There are some artifacts that are important to natural heritage which ended up abroad and deserve to be retrieved," he told the Times of Malta.

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British Museum 'won't remove controversial objects' from display

Posted: 28 Sep 2020 06:34 AM PDT

Cultural institutions received a letter from the government warning them not to remove artefacts.

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Asian shares stutter ahead of U.S. presidential debate, oil dips

Posted: 27 Sep 2020 06:33 PM PDT

Asian shares were on the defensive, while oil prices edged lower on Monday as investors were cautious ahead of a U.S. Presidential debate and as coronavirus cases spike again in a blow to global economic recovery hopes. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.04% to 547.79, not too far from a two-month low of 543.66 hit last week. The index is set to end the month deep in the red after three straight monthly gains as the pandemic continues to wreak economic havoc around the world and raises investor anxiety about sky-high valuations.

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dimanche 27 septembre 2020

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NYPD officers charge at group of protesters and diners, arresting people on sidewalk
Clashes erupt between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Amy Coney Barrett: 5 things to know about the Supreme Court nominee

NYPD officers charge at group of protesters and diners, arresting people on sidewalk

Posted: 27 Sep 2020 12:33 PM PDT

Police say they "responded to a large disorderly group obstructing vehicular traffic," but video of the incident appeared to show a different scene.

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Clashes erupt between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Posted: 27 Sep 2020 06:30 AM PDT

Armenia has declared martial law and a total military mobilization following clashes with neighboring Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The incident has prompted calls from several world powers for an end to hostilities amid fears of instability in the South Caucasus - which serves as a corridor for pipelines transporting oil and gas to world markets.

[Armenian foreign ministry spokeswoman, Anna Naghdalyan, saying:] "Early in the morning, around 7 a.m. the Azerbaijani forces launched a large-scale aggression, including missile attacks..."

On Sunday (September 27) Armenia said Azerbaijan had carried out an air and artillery attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, but Azerbaijan said it had simply responded to Armenian shelling.

There were reports of civilian casualties on both sides.

Nagorno Karabakh is a mainly ethnic Armenian region that is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan.

It declared independence in 1991, during the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the two countries have been at loggerheads ever since.

Authorities inside Nagorno Karabakh also declared martial law on Sunday, and mobilized the male population.

The two sides regularly accuse each of attacks and 200 people were killed when the conflict flared in 2016.

On Sunday, Turkey said majority Christian Armenia should immediately cease hostilities against mainly Muslim Azerbaijan while Russia's foreign ministry - a mediator in decades of conflict between the two sides - call for a cease fire and talks.

France said it was "extremely concerned" and said both sides should end hostilities.

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Amy Coney Barrett: 5 things to know about the Supreme Court nominee

Posted: 26 Sep 2020 06:31 PM PDT

President Trump announced Saturday that he is nominating Amy Coney Barrett, a respected jurist and conservative darling, to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.

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samedi 26 septembre 2020

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Fact check: Joe Biden did not botch the Pledge of Allegiance in speech
Kenneth Walker, police both claim Kentucky law protects conduct on night of deadly Breonna Taylor raid
Canada Mounties charge man with falsely claiming terrorism

Fact check: Joe Biden did not botch the Pledge of Allegiance in speech

Posted: 26 Sep 2020 12:28 PM PDT

An eight-second clip from a speech purports to illustrate another Joe Biden gaffe. But what is missing is the rest of the speech.

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Kenneth Walker, police both claim Kentucky law protects conduct on night of deadly Breonna Taylor raid

Posted: 26 Sep 2020 06:26 AM PDT

Analysis: None of the officers involved in the March 13 raid were charged with Taylor's death.

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Canada Mounties charge man with falsely claiming terrorism

Posted: 25 Sep 2020 06:28 PM PDT

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vendredi 25 septembre 2020

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Girls say they were restrained, sexually abused and deprived of food at religious boarding school
Mexico's Amlo diverts water from drought-stricken farmers to repay US debt
The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal

Girls say they were restrained, sexually abused and deprived of food at religious boarding school

Posted: 25 Sep 2020 12:25 PM PDT

More than a dozen people reported abuse at a religious boarding school in rural Missouri before the owners' daughter launched a campaign that got action.

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Mexico's Amlo diverts water from drought-stricken farmers to repay US debt

Posted: 25 Sep 2020 06:25 AM PDT

Country has one month to deliver outstanding 289m cubic metres and ensure water for 14 major cities and growersMexican farmers in the drought-stricken state of Chihuahua are pitted against riot squads from the national guard in an increasingly violent standoff over their government's decision to ship scarce water supplies to the United States.The confrontation has already led to bloodshed: earlier this month, a woman was shot dead and her husband was wounded after guardsmen opened fire on farmers wielding sticks and stones.The Mexican government, meanwhile, has accused protesters of being backed by opposition politicians and sabotaging La Boquilla dam, which holds some of the water it wants to send north.The standoff in Chihuahua underscores the severity of water shortages as the climate crisis provokes more severe droughts and puts agriculture under strain.It has also raised questions about why Mexico's nationalist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has put such a priority on repaying water debts to the US rather than going to bat for Mexican farmers."In all the history of Chihuahua, the army has never been sent to take the dams," said Mario Mata Carrasco, a federal lawmaker from Chihuahua. "Instead of fighting organised crime and narcotics traffickers, they're fighting our farmers."Disputes over water are nothing new on the high plains of Chihuahua state, where rainfall is becoming increasingly irregular. Neither is sending water to the US, which is required under the terms of a 1944 treaty.But the unrest has grown amid US demands that Mexico ship more than 100bn gallons by 24 October to meet its five-year quota under the treaty.Local farmers insist any shortfall on that quota can be repaid in the future, and argue that water held behind Mexican dams – for which they have concessions – has never been part of the agreement."When the government comes to steal our property, we don't have any other option but to defend it," said Raymundo Soto, a spokesman for the farmers. "The international water treaty clearly establishes alternatives for resolving these problems."Under the treaty, Mexico sends water from rivers in the Rio Grande basin to the United States, which in turn sends Mexico water in the Colorado River further to the west.The treaty was negotiated when Mexico and the US were second world war allies and "is very favourable to Mexico", tweeted Lorenzo Meyer, a Mexican historian and commentator. "Not fulfilling our treaty obligations would be ending an agreement that would be impossible to improve upon."Mexico's president, commonly known as Amlo, insists Mexico will comply with the treaty. He also revealed that Texas' governor, Greg Abbott, had expressed impatience over Mexico falling behind in its water deliveries.Amlo has repeatedly alleged that big pecan farmers, backed by political interests, are behind the protests."They've been doing their best to get us into a conflict with the United States," Amlo recently told reporters. "It's all a plan to take electoral advantage of the situation."Mexico has fallen behind in its water payments for the current five-year cycle – and not for the first time, farmers say. They argue that Mexico can postpone payment in drought conditions – something Mexican and US officials say is off the table because Mexico was in deficit at the end of the last cycle in 2015.As of 24 September, the country had met roughly 86% of its treaty obligations, according to Roberto Velasco Álvarez, Mexican undersecretary for North America.Mexico now has a month to deliver the outstanding 289m cubic metres and ensure water for 14 major cities and growers in the lower parts of the Rio Grande, said Velasco."There are concerns for other water users, especially urban users," he said, adding: "Chihuahua is illegally retaining water in its dams."But farmers say they have already been forced to adjust to a drier environment by reducing planting. Meanwhile, the drilling of illegal wells is rampant.Many in Chihuahua fear that they may soon see a replay of a severe mid-1990s drought which forced many farmers to migrate, said Jesús Valenciano, a member of the legislature."They went illegally to the United States – and never returned," he recalled. "People don't want this to happen again. That's why there's such a conflict."

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The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 06:28 PM PDT

The Pentagon is weighing a dramatically different fleet that relies heavily on unmanned ships and submarines.

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jeudi 24 septembre 2020

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Pregnant woman rescues husband from shark attack in Florida
South Florida ICE detainees required to go attend court regardless of whether they have COVID
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen under federal probe for campaign money spent on trips, meals

Pregnant woman rescues husband from shark attack in Florida

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 12:24 PM PDT

Margot Dukes-Eddy dived into the water to save her husband "without hesitation", police say.

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South Florida ICE detainees required to go attend court regardless of whether they have COVID

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 06:23 AM PDT

Immigration detainees in South Florida are being required to attend court hearings with other migrants even if they have COVID-19, two sources with the Department of Justice confirmed Wednesday.

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen under federal probe for campaign money spent on trips, meals

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 06:24 PM PDT

Federal authorities are investigating thousands of dollars in suspicious personal spending by former Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on trips to Disney World, New York and other destinations, after the Miami Republican announced she was retiring in 2017, according to her defense attorney.

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mercredi 23 septembre 2020

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Alexei Navalny mocks Putin after the Russian leader reportedly suggested he poisoned himself with a nerve agent
ICE whistleblower: Mexico investigating US immigrant 'sterilisations'
Having a holiday gathering? The CDC wants you to weigh these 7 factors

Alexei Navalny mocks Putin after the Russian leader reportedly suggested he poisoned himself with a nerve agent

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 12:21 PM PDT

Putin's critics and opponents have routinely been poisoned and some have been killed. Navalny is seemingly the latest victim.

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ICE whistleblower: Mexico investigating US immigrant 'sterilisations'

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 06:22 AM PDT

A whistleblower alleges that Spanish-speaking migrants underwent hysterectomies in US detention.

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Having a holiday gathering? The CDC wants you to weigh these 7 factors

Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:21 PM PDT

As families decide if and how to celebrated, the embattled agency weighs in

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mardi 22 septembre 2020

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White House dismisses criticism of persistent coronavirus supply chain problems as work of 'useful idiot'
Police training cited as defense in many use-of-force cases. But experts say it's outdated.
Three jailed after being caught with 109 undersized lobsters in the Keys, police say

White House dismisses criticism of persistent coronavirus supply chain problems as work of 'useful idiot'

Posted: 22 Sep 2020 12:21 PM PDT

The White House is objecting to a new report that concludes that the U.S. continues to struggle with supply chain logistics that have led to shortages of PPE and diagnostic tests.

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Police training cited as defense in many use-of-force cases. But experts say it's outdated.

Posted: 22 Sep 2020 06:18 AM PDT

Police training is often outdated and promotes a react-first, think-later mentality that validates even logic-defying actions, experts told USA TODAY.

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Three jailed after being caught with 109 undersized lobsters in the Keys, police say

Posted: 21 Sep 2020 06:17 PM PDT

Three Lower Keys residents were jailed Friday after state fish and wildlife police said they were found with more than 100 undersized lobsters and a haul of out-of-season stone crab claws.

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