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Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6B, thanks to worsening odds
Atlanta Journal 20 Oct 2018
DES MOINES, IOWA — . If it seems like lottery jackpots are getting larger and larger, it's because they are getting larger and larger. Tuesday night's Mega Millions estimated grand prize has hit a staggering $1.6 billion, continuing a trend of giant jackpots. It ties the largest lottery prize in U.S. history — and is bound to continue growing — and joins five other top 10 drawings in the last three years ... ___ ... ....
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Jamal Khashoggi’s Washington Post Editor on Saudi Statement: “Utter Bullshit”
Slate 20 Oct 2018
Jamal Khashoggi’s editor at the Washington Post has emerged as one of the strongest voices demanding to find out the truth about what happened to the journalist who was a columnist for the newspaper. Shortly after Saudi Arabia released a statement finally acknowledging that Khashoggi died inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul, but claiming it was the result of a fistfight, Karen Attiah did not mince words about what she thought ... ....
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Africa’s youngest billionaire found 10 days after being abducted at gunpoint
Metro UK 20 Oct 2018
Africa’s youngest billionaire has been found 10 days after being abducted at gunpoint. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was kidnapped from the luxury Colosseum hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on October 11. It is not known how Mr Dewji was freed or whether an ransom was paid and police have suggested his captors came from South Africa ... He released a statement on Twitter which said. ‘I thank Allah that I have returned home safely ... Advertisement ... ....
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Saudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Was Killed in Instabul Consulate
Yahoo Daily News 19 Oct 2018
In a major development in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia on Friday, 19 October, confirmed that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month ... (This is a developing story, more details soon.). ... ....
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Scientists Finally Find Proof That Earth's Core Is Solid
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Researchers from the Australian National University are confident they have found direct proof for the first time, that the Earth’s inner core is solid — albeit a little bit squishy, Newsweek reports.In a paper published in the journal Science, Hrvoje Tkalčić, an associate professor, and Than-Son Phạm, a scholar, both at ANU, describe how they detected so-called "shear waves" or “J waves” in the inner core....
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Ethiopia's massive new dam threatens Egypt's River Nile
CNN 20 Oct 2018
(CNN)Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north. This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt's only fertile land -- and testament to the country's reliance on this fabled waterway ... That could be about to change. Ethiopia's very big dam. Read More ... Photos ... Hide Caption ... ....
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Saudis shocked by government’s new story about how Khashoggi died
Sacramento Bee 20 Oct 2018
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia –– Saudi Arabia's about-face admission that journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its consulate in Istanbul this month sent shock through a country where many had believed –– and defended –– initial claims that the authorities had nothing to do with it ... We lost that forever unfortunately." ... SIGN ME UP! ....
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At least 60 killed as train crashes into crowd in India
Belfast Telegraph 20 Oct 2018
A speeding train has crashed into a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in Punjab state, said local politician Pratap Singh Bajwa. Railway police said that the death toll had risen to 60. Another 50 people have been injured and are in hospital ... He said ... ....
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Dave Chappelle thinks Kanye West was ‘having a manic episode’ during Trump meeting
Metro UK 20 Oct 2018
Dave doesn’t agree with Kanye’s politics (Picture. Getty). Dave Chappelle has suggested that Kanye West was having a ‘manic episode’ while meeting with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office ... And the rapper’s friend Dave Chappelle has some thoughts about the whole bizarre scenario. The comedian was performing alongside Jon Stewart at Dublin’s 3Arena, with the stars joined by Michelle Wolf for their Ask A Comedian section ... More ... He said....
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Thousands in a migrant caravan are waiting to cross the Guatemalan-Mexican border amid sweltering heat
CNN 20 Oct 2018
Tapachula, Mexico (CNN)Thousands of Central American migrants fleeing poverty and violence packed a bridge connecting Guatemala and Mexico in sweltering heat Saturday as part of a politically charged, US-bound caravan. At one point, several dozen migrants trying to make their way north sang the Honduran national anthem on the edge of the muddy Suchiate River between Tecun Uman, Guatemala, and Tapachula, Mexico ... That's why we're here."....
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Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts
This is Money 20 Oct 2018
By Delphine Schrank. TECUN UMAN, Guatemala, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Central American migrants bedded down overnight on a bridge separating Guatemala and Mexico, many squeezed against a metal border gate, as efforts to halt a trek north by a caravan of thousands of people gathered pace under U.S. pressure. U.S ... Several complained they had been teargassed ... Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met top officials in Mexico City ... "You know why....
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WhatsApp Bans over 100,000 Accounts Ahead of Brazil’s Runoff
This Day 20 Oct 2018
WhatsApp has banned hundreds of thousands of accounts in Brazil as the Facebook Inc. messaging service struggles to contain political shenanigans ahead of a runoff election in Latin America’s largest country. “We have cutting-edge technology to detect spam that identifies accounts with abnormal behaviour so that they can’t be used to spread spam or misinformation,” a WhatsApp spokesperson wrote in an email ... NAN ... ....
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Macedonia Starts Name Change Procedure, Amid Praise
Balkan Insight 20 Oct 2018
Macedonia’s government will try to speed up the implementation of the historic ‘name’ agreement with Greece after parliament backed starting the procedure to change the country's name, with the opposition expelling its MPs who supported the deal. Sinisa Jakov Marusic. BIRN. Skopje ... However, opposition VMRO DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski was not thrilled ... Process moves forward. ... International and Regional praises. ... ....
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Australian Nudist Beach Surfer Punches Shark to Escape Attack
News18 20 Oct 2018 Editphoto: Creative Commons / Ilovetheeu
British relatives of Nazi victims seeking German passport as Brexit looms
The Independent 20 Oct 2018
Under the article, former German citizens who were deprived of citizenship on “political, racial, or religious grounds” are entitled to have citizenship reinstated ... ....
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