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Dutch Farmers Resume Protests Against Green Reforms, Dumping Manure, Garbage on Roads

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch farmers resumed protests at government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions Wednesday by dumping manure and garbage on highways and setting fires alongside roads. Traffic authorities said several roads in the central and eastern Netherlands were

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Images show mysterious ‘perfectly aligned’ holes beneath Atlantic Ocean

Scientists have discovered a series of mysterious “perfectly aligned” holes in the sediment 1.7 miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean – and do not know what has caused them.

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‘I thought the ground would open up’: At least four people dead in Philippines earthquake

An earthquake has struck the Philippines, setting off landslides, damaging buildings, killing at least four people and injuring dozens.

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Self-awareness in short supply as Trump calls for law and order in DC – The Guardian US

Self-awareness in short supply as Trump calls for law and order in DC  The Guardian US What we learned from Trump’s return to Washington  BBC Keller @ Large: The Trump of 2016 returns to Washington  CBS Boston WATCH: Protesters disrupt America First Agenda

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White House braces for grim news on economy – POLITICO

White House braces for grim news on economy  POLITICO As midterms loom, the White House is trying to tamp down fears about a recession  NPR Biden White House slammed for ‘arguing with the dictionary’ after attempts to redefine ‘recession’  Fox Business Biden downplays

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Taliban rights crackdown is ‘suffocating’ Afghan women, Amnesty International warns

Watchdog says Afghan rulers decimated protections for those facing domestic violence, detained women and girls for minor violations and contributed to a surge in child marriages

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Grave of alleged disappeared Yemenite baby exhumed: ‘Any answer won’t be sufficient’

Some immigrants from Middle Eastern and North African countries claim their babies were kidnapped in the 1940s and 1950s after authorities said they had died

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Turkey to resume drilling for gas near Cyprus, potentially inflaming tensions

Exploration in East Mediterranean region slated to begin August 9; Ankara has a maritime border dispute with Greece and Cyprus

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China threatens ‘firm and resolute measures’ if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan

China has threatened “firm and resolute measures” if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi makes her rumoured trip to Taiwan.

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Israeli finding may make hard-to-diagnose fibromyalgia easy to confirm

The chronic pain condition can be detected based on analysis of gut microbiome, scientists say in peer-reviewed research, potentially paving way for objective diagnosis, treatment

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