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.Zelo Street

• Real World’s Coming Home

  They believed in Gareth Southgate and his squad from the start. Of course they did - honestly. All those

• Freedom Day - THE REALITY

  Infections are rising, and rising steeply , with rates last seen in January. Numbers of hospital admissions

• Julia Hartley Dooda Lies About Lockdown

  It is not often that Zelo Street is in agreement with the odious flannelled fool Master Harry Cole, the

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NPR

As U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Biden Is Set To Explain What Happens Now

President Biden will address the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan at a moment when the

After Being Sidelined By The Pandemic, The Spelling Bee Makes Its Great R-E

The academic games were canceled last year, but the mental sport is back. First lady Jill Biden is

What We Know About The Assassination Of Haiti's President

The assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday has pitched the country into

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Britney Spears’ conservatorship: Films, podcasts and books to get you up to

  From hashtags to podcasts, these resources explore a tricky and controversial situation

• Wannabe is 25: The key Spice Girls looks we’d still genuinely wear today

  From Victoria Beckham’s chic LBD to Mel C’s take on sportswear, Liz Connor reminisces.

• Dogs Trust seeks home for young dog with life-limiting condition

  Smokey suffers with a spinal condition commonly known as ‘Wobblers Syndrome’

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Delta variant growth likely to 'outmatch' Covid vaccine supply

  Paul Reid said the health service was facing into the challenge of the variant 'from a high base'

• Kevin Lunney trial: Court to allow mobile and CCTV footage in evidence

  The three-judge Special Criminal Court ruled on the matter on Thursday.

• Halt to Bloody Sunday prosecution to be delayed pending challenge

  The North’s Public Prosecution Service had been due to withdraw proceedings against Soldier F at Derry

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memeorandum

• 'It's O.K. Not to Be O.K.' - Naomi Osaka is a professional

  Naomi Osaka / TIME : 'It's O.K. Not to Be O.K.'   —  Naomi Osaka is a

• The Supreme Court's Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It

  Richard L. Hasen / Slate : The Supreme Court's Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It

• Ohio Allows Doctors to Deny LGBTQ Health Care on Moral Grounds (Hannah

  Hannah Murphy / Rolling Stone : Ohio Allows Doctors to Deny LGBTQ Health Care on Moral Grounds   &

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The Hayride

• The Coming Veto Session Is Really About Election Integrity

  The two bills everybody has been focusing on as the grassroots has torqued up the pressure on Louisiana

• Tickets Are Starting To Move Faster For The Hayride’s Comeback Tour Event

  …which is less than two weeks away. You’ll want to snap yours up soon before they’re all

• New Orleans’ Restaurateurs Are Having A Rude Awakening Of Late

  This is something which has been quietly building for a while, but nobody really wanted to talk about it

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Education Property Tax Cuts Worsen Income Inequality in Manitoba

  The Education Property Tax Reduction Act will increase income inequality in Manitoba and will not help

• Letter to the European Commission and EU Member States regarding the TRIPS

  On June 29, 2021, the CCPA joined over 200 civil society organisations from around the world in signing the

• Inequality, employment and COVID-19

  The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted and deepened the gender, racial and income inequalities that our

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Times of India

• 'Deeply saddened and disturbed': UN body expresses shock over death

• Opposition write to President Kovind seeking action against those

• Karnataka politics hits a low as ex-CMs launch foul-mouthed rants

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• Important decisions for welfare of agriculture, farmers taken: PM Modi

  The government has taken important decisions for the welfare of agriculture and farmers, Prime Minister

• PSGPC invites Jathedar and SGPC president to visit Kartarpur saying Covid

• Carefully monitoring deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan: India

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Rogue's gallery: Case opened, official suspended after SD

  The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has opened a criminal case after the alleged theft of an SD

• News24.com | 'You address no one, you' - cops tell Zuma ally Carl

  Carl Niehaus was arrested by police outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre.

• News24.com | SSA suspends Robert McBride in wake of failed Mozambique

  The State Security Agency (SSA) has suspended Robert McBride, the head of the spy agency's foreign

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Zuma's arrest doesn't make me

  Mark Botha in Cape Town, Western Cape, pens an open letter to former president Jacob Zuma following his

• News24.com | Ismail Mahomed | Treat Zuma like a criminal, not like

  It is up to the Minister of Police to prove that South Africa's prison system has the courage and

• News24.com | Contact News24's public editor with any complaints and

  Any complaints, queries or suggestions about content on News24 may be sent to our public editor George

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Tunisia virus situation catastrophic: health ministry

  Tunisia's health system has "collapsed" under the weight of the Covid-19 pandemic, the health

• News24.com | Zimbabwe gets 2 million Sinovac doses to boost Covid-19

  Zimbabwe received 2 million Covid-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac on Thursday, its single largest

• News24.com | Eswatini soldiers fired on US diplomatic car during chaos of

  After a diplomat note was leaked to the media, the United States Embassy in Eswatini confirmed that

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• Four more arrests in hunt for killer of Haiti’s president

  Six people are now in custody and seven suspects have been killed.

• Spanish government squabbles over whether to promote plant-based diet

  The country’s prime minister expressed his fondness for a rare, ribeye steak.

• Dozens of US states take aim at Google in legal action

  The complaint filed in a US federal court represents the fourth major antitrust lawsuit filed against

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WebMD Health

• Tips for Managing Psoriatic Arthritis

  Medical treatment for your psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is essential for managing symptoms and protecting your

• Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug: Why Some Patients Say Yes

  As advocates and critics debate the FDA's approval of the new drug, and a chorus of experts and patient

• Can Overweight Docs Really Give Credible Weight Loss Advice?

  Nearly half of doctors consider themselves overweight. Does having excess pounds help or hurt their efforts

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WhoWhatWhy

• Human Activity Influencing Global Rainfall, Study Finds

  PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are

• Farm to Factory: A Frontline View of Big Ag’s Manure Machine

  As the corporations behind Big Ag put small farmers out of business, they changed a way of life in rural

• New York Governor Declares Gun Violence a Health Emergency

  PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are

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Science Blog

• EPA is the omega-3 fatty acid that may improve heart health

  In 2018, a study found that a high dose of an omega-3 fatty acid given to patients with an elevated cardiac

• Altering skin pigmentation can prevent UV cancer

  Askin pigmentation mechanism that can darken the color of human skin as a natural defense against

• Infrared cameras and artificial intelligence provide insight into boiling

  Boiling is not just for heating up dinner. It’s also for cooling things down. Turning liquid into gas

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Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

• BIG VALLEY: Proud Boys turned on the cops -- but members are rebuilding

  In December 2020, the Proud Boys, a nationalist street gang that surged in popularity with Donald Trump'

• JD Vance wants to let social media users sue tech companies if they get

  "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance says that Ohio voters are worried that "cancel culture

• Trump's golf clubs continue to profit off US taxpayers since he left

  Former president Donald Trump may no longer be in office — but his businesses are still profiting off U.S.

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Report On Improving Technology Learning And Career Pathways Released

  A report that provides advice on improving teaching, learning and assessment of technology and hangarau

• New Survey Shows Rock Wren Hot Spots

  Counting dainty rock wrens/tuke is tricky but a new survey is revealing where this threatened alpine bird

• Cool Southwest Flow Followed By A Low

  Cold southwest winds are forecast to bring showery weather to much of New Zealand through to Saturday, with

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Fascists Eat Donuts

  In 2003 I asked if anyone knew a certain song… I did get an answer but never posted it. So here it is

• Infrastructure “Deal”

  So there’s a “bipartisan deal” on infrastructure that cuts out much of the original

• We Are In Pre-WWII Germany

  I was thinking about the emotional desire for normal times we see in so many of our elites. It’s

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The Slog

• GLOBAL POWER GRAB: an oasis of resistance for the 12%

  Opposing the murder of free speech, real democracy, citizen dissent and unproductive humanity.

• Getting professional about Resistance

  Boris Johnson: killing the most vulnerable along with that old and dearly respected lady, Magna Carta.

• SOMETHING RANCID COMES THIS WAY

  "Zero Covid" can justify masks, lockdowns, vaccination boosters & travel control forever

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Universe Today

• Tales of a ‘Drunken Comet’- Astronomers Detect Alcohol Leaking From 46P

  A close pass of Comet Wirtanen in 2018, offered researchers an unprecedented opportunity. The post Tales

• Researchers Have Taught a Drone to Recognize and Hunt Down Meteorites

  Planetary scientists estimate that each year, about 500 meteorites survive the fiery trip through Earth’s

• After Just 6 Weeks of Construction, Super Heavy is Built and Ready to Move

  SpaceX just rolled its Super Heavy Booster prototype (B3) onto the test pad at Boca Chica, bringing the

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Whistleblower Network News

• FinCEN Sets Eyes on Corruption, Cybercrime in New Anti-Money Laundering

  The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released their latest “anti-money laundering and

• Biden Signs Bill Saving CFTC Whistleblower Program From Financial Collapse

  On July 6, President Biden signed into law emergency legislation to fund the Commodity Futures Trading

• How Whistleblowers Can Help Disrupt Wildlife Crime

  Wildlife trafficking is a global crisis—one of the crucial conservation issues of our time— driving some of

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Andy Worthington

• Former Military Commissions Prosecutor Calls for the Closure of Guantánamo

  A cross-post, with my own introduction, of an op-ed in the Washington Post, calling for the closure of

• UN Experts Condemn UAE Plans to Forcibly Repatriate Former Guantánamo

  My response to UN human rights experts condemning the UAE for its proposal to forcibly repatriate Ravil

• The Bleak Legacy of Donald Rumsfeld: Guantánamo, Torture and Two Failed and

  With the death of former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, I take a close look at his dreadful legacy,

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