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6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia’s Lombok
A landslide is seen after an earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, Aug. 19, 2018 in this still image obtained from a social media video. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, just hours after a 6.3-magnitude quake shook the island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Two smaller quakes were reported around the same…
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Colleges offer courses on ‘queering’ children, the Bible
This school year, colleges and universities across the country will be offering courses on “queering” children, the Bible, and theology in general. Pomona College, for instance, will offer a course arguing that “the figure of the Child” is used to “justify continued cultural investment in reproductive heteronormativity and productive ablebodiedness.” Courses on “queer theologies,” meanwhile,…
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Venezuela’s Starving People Are Now Eating The Zoo Animals – The Parisians Had The German Excuse
Reports in from Venezuela that starving people in that country, the beneficiaries of those glories of Bolivarian socialism, are now breaking into the zoos and butchering the animals in order to be able to eat them. We have seen this before of course, but when the Parisians did it they did actually have the excuse…
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Saudi Arabia pledges $100m to US-backed Syria campaign
A Syrian boy rides his bicycle amid the rubble of destroyed buildings being removed by a bulldozer in Harasta, on the outskirt of the Syrian capital Damascus on July 15, 2018 LOUAI BESHARA (AFP) In April, reports emerged US was looking to build an Arab force to replace its troops in northeastern Syria Saudi Arabia on…
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Germany and Greece seal migrant return deal
The German Interior Ministry has announced it has reached a deal that will allow it to return asylum-seekers to Greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spain’s Pedro Sanchez agreed to a similar compromise last week. The German Interior Ministry said it had reached an agreement with Greece on Friday that will see it send back certain asylum…
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Vatican finally breaks silence on sex abuse bombshell
The Vatican has finally broken its silence on the “predator priests” grand jury report, saying the church is on the side of the victims. “Those acts were betrayals of trust that robbed survivors of their dignity and faith,” said Vatican spokesman Greg Burke. “Victims should know that the pope is on their side,” Burke added….
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Israeli flags burned by Northern Irish nationalists
British Union flags also incinerated in huge bonfire in Derry, in an event deemed a ‘hate crime’ by police. British and Israeli flags on a bonfire that was later set ablaze on August 15, 2018 in Derry, Northern Ireland. (Screenshot: Twitter) Israeli flags were burned Wednesday in Northern Ireland, along with various other flags, as…
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FLASHBACK: Schumer Called Illegal Immigration ‘Wrong,’ Said ‘Aliens’ Should Not Be Treated Same as Legal Immigrants
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been an outspoken critic of President Trump’s immigration policies. But in a speech in 2009, Schumer espoused views against illegal immigration that sound strikingly similar to what President Trump has said since 2015. Speaking at an immigration policy conference at Georgetown Law, Schumer said, “Illegal immigration is wrong,…
