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03Aug/15

Obama says no challenge greater threat to U.S. future than climate change

August 3, 2015EnvironmentAmerican people of German descent, Articles, Barack Obama, Clean Power Plan, Climate change, Climate change in the United States, Climate change policy, Climate change policy of the United States, Environment, Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration, Global warming, Liberalism in the United States, Natural environment, Nature, Paris, Politics, Politics of global warming, Post–Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, president, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States, Washington, DCsmbale

President Barack Obama formally unveils his administration’s ramped-up plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants and declares climate change the greatest threat facing the world.

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01Aug/15

Press freedom demonstrators protest after news website accused of treason

August 1, 2015PoliticsAndre Meister, Angela Merkel, Annika Vogt, Articles, Berlin, Civil rights and liberties, East Germany, Edward Snowden, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, Heiko Maas, Markus Beckedahl, Mass surveillance, Net neutrality, Netzpolitik.org, Politics, Rosamarie Rieger, Stasi, Treason, West Germany, Whistleblowersmbale

Demonstrators protest for press freedom in Berlin after Germany’s Federal Prosecutor opened an investigation into journalists at a news website to clarify whether or not the publication of certain documents could be deemed as treason.

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19Jul/15

Manila suburb breaks world record for largest Zumba class

July 19, 2015SportsAerobic exercise, Alan Pixley, Articles, Benhur Abalos, Benjamin Abalos Jr., Cebu, Dance and health, Decades, Franchises, Guinness, Guinness World Records, Health, Mandaluyong, Mandaluyong City, Manila, Philippines, Zumba, Zumba Fitnesssmbale

A suburb in Manila breaks the Guinness World Record for the largest Zumba class with a total of 12,975 participants.

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09Jul/15

Former FIFA VP Warner appears in court

July 9, 2015FootballArticles, Bribery, Chuck Blazer, CONCACAF, Corruption, Education, Educators, FIFA, FIFA corruption case, Football in Trinidad and Tobago, head of the Americas, Jack Warner, Law/Crime, Organizations, Political corruption, Political geography, Port of Spain, Sports, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Department of Justice, United States, USDsmbale

Jack Warner, the former head of the Americas regional soccer body appears in court to fight extradition to the U.S. on corruption charges.

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07Jul/15

UK’s anti-terror policies inconsistent 10 years after 7/7 London bombings: expert

July 7, 2015World7 July 2005 London bombings, Articles, Assistive technology, China Central Television, Closed-circuit television, Counter-terrorism, Crime prevention, Haras Rafiq, law enforcement, London, London Bombings Reflection China Central Television, National security, Public safety, Radicalization, Rafiq, Samantha Lewthwaite, Security, Suicide attack, Terrorism, United Kingdom, Video, War/Conflictsmbale

7/7 London Bombings Reflection
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06Jul/15

Greece a flashpoint for Europe?

July 6, 2015EconomyArticles, Athens, Austerity, BGC Partners, BGC PARTNERS MENKUL DEGERLER ANONIM SIRKETI, Don Quixote, ECB, Economy, Euro, Europe, European Union, Fiscal policy, France, Germany, Government spending, Greece, Iglesias, International relations, Ireland, Italy, LUCIA VILLANUEVA, Luis de Guindos, Macroeconomics, Mario Draghi, Mike Ingram, PABLO IGLESIAS, Podemos, Portugal, Public finance, Referendum, Social groups, Spainsmbale

(Reuters Business Report) – Don Quixote: a Spanish literary hero famous for tilting his lance at imaginary foes – like windmills.

Austerity though – that’s seen as a very real enemy.

Many Spaniards in solidarity with ordinary Greeks.
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03Jul/15

Solar powered backpack helps South African children cope with rolling blackouts

July 3, 2015InnovationAfrica, Alternative energy, Articles, Backpack, Bags, Education, electricity, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Eskom, Homework, Johannesburg, Kamogelo, Kamogelo Tsopodi-Malinga, Learning, Luggage, Malinga, Mass production, Packaging, Plastic bag, Rea Ngwane, Repurpose Schoolbags, Rustenburg, Solar energy, Solar lamp, Solar panel, Solar power, Sophy Tsopodi, Sophy Tsopodi-Malinga, South Africa, Technologysmbale

Made from recycled plastic, an innovative new school bag is assisting students from impoverished communities in South Africa study at night. Using solar technology, the bags are powered during the day and light up homes which are either not connected to the national power grid or are in the dark because of frequent electricity cuts.

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03Jul/15

Europe swelters in heatwave

July 3, 2015EnvironmentArticles, Atmospheric sciences, Belgium, Brussels, Cologne, Etienne Barbot, Europe, European heat wave, Fahrenheit, France, Geneva, Germany, Heat wave, In Europe, Juergen Moeller, London, Madrid, Marcelo, Meteorology, Munich, Natural disasters, Nature, OFFENBACH, Paris, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Torridness, United Kingdom, Weathersmbale

PARIS, FRANCE / LONDON, ENGLAND, UK / COLOGNE & MUNICH & OFFENBACH, GERMANY / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / MADRID, SPAIN / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (REUTERS) – Temperatures across Europe broke records with a high expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some cities.
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03Jul/15

Kitten and owl video becomes internet sensation in Japan

July 3, 2015Viral VideoArticles, Chan, Coffee, Fuku, Human Interest, Japan, Marimo, Osaka, Ritsuko Nagaharasmbale

An unlikely friendship between a kitten and owl at a Japanese cafe takes the internet by storm.

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01Jul/15

French and Belgians try to stay cool as Europe scorches

July 1, 2015EnvironmentAnne-Laure, Articles, Atmospheric sciences, Belgium, Brussels, Etienne Barbot, Europe, European heat wave, France, Heat wave, Jerome Decultot, Meteorology, Nature, Paris, Physical sciences, Shade, Thermodynamics, Torridness, Water, Weather hazardssmbale

People cool off in the shade as extremely hot temperatures sweep across Europe, rising to 38 degrees in Paris.

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