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Fact check: Barack Obama mentioned Juneteenth multiple times while president Barack Obama

Fact check: Barack Obama mentioned Juneteenth multiple times while president

Joshua Gargiulo USA TODAYPublished 6:29 PM EDT Jun 28, 2020The claim: Barack Obama never mentioned Juneteenth while in officeDuring this month's celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery, a Facebook post made the claim that former President Barack Obama never mentioned the holiday during his entire eight years in office.The claim…
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June 28, 2020
Why thirsty Arab region needs sustainable desalination tech Non-renewable Resources

Why thirsty Arab region needs sustainable desalination tech

DUBAI: For all its hydrocarbon wealth, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region suffers from a fundamental scarcity, namely of underground renewable freshwater resources. The region, one of the most water-scarce places on the planet, has some of the lowest water-availability levels on a per-capita basis. Desalination dependence in…
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June 28, 2020
Pro-Brexit Think Tank Pushes Johnson to Pursue Trade With Asian ‘Democracies’, not China and EU Brexit

Pro-Brexit Think Tank Pushes Johnson to Pursue Trade With Asian ‘Democracies’, not China and EU

UK19:00 GMT 28.06.2020(updated 19:11 GMT 28.06.2020) Get short URLAs the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, it is looking to pursue trade agreements independently of the bloc. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, despite previously lauding positive relations with China, is facing growing demands to look elsewhere for trading opportunities.Boris Johnson has…
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June 28, 2020
Japan: Indians, Taiwanese, others protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘dictatorial style of working’ Chinese Expansionism

Japan: Indians, Taiwanese, others protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘dictatorial style of working’

Several Human rights activists of various nationalities and regions including, Japanese, Indians, Taiwanese, Tibetans and others had gathered at famous Hachiko statue near Shibuya station in Tokyo, Japan in protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping's 'dictatorial style of working'.This protest has occurred within the context of Chinese President Xi Jinping…
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June 28, 2020
Siberian Forest Fires Increase by Fivefold in Week Since Record High Temperature Earth‘s Climate

Siberian Forest Fires Increase by Fivefold in Week Since Record High Temperature

The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued higher than normal in the latest sign of the ongoing climate crisis. The news of the increase comes a…
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June 28, 2020