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Canadian Hurricane Centre warns to prep for storm season early to avoid lineups amid pandemic NOAA

Canadian Hurricane Centre warns to prep for storm season early to avoid lineups amid pandemic

As the Canadian Hurricane Centre warns of another active hurricane season, one of the country's top meteorologists said the COVID-19 pandemic could make it more difficult for people to prepare for a long line of tropical storms.Boats take a beating along the waterfront in Halifax as Hurricane Dorian approaches on…
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May 22, 2020
Removal of Islamic Motifs Leaves Xinjiang’s Id Kah Mosque ‘a Shell For Unsuspecting Visitors’ Kashgar

Removal of Islamic Motifs Leaves Xinjiang’s Id Kah Mosque ‘a Shell For Unsuspecting Visitors’

Since 2016, the Chinese authorities have been systematically destroying mosques, cemeteries, and other religious structures and sites across the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Last year, the Washington-based Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) published a report detailing this campaign, titled “Demolishing Faith: The Destruction and Desecration of Uyghurs Mosques and…
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May 22, 2020
Maduro Stages ‘Military Exercises’ to Protect Iranian Tankers from U.S. Army BUK-Missile

Maduro Stages ‘Military Exercises’ to Protect Iranian Tankers from U.S. Army

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro announced military exercises had taken place on Thursday in anticipation of potential American military activity to prevent a group of Iranian oil tankers from arriving in the South American country. Maduro, despite being in charge of the nation with the world’s second-largest known oil reserves, has…
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May 22, 2020
The Gift of Good Soil Hooliganism

The Gift of Good Soil

From The Wall Street Journal: More than anything else during this lockdown, I’ve missed restaurants. What wouldn’t I give right now to be sitting with friends in a cheerful bistro, nursing a glass of wine and looking over the day’s menu? Instead, tucked under the bedcovers, I’m reading about dishes…
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May 22, 2020