Australia’s government has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward protecting the Great Barrier Reef, in what’s being called the largest single investment in the embattled ecosystem ever. The administration of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Sunday it is earmarking more than AU$500 million, or $379 million in U.S. dollars, to protect the reef in […]
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Twin blasts in Afghan capital kill at least 26, including nine journalists
KABUL (Reuters) – Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 26 people on Monday, including nine journalists who had arrived to report on the first explosion and were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber, officials said. The attacks, a week after 60 people were killed as they waited at a voter registration […]
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Kim Jong Un ‘not that kind of person to shoot missiles’ at US, he says
Kim Jong Un is “not that kind of person” who will shoot missiles at the United States, the North Korean leader said, according to a briefing held Sunday by the South Korean presidential office. Kim, who met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in an historic summit at the demilitarized zone on Friday, said at […]
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horoscope
Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19) You can relax a little at last! That’s what you could be thinking with today’s celestial energy. The time is perfect to get ready for the challenges that up to now were just anxieties inside you. If you’re thinking clearly today, Aries, it’s because you have the strength to face your […]
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Mental Filtering
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. – Abraham Lincoln I see a lot of positive thinking posts on Facebook lately. This is good. I personally believe that negative thoughts and words rot our souls. Criticisms and complaints give way to self-destructive behaviors. Some people say that Joel […]
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Thousands of tropical islands uninhabitable – study
WASHINGTON, 26 APRIL 2018 (WASHINGTON POST) — More than a thousand low-lying tropical islands risk becoming “uninhabitable” by the middle of the century — or possibly sooner — because of rising sea levels, upending the populations of some island nations and endangering key U.S. military assets, according to new research published Wednesday. The threats to […]