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Firefighter charged with starting 17 blazes in Australia while on bail ‘for serious sex offences’ tracked by ankle tag

The Evangelicals Who Pray for War With Iran

Report: Israeli F-35 Strike Against Iranian Target in Syria Kills Eight

Transporting nuclear wastes across Australia in the age of bushfires

Trump takes credit for decline in cancer deaths. The American Cancer Society says he's wrong

MacDill Air Force Base briefly locked down, authorities searching for suspect

Jeffrey Epstein: Jail CCTV erased by 'technical errors'

'American Oligarchs' Reveals How Trump, Kushner Families Learned To Work The System

Ship seized in $1.3 billion cocaine bust is owned by JP Morgan Chase

So much for renouncing links to his former life. The word "Royal" is embedded in the very website that supposedly launches the independent Prince.

India's top court has declared the record-breaking 159-day-long Kashmir internet blackout illegal

I went inside Seattle's soon-to-close, 90-year-old Macy's store and found the building is already being taken over by Amazon

From Jenna Orkin

1. Iran Says Crash Jet Tried to Turn Back, While Ukraine Probes Missile Theory

   Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’

   The Australian bushfires have killed an estimated 1.25 billion animals

   Zimbabwe 50 Trillion Dollar Banknote, 2008, AA Series, NEW Lot of 1 - 50 Trillion ($25.50)...

   Former U.S President Jimmy Carter Builds A Solar Farm To Power Half His Hometown.

   A Japanese billionaire is giving away $9 million to people on Twitter to see if it boosts their happiness. Research says it might.

   Baltic Dry Plunges Most Since 2008 As Tariff-Frontrunning Ends

2. A new study reveals the US could save $600 billion in administrative costs by switching to a single-payer, Medicare For All system

   Exploring agricultural drones: The future of farming is precision agriculture, mapping, and spraying

   Gannett's CEO is about to make big cuts to America's newspapers and he won't have to disclose how much he gets paid for it — despite helming a public company

   Google will let Android users in Europe choose a different default search engine and it's good news for privacy-focused DuckDuckGo

   "Past Due": Court Declares Hunter Biden The Father Of Child In Arkansas

   Paul Krugman Says Someone Using His IP Address To Download Child Porn

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Largest Ever Strike in India Shakes Up Modi Govt

Indonesia deploys fighter jets in stand-off with China

Indian Ocean Naval Base Diego Garcia: The Launchpad To Attack Iran

A night on the plains: Chasing the mysterious drones of eastern Colorado

CNN Attacks Babylon Bee: 'The Internet Is Only Big Enough For One Fake News Site'

"CLOSING THE GENDER GAP" AT ANY COST THREATENS THE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY OF STEM EDUCATION

The Ukrainian Boeing 737 plane that crashed over Iran was only 3 years old and underwent maintenance checks 2 days ago

"We're Going To War, Bro": Elite 82nd Airborne In Largest 'Fast Deployment' In A Decade

Iran openly targeted US troops in Iraq, marking a major shift in its strategy after Soleimani's killing

'Not a standard deployment': 3,500 US paratroopers deploying amid soaring Iran tensions were told to leave their cellphones and electronics behind

Fake text messages about a military draft are being sent to Americans, the US Army warns

Europe Under Siege From People-Smuggling Gangs

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Boeing 737 Carrying 180 People Crashes in Iran, State Media Says

Iranian diplomat after strike: 'We do not seek escalation or war'

Number Of Animals Feared Dead In Australia’s Wildfires Soars To Over 1 Billion

24 charged with intentionally setting Australia bushfires

Amazon Tribe Creates 500-Page Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia

Activists Lose Last Battle to Protect Miami Forest from Development by Walmart

U.S. imposes visa bans on International Criminal Court investigators - Pompeo (March)

66 Dead After Rapidly-Sinking Jakarta Pummeled By Worst Monsoons This Century

A stampede at Iranian general Qassem Soleimani's funeral killed at least 40 people and wounded 200 others

British Navy To Escort UK-Flagged Ships In Strait Of Hormuz

Passengers flying between the UK and India endured a nightmarish 36-hour delay as their airline plotted a new route because of US-Iran tensions

The Pentagon flatly contradicted Trump and said the US military would not be targeting Iranian cultural sites

From Jenna Orkin

New Cambridge Analytica Leaks to Expose Election Manipulation in 68 Countries

Some Other People Do Some Other Things - Kunstler

Shooters get green light to cull 10,000 feral camels

60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein

Puerto Rico rocked by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake, with more tremors expected

'This Is Big': 76 Retired US Generals and Diplomats Warn Trump Against War With Iran - May

Russia Halts Oil Supply To Key European Transit Hub

Pelosi: House To Introduce 'War Powers Resolution' To Limit Trump In Iran

German Govt Says America's Actions Were Justified In Killing Of Soleimani

"This Is Unprecedented!" Guaido Denied Entry To Venezuelan Parliament, Only To Be Reelected Hours Later

Boris Johnson warns Trump that targeting Iranian cultural sites would break international law

Iran can't hit back over Soleimani's killing because America has only fictional heroes like SpongeBob SquarePants, a prominent cleric said

From Jenna Orkin

Near 50C Heat in Sydney : Flames as high as 50 metres in Australian Bushfire Hell

On land, Australia’s rising heat is ‘apocalyptic.’ In the ocean, it’s even worse.

Zimbabwe drought: UN warns food will run out ‘by the end of February’

Pentagon Officials Stunned by Trump’s Order on Soleimani: NYT

Iraqi parliament votes to expel U.S. troops over Soleimani killing

Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’

A group claiming to be from Iran hacked and defaced a US government agency website

AFRICOM Confirms Terrorist Attack On US Base In Kenya 

'Cancer clusters' are popping up in towns across the US and the environment may be to blame

Hong Kong Activates "Serious Response" As Chinese Mystery Illness Prompts Hospital Lockdown

Record Amount Of Gold In London’s Vaults?

Goldman Sachs says these 10 stocks are dangerously overvalued and could tumble 20% — and their list includes Apple, which they see plunging 35% this year

A cop resigned after admitting he wrote 'f------ pig' on his own McDonald's coffee cup, and it's the latest sign that fast food is getting caught in the fray of viral social issues

Baltimore County Homicides Jump 85% To Record High Amid Spillover In City Murder Crisis 

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Pence says Iran's Qasem Soleimani aided 9/11 hijackers. Experts say that's not true

Sydney's Penrith the hottest place on Earth amid devastating bushfires

Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze - NYT

Physicists Just Achieved Quantum Teleportation Between Computer Chips for the First Time

Hezbollah Isn’t Just in Beirut. It’s in New York, Too. (1 year old)

Mystery airstrike reportedly kills Iran-backed militia members in Baghdad just one day after US killed a top Iranian general

The United States' main allies are abandoning Trump over his 'dangerous escalation' with Iran

CapEcon: If Iran Closes The Strait Of Hormuz, Crude Would Jump To $150

Graham Tells Trump To 'Crush Iranian Economy' By Targeting Oil Refineries After Assassination

Sen. Rand Paul, an anti-war Republican, says 'there will be war with Iran' after Soleimani's killing

Iran's 'forceful revenge' against the US is likely to include cyberwarfare, and experts say the attacks could be devastating

Greece, Israel & Cyprus Sign Landmark EastMed Gas Pipeline Deal Despite Turkey's Wrath

The ultrawealthy are hiring former special-ops soldiers as 'nannies' for their kids, paying as much as $200,000 a year

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West’s ‘dust bowl’ future now ‘locked in’, as world risks imminent food crisis

Iran discovers new oil field with over 50 billion barrels

Inside the U.S. military raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead

Goldman Sachs becomes first major U.S. bank to stop funding Arctic drilling, pulls back on coal

AUSTRALIAN INFERNO: Stunning images from space reveal the shocking extent of Australia's bushfire crisis

Australian prime minister, a Trump fan, pledges to outlaw climate boycotts:

"They harm the economy."

As a drought-stricken area in Australia struggles, a Chinese company moves to bottle its water

State Of Emergency Declared In NSW Australia As Deadly Bushfires Rage; Military Deployed

Google suspends Xiaomi integration with its home products after a user reported seeing footage from random people's homes, including a sleeping baby

Boris Johnson's chief adviser posted a bizarre advert calling for 'super-talented weirdos' to help run the UK government

Localism In The 2020s, Part 1 – The 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement

Even More Colleges Are Now Taking Equity Stakes In Their Students As Tuition

Baltic Index Has Worst Day In Six Years - Vessel Demand Sinks As Front-Loading Ends 

From Jenna Orkin

Report: Iran's Top General Qassem Soleimani Killed in Airstrike on Iraqi Base

Taiwan's Top Military Leader And Senior Officers Killed In Helicopter Crash

Fearing the ‘Insect Apocalypse’? Renowned Entomologist Says ‘Get Rid of Your Lawn’

Scale of Australia's "Black Summer" Fires

WikiLeaks: UN official accuses UK and US of torture over treatment of Assange and Manning

75% of younger S. Koreans want to leave country

Replanting Britain: 'It’s about the right tree in the right place'

GOP Lawmaker Plotted Insurrections to Establish Christian State

State Of Emergency Declared In NSW Australia As Deadly Bushfires Rage; Military Deployed

So Many People Have Fled California The State May Lose Multiple Seats In Congress

US Records Slowest Population Growth In Century As Births Decline 

Baltimore City Breaks Murder Record Of The Century

Avian Flu Outbreak Hits Europe's Largest Poultry Producers

Burn, Pay, Or Shut It Down: Three Evils For Permian Drillers

Plastic bags are now banned in Mexico City

"I'm Not Recommending Anyone Use It": First 5G Rollout Fails To Live Up To The Hype

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Massive currents of smoke from Australian fires reach New Zealand

'We've lost our beautiful town': Mogo residents flee as bushfire rages up NSW south coast

California bans private prisons and immigration detention centers

Puerto Rico rocked by 6.0 earthquake

Germany responds to Trump: Huawei has no back door, but Cisco has 10

Should Racists Get Health Care? - (Ron Paul)

NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals

US Records Slowest Population Growth In Century As Births Decline 

"No More Transit Risk": Ukraine & Russia Ink Landmark Gas Transit Deal, Hammering European Gas Prices

The New Colonization: China Is Building Enormous Self-Sustaining Chinese Cities All Over The African Continent

Judge In Hunter Biden Paternity Case Mysteriously Recuses Hours After New Allegations Filed