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USA Giappone
Alleged false Rio robbery claim may cut Ryan Lochte’s commercial victory lap short
The week after winning his sixth career Olympic gold in Rio, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte should have been doing a victory lap, cashing in on his performance with fresh sponsorship deals. Instead, one of America’s most decorated swimmers is accused by Brazilian police of inventing a story about an armed ...
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Giappone
Obama administration to phase out private prisons; operators’ stock dives
The Obama administration said Thursday it will phase out its contracts with private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates. The decision announced by the Justice Department comes after an audit this month found that private facilities have more safety and security problems than the government-run prisons. The federal prison population ...
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USA Giappone
Twitter reports suspending 360,000 accounts over ‘violent extremism’
Twitter said Thursday it has suspended 360,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating its policies banning the promotion of terrorism and violent extremism. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post that it has also made progress in preventing users who were suspended from immediately returning to the platform using ...
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Brasile
Alison e Bruno batem italianos e conquistam ouro no vôlei de praia
Última vez que o Brasil conquistou um ouro olímpico na modalidade foi em Atenas, em 2004, com Emanuel e Ricardo
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Turchia
Syria policy a ‘source of many sufferings’ for Turkey
Deputy Foreign Minister Numan Kurtulmuş on Aug. 17 described Ankara’s Syria policy as “a source of many sufferings for Turkey today”
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Spagna
Economía/Bolsa.- El Ibex 35 rebota un 0,74% y rompe una racha bajista de dos sesiones, por encima de los 8.500 puntos
MADRID, 18 (EUROPA PRESS) El Ibex 35 ha rebotado un 0,74% al cierre de mercado y ha frenado una racha bajista de dos sesiones consecutivas a la baja, con lo que el selectivo se ha aupado por encima de los 8.500 puntos.
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USA
Gene Marks: NY Fed finds employers are cutting jobs because of Obamacare
This has not been a good week for the nation's public health insurance market.
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USA
How Uber plans to put its own drivers out of business
'The goal is to wean us off of having drivers in the car,' the company's co-founder told Businessweek.
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USA Etiopia
South Sudan health crisis worsens as more partners pull out and number of displaced rises
Source: World Health Organization Country: South SudanPreventable and curable diseases, such as malaria and acute watery diarrhoea, are major causes of death among the growing number of IDPs in the country.The recent escalation of the conflict in South Sudan has forced many people to flee, including those that were supporting the ...
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USA
About 360,000 Yezidis remain displaced, in dire need of psychological care
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Assistance Mission for Iraq Country: IraqA new UN report details the testimony of Yezidi survivors of ISIL atrocities in Iraq since August 2014, and states that these violations and abuses may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. UN ...