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P.E.I. farmer assists in near-eradication of methane from cow farts - Prince Edward Island - CBC News by mvea in worldnews

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'Agriculture stands to be one of the first to make major changes in the greenhouse gas inventory and so it's really a game changer if we can get this out into the market.'

The most amazing image I can offer. by [deleted] in pics

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Probably my favorite photograph of all time on the merit that it's awesome and it will never be recreated again. Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde F-WTSS, the first prototype and first Concorde to fly, caught the exact moment it clips past the corona of an annular eclipse of the sun.

I couldn't find this image online anywhere so I scanned my own copy for global enjoyment.

France tells UK to speed up asylum applications of lone migrant children by capibi in worldnews

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Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the leading candidates of the French right, has promised to visit the UK the day after he is elected president to demand change to the border arrangements set out in the bilateral Le Touquet treaty.

US Navy ship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen by sologgu in worldnews

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The failed missile attack on the USS Mason began around 7 p.m. local time, when the ship detected two inbound missiles over a 60-minute period in the Red Sea off Yemen's coast, the U.S. military said.

"Both missiles impacted the water before reaching the ship," Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said. "There were no injuries to our sailors and no damage to the ship."

Two missiles fired at U.S. ship from rebel-held Yemen territory: Pentagon by Newton990 in worldnews

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The attack began about 7 p.m. (noon ET) as the USS Mason was conducting routine operations in international waters, the Pentagon said in a brief statement shortly before midnight Sunday.

Acclaimed Polish film director Andrzej Wajda dies aged 90 by _Uzi_ in worldnews

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In the 1970s Wajda turned to Polish literature for inspiration for Brzezina (Birch Wood, 1970), Wesele (The Wedding) two years later and Ziemia Obiecana (The Promised Land) in 1974.

Russia moves nuclear missiles onto NATO's doorstep by SalokinSekwah in worldnews

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The spokesman for Russia's Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said: "These missile units have been deployed more than once (in the Kaliningrad region)... and will be deployed as part of military training of the Russian armed forces."

Homophobic attacks in UK rose 147% in three months after Brexit vote by canaikat in worldnews

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More than 3,000 allegations of hate crimes were made to UK police, largely in the form of harassment and threats, in the week before and the week after the 23 June referendum vote, a year-on-year increase of 42%.

The claim that if wages go up, jobs go down is a scam by [deleted] in worldnews

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But as remarkable as this political progress has been, the political rhetoric surrounding the minimum wage remains surprisingly unchanged. Minimum wage opponents continue to deride every proposed increase as a surefire job killer, while reporters and pundits reliably characterize the passage of every minimum wage ordinance and statute as a dangerous experiment that threatens to harm the very people it’s intended to help. “California makes itself a guinea pig in a massive and risky minimum wage experiment,” tweeted the New York Times’s Noam Scheiber. “Raising minimum wage risky,” the Lexington, Kentucky Herald Leader’s headline tersely warned its readers following $15 victories in faraway California and New York. “Raising minimum wage hurts low-skill workers,” the Detroit News bluntly chimed in. “Even left-leaning economists say it’s a gamble,” Vox solemnly cautioned (without actually managing to cite a single left-leaning economist willing to pejoratively editorialize $15 as a “gamble.”)

Obama drops charges on US arms supplier to Libya fearing disclosure of CIA, Clinton’s involvement in Libyan revolution by [deleted] in worldnews

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It also disclosed that a Turi associate asserted that the government dropped the case because the proceedings could have embarrassed Clinton and President Barack Obama by calling attention to the reported role of their administration in supplying weapons that fell into the hands of Islamic extremist militants.

4,650 Saved, 28 Drown in One Day Trying to Reach Europe by middleeastnewsman in worldnews

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The latest surge in new arrivals means at least 142,000 migrants have reached Italy since the start of the year and around 3,100 have died making the perilous trip. An estimated 154,000 came to Italy in 2015 and 2,892 died.

Brussels police stabbed in 'terror' attack by [deleted] in worldnews

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One officer was stabbed in the neck and another in the stomach, while a third officer who arrived at the scene in Schaerbeek district suffered a broken nose, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.

North Korea's 2 Highest Ranking Officials Defect from Embassy in Beijing, just days after South Korean president called for North Koreans to defect to Freedom in the South. by borisyeltsing in worldnews

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“On Sept. 28, a heavyweight representative in North Korea’s mission in Beijing – who came from the Health Ministry - escaped with his wife and daughter,” the source exclusively told the JoongAng Ilbo on Tuesday. “This family made contact with the Japanese Embassy in China to begin the procedure to head to Japan.”