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Angela Merkel young activists, press case for climate action

 Angela Merkel young activists, press case for climate action. Young activists, including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, held talks Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to press their demands for tougher action on curbing climate change and to get their cause back on the political agenda. Thunberg, 17, Luisa Neubauer, 24, of Germany and Belgians Anuna de Wever van der Heyden, 19, and Adélaïde Charlier, 19, were accompanied by a handful of climate protesters as they arrived at the chancellery in Berlin, the first talks the youth activists have held with a head of government since the start of the pandemic. ADVERTISEMENT “We are here, we are loud, because our future's being stolen,” the protesters chanted as photographers mobbed Thunberg. The 17-year-old shot to fame after starting her solo protests outside the Swedish parliament exactly two years ago. Students around the world soon began following her lead, staging regular large protests, and Thunberg was invited to ...
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DNC final night, What to watch on the fourth night of the Democratic convention

 DNC final night,  What to watch on the fourth night of the Democratic convention. Former Vice President Joe Biden will officially accept his party’s nomination on the final night of the  Democratic National Convention  and tell voters why they should chose him over four more years of President  Donald Trump . Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris,  accepted the vice presidential nomination Wednesday in an evening that also included impassioned speeches  from former President Barack Obama and former Rep. Gabby Giffords.  (Here are the highlights from the  first ,  second  and  third  nights of the DNC.)  Speakers for the fourth and final night of the convention, which is being held virtually  due to the coronavirus pandemic , are set to begin Thursday at  9 p.m. ET . Among them are former Democratic primary candidates who have coalesced around Biden: Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang and Mike ...
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Sweden most deaths 150 years, Sweden's COVID-19 outbreak leads to highest death

 Sweden most deaths 150 years, Sweden's COVID-19 outbreak leads to highest death. Sweden has recorded its highest death toll in 150 years in the first half of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the country’s official statistics office. The Scandinavian nation, which refused to implement a COVID-19 lockdown, tallied 51,405 deaths between January and June — the highest number of fatalities in the first half of a year since 1869,  according to CNN . That figure is roughly 6,500, or 15 percent, more than the same time period last year. During the first half of 1869, 55,431 people died when Sweden was hit by widespread starvation due to poor harvests. The severe famine caused many desperate citizens to emigrate to the US. As the coronavirus spread across Europe earlier this year, Sweden was among the few nations that refused to implement an official lockdown — instead stressing personal responsibility to fight the pandemic and opting to strive for herd immunity. ...
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Mikele Colasurdo heart condition, Georgia State QB Mikele Colasurdo Out for 2020

 Mikele Colasurdo heart condition, Georgia State QB Mikele Colasurdo Out for 2020. Georgia State quarterback Mikele Colasurdo  announced Thursday  he will not play in 2020 due to a heart condition as a result of contracting COVID-19.  Colasurdo is an incoming freshman at Georgia State in 2020. The three-star recruit has been on the Panthers' campus since the spring.  "Today I was diagnosed with a heart condition as a result of my COVID-19 infection,"  Colasurdo tweeted  on Thursday. "Unfortunately, this means that I will not be able to play this football season. ...I am incredibly thankful for coach Elliott and trainer Bob for providing a safe environment for us to train and practice." Colasurdo added he expects to be on the field for the 2021 season. Georgia State is in the Sun Belt conference, which has opted to continue playing in 2020 despite the COVID-19 crisis. Sun Belt member Appalachian State suspended all football activities on Aug. 18 after 1...
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Space Station air leak, NASA Says There's a Small Leak

Space Station air leak, NASA Says There's a Small Leak. NASA  is working to isolate a small air leak in the U.S. segment of the International Space Station. Astronaut Chris Cassidy will join cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin in the Russian Zvezda service module from Friday night into Monday morning, the space agency said, in a  statement  on its website. "Since September of 2019, specialists have been tracking a very slow decrease in the International Space Station stack pressure, and are trying to identify the source," a NASA spokesman told Fox News, via email. "The leak rate has increased slightly from measurements taken in September, 2019, but still is within overall specifications and presents no immediate danger to the crew or space station." NASA and its international partners can carefully monitor the air pressure in each module, the spokesman added. “All the space station hatches will be closed this weekend so mission controllers can...
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Australia gold nuggets found, Treasure hunting family dig up two huge gold nuggets

 Australia gold nuggets found, Treasure hunting family dig up two huge gold nuggets. Gold diggers in southern  Australia  have found two huge nuggets worth $350,000 AUD ($250,000 USD) in historic goldfields. The pair of nuggets weigh in at a combined 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds) and were found on the same day near Tarnagulla in  Victoria state , as shown on Thursday's episode of "Aussie Gold Hunters" on the Discovery Channel. Prospectors Brent Shannon and his brother-in-law Ethan West found the nuggets in a matter of hours with the help of West's father Paul West, according to a Discovery Channel press release. The nuggets could fetch up to 30% more than their estimated value by weight if they are sold to a collector, according to the release. "I reckoned we were in for a chance," Shannon told Australian breakfast chat show Sunrise. "It was in a bit of virgin ground, which means it's untouched and hasn't been mined." The pair had been wa...
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Las Cruces chokehold settlement, New Mexico city to pay $6.5M

 Las Cruces chokehold settlement, New Mexico city to pay $6.5M. Las Cruces, N.M., will pay $6.5 million to the family of Mexican American man who was choked to death by a police officer,  reports the Associated Press.  A settlement agreement made public this week calls for the city to pay the family of Antonio Valenzuela within 30 days and promises that officials will institute various police reforms. Under the settlement, Las Cruces police agreed to ban all chokeholds and fire any officer who violates the new policy. The city also must try to adopt a warning system involving officers who use excessive force and require officers to undergo yearly mental health exams. Any police reforms must be approved by the city council. Valenzuela, 40, was being sought for a parole violation and fought with officers who tried to detain him after he fled from a traffic stop in February. After a chase, then-Las Cruces Officer Christopher Smelser applied the chokehold. Smelser, ...
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