The first underground cemetery in 1,600 years will appear in one of the holiest cities in the world, providing an innovative solution to the shortage of burial space in the city.
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Monthly Archives: November 2017
'Celebrity Scandals, Anti-Muslim Videos' Tweets: How Trump Distracts US Public
President Donald Trump was simply trying to deflect attention from his own problems in the United States, when he retweeted posts by a controversial British far-right group, a UK political commentator told Sputnik.
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Norway’s Drastic 'Sugar Tax' to Prove Sweet Blessing to Neighboring Sweden
The upcoming sharp rise in Norway’s sugar tax has left both the confectionery industry and retailers dumbfounded by the prospect of job cuts and vanishing revenues. In neighboring Sweden, however, traders are rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of serving Norway’s carb-craving sugar fiends with their daily fix.
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Unexplained loud 'booms' rattling houses puzzle southern Arizona
Residents of southern Arizona are baffled by mysterious booms being felt and heard across the southern part of the state, which have caused the ground to shake and pets to tremble. No one seems to have an explanation for the weird occurrences.
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Roo-thless Destiny: Kangaroo Dies After Smashing Into Car in Australia (PHOTOS)
The driver had better luck, narrowly escaping a tragic fate when a marsupial struck the car’s front on the passenger’s side and landed in the backseat.
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Delete Trump’s Twitter account after Britain First ‘hate crime’ retweets, Tory MPs say
Conservative MPs are calling for Twitter to suspend Donald Trump’s account after the US president shared inflammatory anti-Muslim videos, originally posted by far-right group Britain First. Even Home Secretary Amber Rudd didn’t reject the idea.
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‘No impact:’ Trump slams China for inability to exert influence on Pyongyang
China’s efforts to influence North Korea’s policy through negotiations have apparently failed, the US President Donald Trump said. He particularly said that the Chinese envoy’s visit to Pyongyang yielded no results.
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ECB orders banks to embrace instant payments to beat bitcoin
Banks should speed up the introduction of immediate payments, whereby money is received immediately and around the clock, to counter the allure of digital currencies such as bitcoin, said the European Central Bank (ECB).
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Enemies United by Hague's Recklessness: Serb Officer Recalls Praljak's Humanity
Former Serbian Yugoslav People’s Army officer Veselin Sljivancanin, subjected to trial and imprisonment by the Hague for his alleged role in the deaths of Croatian POWs during the Croatian War of Independence, told Sputnik he was shocked by Wednesday’s suicide-by-poisoning death of former Bosnian Croat military commander Slobodan Praljak.
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Prehistoric Russian camel painting could be 38,000 years old
A prehistoric cave painting depicting a striking two-humped camel has been uncovered in a Russian cavern famous for its ancient murals. The discovery raises questions about the migration patterns of prehistoric humans.
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