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SEOUL, South Korea -- A typhoon that battered the Chinese coast has weakened into a tropical storm as it pushes toward the Korean Peninsula, where some South Korean flights were canceled due to strong winds and rain.Tropical Storm Chan-hom is packing winds of up to 52 miles 85 kilometers per hour. According to the U.S. military s Joint Typhoon Warning Center, it is centered over the Yellow Sea about 185 miles 297 kilometer southwest of Seoul and is forecast to move across the D dunk homme emilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea late Sunday or early Monday.It is then expected to dissipate over North Korea. Rescuers use an inflatable boat to evacuate residents from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains from Typhoon Chan-Hom in Shaoxing in eastern China s Zhejiang province Saturday, July 11, 2015. AP On Saturday, the storm hit land with winds of up to 100 miles per hour near Zhoushan, a city east of the port of Ningbo in Zhejiang province.The national weather service said earlier the typhoon might be the strongest to strike China since the communist government took power in 1949. It initially was deemed a super-typhoon but was adidas originals do air force one wngraded at midday Saturday to a strong typhoon and was weakening further as it moved inland.No casualties have been reported from heavy rains that pounded areas south of Shanghai in China on Saturday. Some 1.1 million were evacuated as a precaut Slvz Putin greets new U.S. envoy with a warning
CBS/Pamela Falk This story was filed by CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk, reporting from the U.N.Hundreds of protesters, some wearing green sashes to indicate they re on hunger strike, hav stanley cup e gathered in tents across from U.N. Headquarters for the start of a three-day event in support of Iran s beleaguered opposition movement. At noon on Wednesday, as Iranian-born diva and protest organizer Googoosh gave her opening speech, organizers say the crowd swelled to about 500. That number stanley cup included almost 200 hunger strikers. Most of the participants are Iranian Americans mdash; all of whom spoke of events back in Tehran, where protests are not being tolerated. As police and Basiji militiamen crackdown hard on potential demonstrators in Tehran, the protesters, including academics stanley thermos mug and some big names from the Iranian entertainment world gathered, hoping to bring visibility to the pro-democracy movement.With the support of Hollywood stars including Robert Redford and Sean Penn, and backed up by a Farsi-language version of We Shall Overcome sung by Joan Baez, the organizers of the protest at the U.N. called for the release of Iranian activists, a condemnation of the violent reaction to protests in Tehran, the repudiation of the June 12 election, and the appointment of a Special Envoy for Iran by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Buoyed by support from within the U.S. and around the world, the camped-out hunger strikers spoke of the divisions they see between the major cler

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GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a rare meeting on Tuesday with Syrian opposition figures as the Obama administration returned its top envoy to Damascus, both signs the U.S. is increasing pressure on the Bashar Assad regime and looking ahead to a time when he is g stanley kubek one.Ambassador Robert Ford had been recalled from Damascus six week ago because of threats on him and rising violence.In Geneva, Clinton told a group of seven Syria n pro-reform activists that she wanted to hear their plans to establish a new democratic government if they are successful in prying Assad from power. Her invitation was a step short of endorsement, but a clear sign the U.S. wants to work closely with those who might assume leadership roles.CBS News goes inside Syria: A rare look into the uprising Obviously, a democratic transition is mor stanley water bottle e than removing the Assad regime. It means setting Syria on the path of the rule of law, Clinton told the activists who are all exiles in Europe and belong to the Syrian National Council, one of several umbrella groups for Assad foes. Tuesday s meeting marked only the second time Clinton has held an in-person session with members of the Syrian opposition since President Barack Obama called for Assad to step down in August amid a still ongoing brutal crackdown on pro-reform demonstrators. We certainly believe that if Syrians unite, they together can succeed in moving th stanley cups uk eir country to that better future, Clinton told the group. Reporters

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TOKYO -- North Korea on Sunday claimed a perfect success for its most powerful nuclear test so far, a further step in the development of weapons capable of striking anywhere in the United States. President Trump, asked if he would attack the North, said, We ll see. The latest provocation from the isolated communist country reinforces the danger facing America, Mr. Trump said earlier in a series of tweets, adding that talk of appeasement is pointless. They only understand one thing! Mr. Trump wrote, without elaboration, as he prepared to meet later with his na yeezy slide tional security team. It was the first nuclear test since Mr. Trump took office in January. Hours later, after attending church in Washington, the president made his We ll see comment in response to a question from reporters. Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday that he would meet with White House chief of staff John Kelly, Defense Secretary James Mattis and other leaders at the White House to discuss tensions with North Korea. In another tweet, he threatened a shutdown of U.S. trade with countries doing business with North Korea. The United States is c air max onsidering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea, he posted on Twitter. I will be meeting General Kelly, General Mattis and other military leaders at the White House to discuss North Korea. Thank you.mdash; Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Septem nike dunk low ber 3, 2017 The United States is considering, Lzvr Dead fish clog waters around Greece s Volos port, as weather changes cause mass die-off and a strong stench
A six-day diplomatic mission to India and Pakistan is enough to tire out even the most stalwart adventurer. So why did the President adding to the crushing fatigue by stoppin stanley cups g in Geneva for talks with Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad It s because this may have been the last, best chance for Mr. Clinton to craft what would be the centerpiece of his foreign policy legacy. A comprehensive pea stanley cup ce in a land that has known religious and ethnic strife as long as anyone can remember.Time is running out 151; for all sides. Mr. Clinton has only nine months stanley cup left to cut a deal. A year into his term, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak will soon find support for a peace deal dwindling among his coalition partners as they begin to posture for the next election. Assad, ill and with his successor uncertain, needs the psychological victory of winning back the same Golan Heights he lost as defense minister in 1967.So Mr. Clinton met with Assad Sunday in Geneva in hopes that the Syrian president would commit to reopening talks that have been essentially stalled since the two sides stared icily across the table from each other on those January days in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Senior Administration officials played down the potential results, cautioning that a breakthrough in Geneva was very unlikely.But they were hoping that a face-to-face meeting might begin the process to get the ball rolling. The President has had plenty of contact with Israel and Syria in the past eight weeks, but only oc

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A female bear accused of fatally mauling a jogge adidas originals uomo r in northern Italy is innocent, animal rights activists told AFP on Thursday, saying teeth marks on the victim proved the aggressor was male.The 17-year-old bear, identified as JJ4, is being held in a high-security enclosure while a court in the Tre af1 ntino province, decides whether or not she should be destroyed. JJ4 is innocent, animal welfare association Leal said. The capture of Jj4 in Val Meledrio by the Trentino Forest Service. Province of Trentino The brown bear is accused of killing Andrea Papi while he was running on a woodland path in the mountainous region near his village on April 5. The 26-year-old sustained injuries to his neck and head.Papi s family had said they didn t want the bear culled.Trentino s president, Maurizio Fugatti, said traces of JJ4 were found at the scene and he ordered her capture, vowing to destroy her. Trento provincial authorities ordered her euthanized, but animal rights groups appealed to an administrative court, whichsuspended the order.Officials in Trentoannounced last month that the female bear had been captured overnight in a tube trap, baited by fresh fruit. The removal of Jj4 now ensures greater peace of mind and security in the area, officials said in astatementalong with a photo o hoka winterschuhe f the bear s capture.Jj4 is the same Alpine brown bear that injured a father and son out walk Umrq Donald Trump ending Iran nuclear deal would be act of folly, CIA chief says
AP SANT AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy - One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least six people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets, emergency services and news reports said.The quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, ab stanley romania out 22 miles north-northwest of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 3.2 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.It was one of the strongest quakes to shake the region, seismologists said, and initial television footage indicated that older buildings had suffered damage: roofs collapsed, church towers showed cracks and the bricks of some stone walls tumbled into the street. As dawn broke over the region, residents milled about the streets inspecting the damage stanley bottles .News reports, citing emergency services, said three people were killed in Sant Agostino di Ferrara when a ceramics factory collapsed. Another person was killed in Ponte Rodoni do Bondeno, ANSA said.Italy s Sky TG24 showed images of the collapsed ceramics factory where the two workers were reportedly killed; the structure, which appeared to be a hangar of sorts, had twisted metal supports jutting out at odd angles amid the mangled collapsed roof. This is immense damage but the worst part is we lost two people, said Stefano Zeni, a worker in the factory.SKY said two other people died of ap stanley cup parent heart attacks in the wake of the quake. It was a s

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LONDON --British health authorities on Sunday urged people to wash their clothing and possessions as a precaution if they visited a restaurant and pub in the English city of Salisbury, where aRussian ex-spy and his daughterwere poisoned with a nerve agent.The official statement was the first time British officials have urged the public to take specific actions as a result of the attack. Officials still say the risk is low as investigators in hazard gear combed key sites for clues,BBC News reports.P salomon hombre ublic Health England issued advice for anyone who went to either the Zizzi restaurant or The Mill pub at certain hours of March 4 and 5. Ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia reportedly ate at Zizzi before falling critically ill on March 4. While there is no immediate health risk to anyone who may have been in either of these locations, it is possible, but unlikely, that any of the substance which has come into contact w adidas og ith clothing or belongings could still be pres nike dunk ent in minute amounts and therefore contaminate your skin, the statement said. Over time, repeated skin contact with contaminated items may pose a small risk to health. The health agency added that any clothing should be washed in an ordinary washing machine using your regular detergent at the temperature recommended for the clothing. Police officers dress in protective suits and breathing apparatus in London Road cemetery as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal who w Lcqc Iran voices conditions for U.N. nuclear inspections
Baghdad residents on Thursday snapped up copies of an Iraqi newspaper with a front-page photo of Saddam Hussein sitting in his jail cell with one of longtime opponents.The deposed dictator is shown just feet from Ahmad Chalabi, a member of Iraq s American-picked Governing Council and once a Pentagon favorite to succeed Saddam.The picture, covering most of the front page of the Al-Moutamar newspaper, which Chalabi publishes, was taken Sunday when Chalabi and three other council members were taken to see the former dictator.In the photo, Saddam is sitting on a floor stanley cup usa leaning against a bare tile wall, stanley cup wearing a white robe and a jacket, while Chalabi sits next to him on a chair, leaning forward as if talking stanley flask to him.The edition disappeared off the newsstands by midday Thursday, with some vendors selling copies for more than double the price. Chalabi s spokesman, Entifadh Qanbar, said even he couldn t find a copy of the paper. Iraqi papers have run the U.S. military s photos of Saddam in custody mdash; but Iraqis are eager for any look at the man who ruled over them for decades.Kadhim Abdel Razek, 57, said he couldn t find a single copy of the paper at many stands because it was sold out. I would pay double price, even more, to see the man closely, he said. I just want to see what he is wearing, what shape he is in to compare it to the picture in my mind. The Central Intelligence Agency is taking the lead role in the interrogation of the deposed Iraqi strongman, which U.S

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Stockholmmdash; Three physicists won this year s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries related black holes. The Royal Swedish Academy adidas samba herren of Sciences said that Briton Roger Penrose will receive half of this year s prize for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. Goran K. Ha air max 1 nsson, the academy s secretary-general, said German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez will receive the second half of the prize for the discovery of a supermassive co adidas campus shoes mpact object at the center of our galaxy. BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 NobelPrize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez. pic.twitter/MipWwFtMjzmdash; The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize October 6, 2020 I hope I can inspire other young women into the field, Ghez said at the news conference where the prize was announced, according to the Swedish Academy. It s a field that has so many pleasures, and if you are passionate about the science, there s so much that can be done. Penrose, of Britain, worked extensively on black hole research with the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who never won a Nobel Prize himself. It is common for several scientists who worked in related fields to share the prize. Last year s prize went to Canadian-born cosmologist James Peebles for theoretical work about the early moments after the Big Bang, and Swiss astronomers Jmha Major heist of modern art at Dutch museum
CBS News A 1,600-year-old document, translated for the first time, has a message that could shake up Christianity. It is the first-known statement from that era that refers to Jesus, talking about having a wife.An American historian presented the new evidence on Tuesday. An a stanley thermos nonymous private collector first reached out to Dr. Karen King, a professor of divinity at Harvard University, asking her to translate the document. At first, she was suspicious but after close examination she and her colleagues now say it s real.The tattered piece of papyrus resembling perhaps a discarded business card dates back to the 4th century. Written in an ancient dialect of Coptic language, it contains just eight broken lines in faded black ink.Translated, the first one reads, Jesus said to them, my wife ; the second, she will be able to be my disciple. The discovery will be featured in an upcoming documentary on the Smithsonian Channel. But does it mean that stanley mug Jesus was a married man King said the text doesn t necessarily prove that Jesus had a wife, but it does suggest that early Christians debated the issue. It is the only extent piece of early Christian literature where Jesus talks about having a wife. It may sound like something straight out of the controversial movie The Da Vin stanley cup ci Code. But Serene Jones, president of New York City s Union Theological Seminary, said it isn t so. The Da Vinci Code is interesting fiction, she said, but it is not historical by any means. However

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Omar Havana/Getty Images A patient weighs his prosthetic in the Handicap International Rehabilitation center in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, Jan. 17, 2014.Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world; some estimate that there is as many as yeezy ten million mines in a country of 14.5 million people.Handicap International has been working in Cambodia for almost 30 years, supporting people with disabilities and victims of chronic diseases. Kampong Cham Omar Havana/Getty Images A Handicap International staff member ties a mold during the drapping stage of the prosthetic production process in Kampong Cham, Jan. 17, 2014.Prosthetic and rehabilitation are the main focus of the organization, which has run a physiotherapy center in Kampong Cham since 2002.The number of beneficiaries has increased enormously since then, accompanied by a rise in orthotic and prosthetic production. Kampong Cham Omar Havana/Getty Images A Handicap International staff member assesses a new patient in Kampong Cham, Jan. 17, 2014.Producing prosthesis starts with an individual assessmen salomon gtx t; once the st adidas samba herren aff knows what the patient needs, they bring them for the casting process. Kampong Cham Pxkm Colombia s president extends ceasefire with rebels to save peace deal
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In ahistoric overnight meeting, North and South Korea agreed to work toward denuclearizin adidas samba g the Korean Peninsula, and declaring a formal end to the Kore adidas campus an War by the end of this year. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raised their arms in a show of unity. They promised to pursue peace, but left many of the details for later talks. Expectations were relatively low for the summit, but CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy says it appears the meeting was one of both style and substance. Kim said what the two leaders agreed to on Friday was just the tip of the iceberg, and he said he intends to live up to this agreement. North Korean leader takes first steps in South as adidas originals mujer talks begin 05:08 It s a moment no one could have predicted just a few months ago: After signing their agreement, Kim and Moon were clearly pleased with what they had accomplished. The South Korean president declared a new era of peace on the Korean peninsula. The two Koreas agreed to officially end the Korean War by the end of the year, resume reunions of families separated during the conflict, and to turn the Demilitarized Zone into what they call a genuine peace zone. Moon will visit North Korea for a second summit this fall. The two leaders seemed to have an instant rapport the minute Kim made hist Ceqg Food Fight Waterloo
Yasser Arafat s condition deteriorated dramatically overnight as his coma deepened, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday, and top Palestinian officials met with his medical team.French doctors treating Arafat and Palestinian offici stanley mug als in Paris have all denied reports the ailing leader is already dead, reports CBS News Correspondent Elaine Cobbe. The hospital where he has been treated for the past ten days says he has slipped into a deeper coma and the prognosis is unclear.Two Palestinian officials also denied media reports that Arafat had died, including Nasse stanley mug r al-Kidwa, his nephew and the Palestinian Authority s ambassador to the United Nations, who said he had spoken to Arafat s doctors. The situation is very difficult, but he is still alive, al-Kidwa told The Associated Press.Arafat is suffering from brain hemorrhage, a top aide told reporters at the Palestinian leader s headquarters Tuesday. The aide, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, said Arafat started bleeding on Monday stanley trinkflaschen evening. Former U.S. diplomat Edward Abington, now a paid consultant for the Palestinian Authority, told CBS News Correspondent Charles Wolfson that Arafat is expected to die in a matter of hours. Palestinian Cabinet minister Saeb Erekat told the AP that Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia saw Arafat during a visit of more than two hours to the Percy Military Training Hospital in southwest Paris.Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath did not say what the diagnosis was. But speaking on CNN, he said Arafat

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Hong Kong s Cathay Pacific airline has apologized for offering passengers an episode of the American show Family Guy to watch that includes a scene and a joke referencing the notorious 1989 crackdown on protesters in the Chinese capital s Tiananmen Square.The episode, from the first season of the American animated series, shows father figure Peter Griffin standing next to the Tank Man in a recreation of an infamous photograph depicting a lone resistor to hoka laufschuhe China s military forces as they moved in to disperse a days-long pro-democracy protest. As the tanks approach, the cartoon dad says: Ah screw this, I just came over to buy some fireworks, before fleeing.A spokesperson for Hong Kong s flagship airline told the South China Morning Poston Tuesday that it had apologized to customers after someone complained on social media about the episode being offered in-flight. A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing s Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square, in an iconic June 5, 1989, file photo that came to be known around the world as Tank Man. mizuno de Jeff Widener/AP We emphasise that the program s content does not represent Cathay Pacific s standpoint and have immediately arranged to have the program removed as soon as possible, the airline was quoted as saying by the newspaper.On June 4, 1989, Chinese soldiers ordered in by Communist Party ha air max 1 rdliners Rncf Vivienne Westwood, iconic fashion designer, dies at 81
Egypt s liberal opposition party has called for the cancellation of parliament elections after allegations of massive vote rigging appear to have secured an overwhelming victory for the ruling party.The liberal Wafd party said Tuesday that the government had violated a presidential promise to have free and fair elections. It said that in the absence of stanley termosy credible supervision of the elections stanley kubek , fraud was rampant.The party statement, carried in its newspaper, accused the ruling National Democratic party of rapin stanley cup g its legitimacy by depending on thugs and undemocratic practices, such as ballot stuffing, to win.The election ``witnessed the massacre of democracy and freedom in Egypt, the statement said. ``The ruling party s undemocratic practices ... raped its legitimacy with its assault on the law and the constitution. Ayman Nour, head of the liberal Ghad party, condemned elections as ``a scandal, and called on the Egyptian people to reject its results. Nour was among few opposition voices that adhered to an elections boycott, anticipating fraud, though a rebel faction of the party did run candidates. Official results are to be announced Tuesday, but so far the NDP has won 170 of the 508 seats outright while only a handful went to the opposition. The remaining seats are will be decided in a runoff Sunday.On Monday, the Obama administration said it was disappointed by widespread reports of irregularities which cast doubt on the credibility of the polls in this strong

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A new report from the United Nations warns that global governments are nowhere near ambitious enough to adequately tackle climate change and meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. To fix this, the report shows that countries have to redouble their efforts and adjust their goals by the end of this year to limit global temperature rise by the end of the century.The NDC Synthesis Report analyzes governments cl dunk homme imate action plans that have already been submitted to the UN as part of the global effort to reduce emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change. So far, 75 parties mdash; making up roughly 30% of the world s total emissions mdash; have submitted their plans. A second report is expected to be released prior to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties COP26 in November. A new UN Climate Change report shows that climate plans submitted so far by countries do not put us on a path to meet the Paris Agreement go hoka trekkingschuhe als.But many parties must still submit their NDC. This year, we can turn this trend around. ItsPossible 128073; 127999; https://t.co/7zTXKFzQIu pic.twitter/NJ70jFRS4gmdash; UN Climate Change @UNFCCC February 26, 2021 The majority of countries included in the rep air force 1 ort improved how ambitious they would be individually to reduce emissions, but according to the UN, the combined level of impact is not good enough.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC has said that emissions must be reduced by roughly 45% by 2030 compared Iizj French village spared from Mayan doom wary of fame
An American plant geneticist, an Indonesian human rights activist, an Ethiopian scientist and a Turkish environmentalist were named Thursday as this year s winners of the Right Livelihood awards, known as the alternative Nobels. The awards, each worth $51,000 were founded in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, a stamp dealer who s stanley cup old his collection to fund a program to recognize work that he believes is ignored by the prestigious Nobel prizes.Wes Jackson, co-founder of the private, nonprofit Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, was cited for his vision of a natural farming system based on perennial crops. This is another agricultural revolution if it is possible and he is now finding evidence that it is, von Uexkull said after announcing the winners at a news conferen stanley cup ce.Indonesian human rights activis stanley deutschland t and lawyer Munir was honored for his courage and dedication in fighting for human rights and the civilian control of the military in the world s fifth most populous country, according to the citation. Munir, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, has been active in many of the civil conflicts in the vast archipelago nation. As a member of the Investigative Commission for Human Rights Abuses in East Timor, he helped identify crimes committed by the military in the violence that followed a vote for secession in the former Portuguese colony.Ethiopia s chief environmental official Tewolde Gebre Egzhiaber won the award for his leadership in negotiations that led to an agreemen