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Five injured and ten missing after US destroyer USS John S McCain collides with oil tanker outside Singapore
Sri Lanka tops global torture referrals list for sixth year running with 230 cases in 2016, runner-up Iran with 140 cases, according to Freedom from Torture summary report
German NGO Sea-Eye follows Doctors Without Borders in suspending working off Libyan coast after country starts barring foreign vessels from entering stretch of water, organization claims to have handled 12,000 persons in area since April 2016
Phillip Orchard: Japan slowly but surely remilitarizing motivated by China’s ability to threaten it from further afield, supported by U.S. but might be hindered by Abe's lack of capital due to dwindling support
Trump says military option one of many available for dealing with Venezuela, Venezuelan defense minister Padrino calls threat act of "craziness"
North Korea says carefully examining using ballistic missile Hwasong-12 to strike American military bases on Guam
Russian FM Lavrov says Russia and U.S. ready to continue complex issues dialogue despite bilateral tensions, statement following meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson in Manila
China's foreign minister Wang Yi urges North Korea to stop nuclear and missile tests, and US and South Korea not to increase tensions
U.S. formally leaves Paris climate agreement, will continue to participate in UN climate meetings during expected three year withdrawal process, opens up to staying in agreement if terms renegotiated to better suit country
London’s High Court dismisses Iraqi general's bid to prosecute Tony Blair for invading Iraq in 2003, claims there is "no prospect" of the case succeeding as "crime of aggression" not recognised in English law

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Miscellaneous

Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis dead at 91
German town Staufen with 8,100 inhabitants falling apart after 2007 investment in green geothermal energy, more than 270 buildings fractured after up to 62 centimeter ground rising and more than 45 centimeter sideways moving
Canadian woman loses diamond ring in connection with weed cleaning on family farm in Alberta in 2004, the ring is found 13 years later around a carrot picked by the woman's daughter-in-law
Conservationists find 106-year-old fruitcake in the building in Antarctica, relic of Terra Nova Expedition in the early 1900s, some rancid butter smell but otherwise ok
Minority of post-millennial youth are progressive leftists, born since 1995 most conservative generation in 70 years
Giant inflatable chicken with Trump hairstyle placed outside the White House, similar actions have been taken in the past when protesters demanded the President release tax return details
Singer and guitarist Glen Campbell dead at 81, known for songs such as Rhinestone Cowboy and By the Time I Get to Phoenix
44-year-old Indian man fails running 10,000 km in Mumbai in 100 days as last day's 114 km run was 36 too short – man plagued by infections, fever and fractures and lost 16 kg during project, is already mapping out 40,000 km challenge
Nova Scotia farmer offers two kilograms of bacon as reward for tips leading to culprit who stole USD 1,000 worth of power tools from property this summer, also offers thief opportunity to work around farm in order to make money in an honest way
Man trapped between train and station platform doors in Beijing rescued after commuters rally together to push and tilt train away from platform – train services resumed 20 minutes after incident, according to Beijing Subway

Media

Mises Institute launches podcast Historical Controversies to apply Rothbardian revisionist perspective on important American history sagas, first season covers War on Drugs
Social network Gab raises USD 1 million via crowdfunding after alt-right account crackdown by established platforms
Spotify removes several white supremacist bands after review by the site Digital music news, according to Spotify, the record labels and aggregators were at first hand responsible for delivering artists to Spotify
The Daily Stormer moves to Dark Web since Alphabet and GoDaddy decided to cancel the site's registration
Patreon shuts down Defend Europe's account, claims group's mission to obstruct NGO vessels from rescuing migrants on the Mediterranean "likely to cause loss of life"
Discord shuts down altright.com chat server and accounts associated with Charlottesville events, claims to want to take action against all forms of hate
BBC World Service's 24-hour transmission in Hong Kong since 1978 to be replaced with programming from China’s state radio channel, meant to "enhance the cultural exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong" according to Radio Television Hong Kong spokesman
Pakistani Taliban launches publication for women to encourage them to become terrorists, magazine targets educated English speakers and features in its first issue article which brings up benefits of child marriage
YouTube plans hiding and demonetizing “controversial religious and supremacist” videos via automated system combined with human flagging, several right-wing YouTubers worried about potentially fuzzy algorithms and system abuse
Patreon bans right-wing libertarian freelance journalist Lauren Southern, claims her activities "likely to cause loss of life"

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Politics

Chief strategist Steve Bannon leaves White House immediately in "mutual agreement" with chief of staff John Kelly
MEP Sarah Champion resigns from Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet after criticism for an article in The Sun, wrote about Pakistani men who exploit and rape white girls
Republican party with 34 governors after West Virginia's Jim Justice switches parties, highest number it has controlled since early 1920s
Libertarian split after Jeff Deist speech mentioning "blood and soil" and encompassing cultural conservatism, Cato-affiliated Bates and Horwitz complain about Nazi dog-whistles
Denmark offers European Medicines Agency 20 years of rent-free housing in relocation bid, agency currently London-based
Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House communications director just over a week after his hiring, new chief of staff John Kelly requested the removing according to New York Times
European Court of Justice maintains Hamas' classification as a terrorist organization, removes Sri Lanka separatist movement Tamil Tigers
Germany’s Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz warns of new wave of uncontrolled immigration, accuses Merkel of ignoring issue as she aims to secure fourth term in September election
Democrats start using encrypted messaging app Wickr after last year's leak, hire ex-Uber Engineer Raffi Krikorian as its chief technology officer
Glenn Greenwald: New lobby group "Alliance for Securing Democracy" unites mainstream Democratic foreign policy officials and world’s most militaristic neocons, will re-shape U.S. foreign policy toward a more hostile, belligerent and hawkish posture toward in particular Russia

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Opinion

Jeff Deist: Charlottesville violence entirely animated by perception that others can impose political will, only lasting solution is to make politics matter less
James D Miller: Google's dismissal of James Damore could be the starting point for an alt-right wave in Silicon Valley, Republicans in the tech industry should read Vox Day to prepare for the upcoming career war where control of high positions is the only chance of the right
Matthew Reece: Understanding of degeneracy important complement to libertarian principles of self-ownership and non-aggression, immoral behaviours and activities which interfere with healthy relationships must be minimized in order to prevent decay of libertarian social order back into statism
Patrick Buchanan: Trump's Russia policy is being hijacked by neocons, plans to send lethal aid to Ukraine could renew civil war, escalation could lead to direct Russian military intervention and outright Ukrainian defeat
Kerry McDonald: Policies against bullying ineffective if children are not given more freedom, school attendance should be optional and choices on education expanded
Jeff Deist: No need for libertarians to fall into utopianism, liberty unique in that it's natural and organic and comports with human action, non-state institutions such as family and religion should be embraced as important lines of defense against the state
Gareth Porter: Consensus between CIA and allies in Middle East behind US' intervention in Syria, necessary to shed light on deep state's shared interests with Sunni regimes to counter policy where arms are sent to terrorists
James Walpole: Defending oneself from criticism in an argument a sign of weakness, legitimizes and empowers the critic
Matthew Reece: Helicopter rides taken out of historical context by alt-right, proper libertarian use is for forcing exile rather than execution
Adil E. Shamoo: As ISIS is near defeat Yemenis continue to suffer with 10,000 casualties so far, US policy in the area runs similar to policy in Iraq in that it provides terrorist organizations a tool for recruitment

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Europe

Barcelona jihadist terror cell planned driving explosives-packed vans into three of city’s busiest tourist areas, one of which basilica Sagrada Familia, according to El Español citing police sources
At least 13 dead and 64 injured as van is driven into pedestrians in Barcelona, suspect Driss Oukabir arrested and another suspect shot dead by police, IS terrorists claim to have carried out attack
Four people arrested outside Moscow on suspicion of plotting suicide attacks in Russian capital, group's two leaders have been fighting for IS terrorists in Syria
13-year-old girl killed and 12 other people injured after car deliberately driven into pizzeria in French village Sept-Sorts, driver said to be recently suicidal 32-year-old Frenchman who days prior tried to kill himself and who claimed to have weapons in the car, incident not being treated as terror attack
Sikh TV channel accused of proposing rape victims take law into own hands – dramatization depicts perpetrator stuffed in car boot by vigilantes
4.5% of Netherlands 2015 deaths due to euthanasia, up from 1.7% in 1990, 8% of all who died in country during 2015 requested assisted dying
Doctors Without Borders suspends migrant rescues in Mediterranean, says Libyan coastguard's threatening behaviour puts colleagues in danger
UK Solicitor General says racially fueled abuse of white girls must result in longer sentences and that "the law does not discriminate" between different groups' racism, raises concerns that political correctness may have stopped gangs of South Asian Muslim men from being properly pursued and punished
English couple trying to evict tenant after 20 years to sell house forced to let him stay with 90-year lease with ban on raising rent according to 1925 law, couple also forced to pay man's GBP 11,000 legal fees and refused permission to appeal
More than 8,000 migrants have arrived in Spain this year which exceeds total number for 2016, safer route through Morocco increasingly popular according to International Organization for Migration spokesman

North America

25-year-old Texas man arrested for trying to destroy Confederate statue in Houston, was caught kneeling by monument carrying explosive liquids
New "Calexit" initiative seeks a constitutional convention aiming for the secession of California from the United States, other ongoing efforts seek more independence from the federal government
Apple blocks Apple Pay for sites selling white supremacy related products, referring to company official guidelines, similar actions also from PayPal
Report by former intelligence members suggests that DNC email theft was a leak rather than a hack, the transfer could not have happened remotely at the reported speed according to the group, report has been mostly unnoticed by mainstream media
Pax Dickinson: Police co-operated with rioters to create chaos in Charlottesville – forced rally-goers into clash with violent protesters instead of upholding law and order
One dead, 19 injured after vehicle plows into counter-protester crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, two hours after police broke up clash between nationalists and counter-protesters, state of emergency declared in city
Alcohol consumption and abuse has increased in the US since 2002, increase greater among women, older people, ethnic minorities, and people with lower income and education
Oregon becomes the fifth state to raise the legal age to 21 for the purchase of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products - Hawaii, California, New Jersey and Maine have previously raised the legal age
11,000 fewer government jobs during Trump's first six months as president, total number of jobs increases by one million during same period, unemployment rate at 16-year low
Colon cancer increasing among whites younger than 55 in the US while decreasing in blacks, cancer is strongly associated with obesity and diet which are better among whites, doctors don't know what the cause may be

Latin America

At least 37 dead after prison riot in Puerto Ayacucho in southern Venezuela
Saint Lucia plans to impose visa requirements on visitors from Venezuela in protest against Maduro regime, Caribbean island country has previously enjoyed close-knit relationship with Caracas
Atlas Network, an American non-profit, has contributed significantly to libertarian think tanks shaping political opinion in Latin America, network's influence stronger in Brazil, Argentina and Chile
Venezuela's Supreme Court sentences dissident mayor Ramón Muchacho to 15 months in prison and dismissal for defying orders to keep transit moving in area blocked by anti-government demonstrations
Venezuela says crushes anti-government terror attack on military base near Valencia, seven people arrested, shots reported as hundreds demonstrated on Valencia's streets in support of attack
Venezuela Chief Prosecutor and Maduro critic Luisa Ortega Díaz dismissed by new constituent assembly, replaced by loyalist Tarek William Saab
Brazilian congress bars corruption trial of president Michel Temer, other charges may be coming though
Thousands of truck drivers block highways throughout Brazil, protest gas and diesel tax hikes
Cuba praises Venezuelan election of new legislative superbody, denounces well-orchestrated US-led international operation to silence voice of Venezuelan people
41.5% turnout in Venezuelan constituent assembly election according to official sources, 12% according to opposition who refuses to recognise election, Maduro's wife and several close allies elected as representatives in what the President calls a "vote for the revolution"

Asia

North Korea ranked "most oppressive place in the world for Christians" 16 years in a row, estimated 70,000 Christians imprisoned in country's concentration camps, 36% of the population practices Christianity.
Muslim terrorists in southern Thailand stole two cars from rental car dealership, later used the cars in bomb attacks, employee at the car company held hostage and was later murdered
Chinese teenager dies two days after being sent to internet addiction treatment centre, examining doctors find he sustained more than 20 external and several internal injuries
China bans all imports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead concentrates, lead and seafood from North Korea as part of UN sanctions after country's missile tests, could cost North Korea up to USD 1 billion a year
Nearly 3.5 million North Koreans volunteer joining or rejoining army since Monday to resist new U.N. sanctions and to fight against U.S., according to North Korean state media
South Korean district court orders Mitsubishi to pay USD 108,000 to elderly woman and to relative of deceased woman for years spent as forced laborers during World War II, Japanese professor of international relations calls ruling outrageous deviation from 1965 bilateral agreement
Liu Xia, Chinese poet and widow of peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has disappeared since 26 days ago - in house arrest since 2010 despite protests from the UN, US and EU
KCNA says North Korea has released Canadian pastor Rim Hyon Su, frequent North Korea visitor was sentenced to hard labour for life in 2015 for alleged attempt to overthrow regime, humanitarian reasons said to be behind release
Local council together with Land and Environment Court in Australian Bondi ban synagogue construction due to risk of building being targeted in terror attack, Jewish leaders call move caving in to Islamic extremism and creating dangerous precedent
Duterte signs law granting taxpayer-funded tuition fees for state universities, economic managers adviced rejecting measure as government not expected able to handle estimated USD 2 billion yearly cost

Middle East

Taliban warn Trump in open letter not to listen to warmongering congressmen who seek to prolong war in Afghanistan, says President should have sense of loyalty to Afghan people who defeated communist invaders
Two US soldiers killed and five injured during combat operations in Iraq, more than 5,000 American troops take part in war against IS terrorists in country
Israel plans to block Al Jazeera's English and Arabic channels and close its local bureau, accuses Qatar based TV network of supporting terrorism
Afghan police seize truck loaded with 18 tons of explosives in Kabul, 16.5 tons more than bomb that killed 150 people in city in May
At least 40 Taliban fighters killed by Afghan security forces in 12 hour gun battle following attack on local market in southern Helmand province
Worlds fifth tallest residential building ablaze in Dubai, evacuation of residents successful according to local authorities, the same tower was on fire in 2015, at that time the owners claimed the building was correctly built and had passed all government inspections
Russia reaches cease-fire agreement with rebel forces in northern Homs provinces, agreement to cover 87 towns and villages
More than a million Yemeni children risk dying of cholera, 200,000 out of those also at imminent risk of starving to death, according to Save the Children
Saudi Arabia plans turning 34,000 square kilometers with 50 islands into global tourist destination with laws "on par with international standards", project start planned for 2019 and first phase completion 2022
Jordan parliament votes to repeal law allowing rapists to avoid punishment when marrying their victims for at least three years – 159 rapists avoided punishment by marrying their victims between 2010 and 2013, according to official numbers

Africa

Zimbabwe declares Robert Mugabe's birthday on February 21 national holiday to highlight Mugabe's "brilliantly displayed" values and principles for youths to emulate
Grace Mugabe seeks diplomatic immunity in South Africa where she's under investigation for allegedly assaulting 20-year-old female model with extension chord
Grace Mugabe allegedly assaulted 20-year-old model in hotel room in Johannesburg, failed to turn herself in despite agreement with authorities, may lead to diplomatic incident
Over 300 killed with death toll expected to rise and 2,000 homeless after landslide and heavy flooding caused by night's rain in Sierra Leone
18 dead after gunmen on motorcycles fire randomly on café popular with expatriates in Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, al-Qaeda affiliates suspected to have carried out attack
Zimbabwe plans building USD 1 billion Robert Gabriel Mugabe University to honor President's "indelible mark in the development of the country's education system"
Hundreds of Nigerians storm Niger Delta crude oil flow station owned by Shell demanding jobs and infrastructure development, army sends reinforcements after protesters said planned two weeks stay at facility
The majority of Boko Haram's suicide attacks are performed by women and children, an increase occurred immediately after the kidnapping of 276 young female students at Chibok
Boko Haram kills 31 fishermen in Nigera in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad, fishing ban on Nigerian side of lake recently lifted, similar attack carried out in 2014
Algerian women defy Islamists who demand that they wear burkinis, get targeted by online campaign in which photographs are posted of females in two-piece swimming costumes

Economy

Japan Tourism Agency considers implementing exit tax on tourists and citizens leaving the country, tax proposed to be 9 USD and revenue will be used for different tourism projects, admits that Japanese citizens might fail to see the benefit of the system and that tourism in Japan may seem more expensive to tourists
Alan Greenspan: Interest rates are abnormally low and the bond bubble will collapse, data going back to 19th century show today's levels are extreme
Central banks continue to add to gold reserves, Turkey for the first time since 1980s and Russia now at 17% of total reserves
Continued strong investor interests for gold exchange traded funds, assets under management up 56 tonnes during second quarter to a total of 2,313 tonnes
EU states propose measures seeking to prevent bank runs by allowing for temporarily stopping people withdrawing money, critics warn that plan could hit confidence and hasten withdrawals at first rumors of banks being in trouble
Venezuelan money supply M2 surges 9.66% during week up until July 21, largest increase since 1992 – black market exchange rate also passes 10,000 bolivars per dollar, was at 24 when Maduro came to power in April 2013
Jeff Bezos passes Bill Gates as the world's richest person after a surge in Amazon stock, has a net worth of USD 92.3 billion compared to Gates' USD 90.8 billion
AlphaBay, the largest black market in the darknet has been shut down after crackdown by authorities from the US, Canada and Thailand, had an estimated turnover of more than USD 600,000 per day
Global sell-off in negative interest yielding bonds after central bankers signal coming end for stimulus, total share of Bloomberg Barclays Global benchmark index down to 18 month lowest of 14%
Singapore ready to negotiate automatic exchange of financial information with Indonesia, approximately 60 % of 75 billion USD assets stored abroad by Indonesians are in Singaporean banks

Technology

LinkedIn ordered by San Francisco judge to remove all technical limitations for third party applications to collect public data from their network
First AI win over professional e-sports player as OpenAI bot crushes Dota 2 pro Dendi in two limited 1-vs-1 matches after two weeks Learning, AI team plans for competitive 5-vs-5 matches by next year's tournament
FaceApp removes ethnicity filter after users condemned it as racist, allowed change of selfies to another ethnicity
Mazda becomes the first manufacturer to successfully harness the power of an HCCI gasoline engine, combines the advantages of both gasoline and diesel, making it environmentally friendly
Disney decides to remove its movies from Netflix and launch its own streaming service, fragmentation of streaming services risks maintaining the relevance of piracy
IBM stores 330 terabytes of uncompressed data on tape, equivalent of 330 million books, a new world record of 201 gigabits per square inch
Alphabet seeks to store energy by heating salt and cooling antifreeze or hydrocarbons, reversal of process powers turbine, potential to be cheaper than lithium ion batteries in storing renewable energy
Facebook shuts down AI program after it started communicating in language developers couldn't understand
Apple helps China's internet crackdown by removing all major VPN apps from the App Store in China
Adobe to stop distributing Flash Player at end of 2020, will offer security updates during transition

Science

Scientists get tobacco plants to produce polio vaccine, becomes a virus-like particle where the outside is similar to polio but inside doesn't contain virus, animal trials show good results, technology isn't limited to polio
Researchers find 91 volcanoes in Antarctica, now a total of 138 volcanoes causing it to unseat East Africa as the place on earth with the most volcanoes, unclear how active the volcanoes are
Overbearing canine mothers have puppies that are less suitable as guide dogs for the blind, the ability to overcome obstacles a key factor in becoming a good guide dog
Researchers create algorithm to predict if a person is depressed based on their Instagram photos, 70% accuracy reported in a study of 166 people, depressed tends to post pictures that are bluer, darker and show fewer faces
New technology can repair cells in the field, consists of a small silicon chip that injects genetic code into skin cells which transforms them into other cells that can treat diseases, trials on mice show good results
Sperm count among western men halved in last 40 years, according to data collected from 185 studies carried out between 1973 and 2011 in North America, Europe and Australia, research involving 43,000 men
Studies show that most drugs remain stable several years after their expiration dates, FDA aware of the fact but indifferent to changing the way expiration dates are set
Habitable zone around TRAPPIST-1 so close to the star that the UV radiation makes it unlikely it could support life according to researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Implanted stents may remain open either by coating the stent with Sildenafil or by taking tablets with Sildenafil, according to study on rats
Priests and rabbis take part in psilocybin experiment to assess how psychedelic experience influence religious thinking – researchers have yet to find willing Muslim and Hindu participants

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