WORLD STORIES - 11/11/2018

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Churchill's grandson slams Trump for skipping cemetery visit because of weather: "They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen," Soames tweeted.

thehill.com
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Trump Calls Off Trip To a World War I U.S. Military Cemetery in France Due To Bad Weather.

channelstv.com
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Journalist in Saudi Arabia 'is killed during torture while in custody of the regime' after he was accused of exposing violations committed by the royal family.

dailymail.co.uk
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Democrat Harley Rouda wins California U.S. House seat, defeats 15-term Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.

washingtonpost.com
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Beto O’Rourke helped turn Texas courts blue.

qz.com
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Reminder: Democrats Can Now Get Their Hands on Trump’s Taxes.

vanityfair.com
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In a study the scientists dub a “call to action,” researchers analyzed a recently declassified government report showing an extreme solar storm detonated 25 sea mines in Vietnam over just 30 seconds on Aug. 4, 1972, as Air Force pilots watched. The review suggests it was a “Carrington” class storm..

blogs.discovermagazine.com
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Feeding a population of 9 billion in 2050 will require much more food than previously calculated, as people on average become taller and heavier. An average adult in 2014 was 14% heavier, about 1.3% taller and needed 6.1% more energy than in 1975. Human consumption increased by 129% over this time..

geminiresearchnews.com
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Scientists report that insects with hair (like moths) can absorb up to 85 percent of the ultrasonic beacons sent out by bats, making them the acoustic version of the Stealth bomber.

asa.scitation.org
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DATE: 11/11/2018