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Donald Trump Jr. deleted a doctored image from his Instagram Friday, which showed his father’s approval rating at 50%. The falsified image originated from a CNN segment that aired on Monday, which compared numbers from the same period in the past two presidencies. It showed President Donald...

A Missouri Republican who has made anti-Semitic and other bigoted statements handily won a primary for the state’s House of Representatives. Steve West, who promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ... Read more via The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com – https://ift.tt/2vDOWPN Get more World News

BEIJING — For decades, China harshly restricted the number of babies that women could have. Now it is encouraging them to have more. It is not going well. Almost three years after easing its “one child” policy and allowing couples to have … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment &...

Samsung Group will invest $22 billion in artificial intelligence, 5G mobile technology, electronic components for autos, and the biopharmaceutical business in pursuit of new growth areas. In flagging specific areas of investment, the plan is the first of its kind for the conglomerate and...

Amnesty International says a "horrifying" video circulating on social media shows Cameroon’s security forces shooting at least a dozen unarmed civilians during an operation in the Far North region.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MC6pyl Get more World News

Russia-US confrontation is extending to the economic and trade field as Washington is poised to hit Moscow new and powerful sanctions on August 22nd. Russia views the move as a declaration of “economic war”. The US State Department said that Washington would impose new sanctions on Russia on …...

Brazilians marched Saturday to mourn a female attorney allegedly thrown to her death from a fourth-floor window by her husband in an incident that drew more concern over rising violence against women.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2MAVSn7 Get more World News

Three opposition heavyweights, a 92-year-old ally of an independence hero and the president’s chosen successor are among 25 candidates who have registered to run in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s long-awaited elections...... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World...

Mali’s security services said Saturday they had disrupted a plot to carry out “targeted attacks” in the capital Bamako on the eve of a runoff in a presidential election marred by security breaches. Sunday’s second round is likely to return Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to the helm of Mali … Read...

An Egyptian Coptic monk accused of murder has been detained and will remain in custody for four days pending investigations into the suspicious death of a bishop, his lawyer said Saturday. Bishop Epiphanius, 68, was the head of Saint Macarius monastery in Wadi el-Natrun, northwest of Cairo...