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New York City subway bomber Akayed Ullah gets life sentence

The Bangladeshi immigrant who terror that partially exploded in New York City’s busiest subway station in 2017 has been sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years. Akayed Ullah, whose device targeted the pedestrian tunnel between the Times Square and Port Authority stops in new-york-city” rel=”noreferrer noopener” target=”_blank”>Manhattan,<  Ullah, 31, apologized before hearing the sentence.  “Your honor, what I did, it was …

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China underreporting severity of air pollution levels, new study suggests

Air pollution data in world-regions may have been manipulated by local officials, according to a new study conducted by Harvard and Boston University researchers. The analysis, published Wednesday, found statistically significant differences between data from monitoring stations run by local Chinese officials in five cities – Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu – and readings collected …

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Biden avoids confronting China over climate in Earth Day speech with world leaders

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< environment, but notably did not specifically address heavy planet-earth like world-regions. Tensions have remained high between the U.S. and the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter over the past couple of months.  Speaking at an global-economy” target=”_blank”>economic forum< more equitable management of global affairs and criticized the “unilateralism of individual countries” in an …

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