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Undercover in North Korea: Even the elites have no idea Â

Another vote, another wrangle between Germany and Turkey Â

Kenya to hold new presidential vote this October Â

An updated battery study based on crowdsourced data from Model S and Model X owners suggests that Tesla’s battery pack will still have 80% capacity after reaching 840,000 kilometers (521,952 miles), or nearly 1 million kilometers driven. An online spreadsheet created by Matteo and maintained by Merijn Coumans via the Dutch-Belgium Tesla Forum tracks battery degradation being experienced by roughly 900 Tesla drivers from around the world. Using a linear progression model, the spreadsheet compiles various data points to create a trend line that suggests remaining battery capacity for a Tesla Model S and Model X over its lifetime. This information is important t…

Amid rising crime, Mexican citizens take matters into their own hands Â

North Korea Crisis: Pyongyang may be preparing new missile launch, South Korea says Â

Germany-Turkey: Tensions are after TV Debate between Merkel and Schulz Â

UN calls for probe into Burundi government for crimes against humanity Â

Germany: Merkel leads as rival Schulz fails to make inroads in key debate Â

North Korea H-bomb test: "10 times larger than the largest test ever conducted by Pyongyang" Â

North Korea H-Bomb Test: Reports of building shaking, people running out in the streets in China Â

Kim Jong Un's ticking time bomb Â

North Korea H-bomb test: how close is Pyongyang to owning a viable nuclear weapon? Â

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe: "It is unacceptable if North Korea did another nuclear test" Â

It's back to school! But how can French schools improve? Â

US - Chemicals, sewage mix with Harvey floodwaters Â

US - Los Angeles wildfire 'biggest city has ever seen' Â

North Korea Diplomatic crisis: Seoul holds missile drill in response to Pyongyang's nuclear test Â

US - Donald Trump pledges 'massive' response if attacked by N. Korea

Shadow of N. Korea nuclear test hangs over BRICS summit in China Â

Timeline: North Korea’s quest to become a nuclear power  Â

Economic impact Estimates of Harvey’s cost vary, with some predicting that the storm will be the most expensive in U.S. history at over $190 billion, surpassing Hurricane Katrina. (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimatesKatrina to have cost around $160 billion.) If that ends up being the case, it would greatly increase the total cost of billion-dollar-plus events since 1980. Others predict that the cost will be closer to that of Superstorm Sandy, at around $70-90 billion. Read more: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hurricane-harveys-impact-and-how-it-compares-to-other-storms/

Location: Galveston, Texas. Note: Feed is mute at source. Harvey, a category 2 hurricane, is expected to reach the Texas coast as a Category 3 storm with at least 111mph (178 KMH) winds and up to 35 inches of rain.Â

(CNN)The Finnish government has set an ambitious goal for residents in a bid to benefit their health -- and their bank balances. Officials plan to make the country tobacco-free by 2040, meaning they want less than 2% of their adults to consume tobacco -- in any form -- by that deadline. So that's more than 98% of the Finnish population saying no to cigarettes, snuff and other forms of smokeless tobacco, cigars, pipes and even e-cigarettes. As per the trend in industralized countries, smoking rates in Finland have been on the decline in recent decades due to measures such as bans on advertising and shop displays, and the creation of smoke-free public spaces.…

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