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(Worthy News) – Residents of northern Israel were woken up with a bump on Wednesday morning as a 4.1 magnitude earthquake shook Haifa and the Galilee region shortly before 5:00 a.m.

The Israeli Geophysical Institute said a moderate earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale was measured at 4:50 a.m. 14 kilometers (8.6 miles) from the city of Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, at a depth of two kilometers.

There were no casualties or damage reported, but local residents complained of a rude awakening. A smaller aftershock was felt at 6:50 a.m. said the Geophysical Institute. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman is setting up a counterterrorist “economic warfare” unit to go after the stipends that the PA provides for imprisoned terrorists and their families.

This comes a day after the Knesset voted to cut funds – which the Palestinian Authority gives to terrorists and their families – from the taxes and tariffs Israel collects for the authority.

In what is called the “Anti-Pay for Slay bill,” MKs voted 87-15 on Monday to back the financial restrictions. All factions except for leftist Meretz and the mostly-Arab Joint List backed the bill. [ Source: Jerusalem Post (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Turkey on Wednesday issued a decree that transfers some powers to the president, as the country moves to an executive presidential system following President Tayyip Erdogan’s win in last month’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

The decree, issued in the government’s official gazette, makes changes to laws dating from 1924 to 2017, removes references to the prime minister — whose office has been abolished and replaces them with “president.” [ Source: Deutche Welle (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – While other Americans celebrate the holiday with picnics and parades, California secessionists are taking Independence Day literally.

The Yes California independence campaign, known as Calexit, plans to rally Wednesday at the state capitol in Sacramento, calling on like-minded residents to “stand up against American occupation of California” and for Trump supporters to “get out of California.”

“The Fourth of July is no longer a day to celebrate in California,” said the campaign, which is collecting signatures to place a secession measure on the 2020 ballot, in an Independence Day message. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Major US trading partners including the European Union, China and Japan voiced deep concern at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Tuesday (Jul 3) about possible US measures imposing additional duties on imported autos and parts.

Japan, which along with Russia had initiated the discussion at the WTO Council on Trade in Goods, warned that such measures could trigger a spiral of counter-measures and result in the collapse of the rules-based multilateral trading system, an official who attended the meeting said.

Over 40 WTO members, including the 28 countries of the European Union – warned that the US action could seriously disrupt the world market and threaten the WTO system, given the importance of cars to world trade. [ Source” Channel News Asia (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A federal judge has again temporarily blocked Arkansas from becoming the first state to enforce a ban on pill-induced abortions.

U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted the injunction to prevent the state from enforcing a 2015 law that says doctors who prescribe abortion medication must have a contract with another physician who has hospital-admitting privileges.

The complex law virtually banned pill-induced abortions in Arkansas, and left just one clinic for surgical abortions. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – A team of meteorologists, who predicted an above-average 2018 Atlantic hurricane season in April, decreased their forecast on Tuesday.

Colorado State University forecasters Philip Klotzbach and Michael Bell released their July forecast, predicting a total of 11 named tropical storms during the 2018 season — four that will likely become hurricanes.

“We have decreased our forecast and now believe that 2018 will have below-average activity,” the report said. “The tropical and subtropical Atlantic is currently much colder than normal, and the odds of a weak El Niño developing in the next several months have increased.” [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Fresh from a successful re-election campaign, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is flexing its newfound clout in the fight on Capitol Hill over acquiring cutting-edge U.S. military hardware.

Officials in Ankara claim they have secured concessions from the Trump White House that Washington will push forward with planned sales of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the country, despite significant resistance from some powerful voices in Congress.

“We discussed the F-35 issue with Trump and he promised to look into it and take all the necessary steps,” to ensure the foreign military sale goes forward, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview over the weekend. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]

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