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India Cracks Down on Poor-Quality Chinese Paper to Save Local Mills

India is planning strict new rules to control the import of low-quality paper, especially from China. The move aims to protect Indian paper manufacturers who are losing business due to cheap and substandard foreign products.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is preparing a Quality Control Order (QCO) for various paper types. This will include writing paper, printing paper, coated paper, and packaging boards. Once the rule comes into effect, all imported paper will need to meet the quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

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Trump condemns religious persecution amid refugee squeeze (AP) President Donald Trump said at the United Nations this week that “protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities.” But his promise rings hollow to advocates for persecuted religious minorities seeking refuge in the United States. Trump’s administration already has slashed the nation’s refugee admissions ceiling to a historic low and on Thursday proposed a further cut for next year, to 18,000. The list of persecuted religious groups whose access to refugee admission has withered under Trump includes Christians in Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sudan, as well as Iraqi Christians and Yazidis.

Haiti Braces for New Protest, Demands That Leader Resign (AP) Opposition leaders are calling for a nationwide push Monday to block streets and paralyze Haiti’s economy as they press for President Jovenel Moïse to give up power, and tens of thousands of their dedicated young supporters are expected to heed the call.

Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes Off Chilean Coast (AP) A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the coast of Chile on Sunday, swaying buildings in the capital of Santiago. The national emergency agency said there were no reported injuries or damage to basic services.

Portugal’s Azores brace for impact of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo (Reuters) As hurricane Lorenzo moves closer, Portugal’s Azores archipelago is bracing for strong winds, heavy rain and towering waves and the country’s meteorology agency IPMA said there was more than an 80% chance of the storm hitting the mid-Atlantic islands. In a statement published on Sunday, IPMA said the eye of category 4 hurricane Lorenzo would pass “very close” to the archipelago on Wednesday, with gales of up to 125 miles per hour expected to batter some areas.

Spanish Island of Tenerife Suffers Massive Power Outage (AP) A major power outage in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands left nearly 1 million people without electricity, authorities said Sunday.

Storm Prompts Railway to Suspend Service in Northern Germany (AP) Rail services in parts of northern Germany were suspended on Monday as a storm with high winds swept across the area.

Election triumph leaves Austria’s Kurz with coalition options (Reuters) Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz triumphed in Sunday’s parliamentary election while the scandal-tainted far right took a beating and the Greens surged, leaving Kurz the option of forming a coalition with either of them.

Floods kill 113 in north India in late monsoon burst, jail, hospital submerged (Reuters) Heavy rains have killed at least 113 people in India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states over the past three days, officials said on Monday, as flood waters swamped a major city, inundated hospital wards and forced the evacuation of inmates from a jail.

With vote over, Afghanistan faces possible political chaos (AP) Presidential elections are over, and Afghanistan now faces a period of uncertainty and possible political chaos. Saturday’s vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement and abuse. The election seems unlikely to bring the peace sought by Afghans, tired of an increasingly brutal war, or an easy exit for the United States, seeking to end its longest military engagement.

Thousands rally in Moscow to demand release of jailed protesters (Reuters) More than 20,000 Russians took to the streets of Moscow on Sunday to demand the release of protesters jailed over the summer in what opponents of the Kremlin say is a campaign to stifle dissent.

China faces an economic slowdown (LI) The world’s second biggest economy is slowing its roll, amid declining industrial output, diminishing retail sales, trade tensions with the U.S. and a swine fever that’s driven up pork prices, BBC News reports. The Chinese economy grew 6.2% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2019, compared to 6.6% in 2018. And where China goes, the world may follow. For every percentage point drop in the Chinese economy, the global economy can expect 0.2 percentage points of diminished growth, the Peterson Institute’s Gary Hufbauer tells the BBC.

Hong Kong police smash anti-China demonstration, creating chaos (Washington Post) An unauthorized march against totalitarianism and Beijing’s grip on Hong Kong quickly devolved into chaos Sunday, as police fired rounds of tear gas and made arrests to stop the crowd of thousands from protesting. It was among the most aggressive police responses in the 17 weeks of demonstrations, amid growing sensitivity over the rapidly approaching anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Several people were seriously injured. Street battles broke between protesters and police who struggled to keep the demonstrators at bay with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Typhoon Bears Down on Northern Taiwan (AP) Fast-moving Typhoon Mitag was bearing down on northern Taiwan on Monday, bringing high winds and heavy rain and forcing flight cancellations.

Thai Prime Minister Advises Masks Against Bangkok Smog (AP) Thailand’s prime minister has urged people in Bangkok to wear face masks to filter out unhealthy air pollution as smog enveloped the capital.

Houthis say they killed or wounded 500 Saudi-led coalition fighters and captured 2,000 (Washington Post) Yemeni rebels said Sunday they carried out a major assault on forces of a Saudi Arabian-led coalition near the border between the two nations, and released footage that they said shows hundreds of captured troops, including Saudi officers, and destroyed Saudi military vehicles. The rebels also said they killed or wounded 500 coalition soldiers. If confirmed, the assault would be one of the most significant victories for the rebels in the nearly five-year civil war gripping the Middle East’s poorest nation.

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Thirteen districts on the mainland and Madeira are now under yellow warning due to the forecast of sometimes heavy rain, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA). The districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Vila Real, Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Setúbal, Évora, Beja and Faro will be under yellow warning until 18:00 today and Madeira until 09:00 :00 today. The IPMA also issued a yellow warning for the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, because of the temporarily strong southerly wind, with gusts of up to 80 km/h, with up to 90 km/h in the highlands, until 3 pm. :00 today. The districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Leiria, Lisbon, Setúbal, Beja and Faro are also under yellow warning due to the forecast of maritime agitation, with waves from west/southwest with 04 to 05 meters up to at 03:00 on Friday. The north coast of Madeira and the island of Porto Santo are also under yellow warning due to sea waves until 00:00 on Friday. Mainland Portugal has been affected since Wednesday and until Friday, by the effects of the Armand depression, with wind, sometimes heavy and persistent rain and sea waves. In a statement, the IPMA said that the effects of the depression will be felt at least until Friday, with sometimes strong winds, carrying a very humid tropical air mass. Due to the depression, precipitation is also expected to occur, sometimes strong and persistent, and strong winds on the coast and highlands, with gusts of wind in periods of greater instability, reaching 95 kilometers per hour on the North coast and highlands. A significant increase in sea waves is also expected from the end of the afternoon today, with southwest waves up to 05 meters. The IPMA revealed that the depression will also affect the Madeira archipelago, where sometimes strong and persistent precipitation is expected, especially today, as well as an increase in sea waves, with northwest waves of 04 meters.

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PREHISTORIC SHARK WITH INSANE TEETH FOUND SWIMMING OFF COAST

A frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a species that is often termed a ‘living fossil’ because of several ‘primitive’ features that have survived for millions of years, has been captured off the coast of Portugal’s Algarve region, the country’s meteorological and sea institute has announced. Fossils of the same species have been found that date back millions of years.

The animal was a male, 1.5 metres in length, and was fished in August at a depth of 700 metres, the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) said in a statement released on Monday.

According to the statement, the species has “a long, slim body and a head that is reminiscent of a snake” and “its biology and ecology are little known”.

  Prehistoric, Dinosaur-Era Shark With Insane Teeth Found Swimming Off Coast of Portugal:https://t.co/JjxqukvA4z#FrillShark #Shark pic.twitter.com/Ih5C7R4mva

— weareCERV (@weareCERV) November 12, 2017

The frilled shark is found across the Atlantic, including off the coast of Norway and in the waters of Scotland, Galicia in Spain, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as well as in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, namely off Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It is rarely caught because it lives at such great depths. The ones we see closer to the surface are rare and it’s believed they come up to feed or die.

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PREHISTORIC SHARK WITH INSANE TEETH FOUND SWIMMING OFF COAST

A frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a species that is often termed a ‘living fossil’ because of several ‘primitive’ features that have survived for millions of years, has been captured off the coast of Portugal’s Algarve region, the country’s meteorological and sea institute has announced. Fossils of the same species have been found that date back millions of years.

The animal was a male, 1.5 metres in length, and was fished in August at a depth of 700 metres, the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) said in a statement released on Monday.

According to the statement, the species has “a long, slim body and a head that is reminiscent of a snake” and “its biology and ecology are little known”.

  Prehistoric, Dinosaur-Era Shark With Insane Teeth Found Swimming Off Coast of Portugal:https://t.co/JjxqukvA4z#FrillShark #Shark pic.twitter.com/Ih5C7R4mva

— weareCERV (@weareCERV) November 12, 2017

The frilled shark is found across the Atlantic, including off the coast of Norway and in the waters of Scotland, Galicia in Spain, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, as well as in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, namely off Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It is rarely caught because it lives at such great depths. The ones we see closer to the surface are rare and it’s believed they come up to feed or die.