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Pictures | Thu Oct 3, 2019 | 11:10am EDT What appears to be a North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile flies in an undisclosed location. KCNA via REUTERS Close 1 / 30 Botham Jean's younger brother Brandt Jean hugs former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger after delivering his impact statement to her following her 10-year prison sentence for murder at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Texas. Tom Fox/Pool... more Reuters / Wednesday, October 02, 2019 Botham Jean's younger brother Brandt Jean hugs former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger after delivering his impact statement to her following her 10-year prison sentence for murder at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Texas. Tom Fox/Pool via REUTERS 2 / 30 Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg meets Esther the Wonder Pig during her visit to Esther's animal sanctuary in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada. @estherthewonderpig/via REUTERS 3 / 30 U. S. President Donald Trump speaks about the impeachment inquiry during his meeting with Finland's President Sauli Niinisto at the White House in Washington.
REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani 4 / 29 Fireworks explode over Tiananmen Square as performers take part in the evening gala marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing. REUTERS/Jason Lee Tuesday, October 01, 2019 5 / 29 An unidentified woman from the audience joins the models for the final walk of Chanel Spring/Summer 2020 women's ready-to-wear collection show during the Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 6 / 29 A boy plays inside wooden pallets at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece. REUTERS/Elias Marcou 7 / 29 A camp staff feeds Ayeyar Sein, a four-month-old baby elephant who lost her parents to poachers, after her daily wound cleaning in Wingabaw Elephant Camp, Bago, Myanmar. REUTERS/Ann Wang 8 / 29 Botham Jean's mother, Allison Jean, rejoices in the courtroom after former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was found guilty of murder by a 12-person jury in the 204th District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Texas.
From Downwinders at Risk read at downwinder at risk Tuesday, July 19, 2011 "Babies who were exposed to certain organic pollutants in the womb are at a highly increased risk of neural tube defects leading to conditions such as spina bifida, according to researchers in China. Neural tube defects, in which the spinal cord, the brain or their coverings fail to develop completely, arise very early in pregnancy and affect more than 320, 000 infants worldwide every year. They can lead not just to spina bifida, in which the spinal covering does not close completely, but also to severe cranial abnormalities such as anencephaly, which often leads to stillbirth, and other conditions. " That quote, from a Nature News article on the Chinese study, should send shivers through veterans of the Midlothian hazardous waste wars circa early 1990's. It was during that time that then-TXI-owned Chaparral Steel (now French-owned Ameristeel) accepted a unknown amount of radioactive-contaminated waste metal, melted it down in its giant electric arc furnaces, and released an unknown amount of radionuclides into the atmosphere, where the wind deposited them in an unknown number of places.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'Today I am establishing an independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. This cross-government Commission will examine inequality in the UK, across the whole population. 'I am thrilled we have assembled a group of ten talented and diverse commissioners, who each bring a wealth of experience from across a range of important sectors. 'This new Commission will be led by Dr Tony Sewell CBE. Tony has supported many young people from diverse backgrounds into STEM careers. I know well how his work has improved access to education across London, and I am confident that he shares my commitment to maximising opportunity for all. 'The Commission will be inclusive, undertaking research and inviting submissions where necessary. It will set a positive agenda for change. ' Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch said: 'This Commission demonstrates this government's mission to level up opportunity for everyone whatever their background.
REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily 12 / 30 Police stands in front of the Treasury building during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain. REUTERS/Simon Dawson 13 / 30 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau trains with boxer Ali Nestor (not pictured) during an election campaign visit in Montreal, Quebec. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov 14 / 30 Dancers get ready for the 'Red' set in the review 'Feerie' at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 15 / 30 A worker in period costume stands behind a reception desk in the main lobby of the TWA Hotel, which is housed inside the former 1962 TWA Flight Center terminal which was designed by architect Eero Saarinen at JFK International Airport in New York.... more A worker in period costume stands behind a reception desk in the main lobby of the TWA Hotel, which is housed inside the former 1962 TWA Flight Center terminal which was designed by architect Eero Saarinen at JFK International Airport in New York. REUTERS/Mike Segar 16 / 30 A demonstrator smashes the glass of a billboard during a march marking the 51st anniversary of the 1968 student massacre by Mexican armed forces, in Mexico City.