22 August 2018
Indonesia's peak Islamic body — overseen by President Joko Widodo's new running mate — issues a fatwa declaring the Rubella-Measles vaccine to be "haram" or religiously forbidden claiming they contain pork and human cells.
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22 Aug: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is found guilty of eight financial crime charges in a United States court in the first trial victory for special counsel Robert Mueller's team.... more
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21 Aug: A former street beggar testifies in the case of jailed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson, telling a Cambodian court how the accused spy had lifted her and her family out of abject poverty.... more
21 Aug: After years of tantalising hints, scientists finally find direct evidence of water ice tucked away at the bottom of craters near the moon's poles.... more
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