British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has resigned effective today, told Parliament on July 22 that the U.K. plans to develop and deploy a Europe-led “maritime protection mission” to safeguard shipping in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes.

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In California, the rats that come with rampant filth and food-waste infused garbage are making an impressive comeback, as many large cities continue to fall into greater disrepair due to homelessness fueled by high real estate costs and illegal immigration. Now, environmentalists in the state are moving to take away a huge weapon in California’s war against the rats.

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Modesto, California may be the next city to host a “Straight Pride Parade,” similar to the one scheduled in the City of Boston on August 31. But despite the similarities between the two events, the groups behind them are entirely different.

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Poor Al Franken (shown). Back in December 2017, the former Minnesota senator was pretty much forced to resign because of allegations of sexual misconduct by former model, sports commentator and radio host Leeann Tweeden. The allegations came back in the day when the #MeToo movement was the current cause du jour in progressive politics.

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Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London and former foreign secretary to Theresa May, trounced current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt by a 66 percent to 34 percent margin on Tuesday to win the Conservative (Tory) Party’s leadership vote. Johnson will take over the reins at Number 10 Downing Street, replacing May, who failed to deliver Brexit to the nation, which voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

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