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5 days ago
Current Event belangermiraTillerson holds briefing in Saudi Arabia without US press
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefed the media in Saudi Arabia on Sunday without members of the American press in attendance. Tillerson held the press conference with the Saudi foreign minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, but it appeared that only foreign reporters were present. Journalists from the United States were left scrambling to figure out what happened.
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9 days ago
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US and EU reject expanding laptop ban to flights from Europe
US and EU officials have decided against a ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage on flights from Europe. But after a four-hour meeting in Brussels to discuss the threats to aviation security, officials said other measures were still being considered. US officials had previously said they were looking into extending to Europe a ban on electronics on flights from eight mostly Muslim countries.
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13 days ago
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Chelsea Manning to remain on active duty, receive health care after prison release
Transgender soldier Chelsea Manning to remain in Army, receive benefits, while conviction is appealed. She won't be paid but will have access to health care, post exchanges and commissaries.
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13 days ago
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The woman who invented Mother’s Day would absolutely hate what it is today
While dining at a Philadelphia tearoom owned by her friend John Wanamaker, Anna Jarvis ordered a salad — then dumped it on the floor.
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3 weeks ago
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Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research Shows
In addition to relieving headaches and preventing heart attacks, the drug seems to keep malignant cells from spreading.
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3 weeks ago
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Shame shame shame on all of them. This will surely come back and bite them in the ass.
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3 weeks ago
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House Republicans Finally Pass An Obamacare Repeal and Replacement
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1 month ago
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Exercise 'keeps the mind sharp' in over-50s, study finds
The brain is fed with more oxygen and nutrients, boosting thinking and memory skills.
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1 month ago
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There may be alien life in our solar system, says Nasa
There might be alien life in our own solar system, Nasa has announced. All of the necessary things to support life have been found on one of the moons that orbits Saturn. Enceladus has chemicals that when found on Earth tend to indicate life, suggesting that there might be living things might be under its icy shell.
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1 month ago
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North Korea's 'big event'? The opening of a new street in Pyongyang
After much secrecy over a “big and important event” which foreign journalists were invited to cover, North Korea on Thursday (Apr 13) opened a new skyscraper-lined street in the capital, Pyongyang. The event was presided by leader Kim Jong Un and witnessed by thousands, including around 200 foreign journalists who were invited by the regime.
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1 month ago
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What it's really like to work in a Chinese mega-factory, according to a student who spent 6 weeks there
Imagine going to work at 7:30 every night and spending the next 12 hours, including meals and breaks, inside a factory where your only job is to insert a single screw into the back of a smartphone, repeating the task over and over and over again. During the day, you sleep in a shared dorm room, and in the evening, you wake up and start all over again.
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2 months ago
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I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations.
These politically motivated data deletions come at a time when the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the global average...
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2 months ago
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I Loved My Grandmother. But She Was a Nazi.
Understanding how she got swept up in evil has been a lifelong question for me.
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2 months ago
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World Water Day: one in four children will live with water scarcity by 2040
Unicef report says climate change and conflict are intensifying risks to children of living without enough water, and that the poorest will suffer most.
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2 months ago
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Miami police officer relieved of duties after arrest on armed robbery
A rookie Miami police officer was relieved of his duties after being arrested on robbery charges, the Miami Police Department said on Saturday. Officer Jose Acosta, 21, was arrested and charged following an internal investigation. Acosta, who had been with the department for about six months, was charged with one count of armed robbery of a conveyance and one count of armed grand theft, the department said. The probe began following accusations that he allegedly robbed victims during traffic sto...
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2 months ago
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Type 2 diabetes can be cured in four months — if you cut calories and exercise, research shows
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed in just four months by cutting calories, exercising and keeping glucose under control, a trial has shown. The trial involved creating a personalized exercise regime for each participant and reducing their calories by between 500 and 750 a day. Participants also met regularly with a nurse and dietician to track progress and continued to take medication and insulin to manage their blood sugar levels.
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2 months ago
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Intel buys Mobileye for $15 billion in self-driving car coup
Intel is buying Jerusalem tech giant Mobileye for $15.3 billion, the two companies announced Monday. Israeli daily Haaretz initially broke the story via its finance paper The Marker, but it was confirmed later in the day. Mobileye’s current market value is $10.5 billion. Intel has been working with Mobileye and BMW to get their own self-driving car models on the road, joining a host of manufacturers in a global autonomous vehicle race.”
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2 months ago
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Just found out it's fake. Sorry! Don't kill the messengeR!
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2 months ago
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North Korea fires four ballistic missiles, PM Abe says
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2 months ago
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Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
I’m a die-hard Apple user, but after years of watching the Mac slowly die, I’ve switched back to Windows. Here’s the story of why I moved back to Windows, and what I’ve found so far.
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2 months ago
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Man dies under his six-ton pile of porn magazines
A lonely Japanese man who amassed more than six tons of porn died when a huge pile of magazines fell on top of him. And even more tragically, the man's body was only discovered six months later when the landlord entered the flat to find out why the rent had not been paid. The man's lowly death was revealed by a member of the cleaning team, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly in a way that would not be noticed by neighbours and the man's family to...
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2 months ago
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Scientists Are at War Over the Discovery of the 'Holy Grail' of Physics, Metallic Hydrogen
A few weeks ago, inside a Massachusetts lab, a tiny speck of silver reflected lights and made headlines around the world: metallic hydrogen, a long-theorized state of matter, had finally been crushed into existence between diamond anvils. The synthesis, which occurred at extraordinary pressures, turned an elemental gas into a glimmering solid and — after the study was promptly published and publicized by Science — catapulted Harvard physicist...