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Current Event belangermiraCyprus 'selling' EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine
Billionaire Russian oligarchs and Ukrainian elites accused of corruption are among hundreds of people who have acquired EU passports under controversial “golden visa” schemes, the Guardian has learnt. The government of Cyprus has raised more than €4bn since 2013 by providing citizenship to the super rich, granting them the right to live and work throughout Europe in exchange for cash investment. More than 400 passports are understood to have been issued through this scheme last year alone.
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4 days ago
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Four American women attacked with acid in Marseille: Official
The Marseille prosecutor's office says four young female U.S. tourists have been attacked with acid in Marseille's main train station by a woman who has been arrested. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor office told The Associated Press that two of the tourists have been injured in the face in the attack Sunday in the Saint Charles train station and one of them has a possible eye injury. She says all four of the tourists, who are in their 20s, have been hospitalized, two of them for shock...
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6 days ago
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White evangelicals are the only group that predominantly wants anti-gay discrimination, poll shows
With the Supreme Court set to consider the case of Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, it might seem as though religious-based discrimination remains a highly contentious issue across the country. But a new poll suggests that only one group is actively pushing to use “religious freedom” to justify discrimination: white evangelical Protestants. According to the latest numbers from the Public Religious Research Institute, 53 percent of Ameri...
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8 days ago
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Lana Del Rey - White Mustang (Official Video)
From the brand new album Lust for Life, out now.
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13 days ago
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Love the owl ones the most.
Posted in: Bird Photographer of the Year 2018
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2 weeks ago
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ZAYN - Dusk Till Dawn ft. Sia
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2 weeks ago
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What Happens When a Science Fiction Genius Starts Blogging?
Ursula K. Le Guin is a giant of literature. Her new book, "No Time To Spare," shows her mind operating in a new medium.
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2 weeks ago
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Why Happy People Cheat
A good marriage is no guarantee against infidelity.
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2 weeks ago
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U2 - You’re The Best Thing About Me (Lyric Video)
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2 weeks ago
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Trump administration announces plan to end DACA
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2 weeks ago
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We may be able to use Zika virus to attack brain cancer cells
Zika virus can infect and kill brain stem cells, causing neurological problems and microcephaly in babies. But this trait may also fight deadly glioblastoma
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2 weeks ago
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Voyager 1, Humanity's Farthest Spacecraft, Marks 40 Years in Space
Voyager 1, humanity's most distant emissary, has now been streaking through space for 40 years.
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2 weeks ago
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United Technologies Agrees to Buy Rockwell Collins for $23 Billion
United Technologies Corp. agreed to buy Rockwell Collins Inc. for about $23 billion, creating an aerospace behemoth that can outfit jetliners and warplanes from tip to tail. Rockwell Collins shareholders will receive $140 a share in cash and stock, the companies said in a statement Monday. Including net debt, the total deal value is about $30 billion.
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2 weeks ago
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Kent Heckenlively, US 'anti-vaxxer', denied Australian visa
Kent Heckenlively has been refused a visa over his "dangerous" ideas, a government minister says.
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2 weeks ago
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North Korea claims successful nuclear test using hydrogen bomb
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2 weeks ago
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Walter Becker, Steely Dan Co-Founder, Dead at 67
Walter Becker, bassist, guitarist and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band Steely Dan, died Sunday at the age of 67.
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2 weeks ago
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US hands out first contracts for border wall prototypes
Four companies have been chosen to build prototypes for Donald Trump's planned border wall, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. The four concrete prototypes will be 30ft (9m) long and up to 30ft tall, and will be built in the coming months. Officials will then spend up to two months testing the walls for tampering and penetration resistance using small hand tools, CBP said.
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3 weeks ago
Expression belangermira
Is There Any Point to Protesting?
We turn out in the streets and nothing seems to happen. Maybe we’re doing it wrong.
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3 weeks ago
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Hunger eats away at Venezuela’s soul as its people struggle to survive
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3 weeks ago
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My week in Lucky House: the horror of Hong Kong's coffin homes
Benjamin Haas joins the retirees, working poor, drug addicts and convicted criminals who live crammed into the city’s tiny plywood cubicles
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1 month ago
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'Attention-seeking' Jemma Beale jailed for 10 years
Jemma Beale, 25, from Middlesex, has been jailed for 10 years after making up bogus rape and sexual assault claims against 15 men over the course of three years.
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1 month ago
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Let Consumers Sue Companies
Arbitration is not enough. Class action should remain an option.
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1 month ago
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Elon Musk posts first photo of SpaceX’s new spacesuit
Early Wednesday morning, SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a photo of the spacesuit that will be used by astronauts flying aboard the company's Dragon spacecraft, perhaps as early as next year. It is white and looks futuristic.