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Twitter's rigid fact-check rules allow Trump to continue spreading false information about the election
CNN 15 Jul 2020
Washington (CNN)The world took notice on May 26, when Twitter fact-checked President Donald Trump for the very first time. Trump posted a series of blatant lies about mail-in voting, and declared that "this will be a rigged election." ... He repeated the phrase "rigged election" five times. Yet, Twitter took no action ... Read More ... Drawing a fine line ... U.S ... ....
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Confederate Statues Were Never About History Or Civil War, But KKK And White Supremacy
WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling ... An overwhelming majority of Confederate memorials were erected many years after the Civil War had ended. They instead were installed as symbols of White supremacy during periods of U.S ... The second wave swept across the South in 1876, after Rutherford B ... Their goal ... Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen ... 22. ....
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Tech CEO Found Decapitated and Dismembered In His NYC Apartment
Slashdot 15 Jul 2020
According to ABC News, 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh was discovered decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday. The death was deemed a homicide and no arrested have been made as of yet. From the report. Saleh co-founded Pathao, a ride-share app that's popular in Bangledash ... ....
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Trump bristles at question about police killing Blacks
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 15 Jul 2020
2 minutes ago ... In one interview, Trump seemed taken aback when asked why African Americans are still dying at the hands of police. “And so are white people ... .......
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Kanye West’s 2020 Presidential Run is Over
The Source 15 Jul 2020
Just as quickly as it started, Kanye West’s Presidential race is over. A source close to Ye states the run is done after attempting to get on the ballot in Florida ... ....
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US declares 'most' of China's maritime claims in South China Sea illegal
CNN 14 Jul 2020
(CNN)US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a formal rejection of "most" of China's maritime claims in the South China Sea, the latest in the escalation between Washington and Beijing. Describing the move as "strengthening U.S ... "The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire ... Everyone wears a mask ... ....
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If we leave British Isis prisoners to rot in Syrian jails, we learn nothing
The Independent 15 Jul 2020
Ishak Mostefaoui shuffled into the room slowly, wearing the orange jumpsuit given to all the prisoners here. He looked gaunt and sported a bandage on his head. His skull was fractured months earlier, he said, and his memory was still hazy ... Mostefaoui, 27, was a self-confessed Isis member ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... And I’ll go out ... ....
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Beijing’s sanctions on Lockheed Martin diplomatic but not damaging, observers say
South China Morning Post 15 Jul 2020
Beijing’s announcement of sanctions against Lockheed Martin is a diplomatic gesture that is ......
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Naya Rivera's cause of death revealed
The News International 15 Jul 2020
The Ventura County Medical Examiner has confirmed the identity of the body and has determined her cause of death to be drowning and the manner of death is accident ... "No traumatic injuries or disease processes were identified at autopsy ... ....
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Azerbaijan protesters demand war after Armenia clashes
BBC News 15 Jul 2020
Thousands gathered in Baku's Azadliq Square on Tuesday night waving the national flag and calling for the government to mobilise troops and retake Nagorno-Karabakh. Demonstrators yelled "Karabakh is Azerbaijan!" and "Mobilisation!" as they marched through the city toward the national assembly. Some called for the head of the armed forces to resign ... ....
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The Forgotten Victims Of The Pandemic: An Ongoing Migration Crisis
WorldNews.com 14 Jul 2020
With most countries closing borders and issuing some form of stay-at-home orders, safety and services dedicated to asylum seekers and refugees has dramatically decreased. The result is a large number of migrants in Morocco and around the world facing dangerous health situations and increased economic insecurity ... What does this mean for the future?....
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Princess Diana the 'most beautiful royal of all time', according to Golden Ratio formula
Independent online (SA) 15 Jul 2020
The late royal - who died in 1997 in a car accident in Paris, France - obtained the highest score when Harley Street surgeon Dr Julian De Silva ran the Golden Ratio analysis, which determines physical perfection by comparing features with a facial mapping technique.....
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Mary Trump calls for President to 'resign'
CNN 15 Jul 2020
Washington (CNN)If Mary Trump were in the Oval Office with her uncle Donald Trump today, she would tell him to resign, she told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview to support her explosive tell-all book about the President ... "I just remember thinking, 'He seems tired ... Her message follows the release of her book, "Too Much and Never Enough ... ....
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Researchers develop laser-based underwater WiFi system for sub-sea data networks
Crunch 15 Jul 2020
A team of researchers working out of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a two-way wireless data connection for use underwater ... That could be very valuable for keeping underwater data centers connected with surface network infrastructure ... ....
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Could Google and Facebook become the world's new colonialists?
The National 15 Jul 2020
Colonial powers such as Britain and Belgium are being made to own up to their brutal colonial past. Their schools are being urged to teach more about it. Monuments related to that history are also being reviewed. It is of course right and well overdue that we have a full and frank discourse about colonial actions ... Read More from Mustafa Alrawi....
