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Canada installs Chinese underwater monitoring devices next to US nuclear submarine base

Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific Ocean.
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Welcome to North Macedonia: parliament votes for name change

Two thirds majority just reached to rename Macedonia in key stage of ending dispute with Greece
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‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’: What Really Drives US Sanctions Against Russia

Forget about Crimea, Ukraine, Syria, and the Skripal poisoning. The US uses pressure to eliminate competitors and do away with any hope for fair competition.
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Twenty guilty of campaign of rape and abuse

The men committed more than 120 offences against 15 girls in the Huddersfield area.
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#DataGate! First ever audit of global temperature data finds freezing tropical islands, boiling towns, boats on land

The monthly mean temperature in September 1953 at Paltinis, Romania is reported as -46.4 °C (in other years the September average was about 11.5°C).
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Ashers 'gay cake' row: Bakers win Supreme Court appeal

Questions are now being asked whether the judgement will have an impact on discrimination laws.
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Uniqlo’s 1st automated warehouse cuts manpower by 90%

Fast Retailing Co., which operates the Uniqlo apparel retail chain, unveiled to reporters on Tuesday a warehouse in the Ariake district of Tokyo where a robotic system automatically conducts work such as inspections and sorting apparel goods. The system started full-scale operations this month, resulting in a 90 percent reduction in manpower at the location, according to the company.
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Is The U.S. Using Force To Sell Its LNG To The World?

The United States has targeted and imposed sanctions on a number of nations in a play that many are calling a push to dominate world LNG markets
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Google’s Selfish Ledger is an unsettling vision of Silicon Valley social engineering

Building on the ledger idea, the middle section of the video presents a conceptual Resolutions by Google system, in which Google prompts users to select a life goal and then guides them toward it in every interaction they have with their phone. The examples, which would “reflect Google’s values as an organization,” include urging you to try a more environmentally friendly option when hailing an Uber or directing you to buy locally grown produce from Safeway.
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Russia delivers S-300 missile systems to Syria  

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US Terminates 1955 Treaty With Iran After UN Court Ruling, Pompeo Says

In response to a U.N. court order that the U.S. lift sanctions on Iran, the Trump administration said Wednesday it was terminating a decades-old treaty affirming friendly relations between the two countries.
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Cern scientist: 'Physics built by men - not by invitation'

Cern removes "highly offensive" slides from website from a talk on women in particle physics
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EU: Politicizing the Internet

Even before such EU-wide legislation, similar ostensible "anti-terror legislation" in France, for example, is being used as a political tool against political opponents and to limit unwanted free speech. In France, simply spreading information about ISIS
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EU Flags Risks of Italy's Populist Budget as Bank Shares Slide

Italian assets tumbled after populist leaders Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio defeated their mainstream cabinet rivals to set a budget deficit target that threatens the country’s financial stability.
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Europeanize America? Not on Your Life

Europe did not invent racism and religious bigotry, but it surely perfected them. Europeans lived for centuries under kings and emperors. They came to believe that power flowed from the top down. The "elite" decide what is best for the "common people"
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U.S. Economy Grew at Unrevised 4.2% Pace in Second Quarter

The U.S. economy grew in the second quarter at an unrevised 4.2 percent pace, the fastest since late 2014, indicating a solid foundation for this quarter, Commerce Department data showed Thursday.
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How much? Greek state owed huge amount of uncollected taxes

The Greek government is owed so much in tax arrears from households and companies that it could pay off more than half its massive public debts if it collect
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Teacher pens whiteboard goodbye to students over "no zero" grading policy

Should students get half credit for an assignment they didn’t even turn in? A former St. Lucie County teacher doesn’t think so.
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'Distracted boyfriend meme' is sexist, rules Swedish advertising watchdog

Sweden's Advertising Ombudsman (RO) has criticized a Stockholm company for sexism after it used a popular meme alongside a recruitment advert.
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Chart: Support For Refugees Highest In Western Europe  

This chart shows responses to the question: "would you oppose/support taking in refugees fleeing violence and war?"
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IRS Agent Can't Dodge Invasion of Privacy Claim After Watching Suspect's Wife Use Bathroom

The Ninth Circuit found that IRS agent Jean Noll wasn't entitled to qualified immunity after she followed the wife of a suspect to the restroom and refused to leave while serving a warrant in 2006 during a criminal tax fraud and conspiracy investigation.
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U.S. sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

The sanctions are related to China’s purchase of 10 SU-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 surface-to-air missile system-related equipment in 2018, the State Department said.
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'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech, say NGOs

The “right to be forgotten” online is in danger of being transformed into a tool of global censorship through a test case at the European court of justice (ECJ) this week, free speech organisations are warning.
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Trump agrees to an indefinite military effort and new diplomatic push in Syria, U.S. officials say

President Trump, who just five months ago said he wanted “to get out” of Syria and bring U.S. troops home soon, has agreed to a new strategy that indefinitely extends the military effort there and launches a major diplomatic push to achieve American objectives, according to senior State Department officials.
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EU seeks to require internet firms to remove extremist content

European Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova told a news conference on Wednesday that an existing code of conduct to counter illegal hate speech could remain voluntary.
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Police seized $10,000 of a couple’s cash. They couldn’t get it back — until they went public

Civil forfeitures happens every day, according to Darpana Sheth, senior attorney and director of the Institute for Justice’s nationwide initiative to end forfeiture abuse.
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Russia to hold its biggest war games since fall of Soviet Union

Russia will next month hold its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies.
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La CIA y USA sabe que fué una empresa china la que hackeó a Hillary Clinton

A pesar de que USA conoce perfectamente que fueron los chinos los que espiaron a Hillary Clinton, ningún medio occidental se ha hecho eco y solo el medio prorruso lo divulga en español. A continuación el mismo informe en el original americano que no ha tenido difusión por no traducir. www.meneame.net/m/Inglés/china-hacked-hillary-clinton-s-private-email
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China Hacked Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server

A Chinese-owned company operating in the Washington, D.C., area hacked Hillary Clinton’s private server throughout her term as secretary of state and obtained nearly all her emails, two sources briefed on the matter told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
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As electricity fails, desperate Venezuelans buy spoiled meat

In a city once called the Saudi Arabia of Venezuela for its vast oil wealth, residents of Maracaibo now line up to buy spoiled meat as refrigerators fail
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Mechanics are Putting Electric Tesla Motors in Audis and Mazdas

You don’t have to own a Tesla to drive a Tesla—or, at least, a car that runs like one.
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Bizarre DMCA Takedown Requests Censor EU "censorship"

In a series of bizarre takedown requests, a DMCA takedown outfit is inadvertently going after a wide variety of legitimate sites. Some requests specifically target news about the EU upload filters, or censorship machines, as they are sometimes called. As a result, one article from EU MEP Julia Reda was wiped from Google's search results.
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Despite Deforestation, Earth Is Gaining Trees As Land Use Changes

Scientists like simplicity as much as anyone. Elegant equations take up less room, well-designed experiments reduce clutter and Occam’s razor generally advises to keep things simple (within reason)
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Turkish Lawyers Seek Arrest of US Service Members on Incirlik Air Base

Pro-government lawyers in Turkey have filed charges against several U.S. officers associated with Incirlik Air Base.
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Aldi takes on U.S. rivals with scores of new products

Aldi, the world’s No. 5 retailer owned by Aldi Sud, embarked on a $5 billion plan last year to remodel and expand its U.S. chain to 2,500 by the end of 2022 from 1,600 in June 2017. Its small store model keeps prices down and has upended Britain’s grocery market.
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Average net wage in Romania, up over 14% in June versus last year

The average net wage in Romania reached RON 2.721 (EUR 586) in June, up 14.3% compared to June 2017, in nominal terms.
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E.U. threatens firms that stop doing business with Iran over Trump sanctions

Companies that stop doing business with Iran because of reimposed U.S. sanctions could in turn be sanctioned by the E.U., European officials have warned.
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Helsinki shoppers sleep in air conditioned supermarket aisles to escape heatwave

A supermarket in Finland offered its customers its aisles as a cool place to sleep on Saturday as respite from Europe's heatwave
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Denied ‘assisted life,’ chronically-ill Ontario man is offered death instead: lawsuit

Roger Foley, 42, claims this is how he is being treated — forced to choose between suicide and a medically assisted death — and that it is illegally cruel and unusual
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The German Government Pays for 3 Week Vacation for Refugees to Go Home

You really cannot make up a story like this, because it sounds just so unbelievable.
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German heatwave causes beer bottle shortage as sales surge

Some of the hottest summer months on record have led to a beer bottle shortage as drinkers indulge.
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Roofer fined £300 for carrying sandwich wrappers and crisp packets in his van

A white van man has been hit with a £300 fine after sandwich wrappers and crisp packets were found inside his work van.
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Apple Just Became The First Trillion Dollar Public Company

Thanks in part to an incessantly shrinking float, Apple just became the first publicly-traded company to be worth more than $1 trillion
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FAKE NEWS: 'Nat Geo' Photographer Admits Viral Photo Of Polar Bear 'Dying From Climate Change' Is False

One year later, National Geographic has finally admitted to facilitating "fake news" regarding climate change. The magazine's most viral video ever, which featured heart-wrenching images of a starving polar bear, perpetuated the narrative that the animal's imminent death was caused by climate change. However, the climate change aspect of the story is void of any real evidence.
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With DaaS Windows coming, say goodbye to your PC as you know it

Microsoft is getting ready to replace Windows 10 with the Microsoft Managed Desktop. This will be a “desktop-as-a-service” (DaaS) offering. Instead of owning Windows, you’ll “rent” it by the month.
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Facebook is sued after stock plunge

Facebook Inc and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing...
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I traced missile casings in Syria back to their original sellers, so it’s time for the west to reveal who they sell arms

Readers, a small detective story. Note down this number: MFG BGM-71E-1B. And this number: STOCK NO 1410-01-300-0254. And this code: DAA A01 C-0292. I found all these numerals printed on the side of a spent missile casing lying in the basement of a bombed-out Islamist base in eastern Aleppo last year.
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‘Serious indications’ of arson in Greek inferno that consumed seaside village, killing 82

Experts say that the devastated town of Mati was built like a ‘fire trap’ with poor safety standards and few escape routes
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Fukushima’s Nuclear Imprint Is Found in California Wine

A French research team says it has stumbled on the Japanese disaster’s signature in California wine, but the radioactive levels are too low to be dangerous.
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China Said to Quickly Pull Approval for New Facebook Venture

For a moment it seemed like the world’s biggest social network had established a beachhead in the world’s largest internet market. But only for a moment.

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