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Why Is There Silence Over 2016’s Election Fraud and Russian Hacking?
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
(Oddly, one of them, went almost 80 percent for Donald Trump – something you only find in dictatorships.) ... Given such a tight race, many experts find this strange ... Still, millions of votes are spoiled ... These two well-organized political institutions control the vote and the distribution of government services, social services and government jobs....
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U.S. Official: Potential Iranian Attacks Against Americans Have Been 'Put On Hold'
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
At a Pentagon briefing Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said additional U.S. forces near Iran have “put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans,” The Jerusalem Post reported.Tensions between Iran and the U.S ... “That doesn’t mean that the threats that we’ve previously identified have gone away ... As of Wednesday, Republican U.S. Sen....
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Earthquake shakes northern Netherlands, no injuries reported
Wtop 22 May 2019
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has shaken the northern Dutch province of Groningen, the latest in a series of tremors blamed on decades of gas extraction from underground reserves ... Copyright © 2019 The Associated Press ... ....
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Myth or fact: Brown sugar is better than white sugar
The Times of India 22 May 2019
We all are made to believe that brown things are always better than white. Be it brown bread or brown rice and the same goes for brown sugar. But what is really better for your health- brown or white sugar? Is there really any difference between the two or is it just a myth?. How are they processed? ... Nutritional value ... ....
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Kremlin condemns alleged US ultimatum to Turkey over missile deal
Kathimerini 22 May 2019
The Kremlin on Wednesday condemned as unacceptable an alleged US ultimatum to Turkey designed to force it to cancel a deal to buy Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and purchase US Patriot missile systems instead ... “We regard this extremely negatively ... [Reuters] ....
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Uber driver turns out to be Somali war criminal
The Independent 22 May 2019
Presidential Press Service/EPA ... A protester walks amid tear gas deployed by security services on the 23rd week of Gilets Jaunes protests in Paris ... Presidential Press Service/EPA ... A protester walks amid tear gas deployed by security services on the 23rd week of Gilets Jaunes protests in Paris....
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Japan tells world everyone has been getting Shinzo Abe’s name wrong, 13 years since he ...
The Independent 22 May 2019photo: Creative Commons / Glenn Beltz from Goleta, USA
China's Big Three Airlines Seek 737 MAX Payouts From Boeing: Reports
NDTV 22 May 2019photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
House panel, Justice Dept end standoff over Mueller documents
This is Money 22 May 2019
WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The House Intelligence Committee pulled back on Wednesday from threats to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General William Barr after the Justice Department agreed to turn over materials relating to an investigation into Russian election interference ... Barr, the top U.S ... ....
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Half of American adults expect war with Iran 'within next few years': Reuters/Ipsos poll
Yahoo Daily News 22 May 2019
By Chris Kahn. (Reuters) - Half of all Americans believe that the United States will go to war with Iran "within the next few years," according to a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll released on Tuesday amid increased tensions between the two countries ... But if Iran attacked U.S ... interests, an assertion Iran denies ... military should retaliate ... ....
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British Steel enters insolvency, putting thousands of jobs at risk
South China Morning Post 22 May 2019
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Two Japanese carriers, Britain's EE postpone release of Huawei phones
This is Money 22 May 2019
Two of Japan's top mobile carriers said Wednesday they will delay releasing new handsets made by Huawei, as British telecoms company EE also announced it had "paused" the launch of the Chinese tech giant's 5G phones ... That poses a dire threat to Huawei as loss of full access to Google's services could make its phones a hard sell to consumers. ....
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Moderate Islamic scholars 'to be executed by Saudi Arabia'
Skynews 22 May 2019
Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing to execute three moderate Islamic scholars despite the international outrage that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... ....
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Daimler CEO Zetsche hands over to successor amid tech change
Wtop 22 May 2019
He will steer the Stuttgart-based automaker through the ramp-up of electric vehicle production and competition with tech companies over new ways of getting around, such as ordering cars as a service through smartphone apps ... Daimler and competitor BMW, for instance, have combined their services business focusing on transportation apps and parking....
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Daily Cryptocurrency Bulletin For Wednesday, May 22, 2019
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
General NewsAmazon China has partnered with a Lightning network service provider Bitrefill to “make it easier for residents to live with Bitcoin and altcoins”. The service allows users to load and recharge Amazon balance’s through Bitrefill-provided Gift card codes or mobile applications.Bitfinex and Tether have asked Judge Joel M....
