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Senate Votes To Block Trump's Sale Of Arms To Saudi Arabia
WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2019
The United States Senate voted to block the Trump administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to Axios. The resolution passed 53-45, creating a new challenge to President Donald Trump's relationship with Riyadh amid ongoing tensions simmering in the Middle East ... drone last night ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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New Research Links Smartphones To Young Adults Experiencing 'Horn' Growth On Skulls
WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2019
Research from Australia has found a number of young people are shifting their posture to using smartphones which is causing some to develop 'hornlike' bone spurs at the base of their skulls, according to The Mercury News ... David Shahar, the paper’s first author, a chiropractor who recently completed a Ph.D ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Ivanka Trump’s 2020 tweet violated Hatch Act, watchdog says
The Guardian 20 Jun 2019
Crew says aide’s tweet about her father’s re-election campaign violates rule limiting political activity by federal employees Ivanka Trump was accused on Thursday of violating the Hatch Act that bans government workers from speaking out on political campaign issues, over tweets she wrote ahead of her father’s 2020 presidential campaign launch....
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Iran shot down one of our drones. Now what?
Hot Air 20 Jun 2019
So this was the depressing news that broke overnight. It appears that Iran has shot down one of our drones over the Strait of Hormuz. When the Associated Press originally reported on the story there was still confusion surrounding the event and our military wasn’t commenting on it ... Where it was at the time remains in dispute ... has blamed on Iran ... ....
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EU Extends Sanctions On Russia Over Crimea Annexation For Another 12 Months
WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2019
The European Union agreed to extend the bloc's economic sanctions penalizing Russia over its aggression in Ukraine since 2014 on Thursday, according to Deutsche Welle ... Russians complained of the low wages along with other quotidian complaints about potholes, underfunded schools, and overcrowding in healthcare facilities ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Demonstration Scheduled For Friday After Hong Kong Leader Defies Protester Demands
WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2019
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ignored the Thursday deadline set by protesters to withdraw the controversial extradition bill that she postponed earlier this week, igniting a call to renew the demonstrations on Friday, according to The Guardian ... Messages on social media among protesters called for people to begin assembling at 7 a.m ... ....
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How small can airline seats get? (This small)
Hot Air 20 Jun 2019
You may have suspected this was coming, ever since the last time you banged your knee on the airplane seat in front of you. Airlines have been reducing the space between rows of seats in order to squeeze in a few more rows of seats and max the profits per flight. As a reward, they’ve also raised fares. You don’t mind do you? ... ....
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US Navy Seal 'stabbed injured prisoner in neck and claimed he was just an Isis dirtbag'
The Independent 20 Jun 2019
A US Navy Seal chief has been accused of spontaneously killing an injured teenage Islamic State prisoner by stabbing him repeatedly and calling him an “Isis dirtbag” in the process, his former comrades said in court this week ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Shape Created with Sketch. World news in pictures ... EPA ... AP....
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Investigation Shows 'No Proof' Russia Was Behind Flight MH17 Attack, Putin Says
WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the international community had failed to provide any evidence that Moscow was behind the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in which 298 people died, the South China Morning Post reported.“What we’ve seen as evidence of Russia’s guilt absolutely does not suit us ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Florida City Pays $600,000 To Ransomware Gang To Have Its Data Back
Slashdot 20 Jun 2019
The city council for Riviera Beach, Florida, voted this week to pay more than $600,000 to a ransomware gang so city officials could recover data that has been locked and encrypted more than three weeks ago ... ....
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Lawsuit: NRA’s Unpaid Bills Could Shutter NRATV
The Daily Beast 20 Jun 2019
The National Rifle Association is overdue on $1.6 million in unpaid bills, according to a new court filing made by its longtime advertising firm ... It’s the latest move in a brutal court battle between the ad agency and the powerful pro-gun organization ... The NRA is facing a storm of internal and external threats. It is fighting New York Gov ... ....
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Why President Xi Jinping's visit to North Korea could be a win-win situation
ITV 20 Jun 2019
The Chinese Government likes nothing more than to engineer what they call a win-win situation. And the State visit of President Xi Jinping to Pyongyang could be viewed as a classic example. For months, Xi has put off visiting North Korea, he does so now knowing that the timing is right and he stands to gain a lot more ... Credit ... Win win ... Credit. AP ... .......
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Pennsylvania shooting: Manhunt after 10 wounded in shooting outside Allentown bar
The Independent 20 Jun 2019
At least 10 people are wounded after a street shooting outside a nightclub in eastern Pennsylvania ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Subscribe now ... More follows…. ....
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House GOP leader claims Ocasio-Cortez ‘does not understand history’
Alternet 20 Jun 2019
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Scientists find the earliest roots of Parkinson's disease in the brain
The Conversation 20 Jun 2019
An array of positron emission tomography or PET images. Yok_onepiece/Shutterstock About 100 people have a rare mutation in a gene called SNCA that puts them at almost certain risk of getting Parkinson’s disease. This makes them ideal subjects for studying the root causes of this debilitating condition ... All participant had three brain scans ... ....
