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Does Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Determine Politics? Or Create 'Brave New Worlds'?
WorldNews.com 29 Apr 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingAmong the recent discoveries made by psychiatrists and political experts is a connection between the rise in the number of Americans living with chronic pain and opioid use in choosing a political view and voting for a candidate ... America is no exception ... This generates its own political strains....
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Discovery of Alien Life Now Seems Inevitable—and Possibly Imminent
Newsweek 29 Apr 2019
This article is an edited extract from an essay, The search for ET, in The New Disruptors, the 64th edition of Griffith Review. Extraterrestrial life, that familiar science-fiction trope, that kitschy fantasy, that CGI nightmare, has become a matter of serious discussion, a “risk factor,” a “scenario." ... Habitable planets seem to be common too....
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Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts
The Guardian 29 Apr 2019
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Viral image of two young women kissing next to Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini hailed ...
The Independent 29 Apr 2019
An image of two young women photobombing a selfie taken by far right Italian leader Matteo Salvini by kissing has been hailed after it was widely disseminated on social media. The photo was taken in Caltanissetta in Sicily where Mr Salvini was attending a rally in support of a fellow member of ruling League party's bid for mayor....
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'Ghost warrants’: how criminal records haunt Americans long after they're invalid
The Guardian 29 Apr 2019
“You should get that fixed,” the officers told him, he said .......
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Synagogue Shooting Suspect Was a Piano-Playing Nursing Student From Religious Family With a Racist Secret
The Daily Beast 29 Apr 2019
POWAY, California—Nineteen-year-old nursing student John T. Earnest, who was charged with murder Sunday as the lone gunman in the deadly Poway Synagogue shooting, played piano for hours a day and earned a 4.31 grade point average. His father was a church elder whom neighbors called “the sweetest man.” ... Them. There.” ... A rifle was recovered from the car ... ....
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Burkina Faso church attack: At least five killed including priest
The Independent 29 Apr 2019
The victims were killed on Sunday, after armed men entered the building following a service ... Subscribe now ... ....
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Why Was Guantanamo Bay Prison Commander Fired? Navy Rear Admiral John Ring Was Relieved After 'Loss of Confidence'
Newsweek 29 Apr 2019
The man in charge of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been relieved of his duties. Military officials cited a "loss of confidence in his ability to command" as the motivating factor behind their decision to fire US Navy Rear Admiral John Ring as the commander of Joint Task Force....
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What the Mueller report tells us about Assange's case
CNN 28 Apr 2019
(CNN)One week after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was ejected from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and arrested by British police in connection with a provisional extradition request from the United States on a charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, the long-awaited Mueller report was released ... Alexander Urbelis ... 1 ... Read More. 2 ... 3 ... ....
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Drop Huawaei or we could cut intelligence ties, US warns UK
The Observer 29 Apr 2019
A US official has warned that the UK and any other western countries that adopt Huawei technology for 5G mobile phone networks risk affecting intelligence cooperation with the United States ... One of the ministers who objected, Jeremy Hunt, reiterated his concerns about Huawei overnight on an official visit to Africa ... ....
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Ban on banana-eating artwork draws ridicule in Poland
Wtop 29 Apr 2019
The new head of the National Museum in Warsaw argues that the 1973 video by artist Natalia LL and showing a young woman eating a banana with great pleasure can be harmful to young people ... All rights reserved ... ....
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Metro police on high alert for #TshwaneShutdown
Sowetan Live 29 Apr 2019
Law enforcement in Pretoria remain on high alert for a planned shutdown on Monday morning. ....
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Two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait in challenge to China
The Observer 29 Apr 2019
The US military has sent two navy warships through the Taiwan Strait as the Pentagon increases the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China ... China has some of world's most advanced weapon systems, Pentagon warns. Read more ... The two destroyers were identified as the William P Lawrence and Stethem ... ....
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New Arms Race: U.S., China Account for Half of Global Military Spending
Newsweek 29 Apr 2019
President Donald Trump’s administration has overseen the first increase in American military expenditure in almost a decade, as arms spending continues to accelerate around the world ... The U.S ... For America’s military, the 4.6 percent growth on 2017 represents the first increase in spending since 2010 ... After the U.S ... This file photo shows U.S....
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Merkel, Macron to host Balkans meeting in Berlin
Wtop 29 Apr 2019
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are hosting a meeting of Balkan leaders in Berlin, a move intended to restart deadlocked talks between Serbia and Kosovo ... Copyright © 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ... More News ... ....
