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Beware of Authoritarians Who Use Anti-Authoritarian Rhetoric to Exploit Deep State
WorldNews.com 03 May 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingIn early 2017, a memo titled “The Echo Chamber” circulated among Donald Trump and close associates ... Unproven!. I, Deep StateWhat didn’t remain unproven is how Trump used and exploited the Deep State ... Across Europe, demagogues who pose as anti-authoritarians have gained popularity for more than a decade....
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Pompeo Criticizes Clinton for Comments About China Getting Trump's Tax Returns, Despite Trump's Call for Russia to Get Her Emails
Newsweek 03 May 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized remarks from Hillary Clinton, who hypothetically questioned why a Democratic candidate shouldn't appeal to China to find President Donald Trump's tax returns, which he has refused to release ... "And not only that," she continued. "China, if you’re listening, why don’t you get Trump’s tax returns?" ... Please!'" ... ....
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Russian "Spy" Whale Refusing To Leave Norway City, Seeks Human Attention
NDTV 03 May 2019
An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga ... ....
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UN Experts Warn Up To One Million Species Are At Risk Of Extinction Within Decades
WorldNews.com 03 May 2019
The United Nation's leading research body on nature published a report on Friday which said the planet's life-support systems are reaching dangerous levels, according to The Guardian ... “We are in trouble if we don’t act, but there are a range of actions that can be taken to protect nature and meet human goals for health and development.”....
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30 nations pitch internet security rules amid Huawei concern
Belfast Telegraph 03 May 2019
Cyber security officials from dozens of countries have proposed a set of principles to ensure the safety of next generation mobile networks amid concerns over the use of gear made by China’s Huawei. The non-binding proposals were published at the end of a two-day meeting in Prague to discuss the security of new 5G networks ... The document said ... ....
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Congo Ebola Death Toll Nears 1,000, Expected To Spread: WHO
WorldNews.com 03 May 2019
Reuters reports the death toll after the nine-month Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo currently stands at 994 and is expected to exceed 1,000 within hours, The World Health Organization said Friday. WHO said it feared there will be a continued “intense transmission” of the disease in the African Nation, the report said....
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Cryptocurrency Daily News Bulletin: May 3 2019
WorldNews.com 03 May 2019
General NewseToro has announced its partnership with the Napoleon Group which will launch NapoleonX, France’s first regulated cryptocurrency asset manager ... The project is called “Redesigning Trust. Blockchain for Supply Chains.”Singapore and Canada’s central banks have successfully used their blockchain networks to send each other digital currency....
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Hungary says EU shouldn’t ‘mislead’ Turkey about membership
Federal News Radio 03 May 2019
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister says the European Union should stop “misleading” Turkey about its prospects of membership in the bloc and instead offer it a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” ... Advertisement ... ....
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Washington Airport Operators Applauded For Refusing To Serve ICE Deportation Flights
Newsweek 03 May 2019
Aviation operators in a Washington state county have vowed to stop serving flights carrying immigration detainees being deported out of the country by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency ... This leaves the immigration agency with no ground support for immigration transfers ... Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty ....
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UPDATE: Deadly Cyclone Fani Hits Eastern India With Flooding Rain, Intense Wind Gusts
WorldNews.com 03 May 2019
Officials in India said at least two people were dead after the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the country in more than two decades made landfall on Friday near the city of Puri in Odisha state, according to AccuWeather.com ... There were also widespread power outages ... The India Meteorological Department said Fani made landfall between 8 a.m....
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Unemployment reaches 49-year low in April
Long Island Business News 03 May 2019
U.S. employers added a robust 263,000 jobs in April, suggesting that businesses have shrugged off earlier concerns that the economy might slow this year and now anticipate strong customer demand ... Average hourly pay rose 3.2% from 12 months earlier, a healthy increase though unchanged from the previous month ... Manufacturers added just 4,000 jobs ... ....
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Barack Obama Blamed Hillary's 'Soulless Campaign' for 2016 Loss to Trump, Book Claims
Newsweek 03 May 2019
Former President Barack Obama and his team blamed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s loss at the 2016 presidential election, regarding her campaign as “soulless,” according to a new book. The Daily Mail published extracts from a new edition of Obama ... The new edition will be published on May 10 ... "She brought many of her troubles on herself....
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Germany uncovers Darknet for drugs and weapons
Hong Kong Standard 03 May 2019photo: USGS
Man Who Fell Into America's Most Dangerous Volcano and Survived Was U.S. Army Soldier on Field Training Exercise
Newsweek 03 May 2019
More details have emerged about a man who on Wednesday fell into America’s most dangerous volcano —the Kilauea Volcano caldera—and survived. Kilauea dominated headlines last summer, when it spewed lava, ash and “vog”—a dangerous mix of water, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide—during a period of intense activity. At around 6.30 p.m ... Army....
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Italy emerges as ground zero for European extremist populism
Yahoo Daily News 03 May 2019
MILAN (AP) — Italy's populist interior minister is uniting Europe's right-wing parties under an anti-migrant, anti-Islam, anti-bureaucracy banner for this month's European Union elections, pledging to reshape the continent from its technocratic heart in the EU's base in Brussels. The latest target of Matteo Salvini's wooing ... ....
