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• Google removes ads with misleading voter registration info

  29-06-2020 23:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Like other major U.S. tech companies, Google says it is trying to stem the spread of election misinformation.
  
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• Astronaut says losing mirror on spacewalk was 'real bummer'

  29-06-2020 23:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The commander of the International Space Station says losing a mirror during last week's otherwise successful spacewalk was “a real bummer."
  
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• India bans TikTok as tensions with China escalate

  29-06-2020 22:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  India is banning TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps, saying they pose a "threat to sovereignty and integrity," in the latest indication of escalating tensions between the two countries.
  
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• Amazon giving $500 million in one-time bonuses to front-line workers as a 'thank you'

  29-06-2020 21:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon is giving out more than $500 million as a "Thank You bonus" to front-line workers who were with the company throughout the month of June, a move that comes after the e-commerce giant eliminated a $2 hourly wage bump and double overtime pay for frontline workers at the end of May.
  
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• The New York Times pulls out of Apple's news app

  29-06-2020 21:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The move comes as The Times is investing in its subscription business and weaning itself off advertising revenue.
  
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• Reddit bans hundreds of subreddits for hate speech including Trump community

  29-06-2020 20:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The announcement came on the same day that Twitch, a live streaming service, temporarily banned Trump for “hateful conduct.”
  
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• Twitch suspends Trump campaign account

  29-06-2020 19:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitch, the video streaming service popular with online gamers, has suspended an account belonging to the Trump campaign, becoming the latest tech platform to take action against President Donald Trump.
  
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• Reddit bans pro-Trump forum The_Donald and other communities that promote hate

  29-06-2020 19:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Reddit, one of the most controversial social sites, is now trying to tackle hateful content on its platform amid broader calls for racial justice.
  
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• India bans 59 mostly Chinese apps including TikTok and WeChat

  29-06-2020 19:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  India has banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps including Bytedance’s TikTok, Alibaba’s UC Browser and Tencent’s WeChat citing security concerns, the governmen
  
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• Worldwide slowdown in fishing unlikely to save rare species

  29-06-2020 19:12 via abcnews.go.com
  The amount of commercial fishing worldwide has dipped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but scientists and conservation experts say it’s unclear if the slowdown will help jeopardized species of marine life to recover
  
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• The Facebook ad boycott is starting to rattle investors

  29-06-2020 19:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After several days of largely shrugging off news about a growing Facebook advertiser boycott, investors now appear to be taking notice.
  
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• Thousands of UK consumers can't access their cash because of Wirecard's collapse

  29-06-2020 17:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people and businesses have been locked out of accounts linked to Wirecard after Britain's financial watchdog ordered the collapsed digital payments company to suspend UK operations.
  
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• The Elite Technocrats Behind The Global ‘Great Reset’

  29-06-2020 16:07 via technocracy.news
  
  The UN Agenda 2030 with its Sustainable Development Goals is claimed to “ensure peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” The actions are said to tackle poverty and hunger, bring better health and education, reduce inequalities, and save the oceans, forests and the climate. Who can argue against such benevolent goals? But the promised Utopia comes with a price – it sets shackles on our personal freedom.
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• Facebook ad boycott campaign looks to go global

  29-06-2020 15:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the batt
  
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• China’s Cultural Assimilation Includes Forced Sterilization

  29-06-2020 15:30 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy in China means total social engineering of their entire society, including minority outlier groups like the Uighurs. In addition to detention and re-education camps, forced sterilization and abortions are increasingly common, leading experts to call it “demographic genocide.” ⁃ TN EditorThe Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it e
  
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• Britain's COVID-19 app: The game changer that wasn't

  29-06-2020 15:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Britain’s COVID-19 infections soared in the spring, the government reached for what it hoped could be a game changer – a smartphone app.
  
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• Yelp: 41% Of Closed Businesses Are Closed For Good

  29-06-2020 15:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Yelp does not represent all the small businesses in America, but the reality of economic destruction is indeed shocking. The long-standing dream of Technocracy and Technocrats has been to kill the global economic system, and they have largely succeeded. ⁃ TN EditorPresident Trump’s economic COVID-19 response, through massive fiscal and monetary stimuli, was expected to generate a V-shaped recovery ahead of the elections. We noted, all along, there was never a
  
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• Rob Kardashian Reveals Dramatic Weight Loss At Khloe's B-Day Party -- See Stunning Photos!! - The Blast

  29-06-2020 12:40 via news.google.com
  
  Rob Kardashian Reveals Dramatic Weight Loss At Khloe's B-Day Party -- See Stunning Photos!!  The BlastKhloe Kardashian Celebrates Her 36th Birthday With a Larger-Than-Life Party  E! NEWSKhloé Kardashian Throws Clear Yeezy Heel Across the Room During Birthday Bash With Sisters  Yahoo LifestyleTristan tells Khloé he loves her in birthday post on Instagram  cosmopolitan.comRob Kardashian shows off shocking weight loss as he is pictured for first
  
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• Morning update: Allegheny County to ban alcohol consumption at bars and restaurants - WTAE Pittsburgh

  29-06-2020 12:20 via news.google.com
  Morning update: Allegheny County to ban alcohol consumption at bars and restaurants  WTAE PittsburghView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 18 things Apple announced for iOS 14 that we want on Android - Android Police

  29-06-2020 12:09 via news.google.com
  18 things Apple announced for iOS 14 that we want on Android  Android PoliceHow App Makers Break Their Apps to Avoid Paying Apple  The Wall Street JournalThe modern mobile app needs a revamp  TechCrunchApple nailed iOS 14, but the Feds are on its App Store monopoly that breaks Netflix  PhoneArenaApple's App Store rules scrutinised in US antitrust probe  The Star OnlineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Autonomous robot uses UVC light to disinfect warehouses - Engadget

  29-06-2020 12:04 via news.google.com
  
  Autonomous robot uses UVC light to disinfect warehouses  EngadgetView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump's growing re-election threat: Republican skeptics - NBC News

  29-06-2020 11:54 via news.google.com
  Trump's growing re-election threat: Republican skeptics  NBC NewsRough polling stretch has GOP operatives asking: Could Trump drop out?  Fox NewsHow the Trump Campaign Is Drawing Obama Out of Retirement  The New York TimesPresident Trump Versus the Media | Opinion  NewsweekLiz Peek: Invisible Joe Biden – Can Democratic candidate really hide through Election Day?  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• More than 500,000 dead worldwide from coronavirus: Live updates - Al Jazeera English

  29-06-2020 11:53 via news.google.com
  More than 500,000 dead worldwide from coronavirus: Live updates  Al Jazeera EnglishGlobal COVID-19 Deaths Top 500,000 : Coronavirus Live Updates  NPRCoronavirus cases worldwide top 10 million with nearly half a million deaths — and 25% are in the US  CNBCCoronavirus Live Updates: Global Deaths Pass 500,000  The New York TimesCoronavirus Outbreak: Live Updates and News for June 29, 2020  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Michelle Obama Congratulated Beyoncé On Her BET Humanitarian Award With A Heartfelt Speech - BuzzFeed

  29-06-2020 11:52 via news.google.com
  Michelle Obama Congratulated Beyoncé On Her BET Humanitarian Award With A Heartfelt Speech  BuzzFeedLil Wayne Honors Kobe Bryant With Performance Of His 2009 Track “Kobe Bryant” | BET Awards 20  BETNetworksBeyoncé to BLM Protesters: ‘Continue to Change and Dismantle a Racist and Unequal System’  ELLE.comBET Awards 2020 opening was fire  CNNBeyoncé Encourages BLM Protestors to ‘Continue to Change and Disman
  
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• European markets whipsaw as coronavirus weighs on sentiment; Wirecard rallies - CNBC

  29-06-2020 11:39 via news.google.com
  European markets whipsaw as coronavirus weighs on sentiment; Wirecard rallies  CNBCWorldwide coronavirus deaths pass 500,000 mark, Johns Hopkins University research shows  Fox NewsCoronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world  CNNCoronavirus death toll surpasses 500,000 worldwide  CBS NewsOver 500,000 died from the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins - Business Insider  Business InsiderView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• New England Patriots sign QB Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady, source says - CNBC

  29-06-2020 11:37 via news.google.com
  New England Patriots sign QB Cam Newton to replace Tom Brady, source says  CNBCQB Cam Newton reaches 1-year deal with Patriots, sources say  ESPNCam Newton news: Why QB is now on New England Patriots  WEEICam Newton signs 1-year deal with New England Patriots, reports say  Fox NewsCam Newton makes Patriots one of the best teams in the AFC | SportsCenter  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Suspect in killing at Louisville Breonna Taylor protest in custody - Fox News

  29-06-2020 11:09 via news.google.com
  Suspect in killing at Louisville Breonna Taylor protest in custody  Fox NewsBreonna Taylor: Video captures shooting at park protest in Louisville, Kentucky  The TelegraphGunfire at deadly Breonna Taylor protest in Louisville caught on video; police say gunman was protester  Fox NewsSuspect in fatal shooting at Jefferson Square Park in custody at hospital, LMPD says  WDRB1 Person Killed At Protest Over Breonna Taylor's Death | Sunday TODAY  TODAYV
  
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• Millions more US homes are at risk of flooding than previously known, new analysis shows - CNN

  29-06-2020 11:03 via news.google.com
  Millions more US homes are at risk of flooding than previously known, new analysis shows  CNNNew Data Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across America  The New York TimesMillions of Americans think they’re safe from flood waters. They aren’t.  USA TODAYFlood risks to US homes are far higher than previously estimated, report finds  Washington PostMillions of American Homes at Greater Flood Risk Than Government Estimates, New Study Says  The Wa
  
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• As coronavirus spikes in US, China locks down 400,000 people ... over 18 cases - CNN

  29-06-2020 10:45 via news.google.com
  As coronavirus spikes in US, China locks down 400,000 people ... over 18 cases  CNNHebei: China locks down 400,000 people after virus spike near Beijing  BBC NewsChina reports 12 new COVID-19 cases vs 17 a day earlier  ReutersGlobal report: Covid-19 cases exceed 10m as anxieties rise over US  The GuardianGlobal coronavirus death toll exceeds half a million: Live  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• European equities fight for gains amid continued U.S. virus concerns - MarketWatch

  29-06-2020 10:43 via news.google.com
  European equities fight for gains amid continued U.S. virus concerns  MarketWatchEuropean shares succumb to virus worries, Wirecard soars  Investing.comEuropean shares inch higher, Wirecard surges  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Multiple people dead after attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi - CNN

  29-06-2020 10:36 via news.google.com
  Multiple people dead after attack on Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi  CNNPakistan Stock Exchange Attack Leaves Several Dead  The New York TimesGunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan  Al Jazeera EnglishPakistan stock exchange attacked by armed men  The Guardian6 Killed In Attack On Pak Stock Exchange In Karachi, 4 Gunmen Shot Dead  NDTVView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Betelgeuse, the curiously dimming star, may be covered in giant star spots - CNN

  29-06-2020 10:09 via news.google.com
  
  Betelgeuse, the curiously dimming star, may be covered in giant star spots  CNNBetelgeuse’s Mystery Dimming Caused By A Star Spot A Hundred Times Larger Than The Sun, Say Scientists  ForbesBetelgeuse: 'Large spots' explain star's recent unusual behaviour, scientists say  The IndependentView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Second Stimulus Checks: Your Most Pressing Questions, Answered - The Motley Fool

  29-06-2020 09:46 via news.google.com
  Second Stimulus Checks: Your Most Pressing Questions, Answered  The Motley FoolThe 3 stimulus plans Congress is debating that could put extra cash into your bank account - Business Insider  Business InsiderTrump Assures a Second Stimulus Check Is Coming: Here's What to Expect  Motley FoolA second stimulus check? Here's how much money you could get  CBS NewsAmericans excluded from first federal stimulus payments speak out  CBS Evening NewsView Ful
  
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• New England Patriots fined $1.1 million for illegally videotaping the sideline during a game, source says - CNN

  29-06-2020 09:43 via news.google.com
  New England Patriots fined $1.1 million for illegally videotaping the sideline during a game, source says  CNNNew England Patriots fined $1.1 million, lose draft pick in film crew fallout  ESPNPatriots fined, docked draft pick in Spygate II punishment  New York Post What the NFL’s Spygate 2.0 penalties mean for the Patriots  Pats PulpitCam Newton reaches deal with the New England Patriots | SportsCenter  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• OnePlus Nord isn't launching in the US — and that's a huge mistake - Tom's Guide

  29-06-2020 08:15 via news.google.com
  
  OnePlus Nord isn't launching in the US — and that's a huge mistake  Tom's GuideOnePlus sets release date for the OnePlus Z; OnePlus 8 alternative set to arrive before three new OnePlus Smart TVs  Notebookcheck.netPoll of The Week: Will you buy the OnePlus Nord if it is a rebadged OPPO phone?  gizmochinaOnePlus TV series (2020) launch this week: Launch date, price in India, and features  The Indian ExpressOnePlus 8 Pro Sale Today on Amazon India and O
  
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• Starbucks, Levi's, Diageo Join Facebook, Instagram Ad Boycott - Hollywood Reporter

  29-06-2020 06:36 via news.google.com
  Starbucks, Levi's, Diageo Join Facebook, Instagram Ad Boycott  Hollywood ReporterPepsi quietly joining Facebook ad boycott: sources  Fox BusinessZuckerberg once wanted to sanction Trump. Then Facebook wrote rules that accommodated him.  The Washington PostSocial media giants must stop profiting from hate  Gulf NewsA Facebook ad boycott has cost Mark Zuckerberg $72 billion. But will it make any difference?  ABC NewsView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• Woman speaks out after tirade at Trader Joe's store in North Hollywood - KABC-TV

  29-06-2020 04:56 via news.google.com
  
  Woman speaks out after tirade at Trader Joe's store in North Hollywood  KABC-TVWoman goes on tirade after asked to wear face mask at Trader Joe's in North Hollywood  ABC7Maskless Trader Joe’s Shopper Speaks Out After Viral Outburst  CBS Los AngelesROB ROSE: The big mask non-debate  Financial Mail‘I felt helpless:’ Woman shamed on social media for not wearing a mask at Trader Joe’s speaks out  fox6now.comView Full Coverage
  
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• NASCAR Pocono 350 results: Denny Hamlin wins, holds off Kevin Harvick for his fourth checkered flag of 2020 - CBSSports.com

  29-06-2020 04:54 via news.google.com
  NASCAR Pocono 350 results: Denny Hamlin wins, holds off Kevin Harvick for his fourth checkered flag of 2020  CBSSports.comKyle Busch, Ryan Blaney tangle at Pocono | NASCAR Cup Series  NASCARDenny Hamlin wins weather-delayed Pocono 350  ESPNAdmitted To The Hospital (Can't Race Pocono)  Natalie DeckerMultiple cars to start from rear in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono  NASCARView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• ESPN projects Lakers have 19% chance of winning NBA Finals - Silver Screen and Roll

  29-06-2020 04:35 via news.google.com
  ESPN projects Lakers have 19% chance of winning NBA Finals  Silver Screen and Roll Tobias Harris admits 76ers had chemistry issues this season, now 'have a new opportunity in Orlando'  CBS SportsNBA Rumors: Players Will Be Permitted To Change Name On Back Of Jersey For Games At Walt Disney World  LakersNation.com2020 NBA Playoffs: Every Team's Top Realistic Outcome in Orlando  Bleacher ReportCoronavirus: Nuggets' Nikola Jokic, Kings' Jabari Parker among NB
  
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• Mississippi flag comes down after vote to remove Confederate emblem - Guardian News

  29-06-2020 04:30 via news.google.com
  Mississippi flag comes down after vote to remove Confederate emblem  Guardian NewsProtests in America, Globally: Latest News, Updates for June 28  BloombergMississippi lawmakers vote to remove Confederate emblem on state flag  CBS Evening NewsMississippi votes to strip Confederate emblem from state flag  BBC NewsMississippi state legislature passes bill to remove confederate symbol from state flag in historic vote  CNNView Full Coverage on Google
  
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• Surprising Findings Beneath the Surface of Our Galaxy’s Water Worlds

  29-06-2020 04:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of researchers simulated conditions on water-rich exoplanets in the laboratory and learned something surprising about their geological composition. Out beyond our solar system,...
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• Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy - Yahoo Finance

  29-06-2020 04:03 via news.google.com
  Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy  Yahoo FinanceChesapeake Energy, a pioneer in the U.S. shale revolution, files for bankruptcy protection  CNBCChesapeake files for bankruptcy, Facebook ad boycott, Singapore's new corporate structure  Financial TimesChesapeake Energy, fracking pioneer, files for bankruptcy owing $9bn  The GuardianFracking trailblazer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy  Fox BusinessView Full Coverage on Goog
  
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• NASA: Help Us Make Pooping on the Moon Even Better - Gizmodo

  29-06-2020 03:25 via news.google.com
  NASA: Help Us Make Pooping on the Moon Even Better  GizmodoNASA searches for toilet that will work on the moon  Global NewsNASA will pay you to design a space toilet that works in lunar gravity  CNETHow will astronauts poop on the moon? New NASA challenge aims to flush this mystery  Space.comNASA Offering $35K USD in Prizes for Toilet Design That Works on Moon  HYPEBEASTView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• "Higher" DJ Khaled ft. John Legend & Nipsey Hussle Wins Video of The Year | BET Awards 20 - BETNetworks

  29-06-2020 02:54 via news.google.com
  "Higher" DJ Khaled ft. John Legend & Nipsey Hussle Wins Video of The Year | BET Awards 20  BETNetworksThe Best Hair and Makeup Looks at the 2020 BET Awards  AllureBET Awards 2020: Watch Roddy Ricch Perform “The Box”  Yahoo! VoicesRoddy Ricch Performs “High Fashion” & “The Box” Live! | BET Awards 20  BETNetworks11 Best Twitter Reactions to Megan Thee Stallion's BET Awards Performance  HarpersBAZAAR.comVi
  
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• U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph Discovers 4000th Comet

  29-06-2020 02:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument identified the 4000th comet discovered by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint...
  The post U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph Discovers 4000th Comet appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Facebook VP on ad boycott: We have 'no incentive' to allow hate speech

  29-06-2020 02:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is facing an advertising boycott unlike anything the company has experienced in recent history. A growing list of advertisers have signed onto the #StopHateForProfit campaign, protesting what they say are Facebook's failures to stop the spread of hate.
  
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• Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments - The Washington Post

  29-06-2020 02:22 via news.google.com
  Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments  The Washington PostSpies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops  The New York TimesTrump denies being briefed on Russian bounty intelligence  CNNRussian collusion with the Taliban can no longer be ignored by the Government's critics  Telegraph.co.ukBolton: U.S. should consider ‘very severe measures’
  
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• ESA’s Earth Explorer Satellite SMOS Monitoring Droughts [Video]

  29-06-2020 01:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In orbit for more than a decade, ESA’s Earth Explorer satellite SMOS has not only exceeded its planned lifespan, but also surpassed its original scientific...
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• Dirac Electrons Come Back to Life in Magic-Angle Graphene – Unusual Breaking of Symmetry

  29-06-2020 00:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene. In 2018 it was discovered that two layers of graphene twisted one with respect to...
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