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Five opposition candidates are fighting to beat current defense minister, who is supported by outgoing president

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes give us heart palpitations with their joint cover for V Magazine. The longtime friends and musicians are opening up about their brand new collaboration, “Senorita”, and how they planned follow ups to their first duet, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” that were ultimately shot down. The first title [...]

Ahead of this weekend’s Asean summit, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned China that it should be wary over claiming contested waters for fear it would inspire others, including the US.
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After a request to review the time penalty given against Sebastian Vettel at the Canadian Grand Prix got turned down, Ferrari's dejected team principal Mattia Binotto expressed how "very unhappy and disappointed" he was by the decision

Slack chief is ‘craftsman’ who salvaged two viral apps from failed gaming start-ups

A judge is now looking into Jussie Smollett‘s controversial short-lived prosecution after being charged for allegedly falsely reporting an assault in Chicago, Illinois. Cook County judge Michael Toomin appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the prosecution of Jussie on Friday (June 21), which “may have been legally invalid from the very beginning” according to The [...]

Autonomous-weapons systems won’t be the spark that leads to war with Iran or any other country. Human decisions might be.

Civil rights icon John Lewis said Friday that former Vice President Joe Biden's remarks about his past work with segregationists in the Senate were not offensive, offering the 2020 Democratic front-runner a lifeline after a week of withering criticism from other White House hopefuls.

It happened at Costly Middle School in East Orange, where because of bad weather, the graduation was moved inside East Orange High School.

Bitcoin prices rose solidly Friday, with futures on CME Group Inc. trading at a level above $10,000 for the first time since in about 15 months, according to FactSet data. Bitcoin futures for June delivery were up $375, or 3.9%, at $10,000 and had hit a peak at $10,060, which would represent the highest level for a most-active contract since March 8, 2018. On top of that, contracts months further in the future are also trading substantially higher, with the September contract trading at $10,145, after hitting a intraday peak at $10,200. Читать дальше...

The Department of Justice has corroborated a report by CrowdStrike, a private security firm hired by the Democratic National Committee, that concluded Russian hackers were responsible for breaching the DNC prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential race, federal prosecutors revealed Thursday.

The person who wrote the letter said seeing the flag helped them come out to their family

India needs to see through many balancing acts to deal with regional tensions

Firefighters in Germany came to the rescue of a hapless squirrel that got its head stuck in a small hole in a manhole cover.

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The state of Louisiana has reached a settlement with Bell Helicopter over an economic development deal that never took off in Lafayette.

A former “Friends” actress who briefly played the girlfriend of Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) recently revealed how fans rooting for Ross and Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) to be together reacted to her character as the sitcom was filmed live.

Public debt accounted for 89.5 per cent of the total outstanding liabilities at end-March 2019.

Dina Thorslund (13-0, 6 KOs) and April Adams (11-1-1, 4 KOs) both made weight ahead of Saturday’s WBO Female World Super Bantamweight title showdown at the Forum Horsens in Denmark.Thorslund defended the WBO World title against Germany’s Alesia Graf in January 2019 in Struer, Denmark and is now facing her mandatory challenger, April ‘Armageddon’ Adams …

At a soft drinks conference in 2014, I asked a representative of the health group Action on Sugar when alcohol could expect to face the same pressure on sugar content as the soda giants. Her answer - basically, watch this space - was the same as I got today when I spoke to Action on Sugar again.

The 82nd meeting of the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States has been held in Minsk. First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov attended the meeting

NASA wants astronauts to go back to the moon in 2024. Is it possible?  CNN

Only a few months ago, NASA officials were still hashing out plans for a slow-and-steady return to the moon in 2028.

With seven points, India are fourth on the World Cup points table and will expect to move to nine points at The Rose Bowl.

George Galloway has warned the US and its allies in the Gulf that if they were to start “World War III” with an attack on Iran they will live to regret it because, unlike Iraq in 2003, they are capable of fighting back.
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Ola is now searching for a head of engineering, who would direct the research and development programme

1. Jeremy Hunt 'has not kept promise to victim', inquiry told  BBC News
2. Blood scandal victim's family accuse Hunt of breaking promises  The Guardian
3. Infected Blood Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt accused of breaking promises to victims  Sky News
4. Jeremy Hunt has failed to keep his promise to a dying man to get a 'fair and final settlement'  Daily Mail
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