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Trump complained to Twitter CEO about lost followers: Source
Indian Express 24 Apr 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and spent a significant time questioning him about why he had lost some Twitter followers, a person briefed on the matter said. Advertising ... “Great meeting this afternoon at the @WhiteHouse with @Jack from @Twitter ... “Thank you for the time ... Advertising ... ....
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Navy SEALs Say They Were Warned Against Reporting Chief For Iran War Crimes
WorldNews.com 24 Apr 2019
Navy SEAL commandos from Team 7’s Alpha Platoon said they had seen their highly decorated platoon chief commit shocking acts in Iraq, The New York Times reports ... Cmdr ... But that reputation has been blotted repeatedly in recent years by investigations of illegal beatings, killings and theft, and reports of drug use in the ranks ... ....
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Saudi Arabia beheads 37 citizens for terrorism crimes; pins bodies to poles
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 23 Apr 2019
13 minutes ago. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia beheaded 37 Saudi citizens for what it said Tuesday were terrorism-related crimes, the Interior Ministry said, publicly pinning two of the bodies to a pole as a warning to others ... The government defends such executions as a powerful tool for deterrence ... Categories. News . Top Stories ... .......
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NASA Robotic Probe Detects The First 'Marsquake'
WorldNews.com 24 Apr 2019
NASA's robotic probe InSight detected and measured what scientists are calling a "marsquake" on Tuesday, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California which said it was the first time a seismological tremor was recorded on another planet ... Martian seismology,” InSight principal investigator Bruce Banerdt said in a news release on Tuesday....
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‘Lighter-than-air’ aircraft has first test flight
Wtop 23 Apr 2019
An innovative aircraft that turns into a “lighter-than-air” balloon to propel itself forward has been flown for the first time. The Phoenix is designed to repeatedly switch between being lighter and heavier than air to generate thrust and allow it to stay in the skies indefinitely ... This content was republished with permission from CNN ... ....
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UN Adopts Resolution on Sexual Violence In Conflict Zones After US Threatened To Veto
WorldNews.com 24 Apr 2019
The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on sexual violence in conflict zones after bowing to the demands from the United States on Tuesday, according to Deutsche Welle ... The Trump administration claimed the wording would include support for abortion. Tuesday's vote passed 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining to vote ... ... ....
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Hong Kong pro-democracy protest leaders jailed
Belfast Telegraph 24 Apr 2019
A court in Hong Kong has handed down prison sentences of up to 16 months to eight leaders of the major 2014 pro-democracy protests after they were found guilty of public nuisance offences. The sentences are seen as an effort by the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory to draw a line under the protests amid pressure from Beijing ... ....
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Navy updating protocol for reporting UFOs
The Hill 24 Apr 2019
The U.S. Navy is updating its protocols for pilots and other officials to report sightings of "unidentified aircraft." ... "As part of this effort," it continued, "the Navy is updating and formalizing the process by which reports of any such suspected incursions can be made to the cognizant authorities ... .......
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Ex-Nissan Boss Carlos Ghosn's Wife Alleges "Mental Abuse" In Detention
NDTV 24 Apr 2019photo: White House / Shealah Craighead
Democrats ask and Trump says no, signaling a bitter fight ahead
Indian Express 24 Apr 2019
President Donald Trump’s administration foreshadowed weeks, if not months, of trench warfare with Congress on Tuesday as it defied demands for documents and testimony on multiple fronts in an effort to thwart expanding investigations mounted by House Democrats ... White House lawyers indicated that they planned to tell Donald F ... Advertising ... 09.02 ... news ... ....
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Brazilian court reduces ex-President Lula's sentence
China.dot.org 24 Apr 2019
BRASILIA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously decided on Tuesday to reduce ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's prison sentence from 12 years and 1 month to 8 years and 10 months ... dollars) ... Enditem ....
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Walgreens, Rite Aid Will No Longer Sell Tobacco Products To Anyone Under 21
WorldNews.com 24 Apr 2019
Drugstore retailers Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Rite Aid Corp will both no longer sell tobacco products to customers who are below 21 years old, one week after U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell revealed plans to introduce legislation which would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco products to 21, according to The New York Times....
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Ex-Florida gov candidate Gillum in hearing on lobbyist gifts
The Charlotte Observer 24 Apr 2019
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum faces an administrative hearing Wednesday over allegations he improperly accepted gifts from lobbyists. The state Ethics Commission says it found probable cause in January ... ....
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John McAfee Claims Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Is Still Alive (And Kicking)
Ethereum World News 24 Apr 2019photo: AP / Richard Drew
US Accuses Pair Of Stealing Secrets, Spying On GE For China
WorldNews.com 24 Apr 2019
Reuters reports two men, a former engineer and a Chinese businessman, were charged with economic espionage and conspiring to steal trade secrets from General Electric Co to benefit China, an unsealed indictment by the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday revealed....
