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'Facebook, Google surveillance assault on privacy'
Sify 21 Nov 2019
Facebook and Google which offer services to billions of people without asking them to pay a financial fee are performing an assault on the right to privacy on an unprecedented scale, a stinging Amnesty International report said on Thursday, stressing that both companies need to change their business models which are threatening basic human rights ... ....
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Ukraine asked about aid on day of Trump call, Defense Department official testifies
Market Watch 21 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON — In a blow to GOP defenses of President Donald Trump, a Defense Department official said Wednesday the Ukrainian government asked “what was going on” with U.S. military aid as early as July 25 — the very day that Trump asked Ukraine’s president to investigate Democrats ... Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. “The first pillar. No harm no foul....
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Japanese stocks nudge higher amid cautious optimism about trade talks
Reuters 22 Nov 2019
Japanese shares edged higher on Friday as cautious optimism about the prospect of the United States and China reaching a trade agreement lifted investor risk appetite ... ....
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General strike as thousands protest Colombia's govt
Deccan Herald 22 Nov 2019
Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday amid a general strike to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque's right-wing government ... The protest comes amid social upheaval across South America, as a wave of unrest over the past two months has battered governments in Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador ... GET IT....
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China and Nollywood have signed up for their first major film collaboration
CNN 22 Nov 2019
(CNN)Chinese entertainment group, Huahua Media, is joining forces with Nigerian filmmakers to produce the first major China-Nigeria film. Huahua signed a deal to co-produce 30 days in China, with Nigerian comedian Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY ... A lucrative market. Read More ... "We will be exposed to a lucrative and moving Chinese film market ... Makun ... ....
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Trump ex-Russia adviser Hill tells US lawmakers to stop promoting 'falsehoods'
The News International 21 Nov 2019
President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election ... “I became aware that Mr ... “I do not recall mentioning the Bidens ... ....
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US warships conduct back-to-back freedom-of-navigation passes in South China Sea
Stars and Stripes 22 Nov 2019
TOKYO — The U.S. Navy twice over two days sent warships steaming into disputed areas claimed by China in the South China Sea, according to the 7th Fleet at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan ... Reann Mommsen. On Thursday, the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E ... The U.S. does not recognize China’s claim to the reef ... Coast Guard cutter ... ditzler.joseph@stripes.com....
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137 women have been killed by their partners in France this year. Critics blame a 'deeply sexist society'
CNN 22 Nov 2019
Paris (CNN)Marie-Alice Dibon and Luciano Meridda's relationship began with poetry. The pair met during a taxi ride through Paris in 2004. Dibon, then 38 and a cosmetics and pharmaceutical specialist who split her time between Silicon Valley and the French capital, had grown curious about her driver's reading material ... Things moved quickly ... Read More ... ....
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Gold rush destabilises central Sahel
Mail Guardian South Africa 22 Nov 2019
COMMENT. In the central Sahelian countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, armed groups have been seizing gold-mining sites in areas in which the state is weak or absent ... Gold mines provide armed groups, in some cases including jihadists, with a new source of funding and even terrain from which to recruit ... But such measures have major limitations....
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Russia Is Building Its Own Wikipedia After Putin Says The Country Needs One
Newsweek 21 Nov 2019
Weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that his country develop an alternative to the massively popular Wikipedia free online encyclopedia one prominent editor has revealed he was working to do just that ... "The project, which began in July, is anticipated to take 33 months," he said ... Kremlin Press Office ... Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images ... ....
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China-Bolivia – A Lithium Deal, No More?
Information Clearing House 22 Nov 2019
By Peter Koenig. November 21, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - China has by far the largest lithium market. China produces already today the most electric cars, about 1 million in 2018, and will at least triplicate their production by 2025 – and in the following decade or two, demand is expected to increase exponentially ... He, Mr ... Bravo....
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Bitcoin Cash Price: loses 6.27 percent value
Cryptopolitan 22 Nov 2019
Bitcoin Cash price steers downwards as of November 21, till November 22, concluding a price just above the 227.50 US dollar price line. BCH/USD 24-Hour Price Analysis.. Price Chart by TradingView ... The cryptocurrency had reached its lower support at the 218.72 US dollar price mark ... Moving Averages ... .......
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How Hong Kong's local elections have become a proxy vote on the protests
The Guardian 22 Nov 2019
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In Thailand, Pope condemns exploitation of women, children for sex
Independent online (SA) 21 Nov 2019
BANGKOK - Pope Francis condemned on Thursday the exploitation of women and children for prostitution in Thailand, which is notorious for its sex tourism, saying the violence, abuse and enslavement they suffer are evils that must be uprooted ... Tens of thousands of others watched on screens in an adjacent stadium ... 21, 2019 ... (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) ... ....
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This Is How Putting Astronauts Into Hibernation Could Work on a Mission to Mars
Newsweek 21 Nov 2019
Putting astronauts into a state of suspended animation during long distance space travel is a staple of science fiction ... ....
