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With China’s Economy Battered By Pandemic, Millions Return To The Land For Work Xi Jinping

With China’s Economy Battered By Pandemic, Millions Return To The Land For Work

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June 8, 2020
John Oliver passionately explains why America should defund the police — and what that actually means Homeless

John Oliver passionately explains why America should defund the police — and what that actually means

Kevin Slane, Staff Writer June 8, 2020 John Oliver devoted Sunday’s entire episode of “Last Week Tonight” to the ongoing protests against police brutality, diving into one of the rallying cries of the demonstrations: defund the police. As the HBO host explained, “defund the police” doesn’t necessarily mean getting rid…
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June 8, 2020
The Three Top Ways That Cyber-Hackers Will Criminally Make Money Off Of Self-Driving Cars Self-driving Vehicles

The Three Top Ways That Cyber-Hackers Will Criminally Make Money Off Of Self-Driving Cars

Cyber-hackers criminally aim to make money via self-driving cars. Getty Put those darned cyber-hacker criminals into jail and throw away the key, some exhort daily. We are all somewhat numbed by the continual announcements about cyber-hackers that have broken into an online database and stolen our personal information, oftentimes doing…
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June 8, 2020
Russia’s new nuclear policy could be a path to arms control treaties Nuclear Weapons

Russia’s new nuclear policy could be a path to arms control treaties

Russia recently published a new document, titled “Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence.” Its release marks the first time that Russia’s official policy on deterrence has been made publicly available. As others have observed, this document is an example of declaratory policy aimed primarily…
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June 8, 2020
Rage Against the Pandemic Unwelcome Refugees

Rage Against the Pandemic

It has been widely noted that the social turmoil unfolding in the wake of George Floyd’s death may worsen the already-acute COVID-19 crisis. But the connection running in the other direction – from the pandemic to the demonstrations – has received far less attention. BERKELEY – Two weeks of massive,…
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June 8, 2020