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Containing coronavirus: Where democracy struggles – and thrives Matteo Salvini

Containing coronavirus: Where democracy struggles – and thrives

As Washington state grapples with coronavirus, Americans are getting their first up-close look at life amid an outbreak – and how the country might balance public health safety with personal liberties.Six people in the state have died, the first coronavirus-linked deaths in the United States; 18 more cases have been confirmed,…
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March 2, 2020
Elon Musk says the ‘fighter jet era has passed’ and the US needs autonomous war drones to compete China's Social Credit System

Elon Musk says the ‘fighter jet era has passed’ and the US needs autonomous war drones to compete

Elon Musk believes the era of fighter jets is over and future warfare will be carried out by autonomous drones.The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the prediction while speaking with US Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida on Friday.'Drone warfare is where…
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March 2, 2020
Newly Obtained Documents Show Huawei Role In Shipping Prohibited US Gear To Iran Huawei

Newly Obtained Documents Show Huawei Role In Shipping Prohibited US Gear To Iran

Newly Obtained Documents Show Huawei Role In Shipping Prohibited US Gear To Iran (reuters.com) Posted by BeauHD on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:40PM from the paper-trail dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: China's Huawei, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal…
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March 2, 2020
The Marvelous Misadventures of the U.S.-Ukraine Relationship Ukrainian Revolution

The Marvelous Misadventures of the U.S.-Ukraine Relationship

The impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives have demonstrated  a near-unanimous consensus among Washington experts and politicians regarding Ukraine policy, best expressed in the closing remarks of Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.): “We should care about Ukraine. We should care about a country struggling to be free and a Democracy…
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March 2, 2020
Why Hasn’t Barack Obama Endorsed Joe Biden for President Yet? Barack Obama

Why Hasn’t Barack Obama Endorsed Joe Biden for President Yet?

The past three days have been a political whirlwind in the Democratic presidential primary. Former Vice President Joe Biden, whose campaign was believed dead after embarrassingly poor showings in both Iowa and New Hampshire, reanimated like Frankenstein’s Monster on Saturday with a thirty-point blowout victory in the South Carolina primary.Additionally,…
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March 2, 2020
China’s U.N. envoy says Beijing confident it will meet economic goals despite COVID-19 outbreak Chinese Economy

China’s U.N. envoy says Beijing confident it will meet economic goals despite COVID-19 outbreak

China's United Nations Ambassador Zhang Jun.   | Photo Credit: AP Zhang Jun made the statement at a news conference at the United Nations to mark China’s presidency of the Security Council for March China’s U.N. ambassador, Zhang Jun, said on Monday that while the coronavirus outbreak has had a…
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March 2, 2020