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A year after Balakot Kashmir

A year after Balakot

Written by Syed Ata Hasnain | Updated: February 25, 2020 10:45:05 am The site of Balakot airstrikes. (Source: AP/PTI Photo/File)Pakistan’s deep state took a major risk in executing the Pulwama attack. It clearly assessed that unless it could sponsor a spectacular terror-related event in Kashmir by early 2019, the comprehensive…
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February 24, 2020
Here’s the Pro-Bernie Climate Scientist Op-Ed the Washington Post Wouldn’t Run Paris

Here’s the Pro-Bernie Climate Scientist Op-Ed the Washington Post Wouldn’t Run

Photo: GettyOn Sunday, the Washington Post published an opinion piece by Fred Hiatt, the opinion page’s editor, entitled “How Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Both Reject the Reality of Climate Change.” This false equivalence is, to put it bluntly, absolutely one of the most idiotic things I have ever seen.Hiatt’s…
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February 24, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. wants Afghan president to postpone planned inauguration NATO

Exclusive: U.S. wants Afghan president to postpone planned inauguration

By Jonathan Landay and Arshad MohammedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to defer his second-term inauguration over concerns it could inflame an election feud with his political rival and jeopardize U.S.-led peacemaking efforts, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.Ghani claimed victory last…
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February 24, 2020
Max Q: How to build a Starship SpaceX

Max Q: How to build a Starship

Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. Busy week for SpaceX — across funding, space tourism and next-gen spacecraft. There’s also a space station resupply mission coming up that it’s getting ready for, and signs…
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February 24, 2020
An Irish Drug Dealer Lost Access To Almost $60 Million Worth Of Bitcoin When His Passwords Were Incinerated After His Arrest Silk Road

An Irish Drug Dealer Lost Access To Almost $60 Million Worth Of Bitcoin When His Passwords Were Incinerated After His Arrest

Getty ImageIf you’re like most people, it’s been over two years since you first either dipped your toe into the cryptocurrency waters or dove in headfirst after deciding to take the advice of a friend who swore dumping everything you had into Bitcoin was your ticket to getting rich. If…
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February 24, 2020
A TikTok influencer cat with 2 million followers earns up to $60,000 for a sponsored video package Twinfluencer

A TikTok influencer cat with 2 million followers earns up to $60,000 for a sponsored video package

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. The adventure and travel influencer JJ Yosh and his cat Simon have 2.8 million followers across Instagram and TikTok. The duo became popular on social media after Yosh posted photos and videos of their hiking…
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February 24, 2020
The Frick Hosts a Lecture About an Enlightment-era Palace in Warsaw and Its Royal Collection Rijksmuseum

The Frick Hosts a Lecture About an Enlightment-era Palace in Warsaw and Its Royal Collection

Royal Łazienki MuseumThe Palace on the Isle, surrounded by water and the Łazienki Park’s gardens, is one of the finest examples of its kind in 18th-century European architecture. From the 1770s, the Royal Łazienki was the beloved private residence of the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stanislaw August Poniatowski. A…
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February 24, 2020