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Japanese Twitter amazed to learn that cats can be used as on/off switches for desk lamps【Video】 Pikachu

Japanese Twitter amazed to learn that cats can be used as on/off switches for desk lamps【Video】

Let there be (cat-activated) light! Up until now, we’d all been operating under the belief that the only adorable animal in Japan with electricity powers is Pikachu. However, it’s tempting to rethink that after seeing this video from Japanese Twitter user @betelgeuse331 showing her non-Pokémon animal companion. ちょっちょっちょ見て！ 我が家の猫がライトのスイッチになったんですが！？！？！？！？笑 https://t.co/VBDJ5QZJAO—…
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March 7, 2020
Life Lived in Exile Refugees

Life Lived in Exile

Some 3.6 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, having fled their homeland’s civil war in search of safety. Over the years, Turkey has mostly welcomed them with government-financed programs and a degree of freedom typically unavailable to refugees, many of whom are consigned to camps. As a result, Syrians can…
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March 7, 2020
Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince Jamal Khashoggi

Seeking Absolute Power in Saudi Arabia, Bin Salman engineers Arrest of Rivals, including former Crown Prince

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Glen Carey and Vivian Nereim at Bloomberg report that the Saudi government has arrested former crown prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, his brother Nawwaf, and the brother of King Salman, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. They say their Saudi sources intimated that the three are…
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March 7, 2020
Difficult for Goal 2034 to succeed if Singapore cannot support it says FAS, as it seeks clarification from MCCY NSA

Difficult for Goal 2034 to succeed if Singapore cannot support it says FAS, as it seeks clarification from MCCY

Sport Ikhsan Fandi celebrates after scoring in Singapore's World Cup Qualifier against Uzbekistan. (Photo: Matthew Mohan) 07 Mar 2020 11:57AM(Updated: 07 Mar 2020 12:33PM) SINGAPORE: It will be "difficult" for Goal 2034 to succeed if it is not supported by the country, said the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) following comments made by…
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March 7, 2020
Saudi Crown Prince Detains King’s Brother, Other Royals, Tightening Grip on Power as Oil Revenues Slide Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Crown Prince Detains King’s Brother, Other Royals, Tightening Grip on Power as Oil Revenues Slide

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia placed three members of his royal family under arrest Friday. Reasons for the arrests have not been confirmed.Placed under detention were Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, royal cousin Prine Nawaf…
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March 7, 2020
HACKED Israeli Defense Minister demands ‘freedom for Palestine’, tweets out Turkey’s anthem Palestine

HACKED Israeli Defense Minister demands ‘freedom for Palestine’, tweets out Turkey’s anthem

The Twitter handle of Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett appears to have been breached, sending out a highly off-message post urging the liberation of Palestine, followed by the lyrics of Turkey’s anthem in English. The post appeared briefly on Bennett’s Twitter page early on Saturday morning, and while there’s yet…
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March 7, 2020
Trump hires Mark Meadows as permanent chief of staff, sends Mick Mulvaney off to Northern Ireland Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump hires Mark Meadows as permanent chief of staff, sends Mick Mulvaney off to Northern Ireland

Donald Trump; Mark Meadows (AP/Getty/Salon) Meadows was a staunch defender of the president during the impeachment scandal Joseph Neese March 7, 2020 2:16AM (UTC) President Donald Trump announced yet another shake up to his team at the White House, revealing Friday evening that he has dispatched acting chief of staff…
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March 7, 2020