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Nuclear non-proliferation treaty an essential pillar for peace and security Nuclear Disarmament

Nuclear non-proliferation treaty an essential pillar for peace and security

Countries meeting in New York next month to review progress on nuclear non-proliferation are being urged by the UN Secretary-General to use the opportunity to strengthen global peace and security.  António Guterres made the request in a statement issued on Thursday by his Spokesperson to mark 50 years since the Non-Proliferation Treaty came…
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March 5, 2020
‘They’re messing with who we are as Americans’: Pelosi slams Facebook for misleading Trump Census ads Turkish Refugee Camp

‘They’re messing with who we are as Americans’: Pelosi slams Facebook for misleading Trump Census ads

As Americans prepare for a once-a-decade headcount that will be used to determine the makeup of Congress and how federal spending reaches communities across the US, Democrats slammed Facebook and Donald Trump for an ad that directed the social media company's users to the president's campaign fundraising website, disguised as…
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March 5, 2020
The Only Known Albino Orangutan Is Doing Great After Her Release to the Wild Orangutan

The Only Known Albino Orangutan Is Doing Great After Her Release to the Wild

SmartNews Keeping you current Alba, who was captured and caged in 2017, underwent nearly two years of rehabilitation (BOSF 2020/Indrayana) smithsonianmag.com March 5, 2020 Last month, conservationists released three rehabilitated orangutans into Indonesia’s Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. While monitoring one of the primates, whose name is Unyu, the…
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March 5, 2020
Maya Moore Was One of the WNBA’s Biggest Stars. Then She Stepped Away to Fight for Justice. Colin Kaepernick

Maya Moore Was One of the WNBA’s Biggest Stars. Then She Stepped Away to Fight for Justice.

When Maya Moore announced in January that she was once again sitting out a basketball season — and this year, skipping what would be her third appearance in an Olympic Games — in order to keep pursuing a wrongful conviction case in Missouri, her peers expressed admiration. “We are proud…
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March 5, 2020
VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk Vietnam Veterans

VA unlawfully turned away vulnerable veterans for decades, study says, with 400,000 more at risk

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has for decades unlawfully turned away thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable discharges, rendering some of the most vulnerable veterans invisible and desperate for help, according to a study released Thursday.Systemic misunderstanding of the law within VA about which veterans it should care for…
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March 5, 2020
Russia and Turkey Announce Cease-Fire Agreement in Northwestern Syria Idlib

Russia and Turkey Announce Cease-Fire Agreement in Northwestern Syria

(MOSCOW) — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreements on a cease-fire to take effect at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into a direct military conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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March 5, 2020
Clearview AI Lured Rich Investors By Letting Them Rummage Around In Its Creepy Face Recognition App Clearview

Clearview AI Lured Rich Investors By Letting Them Rummage Around In Its Creepy Face Recognition App

Clearview AI founder Hoan Ton-That. (Screenshot: PBS) Creepy facial recognition firm Clearview AI—which claims to have built an extensive database from billions of photos scraped from the public web—allowed the rich and powerful to use its app as a personal plaything and spy tool, according to reporting from the New…
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March 5, 2020