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Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Court Sentences 5 to Death in Khashoggi Murder

BEIRUT, Lebanon A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five men to death and three to prison terms over the killing of the Saudi dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last year, the kingdoms public prosecutors office said on Monday. The killing of Mr. Khas…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Court Sentences 5 To Death For Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents. Saudi Arabias st…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi murder: 5 sentenced to death

Khashoggi was ambushed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year. (Photo: Reuters)Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said Monday five people had been sentenced to death and three more to jail terms totalling 24 years for the murder…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey, Russia talk Syria as thousands flee bombing

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Brexit

King Boris’s First Test

With the United Kingdoms withdrawal from the European Union now set to take effect on January 31, 2020, the most important challenge facing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is negotiating his country's new relationship with the bloc. He has every incentive to …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Blockchain

2019’s juiciest crypto drama: The saga of OneCoin’s $4B ‘cryptocurrency’ scam

As far as cryptocurrencyscams go, OneCoin is probably the one that rules them all. US prosecutors have alleged that the Ponzi scheme raked in approximately $4 billion, defrauding investors from all over the globe. In China alone, law enforcement agents reco…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Recycling

New York State Moves to Ban Foam Food Containers

Although legislative leaders said they would reserve judgment until their conferences received concrete bill language, Senator Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat and the chairman of the environmental conservation committee, said that he was confident that the Legislat…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents. Saudi Arabia's …

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Filter Bubble

Is TikTok 2020’s New Propaganda Playground?

The warning sounded dire: Sex traffickers were placing zip ties on cars of people they hoped to kidnap. Within days of the claim appearing in a TikTok video, the post had racked up more than 700,000 likes, many of them from scared teens. Every one of them was…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Warrren vocal stereotypes

« previous post | A recent WSJ editorial ("A $900 Bottle of Hypocrisy", 12/20/2019) engages Democratic presidential candidates, and especially Elizabeth Warren, on the issue of money in politics: Few political spectacles are more amusing than watching Demo…

bubmagDecember 23, 2019

Saudi Court Sentences 5 to Death in Khashoggi Murder

Saudi Court Sentences 5 To Death For Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination

Jamal Khashoggi murder: 5 sentenced to death

Turkey, Russia talk Syria as thousands flee bombing

King Boris’s First Test

2019’s juiciest crypto drama: The saga of OneCoin’s $4B ‘cryptocurrency’ scam

New York State Moves to Ban Foam Food Containers

Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

Is TikTok 2020’s New Propaganda Playground?

Warrren vocal stereotypes

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