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Senate passes measure affirming century-old Armenian genocide

Co-sponsored by Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the nonbinding resolution affirms that the genocide occurred and that Turkey is responsible. I say to my friends and colleagues that genocide is genocide,'' …

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Russian TV abruptly pulls Zelenskiy’s sitcom after cutting Putin joke

A Russian TV channel faced ridicule online after censoring a joke at the expense of President Vladimir Putin from the Ukrainian sitcom "Servant of the People." The private broadcaster TNT also stopped airing the comedy series after showing the first three epi…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Hrant Dink

Senate recognizes Armenian genocide over objections of Trump and Turkish government (Deirdre Shesgreen/USA Today)

memeorandum is an auto-generated summary of the stories that US political commentators are discussing online right now. Unlike sister sites Techmeme and Mediagazer, it is not a human-edited news outlet, but rather a media-monitoring tool for sophisticated ne…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Hrant Dink

White House ‘shamed into submission’: Senate finally passes Armenian genocide bill despite Trump’s objections

In a direct refutation of the repeated objections of the Trump administration this Thursday, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. As USA Today points out, the historic move will likely complicate US-Turkey relations s…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Fortnite

Latest Fortnite Update introduces console split-screen

For some time, a small subset of Fortnite's fanbase has been hoping for the ability to play the game with friends via split-screen. Now, they can, as the latest Fortnite update features console split-screen with it.According to the latest update from Epic, th…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Obamacare

‘No excuse for the able-bodied not to be working’: South Carolina to set work requirements for Medicaid – Washington Examiner

South Carolina received federal approval Thursday to impose work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries, fulfilling a demand of conservatives. The policy is particularly controversial because, unlike other states, South Carolina is not looking to couple th…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Head of Tobruk parliament says Libya-Turkey deal ‘invalid’

The chief of Libya's eastern-based parliament has expressed his disagreement with an accord between Tripoli and Ankara establishing maritime boundaries. Aguila Saleh made the comments on Thursday during a visit to Greece, which has strongly condemned the agr…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Refugees

Myanmar Rohingya: Suu Kyi accused of ‘silence’ in genocide trial

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Aung San Suu Kyi has called the case "incomplete and incorrect" The Gambia has denounced Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's "silence" over alleged atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. The Muslim-majority African country …

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Holocaust

Family Behind Krispy Kreme Donates Millions to Holocaust Survivors

Elderly, poor Holocaust survivors need food, medicine and heat in the winter, he said. These funds will enable thousands of survivors to live in dignity. The claims conference will allocate nearly $610 million for social welfare next year, according to the s…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Google

Google makes moving data to its cloud easier

Google Cloud today announced Transfer Service, a new service for enterprises that want to move their data from on-premise systems to the count. This new managed service is meant for large-scale transfers on the scale of billions of files and petabytes of data…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Senate passes measure affirming century-old Armenian genocide

Russian TV abruptly pulls Zelenskiy’s sitcom after cutting Putin joke

Senate recognizes Armenian genocide over objections of Trump and Turkish government (Deirdre Shesgreen/USA Today)

White House ‘shamed into submission’: Senate finally passes Armenian genocide bill despite Trump’s objections

Latest Fortnite Update introduces console split-screen

‘No excuse for the able-bodied not to be working’: South Carolina to set work requirements for Medicaid – Washington Examiner

Head of Tobruk parliament says Libya-Turkey deal ‘invalid’

Myanmar Rohingya: Suu Kyi accused of ‘silence’ in genocide trial

Family Behind Krispy Kreme Donates Millions to Holocaust Survivors

Google makes moving data to its cloud easier

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