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Anti-Putin Protests

Murdered spies, poisoned Brits and tens of thousands dead – 20 years of Vladimir Putin

Twenty years ago virtually no one - in or outside of Russia - had heard the name Vladimir Putin. But that all changed on August 9, 1999, when the then Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, named his security chief as his new prime minister. The ailing leader al…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

NSA

NSA Ajit Doval meets J-K governor Satya Pal Malik

SRINAGAR: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here on Friday, an official spokesperson said. The NSA, who has been camping here since Tuesday to take stock of the ground situation in the…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Black Hole

Astronomers have found the farthest “cloaked” black hole ever

NASA has announced that astronomers have discovered evidence of the farthest “cloaked” black hole that has been discovered so far. The discovery was made using the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The astronomers have pegged the cloaked black hole at only 6% of the…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Your Skype Translator calls may be heard by humans

Skype voice Translator is marketed by Microsoft in glowing terms as the machine learning (ML) language translator that keeps getting smarter. Its reputation for accurately translating in near real time between ten languages (English, Spanish, French, German,…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Scotland

Maids Moreton murder: Church warden convicted of killing older lover for money in Buckinghamshire village

A church warden has been convicted of murdering his older lover for money after subjecting him to psychological torture. Benjamin Field, 28, attempted to portray his victim Peter Farquhar as an alcoholic in the hope his death would be attributed to natural c…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

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Angela Merkel’s Holiday Reading? It’s All About Tyrants

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Every summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel goes on vacation in South Tyrol to hike and read a few books. This year, she made an interesting choice: Photographers caught her with Harvard Professor Stephen Greenblatts Tyrant: Shakespea…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

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Angela Merkel’s Holiday Reading? It’s All About Tyrants

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Every summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel goes on vacation in South Tyrol to hike and read a few books. This year, she made an interesting choice: Photographers caught her with Harvard Professor Stephen Greenblatts Tyrant: Shakespea…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Scotland

Leyton machete attack: Police officer named as PC Stuart Outten as alleged attacker appears in court

A police officer who was attacked with a machete in London has been named as PC Stuart Outten. The 28-year-old Metropolitan Police constable remained in hospital in a serious but stable condition on Friday, as a man appeared in court accused of trying to kil…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Biological Warfare

Newsletter: Our line of biodefense

Lawmakers are putting more scrutiny on a new biological warfare detection system in the U.S. TOP STORIES Our Line of Biodefense If terrorists deployed airborne anthrax or other infectious agents in the U.S., could the federal government effectively detect …

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Black Hole

The Foxer

The 25 pictures in a cluster foxer are arranged in 5 discretely/discreetly themed clusters. Pictures in a particular cluster must be cardinally contiguous to be valid. For example, A1, B1, C1, D1, D2 is a possible cluster, unlike A2, B2, C2, D2, E3. To fully …

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Murdered spies, poisoned Brits and tens of thousands dead – 20 years of Vladimir Putin

NSA Ajit Doval meets J-K governor Satya Pal Malik

Astronomers have found the farthest “cloaked” black hole ever

Your Skype Translator calls may be heard by humans

Maids Moreton murder: Church warden convicted of killing older lover for money in Buckinghamshire village

Angela Merkel’s Holiday Reading? It’s All About Tyrants

Angela Merkel’s Holiday Reading? It’s All About Tyrants

Leyton machete attack: Police officer named as PC Stuart Outten as alleged attacker appears in court

Newsletter: Our line of biodefense

The Foxer

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