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Barack Obama

Manning ordered to appear before new U.S. grand jury as she is freed from jail

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who was being detained for refusing to testify before a grand jury, was released on Thursday and immediately summoned to appear before a new grand jury next week, her lawyers said. …

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Riots

PM Modi shifts narrative, ahead of Delhi, Punjab polls

NEW DELHI: Just ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and Punjab, PM Narendra Modi has led the attack on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi over corruption and 1984 Sikh riots. In an attempt to damage Congress prospects in these two states, Modi has changed t…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Android

Hilary Swank is a stranger with a secret in first trailer for chilling sci-fi thriller I Am Mother

She promoted her new science fiction thriller I Am Mother earlier this week amid the snowy slopes of the Sundance Film Festival. The first trailer for Hilary Swank's upcoming film, I Am Mother, was released online Thursday. The 44-year-old actress stars in …

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Palestine

Trump envoy slams ‘baffling’ anti-Israel UN meeting as members line up to condemn settlements, Israeli policy – Fox News

UNITED NATIONS President Trump’s U.S. envoy for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, made a surprise visit to the United Nations on Thursday, as members of the U.N. Security Council held an informal meeting to condemn Israeli settlements — a meeting …

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Valerie Plame Left Washington A Spy. She Wants Back In As A Congresswoman.

WASHINGTON Valerie Plame hasn’t lived in Washington, D.C. since 2006, after a George W. Bush administration official blew her cover as a covert CIA officer in retaliation for her husband’s criticism of the motives behind the Iraq War. But she’s ready to be b…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuelan Embassy’s Power Cut Off in Tense Washington Standoff – The New York Times

Mr. Márquez said Pepco acted after Mr. Vecchio reached out to the utility and explained the situation. Ben Armstrong, a Pepco spokesman, declined to comment, out of respect for customer privacy and public safety. At the peak of the embassy occupation, some 5…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Belt and Road

Four Chinese scientists were killed in Sri Lanka attack

Four Chinese scientists were among those who died after an explosion at the Kingsbury hotel in Colombo.Credit: Chamila Karunarathne/Anadolu Agency/Getty Four Chinese researchers who were killed in the terror attacks in Sri Lanka last month were in the countr…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Machine Learning

Applied Machine Learning: Foundations

- Have you ever wondered how when you upload a picture to Facebook it can find peoples faces and even suggest who it may be? Or how Google Maps can predict the fastest route based on traffic? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Scotland

The battle to save Scotland’s forests from disease

Image caption John Dougan said the work of generations of foresters has been lost "When I first saw the impact this disease was having, it really almost reduced me to tears." The words of Scottish Forestry's John Dougan as he describes the battle to defea…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

North Korea launches two ballistic missiles amid stalled talks with US

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, in its second weapons test in less than a week, South Koreas military said. One missile travelled 260 miles and the other 170 miles in an easterly direction after being launched from a site n…

bubmagMay 10, 2019

Manning ordered to appear before new U.S. grand jury as she is freed from jail

PM Modi shifts narrative, ahead of Delhi, Punjab polls

Hilary Swank is a stranger with a secret in first trailer for chilling sci-fi thriller I Am Mother

Trump envoy slams ‘baffling’ anti-Israel UN meeting as members line up to condemn settlements, Israeli policy – Fox News

Valerie Plame Left Washington A Spy. She Wants Back In As A Congresswoman.

Venezuelan Embassy’s Power Cut Off in Tense Washington Standoff – The New York Times

Four Chinese scientists were killed in Sri Lanka attack

Applied Machine Learning: Foundations

The battle to save Scotland’s forests from disease

North Korea launches two ballistic missiles amid stalled talks with US

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