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Google is tracking you, regardless of your smartphone's privacy settings
DNA India 21 Aug 2018
Google has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally tracking the movements of millions of iPhone and Android phone users even when they use a privacy setting to prevent it ... "Google represented that a user 'can turn off Location History at any time ... The plaintiff, Napoleon Patacsil of San Diego, is seeking class-action status on behalf of U.S ... ....
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[UPDATE] Cohen Pleads Guilty To 8 Charges; Admits He Worked With Trump To Silence Accusers
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guiltyTuesday in a Manhattan courthouse to eight violations of banking, tax and campaign finance laws in a federal investigation that scrutinized his business dealings and efforts to silence women with negative stories about Trump, The Washington Post reported.Cohen pleaded guilty to five counts ......
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Search on for man who threatened to shoot Trump
Khaleej Times 21 Aug 2018
Law enforcement authorities have launched a search operation for a man who's suspected of threatening to shoot US President Donald Trump, a media report said ... According to officials, Christy posted ... Trump." ... ....
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BREAKING: Manafort Found Guilty On 8 Counts In Fraud Case
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty Tuesday on eight counts in the bank and tax fraud case against him, The Los Angeles Times reported ... The bank fraud charges are punishable of to 30 years each, the network reported.The judge, CNN reported, told prosecutors they will have until Aug....
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Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Claims To View Roe v. Wade As 'Settled Law'
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, told Sen. Susan Collins he believes the court's decision on Roe v. Wade is now settled law on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post. The Republican Senator from Maine met with Kavanaugh in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning, which she said included a "wide-ranging discussion that was productive and informative." ... Democratic Sen ... “. ... ... ... ....
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US Deports Nazi Labor Camp Guard to Germany
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
The United States deported a 95-year-old former Nazi labor camp guard back to Germany on Tuesday after more than a decade of diplomatic fights over his status, according to The Guardian. Jakiw Palij, who lived in Queens, New York City, arrived at Dusseldorf airport on Tuesday morning after his deportation was ordered in 2004 after an investigation ordered him to be denaturalized ... His U.S ... The U.S ... U.S ... "Your neighbor is a Nazi!" ....
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Hurricane Lane Poses Rare Threat to Hawaii
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2018
A rare hurricane is forecast to narrowly pass over Hawaii according to meteorologists on Tuesday who warned local residents their lives and property were at risk amid intense surf, flash flooding, mudslides, and Category 4-level winds, according to AccuWeather ... ... By Tuesday, Lane had gathered into a Category 4 Hurricane but would likely weaken before moving northwest, inching closer to Hawaii ... Democratic Gov ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody. ....
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Britain Retains Lead In Currency Trading Despite Brexit Vote
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
... by 2 percent to $415 billion.London has dominated the foreign exchange market for nearly half a century.Investment banks earned $4.2 billion in revenues from foreign exchange business globally in the first quarter of 2018, about 12.5 percent of all revenues in their global markets divisions, according to data from industry analytics firm Coalition....
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UN Says Myanmar Denying 'Effective Access' To Rakhine State After Rohingya Crisis
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
The United Nations said they were still waiting for "effective access" to the Rakhine state in Myanmar on Tuesday after more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims were forced from their homes during a brutal army crackdown, according to Reuters ... “We need to have the possibility to do a proper job.”. Suu Kyi on Tuesday claimed Myanmar "granted access" to the UN for 23 villages in the Rakhine state as part of a "pilot assessment program." ... ....
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Brexiteers are using the notion of Project Fear to manipulate you
The Guardian 21 Aug 2018
“This is the most extreme form of project fear yet, these people are an absolute disgrace.” That was how Nigel Farage, ever the patriot, dismissed the voice of the nation’s doctors last week. The British Medical Association had set out some of the harm a no-deal Brexit would cause. Its prediction that the UK’s ability to fight pandemics would be undermined grabbed the headlines ... “This is just a re-run of the referendum,” they will say....
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Taiwan loses another diplomatic ally as El Salvador switches to Beijing
CNN 21 Aug 2018
Beijing (CNN)Taiwan has lost another diplomatic ally to China, its third in a matter of months, after El Salvador announced it would sever ties with the island and switch its allegiance to Beijing. The governments in Taipei, Beijing and San Salvador all confirmed the development Tuesday, just days after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited Central and South America to cement ties with the island's remaining allies ... Read More ... ....
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Russia Prepares To Search For Nuclear Missile Lost At Sea After Failed Test
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
A nuclear-powered Russian missile remains lost at sea after a failed test late last year, and Moscow is preparing to try to recover it, according to people with direct knowledge of a U.S. intelligence report, CNBC reports.Crews will attempt to recover a missile that was test launched in November and landed in the Barents Sea, which is located north of Norway and Russia ... The U.S ... I would suspect you would have leaks from it."...
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USA freezes bank accounts of Russian oligarchs in Cyprus
Pravda RU 21 Aug 2018
The report published on the website of the US Treasury says that bank accounts of Russian billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg were frozen in Cyprus....
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Kremlin says it does not understand Microsoft's U.S. hacking allegations
This is Money 21 Aug 2018
think-tanks ... "We don't know what hackers they are talking about," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call when asked about Microsoft's accusations. "... ....
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Chief Al-Qaeda Bomb Maker Was Killed In Yemen Drone Strike, U.S. Reports
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2018
U.S. officials are reportedly confident that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's suspected chief bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, has been killed, BBC News reports.U.S. media cited sources as saying they believed the Saudi militant died in a U.S ... to ban them on some flights.A U.N ... passenger jet as it flew into Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 ... which were found on cargo planes in Dubai and the U.K. in October 2010 ... ....
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