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Two Saudi oil tankers, Norwegian ship apparently attacked near the Persian Gulf amid rising Iran tensions
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“The location is near a sea lane critical to the world’s supply of oil, and the incidents followed a warning by U.S. maritime authorities that Iran...”
Source: World Atlas Two Saudi Arabian oil tankers and a Norwegian ship were damaged over the weekend near the Persian Gulf in what Saudi Arabia claimed Monday was an “act of sabotage,” further heightening regional tensions with Iran. The location is near a sea lane critical to the world’s...
New York health officials won't disclose facilities hit by deadly superbug
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“"It's a very serious health threat," said Dr. Irwin Redlener, Columbia University professor and an expert on public health policy. "It's a...”
Cultured C. auris in a petri dish. Some strains of it are resistant to all three major classes of antifungal drugs. Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A deadly drug-resistant fungus is spreading in hospitals and nursing homes throughout New York City and...
Comedian wins Ukraine presidental election by a landslide!
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“Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election.”
Ukrainian presidential candidate and popular comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes the victory sign during the debate with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2019. Friday is the last official day of election canvassing in Ukraine as...
Radical Muslim group blamed in Sri Lanka Easter bombings that killed nearly 300 people . . .
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“Coordinated explosions erupted near simultaneously Sunday morning across the island nation off the southern tip of India, killing nearly 300 people...”
PHOTO:Relatives place flowers after the burial of three victims who died in an Easter Sunday bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2019. Radical Muslim group blamed in Sri Lanka Easter bombings, 1 of 4 American victims identified (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP) Members...
Some Microsoft employees allege policies 'discriminate' against Asians, white men
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“Eighty-seven percent of Microsoft employees are white or Asian and more than 73 percent are men.”
Graphic: 70-417-questions.blogspot.com SAN FRANCISCO — The backlash against the tech industry-wide push to hire more women and minorities has flared again — this time at Microsoft. Some employees on an internal message board questioned the tech giant's efforts to shift the demographics of...
Chris Christie says Russia probe 'was not a hoax'
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While Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team ultimately did not establish that members of the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government’s attempts to meddle in the 2016 election, Christie disagreed with President Trump’s often repeated claim that the probe was a “witch hunt.”...
Romney ‘sickened’ by Trump after reading Mueller report
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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday he was “sickened” by President Trump and other members of his team after reviewing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report. “I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the...
STOCK MARKET: Blackstone CEO Schwarzman Makes $573 Million in One Day as Shares Jump
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“Stephen Schwarzman, founder and CEO of the giant U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone, was already one of the world's richest men. ..But after an...”
Photo credit: Lugen Family Office A plan by the giant U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone Group (BX - Get Report) to convert from a partnership into a stock corporation sent the company's publicly traded units up by 6.9% on Thursday, the biggest single-day rally in almost two years. The...
Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy
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““Today, I saw a video clip of @PeteButtigieg playing classical piano. Another were (sic) he speaks in Spanish. And this one, were (sic) he tells...”
Just when you thought presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s list of talents couldn’t get any longer. The 37-year-old Indiana mayor — a graduate of Harvard and Oxford universities, Rhodes Scholar, Afghanistan veteran and musician — sent social media ablaze Monday night when he delivered a...