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Millions Will Be Without Power, 50,000 Ordered to Evacuate in Towns Near California Wildfire
(SAN FRANCISCO) — Authorities ordered at least 50,000 people to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday, and the state’s largest utility announced power shut-offs for an estimated 2.35 million people due to forecasts of severe winds and extreme fire danger. Two previous electricity shut-offs in recent weeks were carried out amid concern…
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7 More Killed in Iraq as Anti-Government Protests Continue
(BAGHDAD) — At least seven more Iraqi protesters were killed Saturday in clashes with security forces in Baghdad and the southern town of Nasiriyah, as thousands took part in nationwide anti-government protests, officials said. Thousands of protesters tried to reach Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to embassies and government offices. Security forces fired tear…
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Russia Calls U.S. Move to Protect Syrian Oil Fields ‘Banditry’
(MOSCOW) — Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday harshly criticized the United States decision to send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, calling it “banditry.” U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said the move is aimed at keeping the fields from potentially falling into the hands of Islamic State militants.…
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Intel Just Had It’s Best Quarter In History, Says CEO
“It was the best quarter in the company’s 51-year history,” says Intel CEO Bob Swan. “Everything was stronger than we expected this quarter. If you think about where we were simply 90 days ago we had a view that the quarter would be roughly $18 billion but we closed at $19.2 billion. That’s $1.2 billion…
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F1 right to drop “extremely dangerous” ban on tyre warmers – Sainz | RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: Carlos Sainz Jnr is pleased a planned ban on tyre warmers in the 2021 F1 season has been dropped by the sport.RaceFans Supporters: Send in your F1 questions for Dieter RenckenDo you have a question on any aspect of Formula 1 for our special contributor Dieter Rencken to tackle?RaceFans Supporters can send…
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As Argentina Goes to the Polls, Voters Are Falling Back in Love With a Divisive Political Movement
As Argentina heads into its presidential election Sunday amid economic crisis, voters are mulling a dramatic change of course for their country. Four years ago, Argentina shocked the international community by turning its back on Peronism, the divisive political movement that had ruled the South American country of 44 million consistently since 2001, — most…
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The Real History Behind The Current War
One irony of history is that while Thomas Edison invented the first practical and affordable light bulb, he didn’t invent a practical and affordable system for keeping those lights on nationwide. The distinction for developing the system for transporting electricity that way goes jointly to George Westinghouse, the inventor of the railroad air brake, and…
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We Will Find a Breakthrough for Alzheimer’s Disease
I have spent my entire career interested in the mysteries of the brain: what it looks like, how it works and what happens when it doesn’t. Alzheimer’s disease has been the primary focus of my professional life, starting as a young researcher looking at brain scans, and leading up to now, as the head of…
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tells House Committee Impeachment Depositions Are ‘Not Feasible’
(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Democrats are trying to “intimidate” and “bully” State Department employees and that depositions scheduled by the panel are “not feasible.” Three House committees have scheduled depositions with five current and former State Department officials over the next…
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GOP Congressman Calls President Trump’s Tweets About Impeachment and Civil War ‘Beyond Repugnant’
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is warning that the Democrat-driven impeachment proceedings and any move to oust him from office amount to “treason” and would spark a civil war, prompting outrage from a Republican congressman. Trump tweeted a conservative pastor’s comment that removing him would provoke a “civil war-like fracture” in America. Rep. Adam Kinzinger,…
