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Messi vs Ronaldo: A supercomputer settles the GOAT debate
Deccan Chronicle 22 Aug 2019
Mumbai. The debate about who between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is the greatest of all time has raged like wildfire ever since the two came into prominence. But, apparently, a supercomputer has finally decided who the better one is ... A goal is a rare event, however, because an average of 1,600 actions is estimated to occur in a match ... .......
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Emmanuel Macron now wants to force Britain out of the EU – and fast
The Independent 22 Aug 2019photo: AP / Gabriel Lopez Albarran
New Epstein mystery: Why haven’t the feds raided his New Mexico compound?
Hot Air 22 Aug 2019
Maybe they need special bio-hazard suits, considering the mission Jeffrey Epstein had for his “ranch” in New Mexico. Still, as CBS News reported last night, it seems at least a little odd that federal investigators have not yet gotten around to raiding Epstein’s compound yet ... “I certainly think there was a veil of secrecy....
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Netanyahu: Hitler Didn't Want to Exterminate the Jews
Democratic Underground 22 Aug 2019
Haaretz. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Tuesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler's mind ... "Burn them." ... ....
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Turkey, US Launch First Phase Of Syria Safe-Zone Plan As Mass Exodus Continues
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
Turkey and the United States announced an agreement to begin the first phase of establishing a safe zone in northern Syria after months of negotiations over who would control the area on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera ... Anadolu news agency said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and U.S ... The U.S ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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UK signs £15bn trade deal with South Korea in bid to soften blow of losing £634bn in free trade with EU after Brexit
The Independent 22 Aug 2019
Britain signed a trade agreement with South Korea on Thursday, clinching its third-largest deal that will allow continued free trade after Brexit. The government said the deal will protect annual trade flows between the two countries, which were worth £14.6bn last year. That amounts to around 1 per cent of Britain’s total trade ... Subscribe now ... ....
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Two supermassive black holes to lock horns as the Milky Way smashes into Andromeda
Metro UK 22 Aug 2019
The latest study did not explore what will happen after the hole ‘stall on a nearly circular orbit’ because their calculations have a ‘numerical resolution too low to further investigate the black hole’s motion at small scales’....
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Pentagon axes troubled $1 billion contract for ‘Redesigned Kill Vehicle’ missile defense system
Raw Story 22 Aug 2019
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a ballistic missile interceptor, citing design problems. The Defense Department said it would seek bids for a new version of the weapons system called the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, or RKV. The program was being led by Boeing ... ....
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McConnell Tries To Sway Democrats Against Changing Senate Rules On Filibuster
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell published an op-ed in the New York Times on Thursday which defended the use of the legislative filibuster, the 60-vote threshold that many Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates have discussed abolishing on Thursday, according to The Hill ... McConnell (R-KY) wrote ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Ocean Viking Migrant Rescue Ship Is Running Low On Food: Doctors Without Borders
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said its rescue ship the Ocean Viking was running out of food supplies for 356 migrants after two weeks on Thursday, according to Deutsche Welle ... "Only five days of standard food rations left," said MSF logistician onboard the Ocean Viking ... "356 survivors stranded for 13 days ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Three Killed During Electrical Storm In Poland's Tatra Mountains
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
A lightning storm which struck a large metal cross on Giewont mountain in Poland killed at least three people, including one 12-year-old child, on Thursday according to BBC News. ... President Andrzej Duda sent his "sympathies to everyone affected by the disaster." ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defence system
Yahoo Daily News 22 Aug 2019
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday, Iranian state media reported. The announcement comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and United States ... ....
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UN Says Myanmar Military's Sexual Violence Targeting Rohingya Showed 'Genocidal Intent'
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
United Nations investigators released a report on Thursday which said sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 showed signs of genocidal intent to eradicate the Muslim ethnic minority from the country, according to The Canberra Times ... Those attacks included but were not limited to ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Miley Cyrus denies being unfaithful after Liam Hemsworth files for divorce
Belfast Telegraph 22 Aug 2019
Miley Cyrus has denied being unfaithful to Liam Hemsworth after the actor filed for divorce. The couple, who tied the knot in December last year after a decade of off-and-on dating, announced their separation earlier this month. Australian actor Hemsworth, 29, filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Wednesday ... There are NO secrets to uncover here ... PA. ....
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Asylum Waiting Times Reach Record Levels In The United Kingdom
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
Government data released by the United Kingdom revealed nearly 17,000 asylum seekers had been waiting for more than six months to receive a decision in June, a 58 percent increase from the year before at 10,707, according to The Independent ... “I felt like I was still in prison in the UK ... You feel like a big burden to everyone ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
