Category: Technology
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Trump Threatens Iran on Twitter, Warning Rouhani of Dire ‘Consequences’ Mr. Trump’s tough talk with Iran comes as he continues to face fierce criticism over his meeting last week with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and vacillating statements over whether he believes Russia interfered in the 2016 election. #Twitter #Trump #Iran #War Africa is now the world’s…
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Trump leaves Obama out in the cold in SA Asked for comment, respected Wits University international relations visiting professor John Stremlau said US President Donald Trump had “a penchant for pettiness and strange fixation with denigrating and dismissing virtually all actions by his predecessor”. #Trump #Obama #Mandela #SouthAfrica Nicaragua marks 1979 revolution amid protests, bloodshed “I never…
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President Trump Set To Meet With Russia’s Putin On July 16 President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues when they meet in Helsinki on July 16. #Putin#Trump#Russia#Finland The racist myth of the ‘physical’ African football team There is…
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Illegal Immigration Does Not Increase Violent Crime, 4 Studies Show Michael Light, a criminologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, looked at whether the soaring increase in illegal immigration over the last three decades caused a commensurate jump in violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. “Increased undocumented immigration since 1990 has not increased violent crime over that…
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The Struggle is Real
College is expensive af! When I was 17 years old and set to graduate from high school, my mother told me she couldn’t afford to send me to college. Like most young people, I was sold the dream of college. I wanted a better life for myself, but my family was poor. Like really poor.…
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On Why Black Lives Matter
In this article, I will discuss the not-so-surprisingly controversial slogan and hashtag that sparked a modern-day civil rights movement, #BlackLivesMatter. I will explain the merits of the movement and why it matters now more than ever. Detractors and Neo-conservatives (Shout out to Fox News) have tried to undermine the statement ‘black lives matter” with the…
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‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve “Black Panther’s villain wants to liberate black people everywhere, which in the Marvel Universe earns him death. That’s racist. #BlackPanther#HonestMovieReview#BlackLiberation Iran plane crash wreckage found on mountainside The crashed plane was 25 years old, Iran’s civil aviation organisation said. Sixty passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants…
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Philippine Volcano Erupts, Causing 56,000 To Flee Volcanic ash blanketed skies and plunged villages into darkness, the AP reports. Authorities told the wire service that more than 30,000 ash masks along with food, water and medicine are being distributed to evacuation centers, but that relief goods could run out if the eruptions continue and more…
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Trump derides protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to countries mentioned by the lawmakers. #Trump#Racism#ElSalvador#Haiti#Kenya Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West’s Recycling 查看简体中文版 查看繁體中文版 Is plastic waste from overseas “the reason why…
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Jerusalem: UN resolution rejects Trump’s declaration The votes for the resolution from powerful US allies, such as France, Germany and the UK, could be seen as a slap in the face for President Trump – but all would argue that they simply voted in line with the existing status quo at the UN. There was…
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