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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
making an unlawful corporate campaign contribution and making an excessive campaign contribution.“Yes, sir,” Cohen answered when the judge asked if he pleaded guilty.Cohen faces a recommended jail sentence of between four and five years.Cohen's sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 12, with bail set at $500,0000, CBS News reported ... Giuliani told Fox News on Monday.“But it has nothing to do with us,” he added. WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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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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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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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 jury remained undecided on the remaining 10 counts, the report said.The Washington Post reported the verdict is a major – if not complete – victory for special counsel Robert S ... U.S. District Court Judge T.S....
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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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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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A 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Venezuela
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2018
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday according to the United States Geological Survey. CNN reported their local reporters felt shaking for at least one minute and a seven-floor building where journalist Stefano Pozzebon was evacuated during the tremor. No damage and no tsunami warning were immediately reported ... Cabrera, 34, said he was used to occasional seismic activity, but this one was different ... ....
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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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Iran Unveils New Fighter Jet To Make Its Military 'Ready To Fight' The U.S.
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2018
Iran unveiled a new fighter jet Tuesday, claiming that the "state-of-the-art" aircraft strengthens the country's ability to stand up to the United States, Business Insider reports."We should make ourselves ready to fight against the military powers who want to take over our territory and our resources," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised address, arguing that Iran's military might deters the U.S....
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Britain Retains Lead In Currency Trading Despite Brexit Vote
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2018
Britain has extended its lead in the global currency trading business in the two years since it voted to leave the European Union, in another sign London is likely to continue to be one of the world’s top two financial centers even after Brexit, Reuters reports.Leaving the European Union was supposed to deal a crippling blow to London’s position in global finance, prompting a mass exodus of jobs and business ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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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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North Korea Has Not Stopped Nuclear Activities, UN Watchdog Agency Says
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2018
Security Council Resolutions."The report, issued by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, noted that the agency faced challenges in what it could actually verify."As the Agency remains unable to carry out verification activities in the DPRK, its knowledge of the DPRK’s nuclear program is limited and, as further nuclear activities take place in the country, this knowledge is declining." ... I stopped [North Korea’s] missile testing."....
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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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