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U.S. officials claim that a cyberattack has become one of the most appealing tactics to punish Iran According to The New York Times, U.S. officials have made it clear that a cyberattack has become one of the most appealing tactics to punish Iran for their attack on Saudi oil facilities[Read More…]

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Scientists set out last Friday on year long voyage to study the effects of climate change on the arctic  Last Friday, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s flagship, the Polarstern, slipped its moorings and headed north to float among the ice of the Arctic for the next year in the hope of[Read More…]

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Impeachment tensions escalate as President Trump appears to acknowledge Sunday that he accused Joe Biden of corruption during a phone call in July with the leader of Ukraine According to The New York Times, President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge Sunday that he accused former Vice President and Democratic candidate[Read More…]

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West Virginia grad students and professors detect most massive neutron star ever measured Monday According to the nature journal, Nature Astronomy, graduate Students and Professors from West Virginia University helped discover the most massive neutron star ever detected Monday. The student researchers at the Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County[Read More…]

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Groundbreaking DNA identification discovery by Paleogeneticist to extract nuclear DNA from rootless hair strands According to the New York Times, Dr. Ed Green, a paleogeneticist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, discovered a method of extracting nuclear DNA from hair follicles that do not contain a root. Green extracts[Read More…]

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Tunisia to host second free election in the country since 2011 next month On Sunday, citizens of the small North African nation Tunisia voted in the second free election in the country since 2011. Tunisia’s election commission announced that two political outsiders will move on to the run-off. One, Kaïs[Read More…]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on political rival to form a unity government Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party (a secular, right-wing party) has called on his political rival Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party (a centrist party) to form a unity government after[Read More…]

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The United Auto Workers Strike Against General Motors Sunday Night Amidst Corruption Investigation Starting at 11:59pm on Sunday night, nearly 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) began a walkout against General Motors (GM) amid arguments over the tiered pay scale along with a new four year contract that[Read More…]

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Brett Kavanaugh faces controversy regarding new sexual misconduct allegations after criticized New York Times report was released Saturday Controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh erupted Sunday after The New York Times released an article outlining new misconduct allegations regarding the Justice’s youth. The essay, which was published in the[Read More…]

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Attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities Saturday destroys more than five percent of global oil supply Attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities Saturday destroyed more than five percent of the global oil supply, and halted the export of more than half of Saudi Arabia’s daily oil outputs. According to NBC[Read More…]