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  Last update: 08:53 17.10.2019

  08:53 17.10.2019

  Europe

  Northern Ireland's DUP: 'We Cannot Support Brexit Deal As it Stands'

  Earlier, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has pledged to stop any Brexit deal that keeps Northern Ireland in the EU Customs Union.

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  Last update: 01:49 17.10.2019

  01:49 17.10.2019

  Europe

  Pro-Independence Protesters Set Up Barricades, Burn Cars in Central Barcelona - Reports

  MADRID (Sputnik) – A protest against the jailing of Catalan independence movement leaders resulted in unrest in the Spanish region’s capital of Barcelona with demonstrators setting up barricades outside the regional Interior Ministry building, burning garbage cans and setting cars on fire, footage published by local media showed.

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  Last update: 03:38 17.10.2019

  03:38 17.10.2019

  Opinion

  ‘Mud of Neoliberalism’: Chicago Teachers Strike Against Social Ills, Not Just Low Pay

  After months of failed negotiations with Chicago officials, more than 30,000 teachers and school support staff will strike Thursday morning in an attempt to put an end to the oppression routinely felt by black and brown communities, Kofi Ademola, an activist and organizer with the Black Lives Matter movement, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear.

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  Last update: 03:00 17.10.2019

  03:00 17.10.2019

  US

  US Army Embarks on 16-Year Modernization Program to Match ‘Pacing Threat’ Russia, China

  The Army’s latest modernization strategy report revealed they will prioritize countering military developments in China and Russia, the US’ “pacing threat,” as the branch begins a four-stage plan to become a multi-domain force by 2035.

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  Last update: 02:49 17.10.2019

  02:49 17.10.2019

  Tech

  Virgin Galactic to Go Public Soon, Plans to Launch Space Tourism Internationally

  Space tourism company Virgin Galactic is a subsidiary of the Virgin Group involved in developing commercial spacecraft and offering commercial trips to space as well as missions for scientific research. The trips will begin in New Mexico, but Virgin's founder Richard Branson has said he wishes to see the company rapidly expand internationally.

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  Last update: 02:48 17.10.2019

  02:48 17.10.2019

  US

  ‘Vaping’ Rep. Says Safety Concerns over E-cigarettes Are ‘Massively Overblown’

  A California Republican congressman who once was caught vaping during a House committee hearing says safety concerns over puffing e-cigarettes are “massively overblown”.

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  Last update: 07:11 17.10.2019

  07:11 17.10.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  China’s Second Aircraft Carrier’s Eighth Sea Trial Could Lead to Commissioning - Report

  China's second aircraft carrier, the first one domestically built, appears to have embarked on its eighth sea trial on Tuesday, judging from online photos and an announcement of a military exercise.

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  Last update: 01:49 17.10.2019

  01:49 17.10.2019

  Environment

  High Pollution Levels Could Damage Memory, Age Brain by 10 Years - Study

  A new study published this month by researchers at the University of Warwick found that air pollution has detrimental effects on human memory and can even cause the human brain to age a whole decade.