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  Last update: 16:48 23.10.2019

  16:48 23.10.2019

  US

  ‘Corruption Is Your Power': Fiery Backlash as Hillary Clinton Quotes Beyonce Amid 2020 Bid Rumours

  As the US presidential primaries are to be held from February to June 2020, rumours are running high if Hillary Clinton will indeed enter the fray at the last minute, with even POTUS Trump welcoming her to do so provided she “explains her misdemeanours".

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  Last update: 20:28 23.10.2019

  20:28 23.10.2019

  Europe

  Nine Migrants Found Alive in Lorry in Kent Hours After Discovery of 39 Bodies in Essex

  Previously, 39 dead migrants, apparently smuggled into the UK from Bulgaria, were found in a lorry container in Essex, with one of them being underage. British police are investigating the incident and have arrested the 25-year-old truck driver on suspicion of murder.

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  Last update: 15:13 23.10.2019

  15:13 23.10.2019

  Tech

  Google Finally Confirms Achieving 'Quantum Supremacy'

  Quantum computers, if they are adapted for a use outside laboratories, can be used to achieve breakthroughs in such spheres as machine learning, materials science and chemistry, but it can also pose a security threat, since it's widely considered that such computers will be able to crack any encryption in no time.

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  Last update: 13:41 23.10.2019

  13:41 23.10.2019

  Military & Intelligence

  India Cuts Defence Exports to Turkey Amid Growing Tensions With Ankara - Reports

  NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - India has cut down its defence exports to Turkey, including explosives and detonators, due to Ankara's growing military cooperation with Islamabad, with whom New Delhi has had a decades-long strained relationship, the Economic Times reported, citing sources.

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  Last update: 20:57 23.10.2019

  20:57 23.10.2019

  World

  US Sends 2,000-Year-Old Stolen Gold Coffin Back to Egypt - State Department

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art - commonly known as the Met - has returned a prized item from its collection of Egyptian antiquities after learning that the piece was actually a stolen artefact, the State Department reported Wednesday on its Share America website.

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  Last update: 21:16 23.10.2019

  21:16 23.10.2019

  US

  Facebook’s Zuckerberg Declines to Help US Congress Draft Rules for Crypto Currencies

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Facebook Chairman Mark Zuckerberg said in congressional testimony that he would seek approval from all US financial regulators such as the Federal Reserve before launching the company’s proposed Libra currency, but he hesitated when asked to help Congress set up a new system to control the growing use of crypto-currencies.

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  Last update: 19:27 23.10.2019

  19:27 23.10.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Himalayan Snow Leopard Leaps from Mountain's Edge to Catch its Prey - Video

  New Delhi (Sputnik): A high-octane drama unfolded in the snow-clad peaks of the Himalayas as a ferocious snow leopard jumped from a mountain peak to catch its fleeing prey.

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  Last update: 19:08 23.10.2019

  19:08 23.10.2019

  Society

  Mysterious Officials Boarded US Navy Ship to Take Equipment Following Alleged UFO-Encounter – Report

  In September, the US Navy confirmed that three videos possibly showing “Tic-Tac”-shaped UFOs were of an “unauthorised and unidentified” nature. This has encouraged a new wave of revelations from naval officers who were involved in the matter.