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  Last update: 23:18 18.04.2019

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  Tech

  Doctors Cure ‘Bubble Boy’ Disease Using Edited HIV Genes

  In a strange twist of fate, part of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been used to cure the so-called “bubble boy” disease, a condition in which the body develops no immune system on its own. A gene editing procedure modifies the patient’s blood stem cells with the virus and reinserts them into the bone marrow, curing the illness.

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  Last update: 22:29 18.04.2019

  22:29 18.04.2019

  US

  US Man Asleep in Dumpster Loses Prosthetic After Being Tossed into Garbage Truck

  A Pennsylvania man who was sleeping in a dumpster received the shock of a lifetime this week when he was suddenly tossed into the back of a garbage truck when it picked up the receptacle to empty it.

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  Last update: 23:42 18.04.2019

  23:42 18.04.2019

  Tech

  Millions of Instagram Passwords Stored in Plain Text, On Unsecured Servers - Facebook

  With the media focus largely on the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, Facebook took the opportunity on Thursday to reveal that it messed up (again) and stored millions of Instagram passwords on unencrypted internal servers.

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  Last update: 19:43 18.04.2019

  19:43 18.04.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  'Better Late Than Never': Pakistani Military Spokesman Says India Has Finally Backed Down on Balakot Strike Claim

  The Pakistan military has said that India has finally accepted the truth regarding the IAF's 26 February Balakot strike.

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  Last update: 20:30 18.04.2019

  20:30 18.04.2019

  Opinion

  Dems Looking 'For Anything' to Justify Trump Impeachment - Ex-US State Dept Officer on Mueller Report

  Following the publication of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on apparent Trump-Russia collusion, Sputnik spoke to Jim Jatras, a former US State Department foreign service officer, about the implications of Trump essentially being cleared and how the Dems might react.

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  Last update: 19:27 18.04.2019

  19:27 18.04.2019

  Europe

  Electrical Short-Circuit 'Likely Caused' Notre Dame Fire - Police Official

  Earlier, French media reported that investigators consider a short circuit as the possible cause of the fire at the iconic Paris cathedral.

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  Last update: 21:40 18.04.2019

  21:40 18.04.2019

  US

  WikiLeaks: Mueller Probe Vindicates 2016 Disclosure, 'Full Transparency Please'

  As the US attorney general initially presented only a summary of Mueller’s report, WikiLeaks called for transparency in the matter in order to dispel possible conspiracy theories.

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  Last update: 22:00 18.04.2019

  22:00 18.04.2019

  Environment

  12-Foot Great White Shark Makes Unusual Appearance Near Florida Coast (PHOTO)

  Miss Costa, a large female great white shark tagged by research company OCEARCH in September 2016, recently shocked monitors when the sub-adult fish made a rare appearance in Gulf waters near the Florida coast.