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  Last update: 22:39 23.05.2019

  22:39 23.05.2019

  Military & Intelligence

  US Navy Ships to Deploy Lasers as Anti-Missile Defense in 2021

  In an attempt to outflank Russian and Chinese naval tactics, the US Navy is rushing to put a laser defense system on its destroyers - first, for the purpose of improving targeting, but eventually scaling the lasers up to being weapons in themselves.

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  Last update: 00:39 24.05.2019

  00:39 24.05.2019

  Opinion

  ‘Difficult Situation’: US-China Trade War Ups Pressure on Struggling Farmers

  The ongoing trade war between the US and China is only exacerbating hardships already felt by American farmers struggling to make ends meet, Ben Burkett, a fourth-generation farmer who acts as the state coordinator of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives, told Sputnik.

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  Last update: 23:36 23.05.2019

  23:36 23.05.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Interpol Rescues 50 Children, Arrests Nine Sex Offenders From Darkweb Sex Ring (PHOTOS)

  After two years, an international darkweb operation has brought about the rescue of 50 children and the prosecution of at least nine sex offenders from the United States, Thailand, and Australia.

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  Last update: 20:10 23.05.2019

  20:10 23.05.2019

  Europe

  Muslim Calls to Ban 'Filthy' Dogs in EU, US Cities Indicate Colonisation of West, Author Claims

  According to a report by The Stream’s John Zmirak, as Muslims are increasingly moving to traditionally non-Islamic countries, there have been calls to bring and entrench at least some of their cultural norms, including their aversion to dogs.

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  Last update: 22:21 23.05.2019

  22:21 23.05.2019

  Europe

  ‘We Are Not Limited’ to Cyberspace: NATO Threatens Physical Response to Cyberattacks

  Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary general, told officials at the Cyber Defense Pledge Conference in London on Thursday that the alliance won't hesitate to use all means necessary to respond to cyberattacks moving forward.

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  Last update: 01:39 24.05.2019

  01:39 24.05.2019

  Society

  History Made: OECD Adopts First Intergovernmental Standard on AI Tech

  On Wednesday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a group of 36 member nations collaborating to stimulate economic progress and world trade, released the first intergovernmental standard for artificial intelligence (AI) policies.

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  Last update: 01:51 24.05.2019

  01:51 24.05.2019

  Society

  Geriatric Confessions: Elderly Woman Reportedly Kills Fellow Retirement Home Resident

  An unidentified, 102-year-old woman in France is suspected of murdering another resident in a French retirement home.

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  Last update: 17:00 23.05.2019

  17:00 23.05.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Persisting MH370 Enigma: Ex-Pilot Shares CLUE to Where Jet Was Really Heading

  As the still missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues to baffle, raising a bunch of unanswerable questions, a thought-provoking comment from the time it vanished into thin air has come to light – one from a colleague of Flight MH370’s captain, former pilot Christopher Goodfellow.