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  Last update: 17:34 22.10.2019

  17:34 22.10.2019

  Europe

  Historical Amnesia? Nazi Bunker in Hamburg Transformed Into Luxury Hotel

  Speaking to the New York Times, spokesperson for the Spanish hotel giant Juliane Voss said the developers were “aware of the history of the building” and there were plans for a memorial on the site in order to “send a positive signal to the city of Hamburg”.

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  Last update: 16:42 22.10.2019

  16:42 22.10.2019

  US

  Dem. Rep. on ‘Impeachment’ Committee Allegedly Had ‘Throuple’ Relationship With Staffer – Report

  As the outlet Red State claims, Democrat Katie Hill has had an affair not with one, but two people, working under her. One of them, a campaign staffer in her 20s, was involved in a polyamorous relationship with Hill and her now estranged husband. Her current legislative director, Graham Kelly, is rumoured to have been her other alleged lover.

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  Last update: 16:41 22.10.2019

  16:41 22.10.2019

  Tech

  Has the Countdown to Wi-Fi on Mars Begun? Musk Sends 1st Tweet Via Starlink Satellite Constellation

  Previously, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell suggested that satellites providing internet could be deployed on Mars to facilitate connectivity for the first colonists with the global web in the not so distant future.

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  Last update: 15:57 22.10.2019

  15:57 22.10.2019

  Europe

  Over 200 Tractors Block Traffic in Berlin as Farmers Protest Gov't Agricultural Policies - Video

  BERLIN (Sputnik) - More than 200 tractors arrived on Tuesday in Berlin and blocked traffic in the centre of the city as part of a rally, organised by the non-profit farmers' movement known as Land Schafft Verbindung (Countryside Creates Connection), against the government's agricultural and climate policies.

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  Last update: 12:46 22.10.2019

  12:46 22.10.2019

  US

  'Like a Squirrel Caught in Traffic': US Official Reveals Details of Trump’s First Pentagon Briefing

  Guy Snodgrass, who served as a speechwriter for ex-Defence Secretary James Mattis, wrote in his upcoming book that President Trump looked annoyed at the meeting.

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  Last update: 14:57 22.10.2019

  14:57 22.10.2019

  World

  Russian National Butina to Return Home Within 3 Days After Release from US Prison - Senior Lawmaker

  Russian citizen Maria Butina is expected to be released from US jail on 25 October, her lawyer revealed in late September. The woman has been imprisoned in the US on a single charge of conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent.

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  Last update: 16:11 22.10.2019

  16:11 22.10.2019

  US

  Republicans' Efforts to Censure Adam 'Shifty' Schiff Fail as Democrats Come to His Defence

  The US president earlier slammed Schiff, who is one of the headliners of Democrats' impeachment efforts, for allegedly giving a false account of the transcript of Trump's conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart – the centrepiece of the impeachment probe.

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  Last update: 14:02 22.10.2019

  14:02 22.10.2019

  Military & Intelligence

  Three US Navy Ships Monitored Russia's Maritime Activity in Arctic

  The US vehemently opposes any extension of Russia's activities in the Arctic region, regardless of their nature, and has even considered building a military base there to have a continuous presence.