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  Last update: 18:22 GMT 31.05.2020

  18:22 GMT 31.05.2020

  Opinion

  Search for Better Alternative or Political Play? What's Behind US Decision to Cut Ties With WHO

  While the White House insists that ties were broken with the global health body due to its alleged incompetence in containing the outbreak of the coronavirus, some experts suggest that there could be more to Washington’s motivations than meets the eye.

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  Last update: 12:08 GMT 31.05.2020

  12:08 GMT 31.05.2020

  US

  US Military Reportedly Gathering Intelligence About Ongoing Riots in Seven States

  Not all of these states called in the National Guard to respond to the nationwide protests against police brutality that erupted in the wake unarmed African American George Floyd losing his life.

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  Last update: 14:15 GMT 31.05.2020

  14:15 GMT 31.05.2020

  Military & Intelligence

  Open Skies Treaty Exit: US Wants Allies to Gain Info on Russian Military Steps, Russia’s Envoy Says

  Earlier in May, President Donald Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty due to alleged violations of the agreement by Russia. Moscow denies the accusations, stressing that it intends to further fully comply with the treaty’s provisions.

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  Last update: 19:09 GMT 31.05.2020

  19:09 GMT 31.05.2020

  US

  US Military in Hawaii Working on Trump's 'Super-Duper' Missiles, to Host Space Force Soon

  The testing of new weaponry is continuing in the state despite opposition from some locals, who say that military test sites have made the islands a potential target for adversaries of the US.

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  Last update: 12:21 GMT 31.05.2020

  12:21 GMT 31.05.2020

  US

  Veteran FBI Lawyer Boente Resigns Over Role in Michael Flynn Case

  Boente, who had also been acting assistant attorney general of the National Security Division and US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has come under fire for his handling of the case against Flynn.

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  Last update: 16:50 GMT 31.05.2020

  16:50 GMT 31.05.2020

  Tech

  World's Oldest Bug Discovered in Scotland, Says New Study

  Scientists say that the findings of their study suggest that bugs, as well as plants, have evolved much more quickly than they previously thought, going from small communities to complex ecosystems in tens of million years, a short time span when it comes to evolution.

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  Last update: 15:09 GMT 31.05.2020

  15:09 GMT 31.05.2020

  Tech

  Cigar-Like Oumuamua Could Be ‘Exotic’ Interstellar 'Hydrogen Iceberg’, Study Claims

  The 2017 interstellar guest’s hydrogen build-up would correspond to the fact that no water or carbon dioxide compounds were detected on its surface, while hydrogen ice molecules would be too small to be traced by even the most advanced optical space technologies.

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  Last update: 04:36 GMT 31.05.2020

  04:36 GMT 31.05.2020

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: Brazil's Coronavirus Tally Tops 500,000

  The coronavirus tally is growing across the world, with the death toll from the disease surpassing 371,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. That includes over 104,000 dead in the United States, at least 38, 571 in the United Kingdom, and more than 33,000 in Italy.