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Messi vs Ronaldo: A supercomputer settles the GOAT debate
Deccan Chronicle 22 Aug 2019
Mumbai. The debate about who between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is the greatest of all time has raged like wildfire ever since the two came into prominence. But, apparently, a supercomputer has finally decided who the better one is ... A goal is a rare event, however, because an average of 1,600 actions is estimated to occur in a match ... .......
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Emmanuel Macron now wants to force Britain out of the EU – and fast
The Independent 22 Aug 2019photo: Creative Commons / David Mark
Pentagon axes troubled $1 billion contract for ‘Redesigned Kill Vehicle’ missile defense system
Raw Story 22 Aug 2019
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a ballistic missile interceptor, citing design problems. The Defense Department said it would seek bids for a new version of the weapons system called the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, or RKV. The program was being led by Boeing ... ....
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Two supermassive black holes to lock horns as the Milky Way smashes into Andromeda
Metro UK 22 Aug 2019
This simulated image shows what the collision between Andromeda and the Milky Way will look like from Earth (Image. Nasa). You’re probably feeling as stressed, miserable and anxious as every other unfortunate mortal corralled here on Planet Earth right now ... you will die and probably be totally forgotten ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... Nasa) ... Advertisement....
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UK signs £15bn trade deal with South Korea in bid to soften blow of losing £634bn in free trade with EU after Brexit
The Independent 22 Aug 2019
Britain signed a trade agreement with South Korea on Thursday, clinching its third-largest deal that will allow continued free trade after Brexit. The government said the deal will protect annual trade flows between the two countries, which were worth £14.6bn last year. That amounts to around 1 per cent of Britain’s total trade ... Subscribe now ... ....
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Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defence system
Yahoo Daily News 22 Aug 2019
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday, Iranian state media reported. The announcement comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and United States ... ....
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Turkey, US Launch First Phase Of Syria Safe-Zone Plan As Mass Exodus Continues
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
Turkey and the United States announced an agreement to begin the first phase of establishing a safe zone in northern Syria after months of negotiations over who would control the area on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera ... Anadolu news agency said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and U.S ... The U.S ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
ProPublica 22 Aug 2019
by James Bandler, Anjali Tsui and Doris Burke. On Aug. 8, 2017, Roma Laster, a Pentagon employee responsible for policing conflicts of interest, emailed an urgent warning to the chief of staff of then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis ... Soon phone calls and emails began bouncing around the Pentagon ... Get Our Top Investigations ... The DOD defends JEDI ... “Mr ... ....
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New Epstein mystery: Why haven’t the feds raided his New Mexico compound?
Hot Air 22 Aug 2019
Maybe they need special bio-hazard suits, considering the mission Jeffrey Epstein had for his “ranch” in New Mexico. Still, as CBS News reported last night, it seems at least a little odd that federal investigators have not yet gotten around to raiding Epstein’s compound yet ... “I certainly think there was a veil of secrecy....
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Inmates escape in mass prison break by smashing through ‘weak walls’
The Independent 22 Aug 2019
Nineteen inmates broke out of their cells by using furniture to smash through “weak points” in the walls of a Victorian prison. Police and specially-trained prison officers rushed to HMP Winchester, in Hampshire, on Tuesday night after the inmates managed to escape ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... in pictures ... 1/8 ... ....
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British consulate employee Simon Cheng Man-kit detained in Shenzhen ‘for soliciting prostitute’: report
South China Morning Post 22 Aug 2019
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Three Killed During Electrical Storm In Poland's Tatra Mountains
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
A lightning storm which struck a large metal cross on Giewont mountain in Poland killed at least three people, including one 12-year-old child, on Thursday according to BBC News. ... President Andrzej Duda sent his "sympathies to everyone affected by the disaster." ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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McConnell Tries To Sway Democrats Against Changing Senate Rules On Filibuster
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell published an op-ed in the New York Times on Thursday which defended the use of the legislative filibuster, the 60-vote threshold that many Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates have discussed abolishing on Thursday, according to The Hill ... McConnell (R-KY) wrote ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Priyanka Chopra Cast in Netflix Superhero Movie From Robert Rodriguez
NDTV 22 Aug 2019
Priyanka Chopra has been cast in a new Netflix children's superhero film called We Can Be Heroes, from writer-director Robert Rodriguez, alongside the likes of Pedro Pascal, Christian Slater, Boyd... ....
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China and Russia to raise US ‘threat to peace’ at UN Security Council meeting
South China Morning Post 22 Aug 2019
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