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  • Cryptocurrency Market Turns Green, Bitcoin and Other Digital Currencies Revive

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    Crypto markets turn positive over the news of some big industry giants from the world of finance joining the crypto space. In the last seven days, Bitcoin’s price movements have been quite dicy and unpredictable as the cryptocurrency was spotted to be trading dangerously close to its ‘death cross‘ levels. According to the Bitcoin charts on CoinMarkeCap, Bitcoin’s […]

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  • US Military Denies Responsibility For Syria Missile Strikes

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    Syrian state media reported a missile attack early Monday on an airbase in Homs province, saying there were a number of casualties. The reports said the attack targeted the T4 base and blamed the U.S. military. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 14 people were killed, including Iranian forces. U.S. officials said the […]

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  • Dow surges more than 350 points as tech rises, US tries to soften trade tone against China

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    Shares of Amazon, Apple and Alphabet all rose more than 1.5 percent. Facebook, meanwhile, traded 1.1 percent higher. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday he does not expect a trade war between the U.S. and China to take place. Mnuchin made his comments after telling CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Friday that a trade war […]

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  • Chrome Design Soon To Be Revamped With New Improvements

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    It looks like Chrome is finally going to get a new design in the second half of this year. There is a rumor going around that Material Design 2 is going to come to Chrome in the beginning of September. This has not been officially confirmed but the hint has been dropped by one of Google’s employees. […]

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  • Maureen Dowd: Porn culture is making sex bleak and transactional

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    I’ve noticed a weird pattern, in fiction and life, about sexual encounters: women decide they’re not attracted to a guy they’re nestling with. Limerence is not in the cards. But they go ahead and have sex anyhow. First, we have college student Margot in the New Yorker’s much-discussed short fictional story Cat Person who recoils as she watches […]

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  • Berries may contain cancer-fighting compounds, says new research

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    New European research has found that a naturally occurring pigment in berries could increase the function of an enzyme which reduces the expression of cancer genes and cancer cell growth. Carried out by the University of Eastern Finland, the study looked at the effect of the pigments that give berries their color, known as flavonoids, […]

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  • Small is the new big as micro bags takes over the high street

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    For the past decade, oversize day bags, worn specifically in the crook of your arm, have been the industry standard – not any more. Thanks to a new wave of “micro bags” – also known as mini, baby or even bonsai – designed by major labels such as Gucci, Fendi and Chloé, as well as […]

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  • Vatican Arrests Monsignor on Suspicion of Possessing Child Pornography

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    VATICAN CITY — A monsignor who had been recalled to the Vatican as a diplomat in the Holy See’s Washington Embassy was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of possessing child pornography in the United States and Canada. Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella was arrested by the Vatican police on a warrant issued by the Holy See’s […]

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  • Our man in Havana: music, mojitos and swearing in Spanish

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    The former Observer Magazine editor moved to Cuba to write a book – but with its crumbling elegance and sense of drama Havana presents plenty of distractions from the job at hand The grand windows of Casa Almson are flung wide, the trade winds offering a gentle breeze off the Florida straits as the sun […]

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  • JAY-Z Gets Candid About His Feud With ‘Brother’ Kanye West

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    JAY-Z gets candid about his friendship with Kanye West. The 48-year-old rapper made an appearance on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman on Friday, where he opened up about their rocky past. “Let me talk about one of your peers, Kanye West. Are we friends or are we not friends?” Letterman asked JAY-Z.[youtube v=”Ll-GzXpBx-s”] “That’s my brother, […]

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