Security

Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline gets closer to finish line, first link expected to be completed by June

10 minutes ago | RT

The operator of Russia's natural gas pipeline to Europe, Nord Stream 2 AG, has secured permission to continue work in the Baltic Sea and may finish one of the two branches of...
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Turkey is accused of extraditing Uighur Muslims to China in exchange for COVID-19 vaccines

2 hours ago | Business Insider

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images The Turkish government has been accused of agreeing to deport Uighur...
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Trump wants US government to restrict more goods & services from China

3 hours ago | RT

With just days left in office, US President Donald Trump, has taken another swipe at Beijing, ordering government agencies to look for ways to minimize procurement of Chinese...
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Federal government executes Dustin Higgs, the 13th person to be killed since July. Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes scathing dissent: 'This is not justice.'

5 hours ago | Business Insider

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia...
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Paul C. Warnke Lecture on International Security: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty-Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons

6 hours ago | Asia Unbound

The United Nations is expected to hold the tenth Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in 2021, following its spring 2020 postponement. In this event, panelists...
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Pelosi taps retired military commander, who oversaw the US response to Hurricane Katrina, to oversee probe into security failures during Capitol siege

8 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to lead "an immediate review" of the security of the US Capitol Complex after armed...
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A close-up photo of meeting notes carried by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appears to include drastic national security moves in his meeting with Trump

9 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Gerald Herbert/ AP A Washington Post photographer caught a glimpse of President Donald Trump and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's meeting notes on Friday, where they appeared to...
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TSA looking into adding Capitol rioters to US no-fly list

11 hours ago | Chron

Federal officials are investigating people who took part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol to determine whether they should be barred from traveling on airlines. The assessments...
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Daily Crunch: WhatsApp responds to privacy backlash

12 hours ago | Tech Crunch | 5 articles

WhatsApp delays enforcement of a controversial privacy change, Apple may get rid of the Touch Bar in future MacBooks and Bumble files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch...
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Roblox taps GTS for its direct listing as part of an IPO pivot that's rewriting the pecking order for market-makers and banks

13 hours ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Roblox has tapped Global Trading Systems to serve as the designated market maker for its upcoming direct listing, people familiar with the matter told...
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More than a year after the first COVID-19 case was discovered, more than 2...

Summary List Placement More than a year after the first novel coronavirus case was discovered, more than two million people across the globe have died from COVID-19. That's... Read more ...

Billionaires Tom Steyer, Mark Cuban support more checks for Americans in...

Summary List Placement President-elect Joe Biden presented a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan on Thursday evening, which included $1,400 direct payments, $350 billion in aid to... Read more ...

Pelosi taps retired military commander, who oversaw the US response to...

Summary List Placement House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to lead "an immediate review" of the security of the US Capitol Complex after armed... Read more ...

US stocks slide as disappointing bank earnings prompt end-of-week sell-off

Summary List Placement US stocks sank on Friday as investors digested disappointing bank earnings and a December slump in retail sales. Retail sales shrank 0.7% in December as... Read more ...

Daily Crunch: WhatsApp responds to privacy backlash

WhatsApp delays enforcement of a controversial privacy change, Apple may get rid of the Touch Bar in future MacBooks and Bumble files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch... Read more ...

Facebook claims its AI can anticipate COVID-19 outcomes using X-rays

Researchers at Facebook and NYU trained a machine learning model to predict when COVID-19 patients' condition might deteriorate. Read more ...

The Latest: Wisconsin gov blasts empty federal vaccine vow

MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Tony Evers blasted federal officials Friday for promising to release the remainder of their COVID-19 vaccine stockpile when it apparently was already... Read more ...

Pivotal Union Election Moves Ahead At Amazon Warehouse In Alabama

The workers will soon determine whether the retail giant has its first unionized facility in the U.S. Read more ...

The Latest: Biden rebukes unmasked lawmakers in insurrection

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden issued a rebuke of Republican lawmakers who refused to wear masks while sheltering in crowded rooms during last week's violent... Read more ...

6 things you need to know about Joe Biden's just-released plan to transform...

Summary List Placement Long lines in Florida. Appointment website failures in California. Vaccines tossed in the trash in New York . The early weeks of the US coronavirus... Read more ...