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The study finds evidence of deliberate, organized political influence measures disguised as fan arguments. The likely objective of these measures is increasing media coverage of the fandom conflict, thereby adding to and further propagating a narrative of widespread discord and dysfunction in American society. Persuading voters of this narrative remains a strategic goal for the U.S. alt-right movement, as well as the Russian Federation.
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the cynical brit will be missed...
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| 161 views | www.rte.ie
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and "smart!" You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2018
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| 140 views | www.dailymail.co.uk
Video footage filmed by the rebels themselves, sees Major Roman Filipov shouting 'This is for our guys!' before detonating the explosives as the fighters surround him.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the 33-year-old was 'fighting the rebels until the last minute' and detonated the grenade when they approached.
Maj. Filipov, from Vladivostok, east Russia has been awarded Kremlin's highest honour - the Hero of Russia medal - posthumously.
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| 119 views | www.defensenews.com
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen railed against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying in an interview that Europe must find new ways to determine “what hurts him.”
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| 137 views | www.bbc.co.uk
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
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| 109 views | www.irishtimes.com
Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria’s northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation.
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| 115 views | www.telegraph.co.uk
The actor announced on Tuesday he was selling his shares in the social network and deleting his account and asked all "other investors who care about the future to do the same".
Carrey claimed that Facebook had "profited" from Russian interference in elections and was "still not doing enough to stop it".
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| 128 views | www.ecowatch.com
The symbolic Doomsday Clock is ever closer to midnight, or the end of the world, scientists announced Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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| 140 views | www.rferl.org
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been formally registered as a candidate in Russia's March 18 presidential election.
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| 149 views | www.dw.com
Kurdish militias fighting against Turkey in the Syrian enclave of Afrin have called on the government of Bashar al-Assad to intervene and protect the area’s borders.
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| 189 views | www.theregister.co.uk
Programmers are scrambling to overhaul the open-source Linux kernel's virtual memory system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is expected to publicly introduce the necessary changes to its Windows operating system in an upcoming Patch Tuesday: these changes were seeded to beta testers running fast-ring Windows Insider builds in November and December.
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| 142 views | www.theverge.com
With Telegram blocked, protestors are scrambling for a secure way to organize
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| 177 views | www.bbc.com
The new security measures planned for the Brandenburg Gate party come amid concerns about sexual assaults.
A large number of assaults and robberies targeting women at Cologne's New Year's Eve celebrations two years ago horrified Germany.
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| 140 views | www.aljazeera.com
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution rejecting the recent recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and his plans to move the American embassy to the city.
The US veto on Monday was widely expected.
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| 158 views | www.bbc.co.uk
On Thursday a vote will almost certainly remove a protection that some believe preserves the very fabric of the internet. Why is this happening, and what does it mean for you?
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| 141 views | deadstate.org
“President Trump promised to protect our religious freedom,” Broxson said.
“Now, I don’t know about you, but when I heard about Jerusalem — where the King of Kings [applause] where our soon coming King is coming back to Jerusalem, it is because President Trump declared Jerusalem to be capital of Israel.”
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| 118 views | www.newsweek.com
A Florida man who left a slab of bacon at the door of a mosque is facing 15 years in prison after pleading guilty for the hate crime on Tuesday.
Michael Wolfe vandalized a Titusville mosque on New Year’s Day 2017 by hacking away at the place of worship’s windows, lights and security cameras with a machete. Before leaving, he left a piece of raw bacon around the door, according to a Miami Herald report. Pork is forbidden in Islam.
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The document says that external threats to state sovereignty, including efforts to meddle in Russia’s domestic affairs, have been on the rise since 2014. Most these threats are posed by the United States and a number of its satellites, primarily from NATO member-states.
The commission recommended introducing some changes to Russian legislation to specify the term of meddling in Russia’s domestic affairs and envisage a possibility of carrying out parliamentary investigations into any signs of external interference.
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| 119 views | www.aljazeera.com
With a stroke of a pen, the United States, which has undertaken the role of peace broker between the Israelis and Palestinians for over two decades, has become the first country in the world to recognise the whole Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
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| 110 views | www.independent.ie
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared his intention to seek re-election next March, a vote he appears certain to win.
The Russian leader chose an enthusiastic audience of factory workers in Nizhny Novgorod to make the announcement.
"I couldn't find a better place and moment for that," he said, to massive applause.
"Thank you for your support, I will run for president."
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| 114 views | www.washingtonpost.com
The Trump administration is preparing to stop supplying weapons to ethnic Kurdish fighters in Syria, the White House acknowledged Friday, a move reflecting renewed focus on furthering a political settlement to the civil war there and countering Iranian influence now that the Islamic State caliphate is largely vanquished.
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| 145 views | www.huffingtonpost.com
Is it technically hunting if your prey is sleeping?
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| 121 views | www.bbc.com
"BBC Stories"
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| 111 views | www.washingtonpost.com
The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.
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| 113 views | www.bbc.com
Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet, accusing Moscow of meddling in elections and carrying out cyber espionage.
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| 145 views | nypost.com
An Oklahoma woman who tied the knot with her mom pleaded guilty to committing incest.
Misty Spann, 26, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison — the...
