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UEFA Champions League: 'Unstoppable' Ronaldo returns for Juventus as Ajax hope for de Jong fitness Tuesday's UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg tie in Turin sees both Juventus and Ajax looking to welcome back influential stars with the tie perfectly poised at 1-1 after the first leg in Amsterdam. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

EU passes law on protecting whistleblowers (and facilitators) … days after Assange’s arrest Don’t say bureaucrats in Brussels don’t appreciate irony. Following the arrest in London of Julian Assange, the co-founder of whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, MEPs overwhelmingly voted for a law on protecting whistleblowers. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

Is bitcoin trying to fight the Fed? RT’s Keiser Report has the answer The world’s most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin has soared above $5,400 as the US Federal Reserve signals that interest rates will likely remain flat until 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’ & art historian’s laser scans may prove critical to Notre Dame restoration As France and the wider world mourns the blaze that gutted the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, speculation is growing online that help in rebuilding the national treasure may come from the unlikeliest of places: a video game. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

German investments in Russia highest in decade despite Western sanctions Investments by German businesses in the Russian economy exceeded €3 billion in 2018, marking the highest level since before the financial crisis more than a decade ago, according to the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

French billionaires pledge big donations to rebuild fire-ravaged Notre Dame Some of France’s richest families have promised to help restore the Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire destroyed much of the historic Paris landmark. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

Grounded 6 times in 4 months: Berlin crash-landing is latest woe to strike German govt fleet A German government plane crash-landed in Berlin on Tuesday, blocking the runway and causing airport delays as a growing list of technical faults plagues the official fleet. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

Ancestors of Stonehenge builders revealed in new research Western British hunter-gatherers were not the forebearers of those that built arguably Britain’s most iconic prehistoric monument, Stonehenge, according to new research Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

Threat to Russian dominance? Meet 13yo American figure skater Alysa Liu Russia’s dominance in women’s figure skating has been indisputable since 2015, with the nation cleaning up title after title. But the long-running winning streak could soon be broken with the emergence of US star Alysa Liu. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF

‘In our genes’: Russia joins fundraising efforts to restore Notre Dame after devastating fire The Notre Dame rebuilding effort will require plenty of money, so fundraising is gearing up in France as well as internationally to support it with hard cash. Russians will have a chance to join these efforts. Read Full Article at RT.com Source: NF