China creates facial recognition app to tell pandas apart
China has developed an app to track giant pandas using facial recognition software as a way to help conservationists tell the large, lumbering animals apart. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Russia to stay in PACE, European ministers say despite anger from Ukraine
The Council of Europe has decided that Russian lawmakers should remain in its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE). Moscow was stripped of its voting rights after the Ukrainian crisis of 2014. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Cristiano Ronaldo donates .5 million to help feed starving people on the Gaza Strip (REPORTS)
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has donated $1.5 million to help feed fasting people on the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Trump to shelve tariffs on European and Japanese vehicles for up to six months
US President Donald Trump has decided to delay the promised duties of 25 percent on European and Japanese cars by up to 180 days as Washington tries to clinch an effective trade deal with its partners. Read Full Article at RT.com
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BDS = anti-Semitism? Germany passes motion against Palestinian protest movement
Germany’s parliament has passed a motion defining the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement as anti-Semitic. It calls on Berlin to cut funding to groups supporting BDS. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Record 12 billion rubles in CASH seized from arrested FSB officer – reports
Some 12 billion rubles ($185 million) in cash has been reportedly seized from an FSB colonel facing charges of large scale corruption – overshadowing the notorious case of Colonel Zakharchenko and his record of 8.5 billion rubles. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Don’t laugh at Koons’ Rabbit selling for million – get angry at economic system that enables it
Nothing illustrates unequal gains from globalized capitalism like the soaring prices in the art world, where those who have already bought all the mansions, private jets and super yachts park their wealth in meaningless baubles. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Absence is coming: Game of Thrones finale could kill workplace productivity on Monday
The final Game of Thrones episode premiering on May 19 is likely to cause major workplace conflicts, a new survey from the Workforce Institute at Kronos, conducted by the Harris Poll, has found. Read Full Article at RT.com
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