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Facebook’s Libra and what you need to know about it
Cryptopolitan 17 Feb 2020
Facebook’s Libra created a huge commotion since its announcement in mid-2019. The project was revealed as one of the most ambitious crypto projects ever. Moreover, the project’s parent company did not have a flawless reputation and was involved in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal ... What is the goal of Facebook’s Libra? ... Security....
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Russia temporarily bans ALL Chinese visitors amid coronavirus epidemic
Russia Today 18 Feb 2020
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on Tuesday evening banning Chinese citizens from entering the Russian Federation for tourism, work, and for private purposes. The new rules are effective from Thursday ... For instance, Russian Railways suspended all passenger traffic to and from China ... Also on rt.com From clothes to condoms....
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Libya rebels claim to have ‘destroyed’ Turkish cargo ship in Tripoli
Press TV 18 Feb 2020
Armed rebels under the command of renegade general Khalifa Haftar in Libya claim they have destroyed a Turkish cargo ship carrying ammunition and weapons at the port of Tripoli ... There was no immediate reaction from Turkey, which sides with the internationally recognized government of Libya ... Since 2014, two rival seats of power have emerged in Libya ... ....
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Gunman kills ex-wife at Bangkok shopping mall days after mass shooting
The Himalayan 18 Feb 2020
BANGKOK. The gunman then fled the Century The Movie Plaza, near the Thai capital’s Victory Monument and is still on the run, Thai police said. “One person died and another was injured,” police Colonel Kissana Pattanacharoen told Reuters ... ....
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WHO urges calm as China coronavirus death toll nears 1,900
Deccan Herald 18 Feb 2020
Nearly 1,900 people have now died and more than 72,000 others infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries. The situation remains dire at the epicentre, with the director of a hospital in the central city of Wuhan becoming the seventh medical worker to succumb to the COVID-19 illness ... GET IT. China. Coronavirus ...
