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[ February 19, 2020 ] China Turns to Internet for Food Supplies Amid Virus Fears Health
[ February 19, 2020 ] Boeing Heads to Court Amid Fight Over Release of 737 Max Documents Business
[ February 19, 2020 ] Syria’s Aleppo Airport Resumes Flights for 1st Time in Years Foreign Policy
[ February 19, 2020 ] Passengers Begin Leaving After Ship’s Virus Quarantine Ends Health
[ February 19, 2020 ] AP: Barr Says He Might Quit Over Trump Tweets Administration

Health

China Turns to Internet for Food Supplies Amid Virus Fears

Wang Feng, house-bound by China’s virus outbreak, counts on the parka-clad delivery drivers of e-commerce giant JD.com to keep her kitchen stocked, The Associated Press reports. Demand for online food vendors has surged since China’s [...]
Foreign Policy

Syria’s Aleppo Airport Resumes Flights for 1st Time in Years

A Syrian commercial flight landed at Aleppo airport on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of internal flights between Syria’s two largest cities for the first time since 2012, The Associated Press informs. The flight [...]
Health

Passengers Begin Leaving After Ship’s Virus Quarantine Ends

Hundreds of passengers began leaving the Diamond Princess cruise ship Wednesday after the end of a much-criticized, two-week quarantine that failed to stop the spread of a new virus among passengers and crew, The Associated [...]
Administration

AP: Barr Says He Might Quit Over Trump Tweets

Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The [...]
Business

Uber Closing Office in Downtown Los Angeles

Uber Technologies is closing its office in downtown Los Angeles, where the ride-hailing company employs customer support staff, to focus on its bigger locations, Reuters writes. The move was reported earlier on Tuesday by the [...]

AP: Barr Says He Might Quit Over Trump Tweets

February 19, 2020

Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The [...]
Trump Commutes Blagojevich Sentence

February 19, 2020
AP: Homeland Security Waives Contracting Laws for Border Wall

February 18, 2020

China Turns to Internet for Food Supplies Amid Virus Fears

February 19, 2020

Wang Feng, house-bound by China’s virus outbreak, counts on the parka-clad delivery drivers of e-commerce giant JD.com to keep her kitchen stocked, The Associated Press reports. Demand for online food vendors has surged since China’s [...]
Passengers Begin Leaving After Ship’s Virus Quarantine Ends

February 19, 2020
China Sees Fall in Coronavirus Deaths

February 18, 2020

Syria’s Aleppo Airport Resumes Flights for 1st Time in Years

February 19, 2020

A Syrian commercial flight landed at Aleppo airport on Wednesday from Damascus, marking the resumption of internal flights between Syria’s two largest cities for the first time since 2012, The Associated Press informs. The flight [...]
UN Says Idlib Displacement ‘Overwhelming’ Relief Effort

February 18, 2020
Iran’s Foreign Minister Attempts to Blame U.S. and Saudi Arabia for Rising Tensions

February 17, 2020

Saudi Wind Farm Wins International Award

February 14, 2020

A wind farm in the Kingdom’s northwest has won an international award for its low production costs. The project, which generates electric power from wind energy in Dumat Al-Jandal, won the 2019 Middle East and [...]
Refineries Show Benzene Levels over EPA Recommendation

February 6, 2020
Trump Administration Reduces Federal Protections For Streams And Wetlands

January 24, 2020

SpaceX Launches 60 New Satellites for U.S. Service

February 18, 2020

SpaceX has launched a further 60 Starlink satellites, bringing the future satellite broadband service satellite count to 300 since the first launch last May, ZDNet reported. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said Starlink needs about [...]
U.S. Looking for Industry Partnership to Counter Huawei

February 14, 2020
Iranian Hackers Targeted Western Universities

February 14, 2020

Former Trump Adviser Offers Help to Iraqis that Trump Wants to Deport – For a Price

August 28, 2017

A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president – for a hefty fee, [...]
Marijuana Legalization Could Gain Prominence in 2020 Election

August 14, 2017
Alt-right Plans ‘Free Speech’ March against Google

August 11, 2017

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