The president’s first detailed budget request on Tuesday will seek funds for the creation of a program to grant mothers and fathers six weeks of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child, two senior White House budget ...
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Reuters: Putin’s ex-wife linked to multi-million-dollar property business
The building was renovated with help from associates of Putin, and the rental income is paid to a private company owned by a person whose name is the same as the maiden name of Putin’s former wife, corporate records show, according ...
Read More »Wada says Russia’s anti-doping agency chair Yelena Isinbayeva will be removed
Yelena Isinbayeva will be removed from a key anti-doping position in Russia as she is a barrier to the country’s compliance with the World Anti-Doping Agency code, the body says, according to the BBC. The double Olympic pole vault champion, ...
Read More »A Teen Created the World’s Lightest Satellite & NASA Is Going to Launch It
Not very many people can claim that they’ve sent something they made into space. One of those who will soon be sending his own invention — a 64-gram (0.14-lb) satellite — into sub-orbital flight is an 18-year-old named Rifath Shaarook. ...
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg’s dad filmed his son’s reaction to getting into Harvard
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg shared a video taken by his father Edward of when he found out he got into Harvard, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Mashable. In the video above, Edward records a young Mark as he opens the long-awaited ...
Read More »Swedish prosecutors drop investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
“Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny has today decided to discontinue the preliminary investigation regarding suspected rape concerning Julian Assange,” the Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Deutsche Welle. Assange has lived in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012 after taking refuge ...
Read More »Basquiat painting sold for record $110.5m in New York
That is nearly double the price of his previous most expensive work, bought by the same person a year ago, according to the BBC. It has broken several other records including becoming the most expensive work by any US artist. ...
Read More »Chinese jets intercept US Air Force radiation detection plane
The US crew aboard the US Air Force WC-135 characterized the move as “unprofessional,” according to the statement from Air Force Lt. Col. Hodge, Joinfo.com reports with reference to CNN. “While we are still investigating the incident, initial reports from ...
Read More »Chris Cornell’s death ruled a suicide
A full autopsy reported has not yet been completed, but the examiner’s office did state in an official release that the “cause of death has been determined as hanging by suicide,” according to ABC News. Police said earlier that the ...
Read More »New ferry links North Korea and Russia despite U.S. calls for isolation
The launch of the weekly service linking Vladivostok and the North Korean port of Rajin also came despite North Korea’s test-firing of a new type of ballistic missile on Sunday that landed in the sea near Russia, according to Reuters. ...
Read More »Today’s Horoscope for May 19, 2017
Today nothing can stop Arians and Taureans energy is quite infectious. Moon is in Pisces 02:14: Saturn (Sagittarius) Trine Uranus (Aries) The trine could reawaken selflessness, honesty, stamina, willpower, volition, concentration and generous attitudes. Period: approximately 5 days. 05:37: Moon (Pisces) ...
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