Wednesday, August 15, 2018

In the news, Thursday, August 2, 2018


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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website

Columbus's 1492 voyage took over two months; today it would take 9 hours.

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from Reuters
International news agency headquartered in London, England

U.S. senators introduce Russia sanctions 'bill from hell'
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in Syria and Ukraine. The bill includes restrictions on new Russian sovereign debt transactions, energy and oil projects and Russian uranium imports, and new sanctions on Russian political figures and oligarchs. It also expresses strong support for NATO and would require that two-thirds of the Senate to vote in favor of any effort to leave the alliance.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
upi.com

Russia trying to divide U.S. ahead of midterms, intelligence officials say
Russia is trying to "weaken and divide" the United States ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, members of President Donald Trump's national security team said Thursday, pointing to efforts to combat election interference this fall. U.S. intelligence officials including Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, national security adviser John Bolton, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and National Security Agency Director Paul Nakasone appeared together during the White House press briefing where they said they were working with state and local election officials to protect voting systems from threats by Russia and other foreign actors.

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