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Facebook, Twitter, and Russian Hackers Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner is leading the Senate’s investigation into Russia’s attack on the 2016 presidential election. Senator Warner has long believed that Russians used Facebook and Twitter to influence Americans during the election. It turns out that he was right. On Wednesday, Facebook admitted that it […]
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Apple’s Tax Woes in Ireland Last month, the European Union ruled that Apple owes $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland. More specifically, the EU ruled that Ireland is responsible for ordering the technology giant to pay its back taxes. Modeling itself after Bermuda (a well-known tax haven for corporations), Ireland’s corporate tax rate is […]
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EgyptAir Crash Update Earlier this month, EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. There were 66 people aboard, including crew. The flight departed from the Charles deGalle Airport in Paris at 11:09 p.m. on May 18. Its destination was the Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt. It was last heard from at 2:27 a.m. […]
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Military Coups D’etat in Thailand On May 22, the Thailand military forcefully took over power and announced that the country was now under martial law. Violence began last fall, when 28 people were killed and nearly 800 injured in anti-government protests aimed at former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is accused of corruption. General Prayuth Chan-ocha […]
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Super Typhoon Thrashes the Philippines The strongest recorded storm ever to reach land hit the Philippines on November 8. There are at least 10,000 reported deaths so far, and more than 11 million people said to be affected, around 673,000 of them completely displaced. The Philippines is a country made up of a cluster (or […]
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Ongoing Debate on Gun Control In the wake of last December’s shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama moved gun control to the top of his agenda. He proposed a number of new gun laws, including a renewed ban of assault rifles as well as stricter background checks. Lawmakers in Washington are deeply divided on both […]