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Jurgen Klopp is looking to fill the remaining wholes in his Liverpool puzzle this summer, as he seeks to lead the Reds to a long-awaited Premier League title. The Merseyside giants have excelled this season in attack and are now looking to improve the other areas of the squad, as they seek to raise the midfield to the same calibre of their frontline- and are eyeing a £50m man as a top-target. Napoli’s Jorginho is being chased by Klopp this summer, and the Italian international could partner... Читать дальше...

Black women and girls are often the victims of gun violence.

When tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets on Saturday to demand more gun control in the wake of a high-profile school shooting last month, several young black women were at the front of the protests.

In addition to calling for stricter gun control policy, they had a more nuanced message to deliver: America has failed to focus on black victims, especially black women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by gun violence. Читать дальше...

The death this month of 45-year-old Sudan, the last male northern white rhino on the planet, rings the alarm on the imminent extinction of other endangered animals. The news also gives a renewed urgency to Kate Brooks' documentary "The Last Animals," about the threat poaching poses to the dwindling populations of rhinos and elephants. The film was showcased at the environmental film festival in Washington. VOA's Penelope Poulou has more.

Black Panther has been shattering records since its release in February, and the trend is still going even more than five weeks after its release. The Marvel Comics superhero film is now the highest-grossing movie ever from a black director, reaching $1.237 billion worldwide, reports Forbes.

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• Stormy Daniels has sued Michael Cohen for defamation in California court.
• The lawsuit was filed a day after Daniels' explosive "60 Minutes" interview.

Adult-film star Stormy Daniels on Monday sued President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for defamation in a California federal court.

The lawsuit points to a February statement from Cohen claiming Daniels had made false statements about her alleged affair with Trump... Читать дальше...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences recently announced the sale of ballistic missile tracking technology to Pakistan.

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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently sent out their royal wedding invitations, but it seems a few of her family members were missing from the guest list. 
• Tracey Dooley, Markle's former sister-in-law, and her nephew Tyler Dooley revealed in an appearance on "Good Morning Britain" that they had not received invitations. 
• Presenter Richard Madeley was quick to shut the two relatives down, pointing out that they had not seen the former actress in years. Читать дальше...

He hadn't been to a demonstration since the early '60s, but the energy of the post-Parkland movement drove him to go.

It’s a moment that every pet owner dreads: finding the lifeless body of your beloved fur baby, maybe even having to explain the sad scenario to children, and then saying your final goodbyes.

The former Russian spy and his daughter who were poisoned in a nerve gas attack “may never recover fully,” Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia Skripal were found slumped over on a bench in Salisbury, England on March 4. The father and daughter suffered lasting brain damage,...

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• Flat irons can also double as curling iron, given some dexterity and plenty of heat-protecting product.
• If you're going for the beachy-wave look, your flat iron can make that happen too.
• When applying colorful temporary dyes like hair chalk, straighteners can help to seal in the hue.
• Flat irons are great tools for giving your shirt collar a last-minute press or for ironing on patches.

When it comes to hot styling tools... Читать дальше...

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The number of Jews and Arabs between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River is at or near parity, figures cited by Israeli officials show, raising questions whether Israel can remain a democracy if it keeps territory where Palestinians seek a state. The population statistics were mentioned in an Israeli parliamentary statement on Monday summing up legislators' questioning of an official of Israel's military-run civil administration (COGAT) that coordinates... Читать дальше...

Die neue slowakische Regierung unter dem Sozialdemokraten Peter Pellegini hat am späten Montagabend die Vertrauensabstimmung im Nationalrat in Bratislava überstanden. 81 der 150 Abgeordneten stimmten für das Regierungsprogramm der Drei-Parteien-Koalition, die nach der Ermordung des Investigativjournalisten Jan Kuciak und seiner Verlobten ins Wanken gekommen war.

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Every single year, technology keeps getting demonstrably better and more powerful. 

More and more tech products are having a profound impact on the way we live our lives.

But with so many gadgets on the market, which ones do you really need to own? Here are five we rate as essential in the year 2018:

1. A smartphone of your choosing

Smartphones are the most personal, powerful devices we have right now. They're tiny computers that fit in our pockets. Читать дальше...

An extremely lifelike robot has been built that can mimic human facial expressions. The robot, named Charles, is part of research to apply human body language to machines to see if people are able to engage with them more. He works via a system of computer programmes and mechanical processors connected to a camera. This...

For no imaginable reason, Twitter continues to allow Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cleanse the internet of stuff he doesn't like. This doesn't begin and end with Twitter -- other social media platforms have obliged the president as well -- but Twitter is where it's most quickly noticed that something has gone missing.

Of all the people who shouldn't be writing an editorial headlined, "Trump and Bolton's Plan to Isolate Allies and Encourage Enemies", Wendy Sherman tops the list.

Stormy Daniels files has accused President Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen for defamation over the lawyer’s continued insistence that she is lying about a sexual affair she said she had with Trump, the Washington Post reported Monday.

KENNER, La. — Police in Louisiana say a stranger with a machete tried to snatch two children from their mothers inside a Walmart. Kenner police describe the case in a Facebook post. They say 33-year-old Billy Yoe Budier-Herrera tried to take a 2-year-old boy from her mother’s grocery cart, at one point both of them...

Moscow/Brussels (dpa) - Sixteen European Union members, the United States, Canada and Ukraine are expelling dozens of Russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain, the countries announced on Monday.The US and all EU member states have agreed that it is highly probable that the poisoning carried out in the British city of Salisbury was perpetrated by Russia. The countries have agreed to take action in solidarity with Britain.British... Читать дальше...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The joke has always been that Alaska is so wealthy, it pays its residents to live here. But those yearly checks have gotten smaller, and could undergo a massive change, as Alaska struggles to pay state troopers and fix roads amid years of low oil prices. After oil started flowing from Alaska's North Slope in the late 1970s, so did the checks, which eventually were paid with earnings from an oil-wealth fund that's grown to about $65 billion through investments. Times were so good... Читать дальше...

NEVADA (KFSM) — The psychologist and mental patient who left together from the Arkansas State Hospital have been arrested in Nevada, according to police. Psychologist Michelle Messer, 41, and 41-year-old Cory Chapin who is a mental patient of the state hospital were arrested at a home in North Las Vegas, 5NEWS content partner KATV reports. The two are being held in the Clark County, Nev. Detention Center without bond. Messer and Chapin were arrested on warrants for being fugitives from […]

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• Gold is flirting with multi-year highs.
• The precious metal appears to be breaking out against both stocks and bonds.
• Gold could go to $1,550/$1580 in the near-term, according to the charts.

When assets are in strong uptrends, they’re not just going up in value on an absolute basis, they also outperform their alternatives. Two obvious alternatives to investing your money in Gold are Stocks and Bonds. With the price of Gold flirting with new multi-year highs... Читать дальше...

This week we are bringing you five crowdfunding campaigns that are currently running on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. This week’s campaigns are for people who like music, magnets, and eating. Check out our picks for this week’s notable crowdfunding campaigns. Tutti Studio Matti Wireless Speaker What is it? Matti is a small portable Bluetooth speaker with …