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• President Donald Trump reportedly has a "bizarre" interest in French President Emmanuel Macron and randomly calls him, leaving France's leader confused as to why Trump has reached out. 
• Trump has repeatedly boasted about his strong relationship with Macron, and on Friday tweeted they had a "very good phone call" on an array of topics, including "security and trade." 
• White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump and claimed foreign leaders... Читать дальше...

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• It can have a positive impact on your body. 
• It can help you lose weight, clear your skin, and help you sleep better.

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• A US judge Monday refused to dismiss charges against a Russian company accused of helping fund a propaganda operation to sway the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump's favor.
• Judge Dabney Friedrich's opinion stated the special counsel Robert Mueller had not exceeded his power.
• She also rejected the company's argument that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was out of bounds in bringing in Mueller to investigate the alleged Russian meddling. Читать дальше...

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• A French aristocrat is suing France for €351 million ($401 million) in damages.
• Count Louis de Causans says the French state cheated his family out of the throne of Monaco.
• De Causans told Le Parisien that "sleight of hand" had allowed the French state to rewrite Monaco's laws of succession.
• De Causans' ancestor was apparently once Monaco's rightful heir, but missed out on the throne because he was German, and France was on the brink of World War I at the time. Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump reportedly has to be reminded of differences in time zones on a "constant basis" as he impulsively attempts to call other world leaders, a diplomatic source told Politico. 
• Trump apparently isn't "great at recognizing" that an older world leader might not be awake "or in the right place at 10:30 or 11 p.m. their time."
• Trump has a particularly "bizarre" interest in French President Emmanuel Macron, one former official said... Читать дальше...

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• Millennials are more likely to say they are often or always burned out at work than workers in older generations, according to research by Gallup.
• Other research found that over 73% of millennials reported working more than 40-hour work weeks, with a stronger desire for flexibility over pay.
• Olivia Young was a burned out millennial who quit her job at an LA entertainment PR agency and booked a one-way flight to New Zealand in 2016. Читать дальше...

RFE/RL archival photos of the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. All of the photographs in this slide show were all culled from the RFE/RL archives at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in a blog post Monday that he left a meeting on July 31 with "no question that a deal with the Saudi sovereign fund could be closed."
• The blog post offers new details into Tesla's plan to go private at $420 per share, which the billionaire announced last week, saying funding had been secured. 
• Shares initially surged to an all-time high, before wiping out all their gains as lawyers said the tweet may have broken securities laws and reports of the SEC investigating. Читать дальше...

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• An article with the headline "How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise" sparked outcry on social media this weekend. 
• Some celebrated the death of the condiment, while others questioned whether millennials had actually murdered mayo. 
• In fact, mayonnaise sales have plummeted in recent years, leaving mayo makers scrambling for a way to boost business. 

Are millennials killing mayonnaise? And, if so, should the generation be celebrated or demonized? Читать дальше...

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Paramount

• MoviePass tweeted on Sunday encouraging customers to see "Mission: Impossible — Fallout" with the service, but many users still couldn't access the movie.
• MoviePass deleted the tweet.
• Starting August 15, MoviePass is expected to fully implement new changes to the service, in which users can see any movie, but only three a month.
• MoviePass sent an email to customers later Sunday implying that subscribers would be able to see the movie starting Tuesday night. Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump responded to his former White House aide and TV costar Omarosa Manigault releasing taped conversations with a savage description of her work. 
• He described her as a "Wacky" woman who will never be successful and who begged for a job with him that she couldn't satisfactorily perform. 
• Omarosa has a new book out and has made a number of bold claims about Trump that the White House has already pushed back on. 

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Netflix

• Data from research firm Ampere Analysis shows that major TV networks are starting to order shows straight to series without a pilot.
• Netflix has been doing this all along.
• Between 2015 and 2018, the number of pilots ordered by major US networks decreased by 33%. 
• This has some major upsides that could change the television industry, but also downsides.

As streaming services take over the TV landscape, networks are following their lead... Читать дальше...

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• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said a "dreamy" business offering has at least four characteristics.
• "Customers love it, it can grow to very large size, it has strong returns on capital, and it’s durable in time," Bezos said in his 2014 letter to Amazon shareholders.
• Bezos was referring to three Amazon enterprises — Marketplace, Prime, and Amazon Web Services — that had slow starts but ultimately became successful.

Amazon CEO Jeff... Читать дальше...