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Decoding the far right’s language about Notre Dame and ‘western civilization’

Think Progress 

Far right agitators and conspiracy theorists have seized on Monday’s horrific fire at the famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, using the tragedy to push baseless conspiracies about the end of “western civilization.” Leaders around the globe have referred to the fire, which likely began as an accident, as a significant loss to world culture […]

Huskers Set for Five Games in Six Days

Nebraska Men's Basketball 

The Nebraska baseball team (20-10, 10-2 Big Ten) enters one of its busiest weeks of the season, as the Huskers face three teams in a six-day span.

[Women's Track & Field] Herzet picks up third KCAC weekly award of the season; Threshers ...

Bethel College (KS) Men's Basketball 

WICHITA, Kan. - Kristen Herzet (JR/Marion, Kan.) of Bethel College has been named the KCAC Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday. Herzet was selected for her performances from April 8-14 by a vote of conference sports information directors. This is the third time Herzet has been named as such this year, and the fourth-straight week of a Thresher earning the award after Alyjah Kennedy (SR/San Diego, Calif.) won it most recently.

[IW] Tiger Nation Update

Iowa Wesleyan Tigers 

Good Afternoon, Tiger Nation!

 

Did you miss out on what is happening this week? Read the Tiger Nation Update below to find out what's new in Tiger Athletics.



C Division – women’s game 7

Irish Curling Association 

IRELAND 6 SLOVAKIA 9 The Irish women’s team bowed out of the European C Division after losing their last game to Slovakia. The team were in control for most of the game, having a three shot advantage at one point … Continue reading →

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The uphill road: battery limitations to test China’s electric vehicle ambitions

Firstpost  

By Norihiko Shirouzu, Paul Lienert and Nick Carey BEIJING/DETROIT (Reuters) - It took one 330 kilometre trip from Chongqing to Chengdu in his Nio ES8, a seven-seater all-electric SUV, for its owner Wang Haichun to be consumed with buyer's remorse. Despite being billed as capable of going 335 km on a single full charge, the ES8 didn't get anywhere near that when driving on freeways at speeds above 100 km per hour (60mph), he said, adding that after 180 km, there was only 50 km of range left.

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Amazon to crunch data for Chilean stargazers amid Latam push

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By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Amazon Web Services, a unit of Amazon.com Inc, said it will help astronomers in Chile crunch huge troves of data using its cloud computing services, a symbolically important step for the retail-to-entertainment giant as it looks to expand in Latin America. Amazon will store data and night-sky images gleaned from telescopes in Chile's nearly cloudless Atacama desert, then offer researchers the tools to access them anywhere, said Jeffrey Kratz, General Manager... Читать дальше...

Judge’s scathing words to triple murderer: ‘You won’t even be a footnote’

New York Post 

A judge tore into a convicted killer in North Carolina as he sentenced him to life in prison — telling the fiend that he would “die alone” and “forgotten” behind bars, video shows. Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley didn’t hold back when sentencing Jonathan Sander for the 2016 slaying of his next-door neighbor and onetime...

EU’s Tusk says "dream" of Brexit U-turn not dead

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STRASBOURG (Reuters) - EU summit chair Donald Tusk on Tuesday called on Tuesday for the "dream" that Britain might give up on leaving the European Union not to be dismissed and urged politicians not to let exhaustion with Brexit negotiations make for a hasty exit. Giving an account of last week's summit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, European Council President Tusk said he was responding to a statement by one national leader who had warned "dreamers" not to think "Brexit could be reversed"

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Venezuelan scavengers vie with vultures for Brazilian trash

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By Anthony Boadle PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) - Surrounded by vultures perched on trees awaiting their turn, Venezuelan migrants scrape out a living scavenging for metal, plastic, cardboard and food in a Brazilian border town's rubbish dump. Trapped in a wasteland limbo, they barely make enough to feed their families and cannot afford a bus ticket to get away and find regular work in Brazilian cities to the south

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Russian court jails Norwegian for 14 years for espionage

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By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court convicted a Norwegian man on Tuesday of gathering espionage about nuclear submarines and jailed him for 14 years, a verdict that could strain relations between Moscow and its NATO-member neighbour. Frode Berg, a 63-year-old retired former guard on the Norwegian-Russian border, was detained in Moscow in December 2017 and tried behind closed doors this month.

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