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Thousands Gather At "Peacemaker" Mikhail Gorbachev's Funeral, But No Putin
Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as "a peacemaker" who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says George Orwell's '1984' Could Become a Reality by 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith says that the dystopian world depicted by George Orwell in his novel "1984" — where totalitarian surveillance was a part of life — could soon become a reality, What's more, it may be as early as 2024, if artificial intelligence (AI) is not regulated better, he suggests.
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Venezuela Calls Facebook Suspension of President Nicolas Maduro 'Digital Totalitarianism'
Venezuela government has hit back at Facebook for blocking President Nicolas Maduro's page for 30 days over violation of its policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19. "We are witnessing a digital totalitarianism exercised by supranational companies,” Venezuela's information ministry in a statement.
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Senior US Official Warns Against Using 5G Tech From "Totalitarian States"
The United States on Tuesday urged countries to consider long-term implications of adopting 5G technology from nations that have pursued a totalitarian vision of the role of the state in peoples'' lives, a comment directed at China and its controversy-embroiled tech giant Huawei.
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"We Paid North Korea Nothing For US Student's Release": Donald Trump
President Donald Trump insisted on Friday that the United States paid North Korea nothing for the release of Otto Warmbier, a young American student who fell into a coma after allegedly being tortured in the totalitarian country.
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73-Year-Old Artist Fasts Inside Steel Box For 3 Days, Buried Under Road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.
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"Great Honour": In Bid For History, Trump Flatters Totalitarian Kim Jong
President Donald Trump shook his hand for 13 long seconds, patted him on the back and led him down a rich red carpet. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be considered the world's greatest human rights abuser and a totalitarian collector of nuclear weapons, but as they met for the first time here Tuesday, Trump declared himself honored.
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Karl Marx 200 Years On: Five Core Ideas
Karl Marx's work "can be explained in five minutes, five hours, in five years or in a half century," wrote French political thinker Raymond Aron. A utopian vision of a just society for some, a blueprint for totalitarian regimes for others, Marxist thought is laid out in the Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital. Here are five core id...
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Donald Trump Says US Military 'Locked And Loaded' On North Korea
President Donald Trump on Friday turned up the heat on North Korea, warning Pyongyang that the US military is "locked and loaded" in the event of a misstep by the totalitarian state, despite mounting international calls for restraint.
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Government Objects To Lawyer Saying India Becoming 'Totalitarian'
The high-voltage hearing before a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar saw Attorney General K K Venugopal strongly objecting to the use of these phrases by senior counsel Shyam Divan who appeared for those having reservations over the policy relating to the unique identification scheme.
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Government Objects To Lawyer Saying India Becoming 'Totalitarian'
The lawyer said Centre cannot compel anyone to give his or her biometrics as this will enable the government to have a 'complete control over citizens, right from birth, which means it will be a totalitarian state'.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Handmaid's Tale, and More – The Weekend Chill
One of the best kart-racers arrives on the Nintendo Switch, a gripping feminist tale about a totalitarian society, and other things to try this weekend.
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As Tensions With North Korea Flare, Trump Spends Quiet Weekend At Mar-a-Lago
The president was uncharacteristically quiet after North Korea's latest failed missile launch, leaving it to his team of deputies, as well as Vice President Pence to articulate the administration's policy toward the totalitarian regime.
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North Korea's Show Of Force Falls Short After Failed Missile Launch
With the kind of fanfare that only a totalitarian state can muster, North Korea on Saturday flaunted missiles that can theoretically reach the United States and defiantly stated that it was prepared to counter any U.S. attack with "a nuclear war of our own."
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Dutch Spy Services Unravel 'Myth' Of Life With ISIS
Dutch secret services fear as many as 70 Dutch children may be growing up among ISIS jihadists, warning in a bleak new report about life under such a "totalitarian" regime.
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Thousands Gather At "Peacemaker" Mikhail Gorbachev's Funeral, But No Putin
Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as "a peacemaker" who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith Says George Orwell's '1984' Could Become a Reality by 2024
Microsoft President Brad Smith says that the dystopian world depicted by George Orwell in his novel "1984" — where totalitarian surveillance was a part of life — could soon become a reality, What's more, it may be as early as 2024, if artificial intelligence (AI) is not regulated better, he suggests.
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Venezuela Calls Facebook Suspension of President Nicolas Maduro 'Digital Totalitarianism'
Venezuela government has hit back at Facebook for blocking President Nicolas Maduro's page for 30 days over violation of its policies against spreading misinformation about COVID-19. "We are witnessing a digital totalitarianism exercised by supranational companies,” Venezuela's information ministry in a statement.
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Senior US Official Warns Against Using 5G Tech From "Totalitarian States"
The United States on Tuesday urged countries to consider long-term implications of adopting 5G technology from nations that have pursued a totalitarian vision of the role of the state in peoples'' lives, a comment directed at China and its controversy-embroiled tech giant Huawei.
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"We Paid North Korea Nothing For US Student's Release": Donald Trump
President Donald Trump insisted on Friday that the United States paid North Korea nothing for the release of Otto Warmbier, a young American student who fell into a coma after allegedly being tortured in the totalitarian country.
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73-Year-Old Artist Fasts Inside Steel Box For 3 Days, Buried Under Road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.
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"Great Honour": In Bid For History, Trump Flatters Totalitarian Kim Jong
President Donald Trump shook his hand for 13 long seconds, patted him on the back and led him down a rich red carpet. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be considered the world's greatest human rights abuser and a totalitarian collector of nuclear weapons, but as they met for the first time here Tuesday, Trump declared himself honored.
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Karl Marx 200 Years On: Five Core Ideas
Karl Marx's work "can be explained in five minutes, five hours, in five years or in a half century," wrote French political thinker Raymond Aron. A utopian vision of a just society for some, a blueprint for totalitarian regimes for others, Marxist thought is laid out in the Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital. Here are five core id...
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Donald Trump Says US Military 'Locked And Loaded' On North Korea
President Donald Trump on Friday turned up the heat on North Korea, warning Pyongyang that the US military is "locked and loaded" in the event of a misstep by the totalitarian state, despite mounting international calls for restraint.
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Government Objects To Lawyer Saying India Becoming 'Totalitarian'
The high-voltage hearing before a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar saw Attorney General K K Venugopal strongly objecting to the use of these phrases by senior counsel Shyam Divan who appeared for those having reservations over the policy relating to the unique identification scheme.
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Government Objects To Lawyer Saying India Becoming 'Totalitarian'
The lawyer said Centre cannot compel anyone to give his or her biometrics as this will enable the government to have a 'complete control over citizens, right from birth, which means it will be a totalitarian state'.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Handmaid's Tale, and More – The Weekend Chill
One of the best kart-racers arrives on the Nintendo Switch, a gripping feminist tale about a totalitarian society, and other things to try this weekend.
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As Tensions With North Korea Flare, Trump Spends Quiet Weekend At Mar-a-Lago
The president was uncharacteristically quiet after North Korea's latest failed missile launch, leaving it to his team of deputies, as well as Vice President Pence to articulate the administration's policy toward the totalitarian regime.
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North Korea's Show Of Force Falls Short After Failed Missile Launch
With the kind of fanfare that only a totalitarian state can muster, North Korea on Saturday flaunted missiles that can theoretically reach the United States and defiantly stated that it was prepared to counter any U.S. attack with "a nuclear war of our own."
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Dutch Spy Services Unravel 'Myth' Of Life With ISIS
Dutch secret services fear as many as 70 Dutch children may be growing up among ISIS jihadists, warning in a bleak new report about life under such a "totalitarian" regime.
