Bill Gates Warns "Millions Could Die" If US Doesn't Prepare For Coming Pandemic Should a deadly pandemic comparable to the 1918 influenza outbreak reach the US in the relatively near future, the US government would be powerless to stop it. And in all likelihood, hundreds of thousands – if not, millions – of Americans will …

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These Countries Have The Highest Density Of Robot Workers The rise of the machines has well and truly started. Data from the International Federation of Roboticsreveals that the pace of industrial automation is accelerating across much of the developed world with 66 installed industrial robots per 10,000 employees globally in 2015. A year later, Statista’s Niall McCarthy says …

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ECB Preview: Don't Expect Fireworks Submitted by RanSquawk Ahead of the ECB’s Monetary Policy Decision due Thursday at 07:45 EDT/13:45 CET with a Press Conference due at 08:30 EDT/14:30 CET, here are the key highlights: Unanimous expectations look for the ECB to leave its three key rates unchanged Ultimately, this week’s press conference is set …

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Top Secret: DoD Building $110 Million Drone Base In Niger If you thought America’s overseas wars had reached their limit – think again. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is building a new $110 million drone base in Niger, adding to its existing footprint of more than 800 military bases in more than 70 countries, …

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Turkish President Erdogan Blasts The US For "Sending 5,000 Trucks Loaded With Weapons To Northern Syria" On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sharply criticized the United States Armed Forces and its N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies for supplying weapons to Kurdish militias in Syria for free, while refusing to sell defense hardware to Turkey. “We …

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European Parliament Urges Boycott Of Soccer World Cup In Russia German Green Party member Rebecca Harms has initiated an open letter calling on EU governments to stay away from the FIFA World Cup taking place in Russia in June. Sixty Members of the European Parliament from 16 member states and 5 different political groups are …

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Did The West Just Lose World War III By Forfeit? Authored by James George Jatras via The Strategic Culture Foundation, In the fall of the year 1480, at a point not far from Moscow, two armies faced each other on the opposite banks of the Ugra River. On the one side were the forces of …

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Russia Exposes British Lies On Skripal, But Trail Leads To US Authored by M.K. Bhadrakumar via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Moscow says it has proof that the agent used in the UK attack is a chemical weapon patented in the US. So was this a covert operation aimed at ratcheting up tensions between the West …

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These Are The Men & Women Most-Admired By Brits In 2018 In 2002, David Attenborough was named among the 100 Greatest Britons by a BBC poll. And as Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, the veteran broadcaster and naturalist is still the most admired man in the UK, according to a new YouGov survey. Widely considered a national …

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The Global Smartphone Boom Has Peaked, IMF Warns As it turns out, Apple executives aren’t the only ones who should be worried about slowing smartphone sales: The trend has the potential to hammer global economic growth – especially in Asia, where the rise of mobile technology has created increasingly complex supply chains. The IMF highlights …

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