Iran's Revolutionary Guards Deny Trying to Stop British Tanker in Gulf-Fars News
Date: 11 July 2019
By Reuters
Iran's Revolutionary Guards rejected on Thursday a U.S. claim that they tried to stop a British tanker in the Gulf a day earlier, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
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Exclusive: Echo Chambers-Fake News Fact-Checks Hobbled by Low Reach, Study Shows
Date: 11 July 2019
By Reuters
The European Union has called on Facebook and other platforms to invest more in fact-checking, but a new study shows those efforts may rarely reach the communities worst affected by fake news.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Deny Trying to Stop British Tanker in Gulf-Fars News
Date: 11 July 2019
By Reuters
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards rejected on Thursday a U.S. claim that they tried to stop a British tanker in the Gulf a day earlier, the Guards said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency.
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Trump to Back Down From Citizenship Question on U.S. Census to Have Different Survey: ABC News
Date: 11 July 2019
By Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to back down on Thursday from putting a citizenship question on the census, instead issuing an executive order to survey the American public by other means, ABC News reported.
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NOT REAL NEWS: Obama Didn't End Census Citizenship Question
Date: 11 July 2019
By The Associated Press
Former President Barack Obama did not eliminate a question about citizenship from the 2010 census, as blogs and social media posts have falsely reported in recent days.
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Reporters Without Borders Urges Saudi Arabia to Free 30 Jailed Journalists
Date: 10 July 2019
By Megan Specia
Megan Specia
The press freedom group met with the Saudi foreign minister and justice minister this year, in a visit spurred by outrage over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
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Uncle Trump Wants You! (To Join His Troll Army)
Date: 11 July 2019
By Charlie Warzel
Charlie Warzel
The White House meme summit was a circus. But you shouldn’t dismiss it.
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How a Longtime Tech Editor Keeps His Tech Use Simple
Date: 10 July 2019
By Jim Kerstetter
Jim Kerstetter
Why complicate things with unproven bleeding-edge tech? Jim Kerstetter, deputy tech editor, also shops local and stays away from Uber and Postmates.
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Mississippi Politician Denies Access to Female Reporter So as Not to ‘Insinuate’ an Affair
Date: 10 July 2019
By Karen Zraick
Karen Zraick
Robert Foster, a state representative, invoked the “Billy Graham rule” of not spending time alone with women other than one’s wife.
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Trump’s Asia Gamble: Shatter Enduring Strategies on China and North Korea
Date: 11 July 2019
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
Trump officials are pursuing unorthodox Asia policies that are winning more support across Washington, including from some Democrats. But the moves could deepen conflicts.
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