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Scientists grow diamonds that can bend and stretch like rubber – BGR

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Shooting Greenland in Winter: Part 1 – Uummannaq Whiteout: Digital Photography Review

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Germany’s Largest Public TV News Broadcaster: Syria Chemical Attack “Most Likely Staged” | Zero Hedge

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  • Kenny MacAskill: Nicola Sturgeon creates ‘New SNP’ and undemocratic regime 31 May 2018
  • MSM Is Frantically Attacking Dissenting Syria Narratives, And It Looks Really Bad 24 Apr 2018
  • BIGGEST FINANCIAL EVENT IN A GENERATION | Jim Willie On Metals & Markets | Silver Doctors 24 Apr 2018
  • Germany’s Largest Public TV News Broadcaster: Syria Chemical Attack “Most Likely Staged” | Zero Hedge 24 Apr 2018
  • More Brexit defeats for No 10 in Lords amid reports of cabinet split 24 Apr 2018
  • 20 killed including bride as Saudi-led coalition airstrike hits a wedding party in Yemen 24 Apr 2018
  • Polish war refugee who served in British Army turned down for UK passport | News | The Times 24 Apr 2018
  • New photos a walk through Dundee’s history from 1900s up until 1998 – Evening Telegraph 24 Apr 2018
  • These are TripAdvisor’s 10 best cities in the world 24 Apr 2018
  • 6 Destinations with Stunning Flower-Covered Façades | Architectural Digest 24 Apr 2018
  • Poppy Delevingne and T.R. Knight on bringing Picasso’s extraordinary world to life in Nat Geo’s ‘Genius’ 24 Apr 2018
  • ‘Doctor Who’: 10 Things You May Not Know About ‘Into the Dalek’ | Anglophenia | BBC America 24 Apr 2018
  • Did you know that these 36 everyday phrases were created by Shakespeare? – Morley Observer and Advertiser 24 Apr 2018
  • The Avengers: How Joss Whedon & Marvel Made the Battle of New York – Thrillist 24 Apr 2018
  • Veteran who survived bomb blast has first total penis and scrotum transplant in the world 24 Apr 2018
  • Scientists grow diamonds that can bend and stretch like rubber – BGR 24 Apr 2018
  • Amber Rudd’s position ‘untenable’ after Windrush scandal | The National 23 Apr 2018
  • Few Tories even grasp what Windrush says about them | Isabel Hardman | Opinion | The Guardian 23 Apr 2018
  • Ben Jennings on identity checks at elections – cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian 23 Apr 2018
  • Index on Disgrace – Craig Murray 23 Apr 2018
  • Shooting Greenland in Winter: Part 1 – Uummannaq Whiteout: Digital Photography Review 23 Apr 2018
  • 8 Things To Expect at a Yoga Retreat in India – Women’s Health 23 Apr 2018
  • In New York City, following in David Bowie’s footsteps | Stuff.co.nz 23 Apr 2018
  • Blue blooms: Matisse is having a fashion moment this spring | Fashion | The Guardian 23 Apr 2018
  • Graphic Novelists Argue Medium Is “Twice as Hard” to Create Than Prose or Scripts | Hollywood Reporter 23 Apr 2018
  • ‘The Seagull’: Tribeca Review | Reviews | Screen 23 Apr 2018
  • China’s AI dream is well on its way to becoming a reality | South China Morning Post 23 Apr 2018
  • Natalie Portman Rejects Israel Prize in Light of its Crimes in Gaza | BDS Movement 23 Apr 2018
  • The UK Refused To Raid A Company Suspected Of Money Laundering, Citing Its Tory Donations 22 Apr 2018
  • Ekklesia | Charity takes legal action against DWP for disabled claimants’ arrears 22 Apr 2018
  • Sticking plaster solutions to poverty are no longer working | Morning Star 22 Apr 2018
  • MICHAEL WHITE: Storms are gathering for vulnerable Theresa May | Latest Brexit news and top stories – The New European 22 Apr 2018
  • I used to be a Tory. The Windrush scandal makes me glad I left | Derek Laud | Opinion | The Guardian 22 Apr 2018
  • Photos of colorful, expansive flower fields in the Netherlands near one of the world’s largest flower gardens 22 Apr 2018
  • Travel: Exploring the Kintyre penisula – The Scotsman 22 Apr 2018
  • Andre Rieu on the screen in Keighley | Keighley News 22 Apr 2018
  • Three lesser-known websites that will save you a ton of money on flights | The Independent 22 Apr 2018
  • This App Will Guide Your Travel To Saga Prefecture In Japan | Star2.com 22 Apr 2018
  • The Cast of Westworld Explains Why the Show Is a Must-Watch for Horror Fans – Dread Central 22 Apr 2018
  • Neurosurgeon Eric Leuthardt: ‘An interface between mind and machine will happen’ | Science | The Guardian 22 Apr 2018
  • Tomorrow by Elisabeth Russell Taylor | Nudge 22 Apr 2018
  • Judges as susceptible to gender bias as laypeople — and sometimes more so — ScienceDaily 22 Apr 2018
  • Time to ditch the front door key? Nest’s new wireless smart lock is surprisingly convenient • The Register 22 Apr 2018
  • Once Upon A Time Long Ago Truth Was Important – PaulCraigRoberts.org 21 Apr 2018
  • “The Unclothed Body is Our Primary Vessel”: Photographing Vulnerability | AnOther 21 Apr 2018
  • Boston tops list of best summer vacation spots in the US – The Boston Globe 21 Apr 2018
  • Marvellous Malta: More Than Just This Year’s Capital Of Culture 21 Apr 2018
  • This ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Time Travel Theory Is Blowing Fans’ Minds 21 Apr 2018
  • Revolutionary Rodin and Tahiti before Gauguin – the week in art | Art and design | The Guardian 21 Apr 2018
  • Book Review: The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu | Press and Journal 21 Apr 2018
  • Jo Nesbo Reimagines ‘Macbeth’ – The New York Times 21 Apr 2018
  • Frustration be gone: this robot will build Ikea furniture for you | TechRadar 21 Apr 2018
  • American Anti-Soviet Union morphs into American Anti-Russia 20 Apr 2018
  • Containers with chlorine from Germany, smoke bombs from UK’s Salisbury found in E. Ghouta – Moscow — RT World News 20 Apr 2018
  • Hot stuff: the world’s most awesome deserts | Wanderlust 20 Apr 2018
  • Surprising starts to some of Britain’s most beautiful train journeys | The Independent 20 Apr 2018
  • ‘Deadpool 2’: A Handy Guide to the X-Force and Peter | Hollywood Reporter 20 Apr 2018
  • Is This the Most Important Exhibition of 2018? Take a Look Inside the Louvre’s Massive Delacroix Retrospective | artnet News 20 Apr 2018
  • Trick by Domenico Starnone review – a compelling tale of calamity | Books | The Guardian 20 Apr 2018
  • Book Review: Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce | Press and Journal 20 Apr 2018
  • The Photographer Turning His Lens on America’s Illegal Wildlife Trade | AnOther 20 Apr 2018
  • Chemistry in Pictures: Disco DOM 20 Apr 2018
  • The Rape of Russia, an Interview with F. William Engdahl (Audio) 19 Apr 2018
  • The End of U.S. Empire | KPFA 19 Apr 2018
  • British Democracy is Dysfunctional – Craig Murray 19 Apr 2018
  • Welfare: Protest erupts over universal credit disaster | Morning Star 19 Apr 2018
  • Dead soldier’s mother tells Tory MP to quit over ‘disgusting’ behaviour in Iraq | HeraldScotland 19 Apr 2018
  • Russia’s foreign minister says relations “worse than in Cold War” | City A.M. 19 Apr 2018
  • Claims about Syria Attack “Unraveling” | Accuracy.Org 19 Apr 2018
  • The Crock of Appeasement – Antiwar.com Original 19 Apr 2018
  • Senior Civil Servants Still Deeply Sceptical of Russian Responsibility for Skripal Poisoning – Craig Murray 19 Apr 2018
  • How To Photograph Lighthouses In The Landscape 19 Apr 2018
  • Visit Strasbourg, one of France’s most intriguing cities | The Seattle Times 19 Apr 2018
  • Most Beautiful Rest Stops in America Photos | Architectural Digest 19 Apr 2018
  • Doomsday Clock (2017-2018) comic book review | Sci-Fi Movie Page 19 Apr 2018
  • What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week – The New York Times 19 Apr 2018
  • Circe, Madeline Miller, review: Feminist re-write of The Odyssey turns tale of subjugation into one of empowerment | The Independent 19 Apr 2018
  • A debut author’s advice on writing your first novel | British GQ 19 Apr 2018
  • Amateur mathematician cracks decades-old math problem | Science | AAAS 19 Apr 2018
  • Square Off Chess Board Uses AI To Move Pieces By Itself | Digital Trends 19 Apr 2018
  • The NHS continues to be ‘alarmingly under-funded’, says health conference | Article, News | News | UNISON National 19 Apr 2018
  • U.S.-led forces appear to be using white phosphorus in populated areas in Iraq and Syria – The Washington Post 18 Apr 2018
  • Alas, this is far from over! | The Vineyard of the Saker 18 Apr 2018
  • Trump Isn’t the First War Criminal President – He Should be the Last – Antiwar.com Blog 18 Apr 2018
  • Syria Robert Fisk’s Douma visit shows evidence of chemical attack ‘flimsy at best,’ Labour’s Chris Williamson charges | Morning Star 18 Apr 2018
  • Craig Murray : Living in Goebbels Land 18 Apr 2018
  • Japanese Artist Takashi Murakami on Sneakerheads and Subcultures | AnOther 18 Apr 2018
  • Gili Islands, Indonesia | CN Traveller 18 Apr 2018
  • The hidden charms of Singapore’s Little India – Destinations – The Jakarta Post 18 Apr 2018
  • Union Workers Rally at Tate Modern, Protesting Corporate Sponsor 18 Apr 2018
  • Jesmyn Ward | ‘I want to tell the truth about this place’ | The Bookseller 18 Apr 2018
  • Mohsin Hamid Speaks to Mayor’s Book Club: Author fills Central Library for talk about his Exit West – Arts – The Austin Chronicle 18 Apr 2018
  • Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic waste | Alphr 18 Apr 2018
  • Astronomers discovery trio of gas giant planets orbiting distant stars – BGR 18 Apr 2018
  • America’s Long History of Trying to Determine Who Rules Syria – Consortiumnews 17 Apr 2018
  • Allies vague on evidence linking Syria to chemical attack – ABC News 17 Apr 2018
  • Syria and the Revolt of the ‘Deplorables’ – Antiwar.com Original 17 Apr 2018
  • A Scottish MP asks the question on everyone’s lips during the parliamentary debate on Syria | The Canary 17 Apr 2018
  • Why You Should Use People In Your Landscapes 17 Apr 2018
  • Cheap Booze and Communist Nostalgia Are Always a Winning Formula – Roads & Kingdoms 17 Apr 2018

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