Thursday, April 18, 2019

18 April - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM


  • We visit with Michael Schiess, the executive director of the Pacific Pinball Museum who keeps old pinball machines in playable condition.
  • Opinion: Controlling the spread of insidious content online is extremely difficult—but combining efforts across platforms raise serious threats to free expression...

    • Part scientific instrument and part vacation destination, China's FAST radio telescope welcomed visitors with their radio wave-emitting gadgets—until it didn't...

  • The report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, covers his investigation into Russian election interference, any ties to the Trump campaign and possible presidential...
  • Some of President Trump’s advisers are concerned about whether he will retaliate against them if the report reveals them as sources of damaging details...

    • North Korea had declared a moratorium on missile tests after the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in November 2017.

      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti







  •   BBC News - UK



  • A dozen named groups and individuals will be purged from the social network, it said.
  • Holly Eastall says she felt suicidal after being falsely accused of abuse following her baby's death.

    • Former beauty queen Sophie Gradon was found dead by her boyfriend who killed himself days later.



      National Geographic News




  • From eggs to bunnies, there are almost as many ways to observe Easter as there are countries.
  • A tech-savvy art historian uses lasers to understand how medieval builders constructed their architectural masterpieces.

    • The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.


      Reuters: World News




  • Thirteen people are dead and 142 still missing from a passenger boat that sank this week on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the president said on Thursday...
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will travel to Russia in the second half of this month and meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Thursday...

    • A time lapse camera installed just hours before Monday's devastating blaze at Notre-Dame de Paris may contain vital clues as to what caused the inferno, a French scaffolding company...


  • A photo taken yesterday (April 17) by DigitalGlobe's sharp-eyed WorldView-2 satellite shows the damage done to the famous 850-year-old Paris church.
  • Investment into space companies hit a record high in 2018, exceeding $3 billion with no sign of an imminent downturn, according to a new report by a consulting firm...

    • NASA's next long-duration spaceflight mission has already begun, and doctors are excited about what it could teach them.

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