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MTV Movie Awards expands into television

New York, United States | AFP |  The MTV Movie Awards, an annual celebration of youth pop culture, will expand this year to include television in a recognition of the power of the small screen. The network announced Monday that the gala will be rechristened the MTV Movie and TV …

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Five of Israel’s largest tech deals

Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | US giant Intel announced Monday it would buy Israeli car tech firm Mobileye for more than $15 billion (14 billion euros), the largest cross-border tech deal in the Jewish state’s history. Mobileye makes advanced driver assistance for car manufacturers, and has already collaborated with Intel and …

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Trump fires prominent US prosecutor who refused order to quit

New York, United States | AFP | High-profile New York prosecutor Preet Bharara — who was among the federal attorneys asked to resign by the White House — was fired Saturday, he announced on Twitter. US President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday demanded the resignations of 46 US prosecutors appointed …

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Sudan summons US envoy to protest new Trump travel ban

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan summoned on Thursday US charge d’affaires Steven Koutsis to protest President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban which bars its citizens from entering the United States. “The US charge d’affaires was informed of Sudan’s discontent over the decisions issued by the American adminstration on March 6,” …

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Trump invites Palestinian leader Abbas to White House ‘soon’

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories | AFP | US President Donald Trump has invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House “soon”, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Friday. During their first phone call since Trump’s inauguration in January, the US president invited Abbas “to visit the White …

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US military faces burgeoning nude picture-sharing scandal

Washington, United States | AFP | The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared without their consent by male colleagues have turned up on secret social media sites. US Defense Minister Jim Mattis denounced the practice as “egregious violations of the fundamental …

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More than 730 change gender on NY birth certificates

New York, United States | AFP |  More than 730 people aged five to 76 have changed gender on New York birth certificates since 2015, an explosion in applications after rules were relaxed two years ago, officials said Thursday. The 731 gender-change applications approved since January 2015 come in stark …

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