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Pentagon chief spokeswoman under investigation

Dana White, one of Secretary James Mattis’ most senior civilian advisers, is being investigated by the Defense Department Office of Inspector General for allegedly retaliating against staff members after she used some of them to conduct her personal errands and business matters, sources say. CNN’s Barbara Starr reports.

Tags: Barbara Starr, Dana White, Defense Department, Investigation, Pentagon, USA, Washington

Elon Musk startles Wall Street with tweet on possibly taking Tesla private

Tesla CEO Elon Musk stunned Wall Street on Tuesday by saying he may be preparing to take his struggling company private. The announcement sent the company’s stock price soaring and led the NASDAQ to stop trading Tesla shares for a short time. Tony Dokoupil reports.

Tags: CBS, Elon Musk, Technological innovation, Tesla, Tesla price, Wall Street

Shark jump! Watch shark jump at scientist on boat

Marine scientist Gregory Skomal talks to CNN’s New Day about his close encounter with a great white shark that was caught on video.

Tags: Boat, CNN News, Gregory Skomal, Scientist, Shark, Shark jump

My Indian Life with Kalki Koechlin

Life for young Indian adults in the 21st century explored by Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin. Real stories from India – sometimes raw, often uplifting. BBC

Tags: BBC News, Bollywood, India, India Today, Kalki Koechlin, Lifestyle, My Indian Life

Here’s what troops on US-Mexico border are actually doing

CNN’s Martin Savidge visited the US-Mexico border to learn what hundreds of National Guard troops deployed there are permitted to do.

Tags: CNN, Martin Savidge, Mexico, USA, USA borders

Lebanese Trailblazers: Recycling mindsets

The world now stands together to fight single-use plastic but in a third-world country this might feel like a lonely cause.
Joslin creates initiatives to convince the community to step away from plastic in a country ridden by a rubbish crisis.
BBC

Tags: crisis, Lebanese news, Lebanon, Recycling mindsets, Technological innovation

The largest flock of pink pelicans flew to Kalmykia

Tags: Kalmykia, Pelicans, Pink pelicans, Wildlife

Cruise line faces backlash over shooting of polar bear

A German cruise line is facing outrage after one of its employees shot and killed a wild polar bear in Norway after the animal attacked one of its employees.
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises said its ship was docked at Spitsbergen, the largest island on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago when the bear attacked a guard hired to go on shore before passengers to ensure there aren’t any polar bears in the area.

Tags: Germany, Polar bear, Wildlife

China starts buying Russian gaz

The European Union (EU) has agreed to step up LNG imports from the United States, Trump said earlier this week following his talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who confirmed the plans and announced the EU’s intention to build more terminals for this purpose. In 2017, the US supplied 3 bln cubic meters of gas to Europe, which is considered to be a small portion, considering that Europe’s total consumption reached around 500 bln cubic meters last year. The US is going to deliver another 8.4 bln cubic meters by 2020 pursuant to long-term contracts (there are four of them in total).
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Tags: Analytical Credit Rating Agency, China, Nord Stream 2, Russia, Russian gaz, Skolkovo, Skolkovo Business School, US-China Trade War, Vygon Consulting

USA: Eleven years old and locked up

The separation of migrant children from their parents at the border was part of President Trump’s zero tolerance policy towards immigrants.
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Tags: Florida, Migrants, Orlando, Patricia Sulbaran Lovera, President Trump, Rescuing child, Save the Children, USA, zero-tolerance