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Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win , by Peter Schweizer, is a new best-seller. The disturbing relationship between Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the Chinese Communist regime receives a lot of attention. One of the most tense moments in that relationship happened when Gates went beyond personal computers to assist the Chinese in improving their nuclear reactors.
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Radiant, a California-based business, has received financing to construct a one-megawatt nuclear micro-reactor that fits in a shipping container, can power 1,000 households, and uses helium instead of water as a coolant.
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Before Bond and fame, Sean Connery spent his early 20s lifting weights and working odd jobs — including as a nude model for a reknowned Scottish art school.
The actor’s death at age 90 was
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Uber and Lyft saw their stocks soar after an eleventh-hour stay allowed the companies to avoid a service shutdown in California. The ride-hail giants were set to suspend service in their largest US market Thursday at midnight after a judge ruled they had violated the state’s Assembly Bill 5, which requires companies to classify their …
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Uber would be forced to shut down its ride-hailing operations in California if a court ruling that blocks it from classifying its drivers as independent contractors goes into effect, the company said in a court filing. A California judge on Monday granted the state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking Uber and rival Lyft from …
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Westerns and horror-film actor John Saxon, a Brooklyn native and star in the original “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” died Saturday, Deadline reported. He was 83. Saxon’s career included roles in some 200 films, and spanned more than 60 years. His passing was announced by his wife, who said he died from pneumonia in his …
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Welcome to “Inside the Actor’s Portfolio.” Late thespian and “Inside the Actors Studio” host James Lipton, left behind a $2.125 million estate to his wife, court records show. The 93-year-old TV writer — who died peacefully March 2 in his home after having battled bladder cancer, TMZ reported — left his estate to his third …
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Actor Johnny Ortiz has been charged with attempted murder, according to a report. The actor, who starred alongside Kevin Costner in “McFarland USA,” has been held on $1,120,000 bond since his arrest in May, TMZ reported. Ortiz and another man, Armando Miguel Navarro, allegedly tried to kill Brian Duke “for the benefit of … a …
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Jenny Slate has announced she is exiting Netflix’s animated series “Big Mouth” to make room for a person of color to voice her black character. The actress, 38, posted a lengthy note about her “meaningful anti-racist action” on Instagram and noted that by portraying her biracial character Missy Foreman-Greenwald for the past three seasons, she …
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“Days of Our Lives” actress Melissa Reeves is catching heat from her co-stars and the long-running soap’s fans for coming out against the Black Lives Matter movement. Earlier this week it was revealed that Reeves — who has played Jennifer Horton on the NBC sudser on and off for the past three decades — “liked” …
Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win , by Peter Schweizer, is a new best-seller. The disturbing relationship between Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the Chinese Communist regime receives a lot of attention. One of the most tense moments in that relationship happened when Gates went beyond personal computers to assist the Chinese in improving their nuclear reactors.
