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Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday vowed to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook if elected US president to promote competition in the techn sector.

Warren, who is on a vie to be in the top positions in the presidential candidates said in a blog that on their way to the top, the big tech companies purchased a long list of potential competitors, like Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram.

She wrote: “They’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else. And in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation,”, said in reuters reports.

Amazon unexpectedly cancelled plans in February to build an important outpost in the neighborhood that might have created 25,000 jobs, blaming opposition from local leaders.

In an event held near the proposed Amazon site, Warren said that large tech companies come into towns, cities and states and “bully everyone into doing what they want” and “roll right over” small businesses and startups which are a threat.

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Natural Disaster News

US President Donald Trump visits communities in Eastern Alabama after deadly tornadoes that killed at least 23 people. Trump and his wife Melania Trump took a helicopter troll of the area before visiting the homes of some victims.

The Sunday’s tornadoes were the heaviest that hits the state since 2013. The President and his wife also visited a disaster relief center at the Providence Baptist Church in Opelika. They stopped at a memorial to honor the 23 people who were killed by the tornadoes.

Trump and Melania stood in front of 23 white crosses, decorated with flowers. The victims includes children also. Many people got injured by the tornadoes.

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Paris is a favorite spot or photographers and instagrammers. ‘Rue Cremieux’, the pretty cobbled street has become a trending destination for instagrammers.

The residents of this street are disturbed by these activities. BBC reports that these residents are calling on the city council to restrict access at certain times.

Reports says that the residents of this street have requested the city council to provide a gate that can be closed at peak times – evenings, weekends and at sunrise and sunset.

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Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said that the UK decides to provide diplomatic protection to British-Iranian mother. This is to underline the government’s belief that Iran has made an unjust behavior in her treatment.

Hunt said that this move is unlikely to be a “magic wand”. He said that formally it recognizes that the U.K. government views her treatment as unjust and illegal.

In a video statement in Twitter, Hunt said that “This represents a formal recognition by the British Government that her treatment fails to meet Iran’s obligations under international law and elevates it to a formal state-to-state issue”.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was a project manager in the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested in April 2016 as she headed back to Britain with her daughter after a family visit.

She was convicted of plotting to overthrow Iran’s clerical establishment. The charge was denied by her family.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe had a hunger strike in protest at her treatment in jail. She had several health issues. She was undergoing tests for breast cancer and a series of panic attacks, and her emotional state had gone worse during her confinement.

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Food Trending

Ingredients:

  • Water : 2 cups
  • Oil
  • Salt for taste
  • Penna Pasta : 1 cup
  • Chopped garlic : 1 tbsp
  • Carrot : 1 tbsp
  • Corn : 1 tbsp
  • Capsicum : 1 tbsp
  • Flour : 2 tbsp
  • Milk : 1.5 cup
  • Chilly flakes : 1 tsp
  • Black pepper powder: 1 tsp
  • Coriander leaves for garnishing

Preparation:

Take a pan and pour 2 cups of water into it. Bring it to boil. Add 1 tbsp of oil into it. Then add 1 tsp of salt. Stir it well. Add 1 cup of Penna Pasta into the boiling water. It is better to use Durum wheat pasta for better health and nutrition.

Check the pasta after 5-7 minutes. If pasta is boiled, take out the pasta into a bowl. Heat some oil in a pan and add 1 tbsp chopped garlic into it. Stir it well until it turns light brown color. Add carrots, corns and capsicum into the pan. Mix it well. Saute for a while and take it out into a plate.

Melt some butter in the same pan. Add 2 tbsp of flour. Roast it well. Add 1.5 cup of milk gradually. Using a whisk, mix it well. Cook the sauce properly. Add 1 tsp of chilly flakes and 1 tsp of freshly ground black pepper into it. Add salt to taste and mix it well.

Add the fried vegetables into the sauce and mix well. Add the boiled pasta and blend well. The tasty pasta in white sauce is ready. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot!

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Russian Parliament has passed two bills on Thursday. The first bill bans any activities of ‘disrespect’ to the state, its officials and Russian society. The second one is against spreading of what the Kremlin perceives to be ‘fake news’. It is expected that the Russian President Vladimir Putin will be signing these bills into law soon.

Both these new crimes carries heavy fines. It is reported that oppositions came from journalists, human rights group and even government ministers. The body will consider both the bills on 13th March.

The punishments for the ‘disrespect’ to the state includes fines up to 100,000 roubles (£1,150; $1,500). Repeated violations of the law could double or even triple the amount in fines, or a 15-day jail sentence.

The punishments for spreading ‘fake news’ varies. Individuals, officials and businesses will be fined 300,000, 600,000 or 1 million roubles respectively if the news spread affects “functioning of critical infrastructure” like transport or communications. The articles that containing “blatant disrespect” for the government or “public morality” should be deleted within 24 hours.

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Food

The French Provencal stewed vegetable dish – Ratatouille.

Ingredients:

  • Onion, sliced thin : 1
  • Garlic cloves, minced : 2
  • Olive oil : 5 tablespoons
  • A 3/4-pound eggplant, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 cups)
  • Dried oregano : 1/4 teaspoon
  • Dried thyme : 1/4 teaspoon
  • Ground coriander : 1/8 teaspoon
  • Fennel seeds : 1/4 teaspoon
  • Salt : 3/4 teaspoon
  • Shredded fresh basil leaves : 1/2 cup

Preparation:

In a large bowl, cook the onion and the garlic in 2 tablespoons of the oil at a moderately low heat, stirring, until the onion is softened. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil and heat it over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking.

Add the eggplant and cook the mixture, stirring, for 8 minutes, or until the eggplant is softened. Stir in the zucchini and the bell pepper and cook the mixture over the moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for 12 minutes.

Stir in the tomatoes and cook the mixture, stirring occassionaly, for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender. Stir in the oregano, the thyme, the coriander, the fennel seeds, the salt, and pepper to taste and cook the mixture, stirring, for 1 minute.

Stir in the basil and combine the mixture well. The ratatouille can be made 1 day in advance, kept covered and chilled, Reheated before serving.

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Food

Ingredients:

  • Button mushrooms: 5
  • Green onion chopped : 1
  • Salt
  • White pepper
  • Eggs: 2
  • Milk : 2 tbsp
  • Cooking oil : 1 tbsp
  • Butter : 1 tsp
  • Cheese : 1 slice

Preparation:

Slice the button mushrooms into small sized pieces. Chop the green onion. Put the eggs, milk, salt and white pepper powder in a bowl and mix it well. Take a pan and heat 1 tbsp of cooking oil in medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the sliced mushroom pieces. Season with salt and white pepper. Stir well and fry until the mushroom is cooked.

Transfer the cooked mushroom into a dish and set aside. In a pan, heat the cooking oil and melt the butter. Once the oil is hot and butter is melted, add the egg mixture into it. When the egg begins to set, add cheese. After that , add the mushrooms into it. and fold it in half.

Transfer the egg into a dish and garnish with chopped green onion. Serve hot!

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Entertainment News Video

A spectacular display of lightning decorated the Southern California night sky on Tuesday. At one point, 1,489 pulses of lightning in just five minutes off the California coast has been recorded by the National Weather Service (NWS).

A heavy group of thunderstorms created the beautiful visual effect. Earth Networks detected More than 20,000 pulses of lightning from 6 p.m. to midnight according to WTOP meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli.

Three terminals at Los Angeles International Airport also experienced the lightning and it struck a plane. Reports said that no harm were happened to the passengers and the Delta flight to Seattle returned to the airport, where passengers later boarded a different plane.

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News

‘Leaving Neverland’ is a long awaited documentary. Michael Jackson’s nephew Taj Jackson appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday ahead of the UK airing of Leaving Neverland, the four-hour documentary in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck allege child sex abuse claims against Michael.

In 2005, Michael Jackson was acquitted in a trial, in which he was accused of child molestation. Until his death in 2009, Michael had denied all allegations of sexual harassment against children.

Taj Jackson said that he felt ‘angry, hurt and betrayed’ by one of the men who put Michael Jackson in the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland. Taj said: “You don’t put someone that you molested for seven years as your star defence witness,”. He added :”My uncle was probably one of the most scrutinised people in the world. It would have to be the most elaborate scheme the world has ever seen.”

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