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Epstein put assets in trust two days before suicide: Report

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote a will two days before he died, putting his $578 million in assets into a trust with unnamed beneficiaries, the New York Post reported.

UNESCO urged to remove Belgian festival from heritage list over 'savage' in blackface

Antiracism campaigners called on UNESCO to remove a Belgian folklore festival from its cultural heritage list unless organizers stop parading characters in blackface.

El Salvador rape victim acquitted over stillbirth murder charge

A young rape victim who was suspected of having an abortion and charged with homicide after having a stillborn child was acquitted by a judge at a retrial in a case that attracted international attention to El Salvador’s strict abortion laws.

New York officer fired, but tensions still high where Eric Garner died

Hassan Johnson was getting his head shaved on Monday at the same barber shop Eric Garner used to visit.

US startup reveals world's 'largest computer chip' for AI tasks

A Californian-based startup unveiled what it says is the world's largest computer chip.

A supernova was hiding in Antarctica’s snow

Earth is continuously plowing through extraterrestrial dust. Tens of thousands of tons of the stuff, mostly from asteroids and comets, settles all over the planet every year. We are the shoulder to a universe of dandruff.

Space telescope offers rare glimpse of Earth-sized rocky exoplanet

Direct observations from a NASA space telescope for the first time revealed the atmospheric void of a rocky, Earth-sized world beyond our own Solar System orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy, according to a study released on Monday.

Plans detailed for first US mission to land on Moon since Apollo

The first American spacecraft expected to land on the Moon in nearly 50 years will be an unmanned robotic lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology Inc. and launched in two years by United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket, the companies told Reuters.

Iranian MP rejects reports that Chabahar port will be leased by Russia

A member of the Iranian Parliament rejected reports suggesting that Russia is taking over in Chabahar, a strategic port in southeast Iran, to replace India after it reportedly withdrew from development plans for the region.

Iran exports 630,000 tons of goods to Iraq via Mehran border

Some 630,000 tons of goods were exported to neighboring Iraq through Mehran border in western Iran during March 21-July 22, 2019, said the director general of Ilam Customs Office on Sunday.

Pedro Costa’s ‘Vitalina Varela’ triumphs at Locarno Film Festival

The 72nd Locarno Film Festival drew to a close with Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa’s dark and detached film, ‘Vitalina Varela,’ coming away with several awards together with superlatives from segments of the hardcore cinephile crowd, including jury president Catherine Breillat.

LUCAS film festival to feature Iran’s ‘Walnut’

Iranian film ‘Walnut,’ directed by Mohammad-Reza Haji-Gholami, was set to compete at the LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers in Germany.

Iran names ‘Finding Farideh’ for 2019 Academy Awards consideration

Iranian documentary ‘Finding Farideh,’ co-directed by Azadeh Mousavi and Kourosh Ataei, was selected as Iran’s submission for best foreign language film in the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards.

Afghan minister invites Iran’s investors for collaboration in power generation

Afghan Minister of Water and Energy Mohammad Gul Khulmi invited Iranian private investors involved in the power industry to help boost electricity generation in Afghanistan.

MP: Iran’s gov’t must submit bill on changing budget structure

The spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board said the country’s government has been obliged to submit a bill by late September that would change the structure of the national budget.