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Date: 05 August 2016
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Patrick LaForge, KJ Dell’Antonia and others.
كان ٥ أغسطس ٢٠١٦ الجمعة تحت علامة النجمة ♌. كان هذا هو يوم 217 من السنة. كان رئيس الولايات المتحدة Barack Obama.
إذا كنت قد ولدت في هذا اليوم ، فأنت تبلغ٪ s سنة. كان عيد ميلادك الأخير في 9 ، الثلاثاء، ٥ أغسطس ٢٠٢٥ يوم مضى. عيد ميلادك القادم في 303 ، بعد الأربعاء، ٥ أغسطس ٢٠٢٦ يوم. لقد عشت لمدة 61 يوم ، أو حوالي ٣٬٥٩٠ ساعة ، أو حوالي ٨٦٬١٨٣ دقيقة ، أو حوالي ٥٬١٧١٬٠٢٢ ثانية.
Date: 05 August 2016
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Patrick LaForge, KJ Dell’Antonia and others.
Date: 05 August 2016
By MIKE ISAAC and SYDNEY EMBER
Mike ISAAC
Facebook says it is aiming to eliminate what it calls 'clickbait,' or misleading news stories by changing its news feed algorithm so that these stories are ranked lower; move is designed to keep its 1.71 billion users regularly coming back to social network.
Date: 05 August 2016
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr
James McKINLEY
Justice Bonnie G Wittner of State Supreme Court in Manhattan rules New York Times reporter Frances Robles must testify about jailhouse interview with Conrado Juarez; holds notes and testimony of reporter shed critical light on only public statement Juarez made about killing toddler Anjelica Castillo, known as Baby Hope, besides his confession to police; Robles's lawyer says she will appeal decision immediately.
Date: 05 August 2016
By MICHAEL POWELL
Michael POWELL
Michael Powell Sports of the Times column recounts how embattled International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has repeatedly fumbled in his response to World Anti-Doping Agency report on Russian state-sponsored doping program.
Date: 06 August 2016
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 05 August 2016
By REUTERS
Date: 05 August 2016
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Anemona HARTOCOLLIS
Campus disruptions in last year, particularly at small, elite liberal arts institutions, have unexpectedly led to backlash from alumni who usually give generously to alma maters; among surprising complaints from alumni are that students are too invested in racial and identity politics, showing lack of respect for history, and that university administrators have been too meek in dealing with protesters whose messages defy concept of free speech.