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Top lab CERN launches key new accelerator
Europe's top physics lab CERN launched its newest particle accelerator on Tuesday, billed as a key step towards future experiments that could unlock the universe's greatest mysteries. The Linac 4 accelerator will by 2021 be connected to CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful proton smasher. The Geneva lab has long voiced hope that an enhanced LHC may help uncover new particles, possibly proving the existence of extra space-time dimensions.
Condoleezza Rice on whether Russian influence delegitimized the election of Trump: ‘Absolutely not’
On May 9, Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric spoke with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election. Rice said she is “absolutely furious with the Russians,” but that “we have confidence in our democratic institutions, we have confidence in our elections, we have confidence in the outcome.”
Jakarta governor: popular leader targeted by hardline anger
Jakarta's Christian governor, who was jailed for blasphemy Tuesday, won much praise for his efforts to clean up the traffic-choked megacity but his popularity could not save him from Islamic hardliners angered by his comments about the Koran. With his outspoken, combative style and can-do attitude, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama cut an unusual figure among the political elite in Muslim-majority Indonesia, where politicians typically take a more gentle, persuasive approach. The 50-year-old -- known by his nickname Ahok -- regularly railed against corruption in one of the world's most graft-ridden countries and led sting operations to catch lazy bureaucrats, drawing praise from a public weary of the city's inefficiences.
The Latest: Crowds mass at jail where Jakarta governor held
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on the blasphemy trial of the Indonesian capital's minority Christian governor, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama (all times local):
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