The Daily Populous

Sunday February 23rd, 2020 morning edition

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Queen Elizabeth II, currently the world's longest-reigning monarch, met President Donald Trump for an official state visit to the United Kingdom on Monday.

Since 1951, the year before she ascended to the throne, the Queen has met with 12 US presidents and helped facilitate the US and UK's diplomatic relations.

Here's what the queen's relationships and meetings with US presidents have been like from Harry Truman to Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has landed in the UK for the second time.

She traveled to Washington, DC for the first time to meet President Harry Truman in 1951 when she was a still a princess, and most recently hosted President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle when he visited England last year.

Here's what the queen's relationships and meetings with US presidents have been like, from Harry Truman to Donald Trump. »

Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’

Authored by latimes.com

But one of the strategies — deploying a large number of Twitter accounts to push out identical messages — has backfired.

On Friday, Twitter began suspending 70 accounts posting pro-Bloomberg content in a pattern that violates company rules.

“We have taken enforcement action on a group of accounts for violating our rules against platform manipulation and spam,” a Twitter spokesman said. »

Russia-linked disinformation campaign fueling coronavirus alarm, US says

Authored by news.yahoo.com

The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the COVID-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid to damage the US image around the world by seizing on health concerns.

"By spreading disinformation about coronavirus, Russian malign actors are once again choosing to threaten public safety by distracting from the global health response," he said.

The disinformation campaign was identified by US monitors in mid-January after Chinese officials announced a third death from the new coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. »

Reality Shows Don’t Have to Be Cruel

Authored by theatlantic.com

Two former Love Island contestants have also killed themselves in the past three years.

The appeal of reality television is that everyone you’re watching is a “real person,” not some Hollywood megastar with a gazillion publicists.

Many of the most successful reality-television shows in recent years have been “warm-bath television,” soothing, even numbing, experiences. »

Mortality rate by education level: Chart shows where people end up

Authored by inverse.com

Each educational step a person obtained led to 1.37 years of added life expectancy on average, the study suggests.

Here is how the age-adjusted mortality rate per 1,000 persons breaks down by education level, according to the study:.

Since the study began, scientists have consistently collected each individual's demographic data, educational level, and health outcomes at different time points. »