Yahoo - World News

• newAmid 'summer of the gun,' Canada sees US firearms debate creeping north
  This might sound like a familiar storyline in the United States. While streets in Canada are much less violent and its debate about guns much less virulent than in the US, many see an American “creep,” both in the prevalence of guns and the pol…
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• newThe nature of talking in Turkey
  When financial markets were put on edge this past week by Turkey’s shaky economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to offer some advice. Turkey, after all, is the largest economy between Italy and India, a pivotal state between East and We…
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• newRussia takes a new look at an old enemy: Genghis Khan
  In the south of Buryatia, near the present-day border with Mongolia, there is a mountain-sized rock outcropping known locally as the Merkit Fortress, which looks out over the arid, rolling steppe that gradually fades into the Gobi Desert a few hundr…
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• newCan tourist meccas beat the heat?
  For Christopher Warren, global warming has gotten uncomfortably up close and personal. Dr. Warren and his wife run Crystal Creek Meadows, a rural get-away tourist resort a couple of hours outside Sydney, Australia. Weird weather in Europe this sum…
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theguardian - World

• newSuperannuation scandal: four steps to ensure you're not being ripped off
  After the royal commission exposed large-scale rorting of super accounts, we explain how you can check whether your nest egg is being looked afterThe banking royal commission finished its interrogation of the superannuation industry this week with…
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• newSyria: US preparing for final stage of anti-Isis push despite $200m funding cut
  Administration officials seek to reassure allies as US pulls funds for stabilizing captured areas, citing contributions from alliesThe US is preparing for the “final phase” in its war against the Islamic State in Syria, aimed at concentrations…
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• newMiss America accuses pageant leaders of bullying and manipulation
  Cara Mund made the allegations against chairwoman Gretchen Carlson and CEO Regina Hopper in a letter to former titleholdersThe reigning Miss America has accused the pageant’s leaders of bullying and manipulating her, in the latest controversy to…
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• newTesla's stock falls sharply after Elon Musk reveals 'excruciating' year
  Musk says he has endured ‘the most difficult and painful’ time in emotional interview as confession wipes billions off Tesla valueElon Musk has said the past year of his professional life has been “excruciating” and that stress over his bus…
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• newUN: Brazil’s jailed ex-president Lula can't be disqualified from election
  Human rights panel says leftist leader cannot be barred as a candidate until his legal appeals have been completedThe UN human rights committee ruled on Friday that Brazil’s imprisoned leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cannot be disqualif…
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• newLara Trump: who is the 'good Trump' who offered Omarosa 'hush money'?
  The appearance of the president’s daughter-in-law may be a surprise to even those watching closelyIt’s often said that no one who finds their way into Donald Trump’s orbit manages to escape entirely clean. But Lara Trump, wife of the presiden…
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• newItaly’s populist government is failing its first big test over the Genoa tragedy | John Hooper
  Why did the Morandi bridge collapse? The clues lie in divisions within the populist coalition of Five Star and the LeagueGenoa’s Morandi bridge, which collapsed this week with the loss of at least 39 lives, was of exceptional strategic importance i…
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• newGenoa bridge collapse: angry families threaten state funeral boycott
  Some grieving relatives refuse to take part in ‘a farce of a funeral’ as frustration mountsRescue workers have used jackhammers and cranes to lift huge slabs of concrete from the collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa, as anger mounted over the disa…
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• newNorthamptonshire proposes replacing councils with two unitary authorities
  Stricken Tory county council warns plan is unlikely to prove a financial panaceaCrisis-hit Northamptonshire’s county council and its seven district and borough councils have reluctantly proposed that they be replaced by two unitary authorities, b…
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• newRevealed: asylum seekers' 20-year wait for Home Office ruling
  Charities say making people wait two decades in abject poverty is ‘utterly barbaric’The Home Office has left some people waiting more than 20 years for decisions on their asylum claims, according to data obtained exclusively by the Guardian, in…
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• newAnger as Austria's foreign minister invites Putin to her wedding
  
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• new'Please pray for us': Kerala experiences worst monsoon in nearly a century – video report
  Floods in the southern state of Kerala in India have left more than 320 people dead and more than 220,000 displaced. It is believed the death toll will rise, with more rain predicted and thousands of people still awaiting rescueKerala floods: death…
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• newStormy Daniels blames Celebrity Big Brother withdrawal on custody issue
  Channel 5 rejects adult film star’s account of her failure to appear on the showStormy Daniels has blamed her last-minute decision to pull out of an appearance on Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother on a “custody development” involving her ch…
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• newKerala floods: death toll rises above 324 as rescue effort intensifies
  220,000 people left homeless in southern Indian state after unusually heavy rain More than 324 people have died in the worst flooding in nearly a century in the south Indian state of Kerala.Roads are damaged, mobile phone networks are down, an int…
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• new‘Teens get a bad rap’: the neuroscientist championing moody adolescents
  Sarah-Jayne Blakemore’s studies of the adolescent brain have won her awards. So when she says GCSEs are damaging to teens’ health, perhaps we should listenAnnual media coverage of August’s exam results has traditionally conformed to an unwritte…
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• newTrump blames 'politicians who run DC (poorly)' after military parade cancelled
  Washington mayor hits back at Trump’s reprimand after reports emerged that planned parade could have cost $92mThe military parade Donald Trump ordered up for Veterans Day will not happen in 2018, the US defense department said, after reports emer…
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• newTaiwan bakery chain caught in crossfire of tensions with China
  Chinese netizens call for boycott of 85 Degrees Celsius Bakery after visit from Taiwan presidentA popular Taiwanese bakery chain has become the latest victim of worsening tensions between China and Taiwan, the self-governed island that Beijing clai…
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• newKerala floods: man, neck-deep in water, appeals for help from inside his house - video
  Footage shared on social media shows a man appealing for help from his home in Chengannur, southern India. 'I reached out to everyone, including the MLA,' he says, referring to the Kerala state government.A state official has said a breakdown in th…
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• newOlder than dinosaurs: last South African coelacanths threatened by oil exploration
  Just 30 of the prehistoric fish known to exist, raising fears oil wells will push it to extinctionBright blue, older than dinosaurs and weighing as much as an average-sized man, coelacanths are the most endangered fish in South Africa and among the…
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• newDenmark says time is running out to avoid no-deal Brexit
  Danish finance minister says he agrees with assessment that chance of no deal is 50-50Time is running out to strike a Brexit deal, according to the Danish finance minister, who has echoed warnings that there is a 50-50 chance of Britain crashing ou…
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• newRape at gunpoint is illegal in America? Tell that to the women we work with
  US law ignores the violence routinely suffered by women in prostitution, and actively criminalises victims. Here, after a Guardian investigation revealed the exploitation cycle in US prisons, two activists say enough is enoughEvery day on the stree…
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• newAerial view shows scale of monsoon flooding in Kerala, India – video
  Roads have been damaged, mobile phone networks are down and more than 150,000 people have been left homeless after unusually heavy rain this month in the Indian state of Kerala. Thousands of military and civilian boats and aircraft have been mobilis…
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• newIndian state launches breastfeeding drive in bid to cut infant deaths
  Rajasthan moves to tackle above average infant mortality rate by promoting natural feeding in first hour of lifeThe Rajasthan government has launched a campaign to promote breastfeeding, particularly in the first hour after birth, in a bid to impro…
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• newJames Rickeston: Cambodia trial of Australian director begins – video
  The trial of Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has begun in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. The 69-year-old has been in held in pre-trial detention for alleged spying allegations. Acclaimed Australian filmmaker Peter Weir has taken to the stand…
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• Turkey buys time before day of IMF reckoning
  Main elements of crisis remain unaddressed, with eventual bailout most probable outcomeUntil reports came on Thursday night that the US was preparing to impose more sanctions, the Turkish government had had a decent few days. The currency crisis, w…
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• UN accused of hindering inquiry into alleged sexual assault by India official
  Contractor who claims senior UN population fund official sexually harassed her says agency has prejudiced criminal investigation The UN has been accused of obstructing a police investigation in India following claims of sexual assault against one o…
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• 'Unprecedented': Trump's revoking of Brennan security clearance denounced
  The president’s decision to strip the former CIA director of his access to intelligence has drawn widespread criticismDonald Trump’s decision to revoke the security clearance of the former CIA director John Brennan was deemed an “unprecedente…
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• The many times Donald Trump has attacked the media – video
  The US president has always had a problem with the media – or, as he calls it, 'fake news' – which he expresses in verbal attacks at press conferences, rallies and on Twitter. Despite concerns raised about his words potentially inciting violence…
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• 'She insulted my manhood': murder underlines Turkey's LGBT backlash
  In a country where anti-gay violence is often excused as unjust provocation, a fatal shooting has raised fresh fearsSimge Avcı loved practical jokes, says her roommate Bahar, recalling how her friend would giggle after pretending to spill the cont…
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• Green space in every schoolyard: the radical plan to cool Paris
  Playground oases could benefit students and city alike, but will making them public prove too controversial in a city on high alert?It’s only 10am but the heat is already radiating off the asphalt at the École Riblette, a primary school on the o…
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• How Delhi's rising heat and a love of concrete caused a deadly water crisis
  Reports warn it could run out of groundwater by 2020. Has Delhi run out of time to reverse years of mismanagement and unchecked urbanisation?It’s about 4pm on a muggy monsoon day in Wazirpur, a low-income urban village in Delhi. A group of 30 wom…
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• 'Indonesia's horror': the girl, 15, raped by her brother and jailed for abortion
  The grisly truth behind a baby’s death has caused an outcry in a country where abortion laws take scant heed of circumstanceFika* gave birth alone in her room at night. The baby came out alive. According to her testimony, the 15-year-old from Su…
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• Witnesses describe deadly suicide attack on Kabul education centre – video
  In the aftermath of a suicide attack on a Kabul education centre, which killed at least 48 people, witnesses spoke of the long wait for emergency services to help with the victims of the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the…
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• 'It was like being in a film': ex-footballer on surviving Genoa bridge collapse – audio
  Davide Capello, formerly a goalkeeper for the Serie A side Cagliari, recalls the moment he plummeted to the ground in his car as Morandi Bridge collapsed. Capello, who remained conscious throughout the incident, described his survival as a miracle…
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• Sydney's bushfire season starts in winter: 'We may have to rethink how we live'
  Hotter, drier summers in Australia mean longer fire seasons – and urban sprawl into bushland is putting more people at risk At first the smoke on the horizon “didn’t look like anything major,” says Joe Mercieca of that day in 2013. But then…
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• Pennsylvania sexual abuse report is another setback for Pope Francis
  Pontiff vowed ‘decisive action’ when elected but has failed to get a grip on series of scandalsThe damning report on the sexual abuse of potentially thousands of children by priests in Pennsylvania, and the subsequent cover-up by a Catholic chu…
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• What would a heat-proof city look like?
  Cities are already up to 10C hotter than surrounding areas. As temperatures rise, here are four ways to cool cities down – saving both lives and energyIf you’ve felt uncomfortably hot in a city this summer, chances are it’s not just because o…
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Middle East - Yahoo

• newTurkey's lira weakens 4 percent, Trump says won't take pastor's detention 'sitting down'
  The case of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Christian missionary from North Carolina who has lived in Turkey for two decades, has become a flashpoint between Washington and Ankara and accelerated a widening currency crisis. The lira has lost nearly…
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• newRemains of wife, two young daughters found in Colorado murder case
  The husband and father, Chris Watts, was arrested on suspicion he killed his family.
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• newTrump Administration Hit With 7 Major Environmental Setbacks In Court In Past Week
  The Trump administration suffered seven major environmental setbacks in the
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• newPalestinians say 2 killed by Israel fire at Gaza border
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and another 60 injured at a protest along the Gaza border amid ongoing Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire, Gaza's Health Ministry said Friday.
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• newBody language expert analyzes Christopher Watts' behavior before arrest in deaths of wife, kids
  A body language expert has weighed in on the demeanor of Christopher Watts as
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• new3M to pay $9.1 million over defective military ear plugs
  The 3M Co. has agreed to pay $9.1 million to settle allegations it knowingly sold defective combat ear plugs to the U.S. military without disclosing defects that limited the effectiveness of the hearing protection devices, the U.S. Justice Departmen…
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• newTop 10 American car shows revealed
  The readers of the USA Today newspaper have voted on the best car shows in America, ranging from classics to vans. Here are the results…
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• newAtlantia to hold board meetings after Genoa bridge disaster: source
  Italian toll-road group Atlantia has called special board meetings next week to discuss the deadly collapse of a bridge it operates in Genoa, a source said on Friday. Autostrade per l'Italia, the Atlantia unit that manages the stretch of motorway i…
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• newFord unveils next generation of Mustang Cobra Jet
  Blue Oval has revealed a new limited-edition Ford Performance 50th Anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet – and it looks amazing!
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• newThis Is Where Japan Might Have Gotten the Idea for Pearl Harbor
  The date was November 11, 1940, the place was the southern Italian port of Taranto, and the battle that ensued that night was the prelude to the Japanese raid at Pearl Harbor.
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• newElon Musk repeatedly breaks down in interview as he admits taking pills to sleep and explains bizarre Tesla tweet
  Elon Musk repeatedly broke down in an interview in which he attempted to explain some of his recent strange behaviour. The Tesla boss has admitted to taking pills to sleep and that he has had a difficult year, alternating between laughter and cryin…
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• newChina sacks top official over vaccine scandal, firm may de-list
  China has sacked a senior provincial official and is probing a former top drug regulator after a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co Ltd, which again warned it could be delisted over the scandal. The company was accused in J…
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• newRemains found in New Mexico desert tunnel are missing boy
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Forensic investigators said Thursday they identified the remains of a Georgia boy whose father is accused of abducting him and performing purification rituals on the child as he died at a remote New Mexico desert compound. Th…
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• newLawyer For Omarosa's 'Unhinged' Publisher To Trump: Being Embarrassed Isn't A Legal Claim
  The publisher behind Omarosa Manigault Newman's new book, Unhinged, dismissed
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• newCalifornia high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for some immigrant children who are abused or abandoned by a parent to seek a U.S. visa to avoid deportation in a ruling that advocates said would help thousands of child…
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• newCatholics On Twitter Call For Drastic Reform After Pennsylvania Sexual Abuse Report
  Pennsylvania's newly released grand jury report on clerical sexual abuse
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• newLong-Lost U.S. WWII 'Dakota' Plane Found in Melting Swiss Glacier
  The European heat wave helped uncover the wreckage in the Bernese Alps.
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• newPolice say remains are 'consistent' with missing Iowa boy
  LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Human remains recovered from a creek this week are believed to be those of a 16-year-old autistic boy who vanished from his small Iowa hometown in April, authorities said Thursday.
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• Republicans Are Using An Unprecedented Partisan Vetting Process To Rush Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
  WASHINGTON ― Republicans are circumventing the normal vetting process for
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• 26 Best Coffee Table Books to Buy & Gift This Year
  
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• Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, leaves behind an astonishing net worth
  Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul,' has passed away at the age of 76.
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• The Internet Schools GOP Senate Candidate Chris McDaniel About Robert E. Lee And Slavery
  Republican Chris McDaniel, running to represent Mississippi in the U.S.
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• Presidents pay tribute to Aretha Franklin
  The current and former presidents are paying tribute to soul legend Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at her home in Detroit. She was 76.
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• Connecticut's Mass K2 Overdose Raises Fears About Fentanyl’s Growing Reach
  "I really hope people aren't adding fentanyl to these compounds."
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• The Catholic Church Ignores This Child Sexual Abuse Law
  One of the most damning findings from the recent grand jury investigation into
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• Daily Digit: This aircraft is five times faster than the speed of sound.
  Daily Digit is the story behind the numbers that make our world work. Today we’re looking at the world’s first hypersonic aircraft. The China Academy of Aerospace Dynamics says it has tested an aircraft with a top speed of 4,564 mph. That’s al…
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• US will be 'good ally' to Philippines in disputed sea: official
  The United States will be "a good ally" to the Philippines in responding to territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, a US defence official said Thursday. Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs,…
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• White supremacist scolded live on camera by his father during interview
  The organiser of a white supremacist march in Washington DC at the weekend has been left red-faced, after a video emerged showing him being scolded by his father during an interview in his family home. Jason Kessler, 34, organised last year’s Un…
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• Walmart shares surge on strong US sales growth
  Walmart shares surged Thursday after it reported the strongest US comparable sales in more than a decade as e-commerce investments paid off in a strengthening American economy. The world's biggest retailer said rising online sales, and investments…
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• As newspapers unite to defend press freedom, Trump accuses them of 'COLLUSION'
  President Trump on Thursday accused national newspapers that are participating in a Boston Globe-led editorial campaign protesting his attacks on the press of colluding against him.
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• Bayer starts Monsanto integration as stock suffers
  German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said Thursday that it would begin integrating seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto after a mega-merger, but its stock price was battered by the US firm's legal woes. Two months after the $63 billion d…
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• Brennan fires back at Trump: Claims of 'no collusion' are 'hogwash'
  A day after President Trump revoked John Brennan’s security clearance, the New York Times published a blistering op-ed by the former CIA director, who disputes Trump’s assertion that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia.
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• Taiwan cafe chain that irked Beijing vanishes from food platforms
  A Taiwan coffee chain that faces pressure in China after serving the island's president has disappeared from Chinese meal-ordering platforms, as Beijing warned it would oppose any businesses that support Taiwanese independence. 85C Bakery Cafe foun…
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• Taiwan hotel axes Marriott contract over China naming row
  The owner of a Starwood-branded hotel in Taiwan said Thursday it will terminate its contract with Marriott International, in protest over the US group caving in to Beijing pressure to list the island as part of China. Marriott was strongly criticis…
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• Asylum Seekers Say Illegal Crossings Were Their Only Option
  Asylum-seekers start on the path to an illegal crossing long before they actually reach the banks of the Rio Grande.
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• Rising sea levels threatens coastal cities with more tsunamis, scientists warn
  Tsunamis will become more common and more ferocious with global warming, scientists have warned after a study found that global sea level rises will increase the risk of coastal cities being wiped out. Smaller earthquakes that currently pose no ser…
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• China Is Sending a Trade Envoy to Washington Amid Tariff Dispute
  The delegation led by a deputy commerce minister will visit in late August to discuss "issues of mutual concern"
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• Scientists seek new ways to combat Florida's growing 'red tide'
  Michael Crosby, president and chief executive of the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, welcomed a red tide emergency order issued this week by Governor Rick Scott, designating more state money for research, cleanup and wildlife rescues. Interest…
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• These Are The Chilling Stories Of Abuse Covered Up By The Catholic Church
  For decades, stories about clerical sexual abuse committed by Pennsylvania
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• Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39
  GENOA, Italy (AP) — As more bodies were pulled Wednesday from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws and past maintenance of the heavily used s…
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• Georgia woman facing 'longest sentence' for leaking to media
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman who mailed a secret U.S. report to a news organization faces the "longest sentence" ever behind bars for a federal crime involving leaks to the news media, prosecutors said in a court filing.
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• No injuries reported after 2 planes collide at Chicago O'Hare Airport
  Two planes collided on the ground at Chicago O’Hare Airport on Wednesday.
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• 31 Next-Level Ways To Oven-Roast Potatoes
  
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• Wisconsin flipped for Trump. Minnesota nearly did. What do their primaries predict for the midterms?
  The results of Tuesday’s primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin were the latest in a series of revealing soundings from the region — tremors on the electoral Richter scale that help delineate the underlying forces shaping American politics.
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• National Guard deploys thousands of soldiers to California
  National Guard soldiers are supporting response efforts, providing unique military capabilities to contain the fires.
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• Italy bridge collapse: The financial facts behind the fury
  Within hours of the viaduct giving way and sending vehicles plummeting, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said the EU must allow Rome to include in its next budget all the funds needed to ensure the country's infrastructure was safe. It also wan…
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• Malaysia court to deliver key ruling in Kim Jong Nam murder trial
  A Malaysian judge will Thursday deliver a key ruling in the trial of two women accused of the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, with their families optimistic they will be cleared. The court will decide whether there is suf…
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• 28 Crazy Good, Quick Dinners For Kids
  
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• Relative: Family of 7 on vacation died in Oregon collision
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A family of seven, including five young children, died on a remote Oregon road in a head-on collision on their way to an end-of-summer vacation in Las Vegas, a family member said Wednesday.
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• Twitter Haphazardly Enforces Its Rules. That’s Great For Alex Jones and Infowars.
  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has faced a barrage of criticism for his company's
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Africa - Yahoo

• newTurkey's lira weakens 4 percent, Trump says won't take pastor's detention 'sitting down'
  The case of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Christian missionary from North Carolina who has lived in Turkey for two decades, has become a flashpoint between Washington and Ankara and accelerated a widening currency crisis. The lira has lost nearly…
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• newPalestinians say 2 killed by Israel fire at Gaza border
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and another 60 injured at a protest along the Gaza border amid ongoing Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire, Gaza's Health Ministry said Friday.
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• new3M to pay $9.1 million over defective military ear plugs
  The 3M Co. has agreed to pay $9.1 million to settle allegations it knowingly sold defective combat ear plugs to the U.S. military without disclosing defects that limited the effectiveness of the hearing protection devices, the U.S. Justice Departmen…
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• newTop 10 American car shows revealed
  The readers of the USA Today newspaper have voted on the best car shows in America, ranging from classics to vans. Here are the results…
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• newBodies of missing Colorado girls allegedly killed by dad found in oil and gas tanks: report
  The bodies of two missing Colorado girls who disappeared along with their
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• newTrump Blasts D.C. Politicians Over Postponed Military Parade
  President Donald Trump on Friday protested a decision to postpone his planned
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• newFord unveils next generation of Mustang Cobra Jet
  Blue Oval has revealed a new limited-edition Ford Performance 50th Anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet – and it looks amazing!
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• newThis Is Where Japan Might Have Gotten the Idea for Pearl Harbor
  The date was November 11, 1940, the place was the southern Italian port of Taranto, and the battle that ensued that night was the prelude to the Japanese raid at Pearl Harbor.
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• newChina sacks top official over vaccine scandal, firm may de-list
  China has sacked a senior provincial official and is probing a former top drug regulator after a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co Ltd, which again warned it could be delisted over the scandal. The company was accused in J…
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• newCalifornia high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for some immigrant children who are abused or abandoned by a parent to seek a U.S. visa to avoid deportation in a ruling that advocates said would help thousands of…
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• newLong-Lost U.S. WWII 'Dakota' Plane Found in Melting Swiss Glacier
  The European heat wave helped uncover the wreckage in the Bernese Alps.
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• newAustralian teen sparks FBI action after hacking Apple: media
  An Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into the main computer network of technology giant Apple Inc , downloading big internal files and accessing customer accounts, because he was a fan of the company, local media reported. The teen d…
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• newPolice say remains are 'consistent' with missing Iowa boy
  LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Human remains recovered from a creek this week are believed to be those of a 16-year-old autistic boy who vanished from his small Iowa hometown in April, authorities said Thursday.
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• 'It’s Basically Happening Everywhere.' Survivors Say More States Should Investigate Church Abuse Like Pennsylvania
  'I hope leadership emerges'
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• Republicans Are Using An Unprecedented Partisan Vetting Process To Rush Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
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• Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, leaves behind an astonishing net worth
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• The Internet Schools GOP Senate Candidate Chris McDaniel About Robert E. Lee And Slavery
  Republican Chris McDaniel, running to represent Mississippi in the U.S.
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• Was a great white shark to blame for Cape Cod attack?
  TRURO, Mass. (AP) — On a windswept dune overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, hastily erected signs warned Cape Cod beachgoers to stay out of the water on Thursday, a day after a New York man became the first person to be attacked by a shark off th…
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• Daily Digit: This aircraft is five times faster than the speed of sound.
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• US will be 'good ally' to Philippines in disputed sea: official
  The United States will be "a good ally" to the Philippines in responding to territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, a US defence official said Thursday. Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs,…
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• White supremacist scolded live on camera by his father during interview
  
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• Walmart shares surge on strong US sales growth
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• The accidental Super Like: Tinder's most awkward phenomenon
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• As newspapers unite to defend press freedom, Trump accuses them of 'COLLUSION'
  President Trump on Thursday accused national newspapers that are participating in a Boston Globe-led editorial campaign protesting his attacks on the press of colluding against him.
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• Bayer starts Monsanto integration as stock suffers
  German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said Thursday that it would begin integrating seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto after a mega-merger, but its stock price was battered by the US firm's legal woes. Two months after the $63 billion d…
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• Who Can Be a Financial Advisor?
  Or can anyone hang a sign outside a storefront and hawk financial planning services, even without much -- or any -- formal training? The answer, for worried consumers, is this: "Just about anybody can call themselves a financial planner or financia…
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• Brennan fires back at Trump: Claims of 'no collusion' are 'hogwash'
  A day after President Trump revoked John Brennan’s security clearance, the New York Times published a blistering op-ed by the former CIA director, who disputes Trump’s assertion that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russ…
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• At least 76 overdose on synthetic marijuana in 24-hours at US park
  A man has been arrested after more than 76 people overdosed in 24 hours after taking synthetic marijuana suspected of being laced with fentanyl – an opioid. The first overdoses were reported at Connecticut’s New Haven Green, a park cl…
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• John Brennan Says Trump's 'No Collusion' Claims Are 'Hogwash'
  Former CIA Director John Brennan says Donald Trump's oft-repeated claims of
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• Taiwan cafe chain that irked Beijing vanishes from food platforms
  A Taiwan coffee chain that faces pressure in China after serving the island's president has disappeared from Chinese meal-ordering platforms, as Beijing warned it would oppose any businesses that support Taiwanese independence. 85C Bakery Cafe foun…
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• Taiwan hotel axes Marriott contract over China naming row
  The owner of a Starwood-branded hotel in Taiwan said Thursday it will terminate its contract with Marriott International, in protest over the US group caving in to Beijing pressure to list the island as part of China. Marriott was strongly criticis…
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• Asylum Seekers Say Illegal Crossings Were Their Only Option
  Asylum-seekers start on the path to an illegal crossing long before they actually reach the banks of the Rio Grande.
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• Rising sea levels threatens coastal cities with more tsunamis, scientists warn
  Tsunamis will become more common and more ferocious with global warming, scientists have warned after a study found that global sea level rises will increase the risk of coastal cities being wiped out. Smaller earthquakes that currently pose no s…
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• Scientists seek new ways to combat Florida's growing 'red tide'
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• These Are The Chilling Stories Of Abuse Covered Up By The Catholic Church
  For decades, stories about clerical sexual abuse committed by Pennsylvania
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• Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39
  GENOA, Italy (AP) — As more bodies were pulled Wednesday from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws and past maintenance of the heavily u…
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• No injuries reported after 2 planes collide at Chicago O'Hare Airport
  Two planes collided on the ground at Chicago O’Hare Airport on Wednesday.
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• Criticized For Racism, Trump Goes After Black Former National Security Adviser
  WASHINGTON ― As President Donald Trump's White House struggled with
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• Wisconsin flipped for Trump. Minnesota nearly did. What do their primaries predict for the midterms?
  The results of Tuesday’s primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin were the latest in a series of revealing soundings from the region — tremors on the electoral Richter scale that help delineate the underlying forces shaping Ame…
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• 'A Get Out of Jail Free Card.' Why Church Abuse Survivors Want to Abolish the Statute of Limitations After Pennsylvania Report
  "We ask the Pennsylvania legislature to stop shielding child sexual predators behind the criminal statute of limitations"
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• Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA director who has criticized the White House
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders began her briefing on Wednesday by reading a statement from President Trump announcing his decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a prominent critic of the current adm…
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• National Guard deploys thousands of soldiers to California
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• 12 Ways Teachers Save Money on Back-to-School Shopping
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• Italy bridge collapse: The financial facts behind the fury
  Within hours of the viaduct giving way and sending vehicles plummeting, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said the EU must allow Rome to include in its next budget all the funds needed to ensure the country's infrastructure was safe. It also wan…
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• Malaysia court to deliver key ruling in Kim Jong Nam murder trial
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• 28 Crazy Good, Quick Dinners For Kids
  
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• Relative: Family of 7 on vacation died in Oregon collision
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A family of seven, including five young children, died on a remote Oregon road in a head-on collision on their way to an end-of-summer vacation in Las Vegas, a family member said Wednesday.
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• Twitter Haphazardly Enforces Its Rules. That’s Great For Alex Jones and Infowars.
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• newTurkey's lira weakens 4 percent, Trump says won't take pastor's detention 'sitting down'
  The case of Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Christian missionary from North Carolina who has lived in Turkey for two decades, has become a flashpoint between Washington and Ankara and accelerated a widening currency crisis. The lira has lost nearly…
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• newPalestinians say 2 killed by Israel fire at Gaza border
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and another 60 injured at a protest along the Gaza border amid ongoing Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire, Gaza's Health Ministry said Friday.
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• new3M to pay $9.1 million over defective military ear plugs
  The 3M Co. has agreed to pay $9.1 million to settle allegations it knowingly sold defective combat ear plugs to the U.S. military without disclosing defects that limited the effectiveness of the hearing protection devices, the U.S. Justice Departmen…
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• newTop 10 American car shows revealed
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• newBodies of missing Colorado girls allegedly killed by dad found in oil and gas tanks: report
  The bodies of two missing Colorado girls who disappeared along with their
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• newTrump Blasts D.C. Politicians Over Postponed Military Parade
  President Donald Trump on Friday protested a decision to postpone his planned
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• newFord unveils next generation of Mustang Cobra Jet
  Blue Oval has revealed a new limited-edition Ford Performance 50th Anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet – and it looks amazing!
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• newThis Is Where Japan Might Have Gotten the Idea for Pearl Harbor
  The date was November 11, 1940, the place was the southern Italian port of Taranto, and the battle that ensued that night was the prelude to the Japanese raid at Pearl Harbor.
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• newChina sacks top official over vaccine scandal, firm may de-list
  China has sacked a senior provincial official and is probing a former top drug regulator after a safety scandal at vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co Ltd, which again warned it could be delisted over the scandal. The company was accused in J…
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• newCalifornia high court rules for immigrant kids in visa fight
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• newLong-Lost U.S. WWII 'Dakota' Plane Found in Melting Swiss Glacier
  The European heat wave helped uncover the wreckage in the Bernese Alps.
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• newAustralian teen sparks FBI action after hacking Apple: media
  An Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into the main computer network of technology giant Apple Inc , downloading big internal files and accessing customer accounts, because he was a fan of the company, local media reported. The teen d…
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• newPolice say remains are 'consistent' with missing Iowa boy
  LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Human remains recovered from a creek this week are believed to be those of a 16-year-old autistic boy who vanished from his small Iowa hometown in April, authorities said Thursday.
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• 'It’s Basically Happening Everywhere.' Survivors Say More States Should Investigate Church Abuse Like Pennsylvania
  'I hope leadership emerges'
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• Republicans Are Using An Unprecedented Partisan Vetting Process To Rush Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
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• 26 Best Coffee Table Books to Buy & Gift This Year
  
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• Redding firefighter was killed by massive fire tornado while helping people evacuate, report says
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• Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, leaves behind an astonishing net worth
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• The Internet Schools GOP Senate Candidate Chris McDaniel About Robert E. Lee And Slavery
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• Was a great white shark to blame for Cape Cod attack?
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• Daily Digit: This aircraft is five times faster than the speed of sound.
  Daily Digit is the story behind the numbers that make our world work. Today we’re looking at the world’s first hypersonic aircraft. The China Academy of Aerospace Dynamics says it has tested an aircraft with a top speed of 4,564 mph. T…
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• US will be 'good ally' to Philippines in disputed sea: official
  The United States will be "a good ally" to the Philippines in responding to territorial conflicts in the South China Sea, a US defence official said Thursday. Randall Schriver, assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs,…
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• White supremacist scolded live on camera by his father during interview
  
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• Walmart shares surge on strong US sales growth
  Walmart shares surged Thursday after it reported the strongest US comparable sales in more than a decade as e-commerce investments paid off in a strengthening American economy. The world's biggest retailer said rising online sales, and investments…
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• The accidental Super Like: Tinder's most awkward phenomenon
  People have a lot of opinions about Tinder's Super Like function. For some people, receiving one feels like a compliment. For others, a Super Like feels excessive, even creepy — the dating app version of making eye contact for too long. But t…
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• As newspapers unite to defend press freedom, Trump accuses them of 'COLLUSION'
  President Trump on Thursday accused national newspapers that are participating in a Boston Globe-led editorial campaign protesting his attacks on the press of colluding against him.
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• Bayer starts Monsanto integration as stock suffers
  German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said Thursday that it would begin integrating seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto after a mega-merger, but its stock price was battered by the US firm's legal woes. Two months after the $63 billion d…
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• Who Can Be a Financial Advisor?
  Or can anyone hang a sign outside a storefront and hawk financial planning services, even without much -- or any -- formal training? The answer, for worried consumers, is this: "Just about anybody can call themselves a financial planner or financia…
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• Brennan fires back at Trump: Claims of 'no collusion' are 'hogwash'
  A day after President Trump revoked John Brennan’s security clearance, the New York Times published a blistering op-ed by the former CIA director, who disputes Trump’s assertion that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russ…
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• At least 76 overdose on synthetic marijuana in 24-hours at US park
  A man has been arrested after more than 76 people overdosed in 24 hours after taking synthetic marijuana suspected of being laced with fentanyl – an opioid. The first overdoses were reported at Connecticut’s New Haven Green, a park cl…
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• John Brennan Says Trump's 'No Collusion' Claims Are 'Hogwash'
  Former CIA Director John Brennan says Donald Trump's oft-repeated claims of
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• Taiwan cafe chain that irked Beijing vanishes from food platforms
  A Taiwan coffee chain that faces pressure in China after serving the island's president has disappeared from Chinese meal-ordering platforms, as Beijing warned it would oppose any businesses that support Taiwanese independence. 85C Bakery Cafe foun…
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• Taiwan hotel axes Marriott contract over China naming row
  The owner of a Starwood-branded hotel in Taiwan said Thursday it will terminate its contract with Marriott International, in protest over the US group caving in to Beijing pressure to list the island as part of China. Marriott was strongly criticis…
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• Asylum Seekers Say Illegal Crossings Were Their Only Option
  Asylum-seekers start on the path to an illegal crossing long before they actually reach the banks of the Rio Grande.
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• Rising sea levels threatens coastal cities with more tsunamis, scientists warn
  Tsunamis will become more common and more ferocious with global warming, scientists have warned after a study found that global sea level rises will increase the risk of coastal cities being wiped out. Smaller earthquakes that currently pose no s…
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• Scientists seek new ways to combat Florida's growing 'red tide'
  Michael Crosby, president and chief executive of the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, welcomed a red tide emergency order issued this week by Governor Rick Scott, designating more state money for research, cleanup and wildlife rescues. Interest…
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• These Are The Chilling Stories Of Abuse Covered Up By The Catholic Church
  For decades, stories about clerical sexual abuse committed by Pennsylvania
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• Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39
  GENOA, Italy (AP) — As more bodies were pulled Wednesday from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws and past maintenance of the heavily u…
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• No injuries reported after 2 planes collide at Chicago O'Hare Airport
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• Criticized For Racism, Trump Goes After Black Former National Security Adviser
  WASHINGTON ― As President Donald Trump's White House struggled with
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• Wisconsin flipped for Trump. Minnesota nearly did. What do their primaries predict for the midterms?
  The results of Tuesday’s primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin were the latest in a series of revealing soundings from the region — tremors on the electoral Richter scale that help delineate the underlying forces shaping Ame…
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• 'A Get Out of Jail Free Card.' Why Church Abuse Survivors Want to Abolish the Statute of Limitations After Pennsylvania Report
  "We ask the Pennsylvania legislature to stop shielding child sexual predators behind the criminal statute of limitations"
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• Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA director who has criticized the White House
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders began her briefing on Wednesday by reading a statement from President Trump announcing his decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a prominent critic of the current adm…
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• National Guard deploys thousands of soldiers to California
  National Guard soldiers are supporting response efforts, providing unique military capabilities to contain the fires.
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• 12 Ways Teachers Save Money on Back-to-School Shopping
  Let's be honest, who knows better than them?From Woman's Day
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• Italy bridge collapse: The financial facts behind the fury
  Within hours of the viaduct giving way and sending vehicles plummeting, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said the EU must allow Rome to include in its next budget all the funds needed to ensure the country's infrastructure was safe. It also wan…
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• Malaysia court to deliver key ruling in Kim Jong Nam murder trial
  A Malaysian judge will Thursday deliver a key ruling in the trial of two women accused of the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, with their families optimistic they will be cleared. The court will decide whether there is suf…
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• 28 Crazy Good, Quick Dinners For Kids
  
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• Relative: Family of 7 on vacation died in Oregon collision
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A family of seven, including five young children, died on a remote Oregon road in a head-on collision on their way to an end-of-summer vacation in Las Vegas, a family member said Wednesday.
  - 2 days ago 15 Aug 18, 8:43pm -
• Twitter Haphazardly Enforces Its Rules. That’s Great For Alex Jones and Infowars.
  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has faced a barrage of criticism for his company's
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