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• Genoa bridge collapse: Demolition begins six months after disaster

  08-02-2019 23:55 via BBC News - World
  Six months after 43 people were killed when part of the bridge collapsed, work to rebuild it has started.
  
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• Virginia's painful 'blackface' past and present

  08-02-2019 23:49 via BBC News - World
  A scandal has engulfed the political leadership of the US state. What do the voters make of it?
  
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• AP sources: Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos report

  08-02-2019 22:54 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The National Enquirer's alleged attempts to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and reopen them to prosecution for paying hush money to a Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Donald Trump.Federal prosecutors are looking at whether the Enquirer's feud with Bezos violated a cooperation and non-prosecution agreement that recently spared the tabloid from charges in the hush-money case, two p
  
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• US step closer to developing hypersonic missile that travels at five times the speed of sound

  08-02-2019 22:53 via The Independent - World
  
  Air Force secretary Heather Wilson discusses new missile system
  
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• FRANCE 24 exclusive: The battle-hardened foreign Jihadi brides trapped in Syria

  08-02-2019 22:51 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Hundreds of foreign jihadi brides are being held in a Kurdish camp in northern Syria as the war to drive out the Islamic State (IS) group enters its final phase. As the only media group to gain access to the camp, FRANCE 24 spoke with these women. Almost all of the women in the Kurdish-controlled al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria are foreign nationals who travelled to Syria at the height of the IS group’s so-called caliphate. They are held in a fenced off area away from the other camp resi
  
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• Woman says she aided man suspected of killing of his fiance

  08-02-2019 22:50 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A woman said Friday that she helped thwart an investigation into the disappearance of a Colorado woman who authorities believe was killed by her fiance, but her motive and the nature of her relationship with the suspected killer remains a mystery. She also agreed to testify against him at his murder trial.
  
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• America’s longest-serving member of Congress John Dingell dies aged 92

  08-02-2019 22:50 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The Michigan Democrat served in the US House for 59 years.
  
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• Relatives plan to sue after police kill man at wrong address

  08-02-2019 22:49 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Lawyers say a family plans to sue after Mississippi police went to the wrong house and ended up killing a man.
  
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• People of color angry, not surprised, by blackface scandal

  08-02-2019 22:49 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  DETROIT (AP) — In the brightly lit Vintage Barbershop in northwest Detroit, Thomas Carter carefully trimmed the graying hair of a customer as he was asked about photos that depict whites wearing blackface.
  
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• Drink driver who drove van wrong way down motorway and into a police car is jailed for 18 months

  08-02-2019 22:49 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  A drink driver from London who drove his car the wrong way down a motorway while drunk has been jailed.The motorist had almost four times the legal limit of alcohol in his breath when he drove the wrong way along the M4 and has been sentenced to 18 months.Dramatic CCTV footage shows Lee Johnson, 44, on the wrong side of the motorway before his van clips an oncoming police car.
  
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• Irish PM says Brexit deal 'can be done'

  08-02-2019 22:47 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  DUBLIN/BELFAST (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday said he believed "a deal can be done" to avoid a disorderly British exit from the EU, after a meeting with a key ally of British Prime Minister Theresa May that he said went very well.Varadkar, who later met May for a working dinner in Dublin, said talks with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party in Belfast showed there was "more that unites us than divides us when it comes to Brexit," unusually conciliatory language i
  
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• The Latest: Trump extends sympathies after Dingell's death

  08-02-2019 22:46 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on the death of former Rep. John Dingell (all times local):
  
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• NY gov raps Amazon critics amid report company's rethinking

  08-02-2019 22:45 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Friday that what he calls "political pandering" to critics of Amazon's proposed secondary headquarters could sink New York's biggest-ever economic development deal.The back-and-forth came after The Washington Post reported that Amazon is reconsidering its planned New York City headquarters because of some local politicians' opposition to the nearly $3 billion incentive package.In response, Amazon would say only that it's engaging with small business owners, community lea
  
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• 6-year-old with cancer sworn in as honorary police officer

  08-02-2019 22:44 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  FREEPORT, Texas (AP) — A 6-year-old Houston-area girl with cancer had a dream come true when she was sworn in as an honorary police officer.
  
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• Protest highway shutdown lawsuit claims include extortion

  08-02-2019 22:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and others who are suing over a five-month shutdown of a North Dakota highway during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline have broadened their claims to include allegations of extortion and media manipulation by state and county officials.Plaintiffs allege the closure of a stretch of state Highway 1806 was aimed not only at protesters who had gathered in the thousands in camps near the two-lane road but also at influencing the tribe's position on the
  
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• Funeral, memorial planned for longtime Rep. John Dingell

  08-02-2019 22:42 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A funeral and a public memorial will be held next week to honor former Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.
  
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• Arizona wants care unit where patient was raped to stay open

  08-02-2019 22:41 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  PHOENIX (AP) — A health care company's decision to close a Phoenix facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth drew criticism Friday from state officials. The closure would force numerous patients to be relocated to a new facility.
  
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• 'Veep' star Julia Louis-Dreyfus no fan of Trump

  08-02-2019 22:41 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — "Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn't know who she'll support for president in 2020, but is sure about who she won't.
  
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• Mattel soars while Hasbro and Goodyear tumble

  08-02-2019 22:40 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Phillips 66, up $1.78 to $93.52 Higher refining margins helped the oil refiner beat Wall Street forecasts. Mattel Inc., up $2.87 to $15.23 Strong ...
  
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• US peace envoy says talks with Taliban far from finished

  08-02-2019 22:39 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tempering expectations, the Trump administration's peace envoy for Afghanistan said Friday that although his talks with the Taliban have produced a tentative "framework" agreement, negotiations are far from finished.
  
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• Top Asian News 9:39 p.m. GMT

  08-02-2019 22:39 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Thailand's king has issued an order stating that no member of the royal family should be involved in politics, quashing a bid by his older sister to run for prime minister in next month's elections. An order issued by King Maha Vajiralongkorn read out on national television late Friday night said his sister's candidacy was inappropriate and violated the constitution's intent. Princess Ubolratana Mahidol's nomination earlier Friday by an opposition party had upended politics in Thailand and threa
  
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• Prosecutors: Man lived with dad's corpse, forged his checks

  08-02-2019 22:39 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  THE VILLAGE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man is facing charges after authorities say he lived for more than a month in a home with his father's decomposing body and cashed the dead man's retirement checks.
  
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• National Enquirer owner defends reporting on Amazon's Bezos

  08-02-2019 22:39 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Bezos on Thursday accused American Media Inc (AMI) of trying to blackmail him with the threat of publishing "intimate photos" he allegedly sent to his girlfriend unless he said in public that the American supermarket tabloid's reporting on him was not politically motivated.AMI signed the agreement with federal prosecutors last year in connection with a $150,000 hush-money payment to a former Playboy model who claims she had an affair with U.S. President Donald Trump.Trump denies the affair.
  
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• Larger groups seen crossing border as overall arrests drop

  08-02-2019 22:37 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Central Americans are increasingly entering the United States illegally in groups of at least 100 people in rugged, remote stretches of the Mexican border, authorities said Friday upon releasing January figures that show total arrests fell for a second straight month.
  
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• Acting AG overseeing Mueller probe says he's not interfered

  08-02-2019 22:37 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said on Friday that he has "not interfered in any way" in the special counsel's Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan congressional hearing in his waning days on the job.
  
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• Booker taking 2020 campaign, social-justice message to Iowa

  08-02-2019 22:36 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took his campaign message of social justice to Iowa, where he visited with residents and black leaders Friday on his first trip as a Democratic presidential candidate to the early 2020 caucus state.
  
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• Trump official slams cartels as U.S. lawmakers push anti-OPEC bill

  08-02-2019 22:35 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  A senior administration official said on Friday that U.S. national security depends on affordable energy, and slammed cartels when asked if President Donald Trump would support a bill targeting the OPEC production group's oil supply cuts."The United States is firmly committed to open, fair and competitive markets for global energy trade," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.The House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously passed the No Oil Producing an
  
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• Official: Virginia governor says he won't resign over photo

  08-02-2019 22:35 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam told his top staff Friday that he is not going to resign over the racist photo that has roiled state politics, despite intense pressure to step down, according to a top administration official.
  
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• Serial killer Bruce McArthur gets life for killing victims from Toronto's Gay Village

  08-02-2019 22:34 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  A serial killer who photographed his victims after murdering them and dressed some in fur coats and hats with cigars in their mouths has been jailed for life.Bruce McArthur was told he would have no chance of parole for at least 25 years.The 67-year-old former landscape gardener pleaded guilty to eight counts of murder after he sexually assaulted, killed and dismembered men he met in the Gay Village district of Toronto, Canada, over seven years.
  
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• Teen pleads guilty to killing activist in front of child

  08-02-2019 22:33 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A teen gunman accused of fatally shooting a Philadelphia community activist during an attempted carjacking while his 2-year-old daughter sat in the back seat has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and has been sentenced to 35 years to life in prison.
  
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• Man jailed for driving wrong way down a motorway

  08-02-2019 22:33 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  A motorist who had almost four times the legal limit of alcohol in his breath when he drove the wrong way along the M4 has been jailed for 18 months.
  
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• Weatherwatch: the dangers of protective clothing

  08-02-2019 22:30 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The whole point of a raincoat is to keep dry, but apparently most also repel oil, chemicals and other people’s bodily fluids.The chemicals persist in the environment and accumulate in our bodies, particularly in children, with potential dangers to our immune system.The researchers make the point that the only people who really need clothing that keeps out oil and bodily fluids as well as water are the emergency services.
  
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• Ten players killed as fire sweeps through Flamengo lodging in Rio

  08-02-2019 22:30 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Fire swept through an unlicensed lodging at the training centre of Rio de Janeiro soccer club Flamengo on Friday, killing 10 members of the club's youth team and injuring three more, one of them seriously, firefighters and news reports said.All 10 of the dead were aged between 14 and 16 and either played for the club or were having trials there, according to detailed information on Brazil's Globo website.The three injured players were taken to hospital, one of them in serious condition with burn
  
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• Nantes manager breaks down talking about Emiliano Sala

  08-02-2019 22:30 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Nantes manager Vahid Halihodzic gets emotional as he talks about the loss of one of his former players, Emiliano Sala, during his team's press conference.
  
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• U.S. North Korea envoy plans more talks with counterpart ahead of Trump-Kim summit

  08-02-2019 22:29 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held three days of talks in Pyongyang to prepare a Feb. 27-28 summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and plans to meet again with his counterpart head of that meeting, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
  
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• World stocks post weekly loss; dollar keeps strengthening

  08-02-2019 22:28 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  A gauge of global stocks fell for a third consecutive day on Friday amid uncertainty about global economic growth and trade tensions, posting its first weekly drop this year, while the U.S. dollar tallied its strongest week since August.Investors were digesting economic and trade developments from Thursday, when the European Commission sharply cut its forecast for euro zone growth this year and next and U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not plan to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping be
  
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• Rapper Lil Baby arrested after ‘reckless’ driving and botched bid to flee scene

  08-02-2019 22:28 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The performer was held in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
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• Eurovision Song Contest: Talent show winner will fly the flag for the UK in Israel

  08-02-2019 22:28 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Michael Rice will represent the UK at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, after winning the BBC’s selection programme You Decide.
  
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• EPA enforcement falling sharply from Obama era

  08-02-2019 22:28 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New enforcement figures from the Environmental Protection Agency show some sharp declines in action against polluters.
  
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• Amid sanctions calls, Saudis deny prince had role in slaying

  08-02-2019 22:27 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia is denying that the kingdom's crown prince had a role in the killing of a Washington Post columnist amid calls from members of Congress for U.S. sanctions on the kingdom.
  
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• Target updates app after TV station reveals pricing changes

  08-02-2019 22:26 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Target has modified its smartphone app after a Minneapolis TV station reported that prices displayed on the app changed whenever users approached the retailer's stores, sometimes rising by hundreds of dollars.The app's location-tracking function lets users find nearby stores or where specific items are located.Target said in a statement that the updates to the app make it easier for customers to understand pricing policy.
  
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• Let's talk: White House throws bipartisan Camp David retreat

  08-02-2019 22:26 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Can the presidential retreat that produced the landmark Camp David Mideast peace accord do anything to help bridge the divides in polarized Washington?
  
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• How the jumbo jet shaped 50 years of flight

  08-02-2019 22:25 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Fifty years since the Boeing 747's first flight, BBC Rewind looks back on how the jumbo jet changed aviation and global travel.The aircraft first came off the production line in 1968, before making its first flight in 1969.
  
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• Eurovision 2019: Michael Rice wins public vote to represent UK with song 'Bigger than Us'

  08-02-2019 22:25 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Michael Rice has won a public vote to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest.
  
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• Why Flamengo tragedy will resonate

  08-02-2019 22:24 via BBC News - World
  The heartbreaking tragedy of the fire that engulfed a dormitory at Flamengo's youth team training centre will be felt across the whole of Brazil, writes South American football writer Tim Vickery.
  
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• FDA questions Juul, Altria commitment to combat teen vaping

  08-02-2019 22:21 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration is questioning whether electronic cigarette maker Juul and its new partner Altria are following through on pledges to help reverse the boom in underage vaping.
  
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• Oil workers flee Venezuela's crisis for a better life

  08-02-2019 22:20 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Nieves Ribullen, a Venezuelan oil worker sick of struggling to get by as his country falls apart, is betting it all on Iraq's far-away Kurdish region to give his family a better life.Over the years he's watched dozens of co-workers abandon poverty wages and dangerous working conditions at the rundown complex of refineries in Punto Fijo on Venezuela's Caribbean coast for jobs in far-flung places like Kuwait, Angola and Chile.Leaving his wife and three children behind, he'll soon ship out to Iraq'
  
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• Wells deals with tech issues for 2nd day, extends hours

  08-02-2019 22:19 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  The problems with Wells Fargo's online and mobile banking services, as well as its ATMs, lingered into a second day on Friday as the bank continues to recover from a possible fire at one of its data centers.The San Francisco-based bank said Friday most of the disrupted services have been restored, but both the bank's employees and its customers had trouble accessing information on their direct deposits earlier in the day.The bank will extend branch hours by one hour on Friday and Saturday to hel
  
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• North Carolina nonprofit rescues calf from family's bathroom

  08-02-2019 22:19 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina nonprofit known for its unusual rescues says it has extricated a newborn calf from a family's bathroom after a relative of the man keeping it pleaded for help.
  
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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 4:19 p.m. EST

  08-02-2019 22:19 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  Twitter says it grew its revenue and profit, along with user base, for the final three months of 2018
  
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