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• France's President Emmanuel Macron says he has 'convinced' Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria

  15-04-2018 23:32 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has said he has “convinced” Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria, as he defended the use of air strikes in the wake of an apparent chemical attack in Syria.The US, France and Britain launched more than 100 missiles targeting a number of what they said were three facilities linked to the chemical weapons programme, with Mr Macron saying that during the discussions President Trump was persuaded to drop the idea that Washington would be pulling out of Sy
  
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• Kentucky governor apologizes for saying teacher strike led to sexual assaults

  15-04-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  In an interview with a WDRB-TV television reporter on Friday, the Republican governor said he could guarantee that somewhere in Kentucky a child was sexually assaulted after being left home with no supervision because of the walkout.Kentucky's Republican-majority House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution on Saturday criticizing the governor's comments, and the Republican state Senate president said Bevin should apologize, according to local media.Teachers in Kentucky, as well as in
  
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• 'I Am Still Old and Still in Love.' Barbara Bush Gave Light-Hearted Health Update Last Month

  15-04-2018 23:20 via yahoo.com
  She also said: "I’m not sure God will recognize me; I have so many new body parts!"
  
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• Former First Lady Barbara Bush in Failing Health

  15-04-2018 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The former First Lady and wife to former President George H. W. Bush is in failing health and being cared for in her Texas home.
  
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• Photos: Antiwar activists and Syrians protest U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria

  15-04-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  Antiwar activists and Syrians worldwide demonstrated against the joint U.S., British and French airstrikes launched in Syria Saturday. The missile attack was in response to a suspected chemical attack on civilians by Syrian President Bashar Assad's government. (AP)
  
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• Barbara Bush in 'failing health,' won't seek additional medical treatment

  15-04-2018 22:53 via yahoo.com
  Family spokesperson Jim McGrath issued a statement that the former first lady is suffering from failing health.
  
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• Syria's allies say airstrikes undercut political resolution

  15-04-2018 22:50 via yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The leaders of Russia, Iran and the Hezbollah group in Lebanon said Sunday that Western airstrikes on their ally, Syria, have complicated prospects for a political settlement to the country's seven-year conflict.
  
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• Trudeau in 'financial' talks to resolve heated pipeline dispute

  15-04-2018 22:47 via yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday his government is holding "financial discussions" and weighing legislation to help resolve a high-stakes clash between two Canadian provinces over a major pipeline project.The dispute in Canada's west has oil-rich Alberta boycotting trade with British Columbia over its environment-based opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline.The spat has raised fears of a constitutional crisis, and Trudeau's own political future may be at stake.
  
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• France has not declared war on Syria regime, says Macron

  15-04-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that French air strikes in Syria were not a declaration of war against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, adding that Paris had convinced Donald Trump to stay engaged in the conflict "for the long-term".A day after France joined the United States and Britain in launching unprecedented strikes against regime targets, Macron insisted the intervention was legitimate and urged international powers to now push for a diplomatic solution to the brutal seven-year war.
  
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• Starbucks CEO apologizes to 2 black men arrested

  15-04-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starbucks sells itself as a community gathering spot as much as a coffeehouse, a welcoming place with comfortable chairs for lingering, trendy music and Wi-Fi. That's one reason the arrest of two black men who were sitting in a Starbucks struck a nerve for so many: They were doing exactly what people do at most any of the chain's 28,000 stores worldwide.
  
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• Will Trump Fire Rosenstein? It May Not Matter.

  15-04-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Something very fishy happened last week. On Friday, we were treated to almost
  
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• Hear The 2019 Audi TT RS Play Its Five-Cylinder Symphony

  15-04-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  Don't expect any major styling changes.
  
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• Saudi king slams Iran, US Jerusalem move at Arab summit

  15-04-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday slammed Iran's "blatant interference" in the region and lashed out at the US over Jerusalem as Arab leaders met in the kingdom for their annual summit.The 82-year-old monarch dubbed the Arab League meet the "Jerusalem summit" as he took aim at Washington's decision to recognise the disputed city as the capital of Israel and transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv.
  
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• President Trump's re-election campaign raised $10 million so far in 2018

  15-04-2018 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Trump has opted - unlike presidents before him - to begin actively fundraising in the early part of his first term.In addition to raising money for his own campaign, Trump has also collected funds for joint efforts with the Republican National Committee, which uses that money to help congressional candidates.During the first quarter of the year, Trump spent about $834,000 on legal expenses - down from the $1.1 million he spent in each of the previous two quarters, according to disclosures filed
  
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• Gessen: Putin wants a rhetorical war without too many coffins

  15-04-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Masha Gessen, author of “The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia,” says a war of words between Russia and the West serves Vladimir Putin better than an actual war.
  
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• The Latest: French president: Syria strikes were a success

  15-04-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
  
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• German minister tells Russia its behavior must change

  15-04-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com
  By Andrea ShalalBERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday criticized Russia for a series of activities beyond its borders, blaming it for a cyber attack on his own ministry, and said Moscow must change its ways.Maas listed a series of what he called problematic actions that also included the lack of progress in implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, a poison gas attack in Britain, support for the Syrian government, and efforts to influence Western elections."We had an
  
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• Britain pushes for Syrian ceasefire alongside US and France

  15-04-2018 21:08 via yahoo.com
  The UK will join the US and France in a push for a peaceful path forward to the Syrian crisis, proposing a new United Nations-backed ceasefire. The three allies have produced a draft resolution that will be debated by the Security Council in New York, although it remains unclear when the vote will take place. It comes as Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said new sanctions would be imposed on Russian businesses that help the Assad regime make and deploy chemical weapons. The
  
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• Barbara Bush's Health is Failing, Will Not Seek Additional Medical Care

  15-04-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  She will instead focus on comfort.
  
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• NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

  15-04-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our solar system, particularly closer, Earth-sized ones that might harbor life.The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is scheduled to launch Monday at 6:32 pm (2232 GMT) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.NASA predicts that TESS will discover 20,000 exoplanets -- or planets outside the solar system -- including more than 50 E
  
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• Starbucks CEO issues apology after video of Phila. arrests goes viral; protesters call for change

  15-04-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  The CEO of Starbucks has issued an apology of his own for the incident that led to the arrest of two men at a Philadelphia location last week.
  
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• ‘SNL’ Host John Mulaney Wrote Last Night’s Best Sketch In 2010

  15-04-2018 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Comedian John Mulaney wrote for "Saturday Night Live" from 2008 to 2014. In
  
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• Mother Says Her Two-Year-Old Daughter Will Never Get Justice After Father`s Ex-Fianc Found Guilty of Murder

  15-04-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  A Kansas man`s ex-fianc pleaded no contest to killing his two-year-old daughter, and a judge found her guilty.
  
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• Barbara Bush In 'Failing Health,' Won't Seek More Medical Treatment

  15-04-2018 20:36 via yahoo.com
  Barbara Bush is in failing health and will not seek additional medical
  
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• New U.S. sanctions will hurt Washington and Europe more than Russia: lawmaker

  15-04-2018 20:14 via yahoo.com
  New U.S. sanctions against Moscow will be hard for Russia but do more damage to the United States and Europe, RIA news agency cited a senior Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday.U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said earlier on Sunday that Washington was preparing new sanctions against Russia over its support for Syrian President Bashar-al Assad.
  
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• Prince Charles should not automatically succeed the Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth, says Corbyn

  15-04-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  The Prince of Wales should not automatically succeed the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth, Jeremy Corbyn has said as he demanded that Britain apologise for its “immoral” colonial past. The Labour leader said the 53 countries of the association should choose who succeeds the Queen, suggesting the holder could be elected on a time-limited basis. Since the signing of the London Declaration in 1953, the position has formed part of the monarch’s title, with the Queen inheriting the
  
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• Gay rights lawyer immolates self in NYC in ecology protest

  15-04-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer who burned himself to death in a grisly protest against ecological destruction was a nationally known gay rights advocate and lead attorney in a famous case involving transgender murder victim Brandon Teena.
  
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• Starbucks arrests highlights disparity of racial experiences

  15-04-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  A viral video shows two African American men being arrested in a Starbucks after a manager claims they trespassed by not buying anything and sitting in the store. Kwame Jackson, an entrepreneur and businessman, called it evidence of a “humanity gap.”
  
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• Former FBI official: Comey book puts him in 'same gutter’ as Trump

  15-04-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Frank Figliuzzi, former assistant director of counterintelligence at the FBI, said the timing of Former FBI Director James Comey’s book hurts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged Russian election meddling.
  
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• US to impose new Russia sanctions over Syria: Haley

  15-04-2018 19:13 via yahoo.com
  The United States will impose new sanctions on Russia over an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday.Haley said the sanctions, to be announced Monday by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, would target companies that supplied Damascus with equipment and other material related to chemical weapons.
  
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• Starbucks CEO apologizes for 'reprehensible' arrest of two black men

  15-04-2018 19:12 via yahoo.com
  The CEO of Starbucks has apologized for an incident at one of the mammoth chain's Philadelphia cafes where two black men were arrested while waiting for a friend.A video of the incident, posted Thursday on Twitter, was viewed millions of times and drew widespread condemnation on social media.CEO Kevin Johnson, in a statement, expressed the company's "deepest apologies" to the men for what he said was the "reprehensible outcome" of the incident.
  
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• SpaceX and NASA TESS Launch: When It Starts and How to Watch

  15-04-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  The hunt for planets begins.
  
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• California fire: Blaze spreads near Coachella music festival

  15-04-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  A large fire is quickly spreading near the Coachella music festival in California.Firefighters have said the blaze, currently six miles from the festival, is 10 per cent contained.More than 100 firefighters are battling the blaze – which was first reported at 4.30am local time.
  
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• Starbucks CEO issues apology after video of Phila. arrests goes viral

  15-04-2018 18:47 via yahoo.com
  The CEO of Starbucks has issued an apology of his own for the incident that led to the arrest of two men at a Philadelphia location last week.
  
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• Trump's press secretary issues clarification after posting misleading photo

  15-04-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s press secretary issued a begrudging clarification on Sunday after being accused of posting a misleading photograph of the president online.Sarah Sanders was criticised for a tweet on Saturday that appeared to show Trump busily directing missile strikes against Syria from the White House situation room, with Vice-President Mike Pence at his right hand.
  
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• US to impose new sanctions on Russia in wake of Syria chemical attack, says UN ambassador Nikki Haley

  15-04-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  Washington will impose new sanctions on Russia, US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said – as Western allies look to put some diplomatic clout behind military strikes launched on Syria in the wake of an apparent chemical weapon attack.“Russian sanctions will be coming down,” Ms Haley said during on appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation, adding that the new sanctions are expected to be announced by treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin on Monday.It comes as the US,
  
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• Beyoncé Makes History As First Black Woman To Headline Coachella

  15-04-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  Beyonce made history this weekend at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
  
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• Mother Discovers Cancerous Tumor on Her Foot During Pedicure

  15-04-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  She had to have her foot amputated.
  
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• Israel says new Gaza tunnel foiled, lifts veil on detection lab

  15-04-2018 18:17 via yahoo.com
  By Dan WilliamsJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it destroyed a guerrilla tunnel from the Gaza Strip and gave rare details on a classified military laboratory spearheading efforts to foil the cross-border digs.Palestinian gunmen used tunnels to blindside Israeli forces during the 2014 Gaza war.Israel has since been developing detection technologies and laying down an underground frontier wall which, it says, will end the Gaza tunnel threat by 2019.
  
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• Opposition to immigrant sanctuary spreading in California

  15-04-2018 18:08 via yahoo.com
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak.
  
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• Another rape adds to protesters' fury over Indian justice on sex crimes

  15-04-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  By Suvashree ChoudhuryMUMBAI (Reuters) - Days after a lawmaker from India's ruling party was arrested in connection with a teenager's rape, a sexual attack on an 11-year-old girl was reported on Sunday in Gujarat, the latest in a string of cases that have sparked protests across the country.Protests calling for justice were held in several cities, echoing the mass rallies against sexual violence in 2012 and piling pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who must hold elections by May 2019.Modi
  
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• 'I just have to do it.' Teachers struggle with second jobs

  15-04-2018 18:06 via yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of American schoolteachers work second jobs to boost their income. They speak of missing time with family, struggles to complete lesson plans and nagging doubts over whether it's worth the sacrifices to stay in their profession.
  
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• 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2: Spock Confirmed, But Not the Way You Think

  15-04-2018 18:05 via yahoo.com
  This is big.
  
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• Outrage after two black men arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks

  15-04-2018 17:57 via yahoo.com
  Protesters gathered at a Philadelphia Starbucks on Sunday, days after a manager called 911 leading to the arrest of two black men who had asked to use the restroom but hadn’t purchased anything.
  
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• Trump Rages Against Comey Over Claims In New Book

  15-04-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump attacked James Comey in a series of tweets Sunday,
  
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• Paul Ryan Brushes Off Criticism That He Enabled Trump

  15-04-2018 17:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) attempted in an interview airing
  
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• US pastor faces terror charges in fraught trial in Turkey

  15-04-2018 17:19 via yahoo.com
  IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — An American pastor imprisoned in Turkey is going on trial for alleged terror ties and spying in a case that has increased tensions between Washington and Ankara.
  
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• Myanmar takes back 1 Rohingya family despite UN concerns

  15-04-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar has accepted what appears to be the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape military-led violence against the minority group, even though the United Nations says it's not yet safe for them to return home.
  
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• Pro-EU Milo Djukanovic wins Montenegro's presidential election

  15-04-2018 16:45 via yahoo.com
  Montenegro defied Russia on Sunday by electing a pro-Nato political veteran who hopes to lead the small Balkan state into the European Union. On Sunday night, officials announced that Milo Djukanovic, who has dominated politics in the former Yugoslav republic for nearly 25 years, had secured victory.  Milos Nikolic, a spokesman for the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists, said: "Milo Djukanovic is the new president of Montenegro... this is a great victory, a historic victor
  
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• New Western Syria strikes would spark 'chaos': Putin tells Rouhani

  15-04-2018 16:32 via yahoo.com
  New Western air strikes in Syria would provoke "chaos" in international relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday.Speaking to Rouhani by telephone the day after US-led strikes on suspected chemical weapons facilities, Putin said "if such actions, carried out in violation of the United Nations Charter, are repeated, that would inevitably provoke chaos in international relations," according to a statement from the Kremlin.
  
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