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• US Congress approves China sanctions over ethnic crackdown

  27-05-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Congress voted Wednesday to toughen the U.S. response to a brutal Chinese crackdown on ethnic minorities, adding another factor to the increasingly stormy relationship between the two countries.The House passed a bipartisan bill that would impose sanctions on Chinese officials involved in the mass surveillance and detention of Uighurs and other ethnic groups in the western Xinjiang region, a campaign that has drawn muted international response because of China's influence around the world.The me
  
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• So-called honor killing of teen girl sparks outcry in Iran

  27-05-2020 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The so-called honor killing of a 14-year-old Iranian girl by her dad, who reportedly beheaded her as she slept, has sparked a nationwide outcry.
  
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• Scott Disick and Sofia Richie have reportedly broken up after 3 years of dating

  27-05-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 37-year-old "Flip It Like Disick" star and the 21-year-old model have reportedly split but remain in touch.
  
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• Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'll only wear a mask featuring Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's blackface yearbook photo

  27-05-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jerry Falwell Jr. is conceding to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's (D) coronavirus-fighting demands with a mask that's almost certain to backfire.Northam's recent order mandating everyone in the state wear a mask when they're in public has seemingly made Falwell pretty mad about preserving public health. So on Wednesday, the Liberty University president and influential conservative figure, revealed he'd ordered a mask printed with the blackface photo found on Northam's college yearbook page —
  
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• Eager for an Oculus Quest? Right now, this VR headset is frustratingly elusive - CNET

  27-05-2020 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some retailers have inventory again, but it doesn't last long. Here's where to find the so-hot-it-won't-stay-in-stock $400 VR headset.
  
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• A pharmacist known as 'the Mask Man' has been charged with hoarding $200,000 worth of N95 masks and price-gouging customers

  27-05-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The DOJ said the pharmacist, 66-year-old Richard Schirripa, sold $2,690 of masks to an undercover officer and said he felt "like a drug dealer."
  
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• Family in US demands murder charges after police kill handcuffed black man

  27-05-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Calls mounted Wednesday for the arrest of a Minneapolis policeman for killing a handcuffed black man by kneeling on his neck, amid outrage over the latest African American death at the hands of US law enforcement.A day after angry protests in the northern US city were met with tear gas and rubber bullets, the family of George Floyd demanded the four white policemen involved in his death Monday be charged with murder."I would like those officers to be charged with murder, because that's exactly w
  
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• Another cruise crew member in coronavirus limbo dies of apparent suicide

  27-05-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A cruise ship crew member died last week of self-inflicted harm, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday as it confirmed the latest in a series of apparent suicides among such workers trapped at sea because of the coronavirus pandemic.A 32-year-old Filipino worker on a ship called Scarlet Lady, the only cruise ship owned by Virgin Voyages, died of "apparent self-harm," the Coast Guard told AFP.The Florida-based company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson expressed its condolences over the d
  
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• Boeing restarted 737 Max production just hours after saying it would lay off thousands of workers

  27-05-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boeing said it had resumed construction of the 737 Max at its Renton, Washington, plant, just hours after announcing layoffs.
  
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• How to watch the SpaceX Crew Dragon launch of NASA astronauts

  27-05-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bad weather has postponed a historic rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
  
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• Ann Coulter doesn't know if she will vote for 'defective man' Donald Trump

  27-05-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter told Yahoo News she may cast a write-in vote for former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rather than vote to reelect Trump.
  
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• IM-SHORAD delayed by pandemic, but first unit equip date remains in place

  27-05-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We're making adjustments as necessary, and then working with the companies to try and catch up," the head of Army acquisition said Wednesday.
  
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• 'Make Whites Great Again' and 'All Lives Matter' trended on Twitter in the furor following George Floyd's death

  27-05-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?" Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey asked, urging prosecutors to file criminal charges.
  
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• SpaceX, NASA delay milestone mission due to bad weather

  27-05-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SpaceX's landmark launch to the International Space Station -- the first crewed mission to blast off from US soil in almost a decade -- was scrubbed Wednesday due to bad weather.With NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley strapped into the Crew Dragon capsule, the launch pad platform retracted and rocket fueling underway, SpaceX made the call to abort.It means a wait of at least a few more days for the first crewed launch on an American rocket since the space shuttle program ended in 2011.
  
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• White House press secretary voted by mail 12 times in 12 years

  27-05-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  McEnany and President Trump have claimed vote-by-mail leads to voter fraud, though there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
  
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• Marine Corps to Shut Down, Cut Back 7 MOSs as the Force Prepares for Change

  27-05-2020 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Marines in several jobs will need to move into new fields -- or even other branches of the military.
  
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• Colombia inter-city bus drivers demand to return to work

  27-05-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Drivers of inter-city bus services in Colombia protested on Wednesday to demand the government let them return to work after two months of quarantine aimed at stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus.The Andean country is starting to reopen its economy, but President Ivan Duque has warned that public transport via highways will remain off-limits, even as other sectors return to work.Protesters waved red cloths, which have come to represent cries for help during the COVID-19 pandemic, which h
  
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• US ends sanction waivers for nations in Iran nuclear deal

  27-05-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States said Wednesday it was ending waivers in its sanctions for nations that remain in the Iran nuclear accord, bringing the deal further to the verge of collapse.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was responding to Iran's "brinkmanship" of nuclear steps, which have been aimed at pressuring the United States to remove sanctions as called for by the 2015 accord."These escalatory actions are unacceptable and I cannot justify renewing the waiver," Pompeo said in a statement.
  
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• UN concerned by US claims Russia sent jets to Libya

  27-05-2020 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The UN said Wednesday it was "following with great concern" claims that Russia recently sent fighter jets to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for strongman Khalifa Haftar in the long-running conflict.On Tuesday, the US military command for Africa (Africom) accused Moscow of deploying several MiG-29 Fulcrum jets and Su-35 Flankers in support of Haftar, who has been fighting to seize Tripoli from the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) since April 2019.Pentagon spokesman
  
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• More than a third of Americans are showing clinical signs of anxiety or depression amid the coronavirus pandemic, Census Bureau finds

  27-05-2020 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Anxiety and depression rates were highest among young adults, women, and poor people, the US Census Bureau found.
  
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• Blood test nears for COVID-linked syndrome in children

  27-05-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Findings from a large, multinational study could help speed development of an accurate diagnostic blood test for the mysterious inflammatory illness.
  
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• Meng Wanzhou: Huawei executive suffers US extradition blow

  27-05-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Canadian court has ruled that the extradition hearing of Meng Wanzhou can continue.
  
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• Migrant worker train deaths shock India amid lockdown fallout

  27-05-2020 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nine Indian migrant workers travelling amid the coronavirus pandemic died on trains in recent days, including a mother whose toddler could be seen trying to wake her in a viral video, officials and media reported Wednesday.The shocking deaths highlight the plight of Indian migrants in the pandemic, during which millions lost their jobs and are struggling to return home under the country's lockdown.Local media aired footage of a two-year-old boy pulling at a cloth covering his dead mother, 35-yea
  
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• MGM Resorts to reopen Bellagio, New York-New York, MGM Grand in Las Vegas

  27-05-2020 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MGM Resorts plans to reopen Bellagio, New York-New York, MGM Grand and The Signature on June 4. Bellagio's famed fountains will be turned on.
  
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• The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck has been involved in shootings and was the subject of 10 different complaints

  27-05-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former Minneapolis police officer has been involved in deaths, three police shootings, and was the subject of 10 internal reviews.
  
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• The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck has been involved in shootings and was the subject of 10 complaints

  27-05-2020 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The former Minneapolis police officer has been involved in deaths, three police shootings, and was the subject of 10 internal reviews.
  
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• U.S. coronavirus deaths top 100,000 as country reopens

  27-05-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In about three months, more Americans have died from COVID-19 than during the Korean War, Vietnam War and the U.S. conflict in Iraq from 2003-2011 combined.The new respiratory disease has also killed more people than the AIDS epidemic did from 1981 through 1989, and it is far deadlier than the seasonal flu has been in decades.The last time the flu killed as many people in the United States was in the 1957-1958 season, when 116,000 died.
  
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• In lean times, fierce dinosaur Allosaurus resorted to cannibalism

  27-05-2020 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The dreaded dinosaur Allosaurus was the scourge of the Jurassic Period landscape some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex was 80 million years later during the Cretaceous Period.The researchers unearthed 2,368 fossil bones including several different dinosaurs and other creatures.Remarkably, 29% of the bones bore evidence of bite marks, a much-higher percentage than usual, indicative of heavy scavenging in what may have been a stressed ecosystem caused by a seasonal
  
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• Why SpaceX's launch for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole

  27-05-2020 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  If SpaceX successfully launches NASA astronauts to the space station, it will open a new era of commercial human spaceflight.
  
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• Second Woman Accuses Joe Biden of Inappropriate Behavior

  27-05-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aides to Joe Biden are striking a more aggressive tone as the former vice president faces scrutiny over his past behavior toward women.
  
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• As Trump rails against mail-in voting, his campaign tries to make it easier for Pennsylvania supporters

  27-05-2020 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We have an obligation to our voters to inform them of what the law is in their state and what their options are," the campaign said.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein is the subject of a major Netflix docuseries. Here are the key moments from the convicted sex offender's past, famous connections, and controversial death.

  27-05-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The multimillionaire faced charges in the sex trafficking of teenage girls. He died by apparent suicide in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
  
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• This 'bread omelet' is the most genius way of making an egg sandwich

  27-05-2020 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  This technique changes the game because everything happens in one skillet and it eliminates the worry of burning your toast.
  
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• Minneapolis mayor: 'Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?'

  27-05-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mayor Jacob Frey called for charges to be swiftly filed against the officer who pinned Floyd's neck with his knee.
  
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• SpaceX's launch of NASA astronauts was scrubbed and rescheduled for Saturday because of poor weather, just 17 minutes before liftoff

  27-05-2020 22:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stormy weather can endanger the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the astronauts on board. Forecasts previously showed a 50% chance of unsafe conditions.
  
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• Exclusive: Venezuela reaches deal with U.N. to buy food, medicine with gold - central bank

  27-05-2020 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Venezuela has reached a deal with the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) to destine part of its gold in Bank of England accounts toward the purchase of food and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic, its central bank governor said on Wednesday.The deal comes after Venezuela's central bank made a legal claim earlier this month to try to force the Bank of England to hand over part of the 31 tonnes of gold in accounts belonging to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, whom Britain does not
  
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• Pelosi calls on Trump to 'take responsibility' for coronavirus response

  27-05-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a press conference Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on President Trump to “stop making excuses. Take responsibility” for his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• U.N. warns of possible war crimes in northeastern Congo

  27-05-2020 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Widespread and systematic killings, beheadings, rape and other barbaric acts by militia mostly from the ethnic Lendu community in northeastern Congo may constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, the United Nations said on Wednesday.In the six months to April 2020, at least 296 people were killed, 151 wounded and 38 raped, including women and children, mostly by fighters linked to the CODECO rebel group, said a report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO).CODECO's figh
  
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• It only took two hours for Trump's administration to contradict his threat to shut down Twitter

  27-05-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump took to his favorite social media platform to attack social media platforms on Wednesday morning, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certainly didn't do anything to help his boss' case.Shortly after Trump claimed on Twitter he would "strongly regulate" or "close down" social media platforms that are allegedly silencing "conservative voices," Pompeo sent out a tweet saying the U.S. "will not tolerate" government-imposed censorship or shutdowns.Pompeo's tweet isn't in response to T
  
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• 'The most heart-wrenching report I have ever read': Nurses neglected soiled residents and reused IV equipment in Canadian nursing homes

  27-05-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A delay in changing soiled residents led to a "skin breakdown," and others were found not to have been bathed for several weeks.
  
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• SpaceX is about to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on its Crew Dragon spaceship. Here's what to expect.

  27-05-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wednesday's SpaceX launch is set to send the company's first-ever passengers into space: NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
  
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• SpaceX Nasa launch: Video shows astronauts saying goodbye to their families before mission postponed

  27-05-2020 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley said touching goodbyes to their families ahead of what was supposed to be the day of their historic space launch.On Wednesday, Behnken and Hurley emerged from quarantine in their SpaceX spacesuits, pausing briefly for the cameras before making their way over to their families.
  
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• Pedophiles are disrupting Zoom sessions. The FBI wants your help in finding them

  27-05-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The agency has received more than 240 reports of people using Zoom to broadcast videos depicting child sexual abuse.
  
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• Judge sets June 4 hearing for suspects in Arbery slaying

  27-05-2020 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Georgia judge has scheduled a hearing next week for three men charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, court officials said Wednesday.Glynn County Magistrate Court Judge Wallace E. Harrell set a preliminary hearing for June 4, said court clerk Luetrice Lott.The judge will determine whether authorities had sufficient evidence to charge the men in Arbery's death.
  
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• Nasa SpaceX launch: How we got to this point

  27-05-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Why is SpaceX launching astronauts to the International Space Station for Nasa?
  
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• British mercenaries 'involved in botched operation' backing rebel leader in Libya, according to secret UN report

  27-05-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Six British citizens including two former Royal Marine commandos have been accused of taking part in a botched mercenary mission to Libya to fight on behalf of renegade general Khalifa Haftar. The five men and one woman are named in a confidential report by the United Nations panel of experts on Libya into a botched mission that ended with the mercenaries making a remarkable sea-borne escape after falling out with their hosts. The men, including former Royal Marines Sean Callaghan Louw and Andre
  
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• Protester who hung effigy of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear fired from job at car dealership

  27-05-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Terry Bush, president of the Kentucky 3 Percenters group, only hoisted the effigy, his wife Patsy said Wednesday morning.
  
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• Tulsi Gabbard withdraws defamation suit against Hillary Clinton

  27-05-2020 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The suit alleged Clinton had defamed Gabbard during the Democratic presidential primary for appearing to call Gabbard a "favorite of the Russians."
  
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• Ivanka Trump wears face mask at delayed Nasa SpaceX launch after president mocked it as 'politically correct'

  27-05-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivanka Trump wore a facemask to the Nasa launch on Thursday a day after her father, Donald Trump, mocked the practice as being "politically correct".Ms Trump and her children wore the patterned masks, matching to their outfits, as they arrived at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida for the historic launch of two US astronauts to the International Space Station. Bad weather delayed the actual launch until Saturday.
  
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• Elon Musk told NASA astronauts' kids ahead of the SpaceX launch, 'We've done everything we can to make sure your dads come back OK'

  27-05-2020 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASA has estimated a 1-in-276 chance that the astronauts on the SpaceX rocket could die during the company's first crewed mission.
  
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