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• Kurt Volker completely reverses his previous impeachment testimony and now says he thought discussions about political investigations were 'inappropriate'

  19-11-2019 23:30 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  Volker has been accused of working with Rudy Giuliani and the US ambassador to the EU to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political opponents.
  
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• Official documents shed light on Tokyo's role in 'comfort women': Kyodo

  07-12-2019 06:38 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  The Imperial Japanese Army asked the government to provide one "comfort woman" for every 70 soldiers, Japan's Kyodo news agencysaid, citing wartime government documents it had reviewed, shedding a fresh light on Tokyo's involvement in the practice."Comfort women" is a euphemism for the girls and women - many of them Korean - forced into prostitution at Japanese military brothels.The issue has plagued Japan's ties with South Korea for decades.
  
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• Biden Says He Would Consider Giving Ambassadorships to Donors

  07-12-2019 05:29 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden said Friday he would not rule out appointing donors as ambassadors, but wouldn’t make decisions about those roles based on someone’s financial contributions.“Nobody in fact will be appointed by me based on anything they contributed,” he told a group of reporters aboard his “No Malarkey” bus in Decorah, Iowa.“But, for example, you have some of the people who are out there that are prepared to in fact, that are fully qualified &mda
  
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• Bankrupt PG&E reaches $13.5 billion settlement with California wildfire victims

  07-12-2019 04:51 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  It filed for Chapter 11 protection in January, citing potential liabilities in excess of $30 billion from wildfires in 2017 and 2018 linked to its equipment."With this important milestone now accomplished, we are focused on emerging from Chapter 11 as the utility of the future that our customers and communities expect and deserve," Chief Executive Officer Bill Johnson said in a statement.State fire investigators in May determined that PG&E transmission lines caused the deadliest and most des
  
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• Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze

  07-12-2019 04:10 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  A 23-year-old rape victim died in a hospital in the Indian capital two days after she was set on fire by a gang of men, including her alleged rapist, Reuters partner ANI reported on Saturday.The woman was on her way to board a train in Unnao district of northern Uttar Pradesh state to attend a court hearing when she was doused with kerosene and set on fire on Thursday, according to the police.Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and has become notorious for its poor record regarding crim
  
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• Nord Stream 2 Sanctions to Be Included in Must-Pass Defense Bill

  07-12-2019 04:04 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Sanctions aimed at blocking the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany were included by U.S. lawmakers a must-pass defense bill, according to two people familiar with the legislation.The sanctions, which would apply to companies building the pipeline project of Russian energy company Gazprom PJSC, are modeled after a bill introduced earlier this year by Senators Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, and Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat.The measure targets vessel
  
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• Should America Fear the Chinese H-20 Stealth Bomber?

  07-12-2019 02:00 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Or is it even real?
  
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• UPDATE 2-Trump calls for World Bank to stop loaning to China

  07-12-2019 01:57 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after the institution adopted a lending plan to Beijing over Washington's objections.The World Bank on Thursday adopted a plan to aid China with $1 billion to $1.5 billion in low-interest loans annually through June 2025.China has plenty of money, and if they don't, they create it.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Trump calls for World Bank to stop loaning to China

  07-12-2019 01:57 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after the institution adopted a lending plan to Beijing over Washington's objections.The World Bank on Thursday adopted a plan to aid China with $1 billion to $1.5 billion in low-interest loans annually through June 2025.China has plenty of money, and if they don't, they create it.
  
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• Less than a year after abandoning HQ2 in New York City, Amazon says it's opening a new 1,500-employee office in NYC

  07-12-2019 01:49 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Amazon has signed a new lease for office space in New York City and plans to hire 1,500 people.
  
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• In warning to Netanyahu, House endorses 2-state solution

  07-12-2019 01:13 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  The House on Friday threw its weight behind a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, in a warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he mulls annexing the West Bank.
  
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• U.S. military has enough capability in Middle East for now: Esper

  07-12-2019 01:09 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday he believed the U.S. military had sufficient capability in the Middle East for now to deter conflict, dismissing a media report that a major troop increase was under consideration amid tension with Iran.Esper, speaking to a small group of reporters, did not rule out rotations of forces or even minor increases in the future."But nothing in terms of the numbers – 14,000 - it's just a completely false report," Esper said as he flew to Californi
  
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• Thousands of Las Vegas shooting victims will have to split an $800 million settlement. Now, 2 retired judges have to decide which victims deserve the most.

  07-12-2019 00:50 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Though $800 million seems like an enormous settlement, some 4,500 people joined the lawsuit against MGM Resorts. Some will need more than others.
  
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• White House tells Democrats it will not participate in Trump impeachment hearing

  07-12-2019 00:29 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  The White House said on Friday it would refuse to take part in hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives set for next week that will consider what articles of impeachment to bring against President Donald Trump. "We don't see any reason to participate because the process is unfair," said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
  
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• Evidence tampering alleged in police chief firing case

  06-12-2019 23:40 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  A female Chicago police officer who was reportedly seen on video drinking with and kissing the now-fired police superintendent the night he was found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV has been accused of tampering with a cellphone investigators wanted to examine, a police department spokesman said Friday.Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said officials noticed that the phone was damaged when the woman left then-Superintendent Eddie Johnson's security detail to join the evidence and recover
  
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• California congressman Duncan Hunter announces resignation after corruption plea

  06-12-2019 23:39 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Hunter's announcement that he would step down came days after the leading California lawmaker, a former U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, entered his guilty plea in federal court in San Diego."Shortly after the Holidays I will resign from Congress," Hunter, 42, said in a written statement released by his communications director.
  
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• Warning Iran, US slaps sanctions on Iraqi paramilitary leaders

  06-12-2019 23:08 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on three Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary leaders over a deadly crackdown on protests in the country, as it warned Tehran to stay out of its neighbor's affairs.The move comes as President Donald Trump's administration, which considers Iran an arch-enemy, voices alarm at rising attacks on US forces' bases in Iraq blamed on armed Shiite groups backed by Tehran's clerical regime.
  
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• What Happened to the U.S.S. Arizona After Pearl Harbor?

  06-12-2019 23:03 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Today, the underwater wreckage is considered a historic relic, a sacred open grave and an environmental dilemma.
  
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• Trump says the EPA is looking 'very strongly' at 'sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms' because people are flushing their toilets 10 to 15 times

  06-12-2019 22:59 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  The New York Times reported in December 2017 that Trump "has an odd affinity for showing off bathrooms, including one he renovated near the Oval Office."
  
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• Trump impeachment news: President will not take part in hearings as Congress poised to launch articles next week

  06-12-2019 22:22 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Donald Trump won't participate in his upcoming impeachment hearings in Congress, his counsel says, forfeiting his ability to present evidence and call witnesses as House Democrats prepare articles of impeachment against the president.Mr Trump faced a 5pm EST deadline (10pm GMT) deadline to indicate whether his team intends to mount a defence at further House Judiciary Committee proceedings.
  
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• Now Even Accountants Are Fighting Over Democracy in Hong Kong

  06-12-2019 22:00 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Less than a month after Hong Kongers delivered a landslide victory to pro-democracy candidates in district elections, the battle over the city’s future is shifting somewhere you might not expect: the staid world of accounting.Candidates in this year’s election for the council of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants are being judged largely based on whether they support the city’s pro-democracy movement or are seen to align the pro-Beijing estab
  
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• Saudi Arabia 'greatly angered' by Pensacola Navy base shooting, Trump says

  06-12-2019 21:52 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Trump received a call from King Salman of Saudi Arabia to express his condolences over the attack that left four dead. The suspect was a Saudi national.
  
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• Saudi king orders security services to cooperate with U.S. in probe of Florida shooting

  06-12-2019 21:50 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Saudi Arabia's King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday he has directed his security services to cooperate with U.S. authorities investigating the deadly shooting at a Florida military base and assured him the "perpetrator of this heinous crime" does not represent the Saudi people.King Salman expressed "his sorrow and grief" over the shooting, the Saudi embassy in Washington said in a statement after a phone call between the two leaders.
  
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• Nikki Haley claims Dylann Roof 'hijacked' the 'heritage' of the Confederate flag in church massacre

  06-12-2019 21:32 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said that white supremacist Dylann Roof “hijacked” the Confederate flag by carrying out a mass killing of African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church in 2015.
  
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• 'This a trap that Giuliani and Trump literally walked into': Russia may know more about the Ukraine scandal than we do

  06-12-2019 21:30 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  One recently retired FBI special agent told Insider that The Post's reporting left "little doubt" that the Russians had a hand in the Ukraine controversy.
  
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• Developing weather pattern has forecasters on early alert for potentially significant storm

  06-12-2019 21:27 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  As a stormy pattern resumes in the eastern United States during the second week of December, meteorologists are pondering the path and impact of a storm around the middle of the month.Forecasters are considering a range of scenarios that include a major disruptive storm with high winds, heavy rain and back-breaking snow to less severe impacts ranging from beneficial rain and nuisance snow to cold and mainly dry conditions.Americans with travel plans for Saturday, Dec. 14, to Sunday, Dec. 15, sho
  
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• A polyamorous 20-year-old is in a relationship with 4 men while pregnant with her first child. She says it's working.

  06-12-2019 21:18 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  20-year-old Florida-native Tory Ojeda is in a polyamorous relationship with four men and is expecting her first child.
  
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• ICE weaponizes the American Dream to purge foreign students

  06-12-2019 21:13 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  An immigration sting targeting student visa holders mocks the values that made America great
  
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• Jury: Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet

  06-12-2019 21:11 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the Tesla CEO called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet.It took less than an hour for an eight-person jury in Los Angeles federal court to reject Unsworth's claim.Musk said the verdict restored his faith in humanity as he left the court with a security detail.
  
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• Elon Musk cleared of defamation in 'pedo guy' tweet trial

  06-12-2019 21:11 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  
  Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the Tesla CEO called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet.It took less than an hour for an eight-person jury in Los Angeles federal court to reject Unsworth's claim after a four-day trial.Musk said the verdict restored his faith in humanity as he quickly left the court with his security detail.
  
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