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• Kurds stick with independence vote, 'never going back to Baghdad': Barzani

  24-09-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  By Maher Chmaytelli and Daren ButlerERBIL, Iraq/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence on Monday because their partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani said on Sunday, shrugging off international opposition to the vote.In response, the Iraqi government asked the autonomous Kurdish region to hand over control of its international border posts, its international airports and called on foreign countries t
  
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• New Star Trek Series Discovery's Opening Title Sequence Is Filled With Nostalgic Imagery

  24-09-2017 23:48 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Trek: Discovery premieres today and is the first Star Trek TV series since Enterprise's last voyage way back in May of 2005. Of course, there's years worth of Star Trek history beyond that, and Discovery leverages the iconography of the property as a whole in its opening sequence.The beautiful, understated sequence lasts around a minute and half and shows everything from the ship, to the communicator, to the Vulcan salute coming to life as if they're schematics drawn and painted onto a pape
  
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• Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Nets Nintendo Second Game Of The Year Award At TGS

  24-09-2017 23:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Tokyo Game Show is finally coming to a close and the 2017 Japan Game Awards are finally in. Unsurprisingly, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild dominated this year's Game of the Year Division to take Nintendo's second grand award win in a row after Splatoon in 2016, but Pokemon Go, Inside, and City Shrouded in Shadow also got some time in the limelight.The Japan Game Awards are organized by the organized by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) and hosted annually at Tok
  
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• Seattle Seahawks Absent At National Anthem To Protest 'Injustice' Against People Of Color

  24-09-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  As a protest of the “injustice that has plagued people of color in this country,” the Seattle Seahawks chose not to come on the field for the singing of the national anthem at their Sunday NFL game in Tennessee.
  
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• Parishioner shot dead and six others injured after masked gunman opens fire at Nashville church

  24-09-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  A masked gunman killed an elderly woman and injured six other parishioners during a shooting at a church near Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday morning. Among the wounded was the pastor of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ who was shot in the chest, according to his son. There was no further information on the extent of the injuries suffered. Metro Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said at a press conference: "A gunman wearing a neoprene mask arrived in the parking lot and one wom
  
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• White House Aide Struggles To Defend GOP Bill's Pre-Existing Conditions Loophole

  24-09-2017 22:48 via yahoo.com
  A top Trump administration official ended up conceding on Sunday that individuals with pre-existing medical conditions might end up with higher premiums under the latest effort by Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• Major League Baseball player kneels during national anthem in defiance of Donald Trump

  24-09-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  NFL players are not the only athletes to have taken a knee during the national anthem this weekend in defiance of Donald Trump.Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first Major League Baseball player to do so before Saturday night's game against the Texas Rangers.Mr Maxwell’s action thrust the player into the controversy surrounding national anthem protests, which Donald Trump brought to the forefront of US attention again this weekend by suggesting that players who take a kne
  
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• 1st cruise ship since Irma docks in Key West

  24-09-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Royal Caribbean International's Empress of the Seas docked in Key West on Sunday - the first cruise ship to visit since Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys earlier this month.
  
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• Germany's Syrian refugees celebrate Merkel win but fear rise of far-right

  24-09-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  By Joseph NasrBERLIN (Reuters) - Syrian refugees rejoiced on Sunday at the news that Angela Merkel had secured a fourth term as German chancellor, but said they were alarmed by the rise of the far-right AfD party, which they feared could push her to tighten asylum rules."We prayed that Merkel would win," said Fatima al-Haidar, a mother of two from Damascus.The conservatives bled support to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), which entered parliament for the first time as the third-
  
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• Milo Yiannopoulos Flounders At Desperate 'Free Speech' Rally On UC Berkeley Campus

  24-09-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  ― Milo Yiannopoulos didn’t get his “Free Speech Week.”
  
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• Airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo despite ceasefire

  24-09-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes have targeted rural Aleppo in northern Syria Sunday for the first time in months since a cease-fire took hold in the province, killing one, activists and a war monitoring group said.
  
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• Far-right returns to German parliament for first time in 60 years as Angela Merkel wins 4th term

  24-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  The far-Right returned to the German parliament for the first time in almost 60 years on Sunday night as Angela Merkel won a record-equalling fourth term in power. The success of the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which became the third largest party, tempered a remarkable political comeback by Mrs Merkel after the controversy over her handling of the migrant crisis. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remained the largest party in parliament, and the only party capable of forming a g
  
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• Kurdish president defiant over referendum in face of war games and flight suspensions

  24-09-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Masoud Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan, was last night defiant over his decision to hold a controversial referendum on independence, even as its neighbour Iran mounted pressure by closing its airspace and launching military drills on the border. Tehran announced on Sunday it was blocking all flights to and from Kurdistan at the request of ally Iraq, which has described the secession vote as “unconstitutional” and warned that it could fan the flames of tensions in
  
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• Baghdad orders Kurdistan region to hand over borders, ports

  24-09-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, hours before the region is set to carry out a controversial referendum on support for independence.
  
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• Thousands greet Qatar's emir on return home

  24-09-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of Qataris lined the streets of central Doha Sunday to welcome back the emir as he returned from his first trip abroad during the ongoing Gulf diplomatic crisis.Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani travelled to Turkey, France, Germany and the US -- where he addressed the UN General Assembly -- his first overseas engagement since Qatar was isolated politically by neighbouring states.The emir was greeted by crowds numbering in their thousands as his car, part of a large convoy, wound its way
  
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• One Killed, Several Wounded in Church Shooting in Tennessee

  24-09-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  The shooter was also reportedly shot and taken into custody.
  
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• 1 Dead, Multiple People Injured In Shooting At Tennessee Church: Police

  24-09-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  One person was killed and seven others injured in a shooting at a church in the Nashville area of Tennessee, police said.
  
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• Is 2017 The Year Of Nintendo? - Reboot 14.5

  24-09-2017 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With increased third-party support, the return of three classic franchises, and a flourishing new console, things are looking up for the sleeping giant.
  
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• Ted Cruz Says He's Leaning No On The New Obamacare Repeal Bill

  24-09-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says that he and a fellow conservative senator are inclined to oppose a new bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, making it even less likely that Senate Republican leaders will find the votes to get the proposal through the chamber.
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Stay Off Field During Anthem, Crowd Boos Them When They Return

  24-09-2017 19:33 via yahoo.com
  The Pittsburgh Steelers chose not to enter the field during the playing of the national anthem on Sunday, eliciting boos from the crowd at Chicago’s Soldier Field football stadium.
  
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• Alabama Senate primary: A proxy battle between Trump and Bannon for heart of Republican party

  24-09-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  In recent days, what would otherwise have been a straightforward – albeit colourful – contest between two candidates vying to fill the seat vacated by former Jeff Sessions, has turned into an increasingly bitter proxy war between Mr Trump and some of his formerly closest aides, who fear his anti-establishment instincts are being diluted by mainstream Republicans.Last week, at a rally for the “insurgent” candidate Judge Roy Moore, a 70-year-old religious conservative who s
  
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• White House officials defend Trump, say athletes 'can do free speech on their own time'

  24-09-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin defended Trump’s call for NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to be suspended or fired. “It’s not about free speech,” Mnucin said Sunday. “They can do free speech on their own time.”
  
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• Merkel wins fourth term as far-right enters German parliament

  24-09-2017 18:18 via yahoo.com
  By Paul Carrel and Thomas EscrittBERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives beat their rivals on Sunday to win her a fourth term in an election that will also bring a far-right party into Germany's parliament for the first time in more than half a century, exit polls showed.After shock election results last year, from Britain's vote to leave the European Union to the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, many look to Merkel to rally a bruised liberal Western order, tasking he
  
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• US strikes IS camp in Libya, killing 17: official

  24-09-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  US forces carried out six "precision air strikes" against an Islamic State camp in Libya, killing 17 people, the US Africa Command said Sunday.The command said the air strikes were conducted on Friday, in coordination with Libya's Government of National Accord, hitting a desert camp 150 miles (240 kilometers) southeast of the city of Sirte.The air strikes were believed to be the first in Libya by US forces since US President Donald Trump took office in January.
  
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• Megyn Kelly's New Morning Show Debuts Monday

  24-09-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  After a rough transition from Fox News to NBC, news anchor Megyn Kelly is looking to turn a new page with her daily talk show that begins this week.
  
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• Susan Collins Criticizes Obamacare Repeal Bill, Hints Strongly At A 'No' Vote

  24-09-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  A bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act suffered another blow on Sunday when Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) reiterated her criticism of the proposal and said she was likely to vote no.
  
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• Russia, Syria intensify bombing of rebel-held Idlib, witnesses say

  24-09-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian jets escalated strikes on rebel-held Idlib and Hama provinces, several days after jihadist rebels opened an offensive against government-held parts of northwestern Syria, rebels and witnesses said on Sunday.The bombing campaign in heavily populated civilian areas shattered six months of relative calm.Russian-inspired ceasefires had given a temporary reprieve to tens of thousands of people living in rebel-held northwestern Syria.
  
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• When is the German election 2017 and what time will we know the result?

  24-09-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  Germany votes this month in the last in a series of elections in key Western countries. The polls are predicting an easy win for Angela Merkel, who is trying to secure a historic fourth term as chancellor. But after shock results saw the rise of political outsiders Donald Trump in the US and Emmanuel Macron in France, Britain’s vote to leave the EU and Theresa May left clinging to power in Britain less than a year later, nothing can be taken for granted. When is is the 2017 German election
  
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• German election 2017 polls and odds tracker: Will Angela Merkel remain as Chancellor?

  24-09-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  The German election takes place this Sunday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel heavy favourite to defend her position against Martin Schulz for a fourth term in power. Polls currently show that Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party - with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) - will be the largest party after the Bundestag election on 24 September, but they will fall short of a majority. This is common in Germany, and so the resulting parliament is in part d
  
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• GOP Health Care Bill on Life Support as More Senators Reservations

  24-09-2017 17:37 via yahoo.com
  Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Sunday she had “serious reservations” about the bill as Senator Ted Cruz told a Texas audience that he, too, isn’t yet ready to vote for the bill.
  
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• Steven Mnuchin Says NFL Players Can 'Do Free Speech On Their Own Time'

  24-09-2017 17:21 via yahoo.com
  Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday echoed President Donald Trump’s criticism of professional athletes who protest racism, saying that the players kneeling or making other gestures during the national anthem can “do free speech on their own time.”
  
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• Clinton Says Angela Merkel Is The Most Important Leader In The Free World

  24-09-2017 17:12 via yahoo.com
  Hillary Clinton told MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid that she believes German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the most important leader in the free world ― an extraordinary assessment by a former presidential candidate, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, and a remark likely to be seen as an affront to President Donald Trump.
  
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• Saudi Women Allowed into Sports Stadium for First Time

  24-09-2017 17:01 via yahoo.com
  For the 87th anniversary of its founding the Islamic kingdom lifted strict rules banning women mixing with men at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.
  
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• The Endless Possibilities Of Divinity: Original Sin 2

  24-09-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With such density and emergent details, Divinity: Original Sin 2 may be one of the deepest RPGs ever made.
  
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• Star Trek: Discovery Premiere Episode Releases Today, Following NYC Spaceship Stunt

  24-09-2017 16:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Trek Discovery, the first new Star Trek TV series since Enterprise ended more than a decade ago, debuts today. After a number of delays, the premiere episode airs on CBS later today, September 24.Discovery's first season consists of 15 episodes that will air between now and early next year, with a two-month mid-season break extending from November 7 through January 7. The show is set 10 years before Star Trek: The Original Series and focuses on The Walking Dead's Sonequa Martin-Green as Fir
  
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• Donald Trump Repeats Call For NFL Boycott To Stop Anthem Protests

  24-09-2017 16:26 via yahoo.com
  In a pair of early-morning tweets, President Donald Trump once again encouraged football fans to boycott the NFL if the league does not “fire or suspend” players who kneel during the national anthem to protest racism.
  
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• U.S. allied Syrian groups form civilian council to run Deir al-Zor

  24-09-2017 16:04 via yahoo.com
  By Rodi SaidDeir al Zor, SYRIA (Reuters) - U.S.-allied militias in northern Syria announced on Saturday the formation of a civilian council to govern the oil rich eastern province of Deir al Zor where they are racing with the Syrian army to capture territory held by Islamic State.The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes Arab militias but is dominated by the powerful Kurdish YPG militia, launched an operation in Deir Zor province which borders Iraq earlier this month which captured its
  
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• Aid begins to flow to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico

  24-09-2017 15:25 via yahoo.com
  GUAJATACA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Large amounts of federal aid began moving into Puerto Rico on Saturday, welcomed by local officials who praised the Trump administration's response but called for the emergency loosening of rules long blamed for condemning the U.S. territory to second-class status.
  
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• Forget Cheat ‘Sheet’ — Student Outwits Professor With Enormous 'Cheat Poster'

  24-09-2017 15:01 via yahoo.com
  When Professor Reb Beatty of Maryland’s Anne Arundel Community College arrived at his accounting class to administer a test last week, he hardly could have imagined that he’d be the one getting outsmarted.In a Sept. 20 Facebook post that’s since gone viral, Beatty explained that he’d told his students that they were allowed to bring in a “3x5” cheat sheet to use during the test.Beatty, however, failed to specify the unit of measurement he was referring to.
  
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• What Can We Expect From Megyn Kelly's New NBC Show?

  24-09-2017 14:10 via yahoo.com
  The former Fox News host has a new gig—and it's not about politics.
  
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• Florida Man Killed By Gunman While Trying To Stop Verbal Assault

  24-09-2017 13:34 via yahoo.com
  The suspect, described as a "black man with a thin build, possibly in his 30s" still remains at large.
  
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• Lavrov says US will not strike North Korea

  24-09-2017 12:59 via yahoo.com
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that the United States would not carry out a strike on North Korea because it knows Pyongyang has nuclear bombs."The Americans won't carry out a strike on (North) Korea because it's not that they suspect, they know for sure that it has nuclear bombs," Lavrov said in an interview with Russia's NTV television aired Sunday.
  
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• Kabul suicide attack on NATO convoy wounds three civilians

  24-09-2017 12:58 via yahoo.com
  A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO convoy wounded three Afghan civilians in Kabul on Sunday morning without causing casualties to Danish troops on board, officials said.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in the west of the Afghan capital."Around 11:02am, a suicide car bomber detonated himself, targeted a convoy of foreign forces near Afshar neighbourhood of Kabul city," Najib Danish, interior ministry spokesman, told AFP.
  
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• Trump casts doubt over Iran nuclear deal after missile test

  24-09-2017 11:40 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump gave a stark warning Saturday that cast growing uncertainty over whether a nuclear deal clinched with Iran would survive after the Islamic republic tested a new medium-range missile.State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday."Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have
  
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• Trump's Poll Numbers Inch Upwards, But Only With Base

  24-09-2017 10:31 via yahoo.com
  According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, one group of voters may be at the core of Trump’s bump: men without a college degree.
  
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• 'Human computer’ Katherine Johnson opens Nasa research facility named in her honour

  24-09-2017 10:13 via yahoo.com
  One of Nasa’s “human computers”, who helped plan the mission that saw an American astronaut orbit the Earth for the first time, has opened a new research centre named in her honour.The key contribution of Katherine Johnson, 99, and other African-American women to the US space programme was recounted in the film Hidden Figures, which gave overdue recognition to their work.
  
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• Devastation in Puerto Rico: How You Can Help

  24-09-2017 08:58 via yahoo.com
  In the aftermath of hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico will face months of rebuilding. Chuck shares the information of four charities working to help.
  
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• Pelosi: Trump Agreed With Democrats on Essence of the 'Dream Act'

  24-09-2017 08:42 via yahoo.com
  In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tells Chuck Todd that she trusts the president to honor an agreement that protects so-called "dreamers."
  
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• Full Pelosi Interview: 'I Trust Him' on President's DACA Pledge

  24-09-2017 08:38 via yahoo.com
  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tells Chuck Todd that she believes the president will honor his commitment to pass new "Dreamer" legislation.
  
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• Marc Cuban: Trump Must 'Be Able to Take the Blowback' When He Attacks Athletes

  24-09-2017 08:13 via yahoo.com
  Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban tells Meet the Press that the president's attacks on athletes open the door for sports stars to criticize him.
  
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