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• U.S. Treasury chief may visit China as trade tensions simmer

  21-04-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  By David Lawder and Leika KiharaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday he may travel to China, a move that could ease tensions between the world's two largest economies, as international policymakers acknowledged Beijing needs to change its trade practices.The United States has threatened to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion of Chinese imports to try to force changes in Beijing's industrial policies, which Washington says are aimed at acquiring American
  
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• Suspected Florida school shooter appears in court

  21-04-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire at a Florida high school was denied bond during his first court appearance Saturday.
  
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• Vive la France: Trump hosts glitzy White House state dinner

  21-04-2018 23:11 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Now it's President Donald Trump's turn to pull off the ultimate charm offensive.
  
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• Armenian PM says country needs him as opposition stages ninth day of protests

  21-04-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  By Hasmik MkrtchyanYEREVAN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Armenian opposition supporters rallied on Saturday for a ninth consecutive day to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan, but he said the country needed his experience to tackle problems such as Nagorno-Karabakh.Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous part of Azerbaijan, is run by ethnic Armenians who declared independence during a conflict that broke out as the Soviet Union crumbled in 1991.The leader of the protests in Yereva
  
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• Death of Gaza teenager at border protest sparks condemnation

  21-04-2018 22:57 via yahoo.com
  The death of a Palestinian teenager during protests along Gaza's border with Israel sparked condemnation and international calls for restraint on Saturday.Rescue services and relatives said Mohammed Ayoub, aged 15, was killed by Israeli gunfire on Friday.The Israeli army said Saturday it was opening an investigation into the death of the young Palestinian, who was killed during demonstrations that have brought thousands of Palestinians to the border for four consecutive Fridays.
  
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• Tens of thousands of Hungarians rally in new anti-Orban protest

  21-04-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in Budapest for a second consecutive Saturday to protest against newly reelected Prime Minister Viktor Orban.Campaigning hard against immigration, the 54-year-old Orban's overwhelming victory April 8 saw his Fidesz party secure around half the vote.As part of sweeping reforms since he came into power in 2010, Orban has turned the public media channels into what his critics call "government mouthpieces".
  
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• Colin Kaepernick Receives Amnesty International's Highest Honor For Activism

  21-04-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Amnesty International on Saturday named former San Francisco 49ers quarterback
  
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• Hungary: Anti-government rally focuses on media freedom

  21-04-2018 22:25 via yahoo.com
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Hungary for the second consecutive Saturday, this time against the media policies and campaign against civic groups pursued by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government.
  
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• Pelosi continues to rail against Republican tax cuts

  21-04-2018 22:14 via yahoo.com
  Republicans consider 'phase 2' of the tax cuts. Tax Foundation's Scott Hodge gives his take.
  
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• Mail Carrier Who Hoarded 17,000 Pieces of Mail Said He Delivered the 'Important Mail'

  21-04-2018 22:07 via yahoo.com
  He said he felt overhwelmed.
  
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• Gunmen shoot dead Palestinian lecturer in Malaysia

  21-04-2018 21:59 via yahoo.com
  Two unidentified men shot dead a Palestinian man in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Malaysian and Palestinian authorities reported, and Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister said the suspects were believed to be linked to a foreign intelligence service.Kuala Lumpur police chief Mazlan Lazim said two men on a motorcycle fired 10 shots at the 35-year-old victim, killing him on the spot.When contacted later by Reuters, Mazlan declined to comment on reports that the victim was a member of the Palestinian Islam
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan chides Austria over election campaigning

  21-04-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday criticised Austria for planning to ban any possible campaigning for the June elections, saying that countries attempting to undermine his country's democratic struggle would "pay a price".Erdogan this week called snap elections for June 24, bringing the polls forward by a year and a half.Both Austria and the Netherlands have announced their governments would not look warmly to any possible campaigning on their soil by Turkish politicians.
  
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• Video shows bullet-ridden vehicle after police shooting

  21-04-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Diante Yarber was driving the Ford Mustang when Barstow police officers shot in the vehicle and killed him.
  
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• Tens of thousands of Hungarians protest against PM Orban's rule

  21-04-2018 21:42 via yahoo.com
  By Sandor PetoBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested on Saturday against government control over the media, which they say helped Prime Minister Viktor Orban to a landslide election victory earlier this month.The rally in Budapest was the second mass protest against Orban since the April 8 election, with demonstrators urging the fragmented opposition parties to join forces against the rightwing nationalist Fidesz party, which won two-thirds of parliamentary seats at the p
  
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• Empty promises? N.Korea watchers greet Kim move with skepticism

  21-04-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Pyongyang's announcement it will halt nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches has left experts puzzling over Kim Jong Un's true intentions -- and the extent to which US President Donald Trump deserves credit.The North Korean leader's surprising move Saturday marks another milestone ahead of his upcoming talks with Trump, who less than a year ago was threatening "fire and fury like the world has never seen" after Kim threatened to strike the US island territory of Guam.Many
  
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• Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report

  21-04-2018 20:18 via yahoo.com
  What’s not in the report is as important as what’s in it.
  
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• Macron calls Sisi to discuss Syrian crisis

  21-04-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday to discuss the Syrian crisis, Sisi's office said.Macron addressed the military strike that France, the United States and Britain launched in Syria a week ago, pointing out that it comes within the framework of international legitimacy, it said in a statement.The three countries launched 105 missiles in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in Syria, targeting what the Pentagon said were three chem
  
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• Chemical weapons inspectors enter Douma two weeks after attack

  21-04-2018 20:13 via yahoo.com
  Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples from Syria's Douma on Saturday, two weeks after a suspected gas attack there followed by retaliatory strikes by Western powers on the Syrian government's chemical facilities. The site visit, confirmed by the Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, would allow the agency to proceed with an independent investigation to determine what chemicals, if any, were used in the April 7 attack that medical workers said killed more than 40
  
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• Michael Cohen, Donald Trump and the curse of loyalty

  21-04-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  A number of analysts have been wondering aloud whether the loyalty of Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer, will pass the acid test of a federal indictment.
  
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• Iranian Foreign Minister on Americans detained in Tehran

  21-04-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  More from Margaret Brennan's interview with Mohammad Javad Zarif to air Sunday on 'Face the Nation'
  
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• Dems' lawsuit alleges conspiracy between Trump camp, Russia

  21-04-2018 19:52 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A lawsuit by Democratic Party accuses Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks and Trump's son and son-in-law of engaging in a conspiracy to undercut Democrats in the 2016 election by stealing tens of thousands of emails and documents.
  
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• Woman Saves 18-Month-Old She Spotted Hanging From Roof Gutter

  21-04-2018 19:39 via yahoo.com
  She was driving when she saw the baby boy.
  
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• Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Syria site

  21-04-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Chemical weapons inspectors collected samples from Syria's Douma on Saturday, two weeks after a suspected gas attack there followed by retaliatory strikes by Western powers on the Syrian government's chemical facilities.
  
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• Queen marks 92nd birthday with Commonwealth concert

  21-04-2018 19:17 via yahoo.com
  Queen Elizabeth II marked her 92nd birthday on Saturday with traditional gun salutes and a Commonwealth-themed charity concert featuring Tom Jones, Kylie and Shaggy.Horse-drawn guns fired 41 times in Hyde Park and 62 times at the Tower of London, while at Windsor Castle, the band played "Happy Birthday" during the changing of the guard.In the evening, the monarch and her family were due to attend a concert with performers from around the Commonwealth, the 53-nation grouping which held its summit
  
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• Jeb Bush eulogizes mother, Barbara Bush, at funeral

  21-04-2018 19:16 via yahoo.com
  Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, delivered a eulogy Saturday at a private funeral service for his mother, Barbara Bush. The service was held at the nation's largest Episcopal church, in Houston.
  
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• The Latest: Police got earlier call on suspect in stabbing

  21-04-2018 19:11 via yahoo.com
  VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a man charged with stabbing a father to death at a Southern California restaurant (all times local):
  
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• Infiniti Launching Five New Cars Just For China

  21-04-2018 19:07 via yahoo.com
  Starting with the QX50.
  
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• God of War PS4 Director Answered All Our Burning Questions

  21-04-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's new God of War is finally out now on PlayStation 4. Early reviews came online last week--and critics across the board seemed to love the game. The action-adventure game is a reboot of sorts for Sony's long-running franchise. It mixes things up significantly with major changes to combat and a story that shows a softer side of Kratos who now has a son (and a beard). Ahead of launch, GameSpot spoke with game director Cory Barlog and lead level designer Rob Davis about the new God of War, and
  
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• Romney facing complex Utah nominating system in Senate race

  21-04-2018 18:59 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Senate hopeful Mitt Romney will speak to thousands of Utah Republicans gathering Saturday at a party convention to vote for candidates ranging from Congress to state Legislature.
  
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• Hamas vows revenge for key member killed in Malaysia

  21-04-2018 18:54 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group said Saturday that a man who was gunned down in Malaysia was an important member of the organization, accusing Israel of being behind the brazen killing.
  
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• Iran rejects US rights report as 'biased'

  21-04-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  Iran rejected the latest US human rights report as hypocritical on Saturday, saying it was "biased by political objectives"."Iran considers the annual report by the US State Department and in particular allegations raised about human rights in Iran as absolutely biased by political objectives, which depicts a distorted and unrealistic image of our country's situation," said foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi in a statement on the ministry website.
  
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• Death toll in Nicaragua protests rises to six

  21-04-2018 18:47 via yahoo.com
  By Oswaldo RivasMANAGUA (Reuters) - At least six people have died in violent protests in Nicaragua over changes to social security, the Red Cross said on Saturday, as pressure increased on the government of President Daniel Ortega to halt the bloodshed.Nicaraguans have been protesting since Wednesday against the changes that increase worker contributions and lower pensions, sparking one of the biggest crises in the administration of Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla.Lissett Guido, a spokeswoman
  
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• New Body Camera Footage Shows Officers Did Not Leave Patrol Car While Searching for Kyle Plush

  21-04-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  The teen was later found dead by his father.
  
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• Suspect in Ocala, Florida school shooting: ‘I want to be put away’

  21-04-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  As students around the country rallied against gun violence on Friday, one student was injured in a shooting at a Florida high school. The suspect spoke to local NBC reporter Matt Lupoli.
  
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• Trump says lawyer Michael Cohen won’t ‘flip’

  21-04-2018 18:21 via yahoo.com
  The president in Saturday morning tweets blasted the New York Times over a report that said the president’s longtime personal attorney Michael might be willing to cooperate with federal investigators.
  
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• Barbara Bush remembered for values and impact at funeral service

  21-04-2018 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Four former presidents attended the service for Barbara Bush, as her granddaughters paid tribute to her with prayer and her son Jeb Bush delivered an emotional eulogy.
  
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• Experts take samples from site of alleged Syria gas attack

  21-04-2018 18:11 via yahoo.com
  Investigators from the global chemical arms watchdog collected samples Saturday from the site of a suspected gas attack in Syria two weeks ago, after security concerns delayed their probe.Gruesome footage of the alleged toxic attack on April 7 in the town of Douma, just outside Damascus, horrified the world and prompted unprecedented Western strikes on Syrian military installations.Just hours after the joint missile strikes, a team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (O
  
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• North Korea says it’s suspending nuclear and missile tests

  21-04-2018 18:07 via yahoo.com
  The announcement said the suspension will continue so long as there are no nuclear threats against North Korea and contained no indication that the country would give up its nuclear weapons.
  
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• Police Capture Abandoned Alligator in Queens Park

  21-04-2018 18:03 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Park police officers captured a four-foot alligator abandoned in Fort Tilden Friday.
  
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• Avoid romaine lettuce, CDC warns, amid E. coli outbreak

  21-04-2018 18:01 via yahoo.com
  The warning stems from romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona and shipped across the country, the with CDC telling grocery stores, restaurants, and consumers not to eat the lettuce unless they can be certain it didn’t come from that area.
  
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• God Of War PS4's Kratos Has Changed, And The Soundtrack Tells You So

  21-04-2018 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The opening track to God of War begins with dark, pounding percussion and a deep, male choir chanting a series of ominous notes. It's a repeating motif that perfectly speaks to the Kratos we've known for decades, a brutal god-slaying monster. But there's another motif that accompanies it, a more uplifting series of horns and strings that seem almost hopeful. It hints at a calmer Kratos, though still prudent and stoic--it's the side of him that we see executed so superbly in this new game in his
  
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• 'Overwhelmed' Letter Carrier Allegedly Held Onto 17,000 Pieces Of Mail

  21-04-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  An "overwhelmed" New York City postal worker stashed more than 17,000 pieces
  
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• Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave northeast of Damascus

  21-04-2018 17:42 via yahoo.com
  By Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-KhalidiBEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels began withdrawing from an enclave northeast of Damascus on Saturday and will go to northern Syria, state TV and a rebel official said, in a surrender agreement that marks another victory for President Bashar al-Assad.The withdrawal will restore state control over the eastern Qalamoun enclave, some 40 km (25 miles) from Damascus.
  
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• Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for 9 days

  21-04-2018 17:31 via yahoo.com
  BIREUEN, Indonesia (AP) — A Rohingya Muslim man among a group of 76 rescued in a wooden boat in Indonesian waters says they were at sea for nine days after leaving Myanmar, where the minority group faces intense persecution, and were hoping to reach Malaysia.
  
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• 'Smallville' actress charged with sex trafficking for cult-like group

  21-04-2018 17:27 via yahoo.com
  An actress from the popular TV series "Smallville" has been arrested on sex trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting women to a purported self-help group which forced them to have sex with its leader, US prosecutors say.Allison Mack, 35, who was arrested Friday, recruited women for what was described as a female mentorship group, US attorney Richard Donoghue said in a statement from the Justice Department.The leader of the group was one Keith Raniere, also known as "Vanguard," the statement
  
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• Arrests Made as Georgia City Braces for Face-Off Between Neo-Nazi and Anti-Fascist Groups

  21-04-2018 17:11 via yahoo.com
  Roughly 400 public safety officers will be on hand.
  
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• Mourning Barbara Bush

  21-04-2018 17:04 via yahoo.com
  Several former U.S. presidents were among the 1,500 mourners expected to gather at a Houston church on Saturday for the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush, who died on Tuesday at the age of 92.
  
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• God Of War's Early Hours Are Unexpected

  21-04-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  With the release of God of War on PS4, Pete, Mike, and Jean-Luc discuss the changes made to the long running franchise, and how they work extremely well.
  
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• God Of War PS4's Immersive Mode Is The Best Way To Play

  21-04-2018 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  God of War is a phenomenal game that everyone should play, no question. And if you're in this article, it's probably safe to say that you're interested in playing it, if you haven't already started. But if you want to really get the most out of its stunning world and its fantastic and definitely not boring combat, then you should really consider playing in Immersive mode.You'll find an option in the game's setting menu that lets you toggle the game's HUD between Normal and Immersive mode, which
  
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• Police Find Mother Falsely Believed She Had Cancer After Family's Murder-Suicide

  21-04-2018 16:49 via yahoo.com
  There was no cancer found in her body.
  
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