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• Canada suspends commercial mission to China because of Huawei case

  09-12-2018 23:39 via es-us.noticias.yahoo.com
  Vancouver, Dec 9 (Notimex).- The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia suspended a trade mission to China, due to the recent arrest in Vancouver of Wanzhou Meng, executive of the Huawei telecommunications company, which provoked warnings from the government of Beijing The financial executive of the telecommunications company Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was arrested on December 1 at the request of the United States, which accuses her of fraud regarding the ban on trade with Ir
  
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• Avengers Endgame Trailer Obliterates Previous Record

  09-12-2018 23:39 via gamespot.com
  
  The brand-new trailer for Avengers: Endgame was unsurprisingly very popular. The video, which was released on Friday morning, become the "most-viewed trailer in history." It picked up 289 million views in its first 24 hours across all channels.That is well ahead of Avengers: Infinity War's first trailer, which tallied 230 million views over its first day earlier this year. It's yet another success for Disney, which owns Marvel, as the media giant's new trailer Lion King picked up 224.6 million f
  
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• Carl Bernstein: 'Donald Trump For The First Time In His Life Is Cornered'

  09-12-2018 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump is used to avoiding accountability. Whether in his past
  
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• Nation's first charter school strike ends, but could portend more battles on choice

  09-12-2018 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  The strike affected only about 7,500 of Chicago's 371,000 public school students. But it was closely followed by labor leaders and charter advocates around the country.
  
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• ‘Yellow Jacket’ protests paralyze Paris and threaten Macron’s government

  09-12-2018 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The fourth weekend of violent protests in France paralyzed the capital, as demonstrators called for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.
  
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• Syria media says no attack on airport after reported air defence fire

  09-12-2018 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian state media said Sunday that air defences had opened fire near Damascus airport, before withdrawing the report after what appeared to be a false alarm."Our air defences engaged hostile aerial targets in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport," the official SANA news agency said, without providing more details.A well-informed source told AFP that "there was evidently a false alarm".
  
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• Syrian news agency removes report of Damascus air attack

  09-12-2018 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) issued a report on Sunday saying Syrian air defences had intercepted enemy targets around Damascus international airport, but later in the day said the attack had not happened."Our air defences intercepted enemy aerial targets in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in southern Damascus," SANA said in its initial report.Later still, it quoted a source at the Damascus international airport as saying "there was no attack on the airport and the
  
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• Fox News Contributor: Trump 'Likely To Be Indicted' On Campaign Finance Violations

  09-12-2018 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy has bad news for President Donald Trump:
  
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• Six Israelis wounded in Palestinian shooting attack: officials

  09-12-2018 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A Palestinian opened fire on Sunday at a group of Israelis standing at a bus stop near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, wounding six of them, Israeli officials said.One woman was in critical condition, medical officials said."Shots were fired from a passing Palestinian vehicle towards Israeli civilians who were standing at the bus station," the Israeli army said.
  
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• Who is Isha Ambani, and why are Beyoncé and Hillary Clinton in India for her wedding?

  09-12-2018 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  High-profile celebrities, from Beyonce to Hillary Clinton and Arianna Huffington, were spotted in India for Isha Ambani's pre-wedding festivities.
  
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• In Gaza protests, Israeli troops aim for the legs

  09-12-2018 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) — Israeli forces deployed along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip have fired live rounds at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters ever since demonstrations against Israel's long-running blockade of Gaza began in March.
  
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• NASA gives the Avengers some advice for helping Tony Stark

  09-12-2018 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The last time we saw Tony Stark, he was adrift in space in theAvengers: Endgame trailer, and it didn't look like survival was likely. Luckily, the folks at NASA heard about Iron Man's plight and had some advice to offer for the rest of the Avengers who were still alive on Earth.Hey @Marvel, we heard about Tony Stark. As we know, the first thing you should do is listen in mission control for “@Avengers, we have a problem.” But if he can’t communicate, then we recommend ground te
  
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• Evers not optimistic Wisconsin Gov. Walker will veto bills

  09-12-2018 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers said Sunday he's not optimistic that outgoing governor Scott Walker will veto bills approved by the Republican-dominated Legislature that would limit the new governor's power.
  
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• Britain's May says Brexit deal defeat could topple government

  09-12-2018 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Sunday if parliament rejects her Brexit deal, it could leave Britain in the European Union and bring the opposition Labour Party to power.The embattled leader's message came with her government fearing a heavy defeat in Tuesday's parliamentary vote on the draft withdrawal agreement she signed with Brussels last month.Media reports said May is under pressure from her cabinet to delay the vote and fly to Brussels to secure more concessions ahead of a planned su
  
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• Newtown shooter described 'scorn for humanity'

  09-12-2018 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Documents from the investigation into the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut are shedding light on the gunman's anger, scorn for other people, and deep social isolation in the years leading up to the shooting.
  
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• Trump on Comey's testimony to Congress: 'All lies!'

  09-12-2018 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump claimed that former FBI director James Comey lied to Congress and questioned why he couldn’t remember details about the Justice Department leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
  
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• Qatar emir skips Saudi-hosted summit with Gulf rivals

  09-12-2018 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Qatar's emir skipped a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with fellow Arab Gulf leaders whose boycott of the small but energy-flush neighbour has sparked a major regional diplomatic row.Riyadh is hosting the annual gathering as crises rumble on over the 18-month-old dispute with Doha, the war in Yemen and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul.The regional powerhouse had invited Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to attend the six-nation Gulf Coop
  
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• Macron prepares response to 'yellow vest' protesters as Paris cleans up

  09-12-2018 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  On Sunday, workers in Paris and other cities swept up broken glass and towed away burnt-out cars while the government warned of slower economic growth and the judiciary said it would come down hard on looting and attacks on police.On Saturday, protesters, for the fourth weekend in a row, threw stones, torched cars and vandalized shops and restaurants in a protest against Macron's economic policies.The Elysee palace said on Sunday that Macron, elected in May 2017, would address the country on Mon
  
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• Be Prepared for a Housing Market Price Dive, OECD Warns Australia

  09-12-2018 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  In its latest survey of Australia, the Paris-based group forecast economic growth of 2.9 percent next year, leading to a gradual pickup in wages and inflation.While it said the housing market’s cooling was so far orderly, it warned that high property prices and household debt were potential instabilities.“Risk of an overshoot in the price correction -- a hard landing -- remains,” the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in its report.
  
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• Heisman Winner Kyler Murray Apologizes After Homophobic Tweets Surface

  09-12-2018 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Within hours of accepting the prestigious Heisman Trophy, Oklahoma Sooners
  
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• Wisconsin Democratic Governor-Elect May Sue If GOP Limits Power

  09-12-2018 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  “I need to stand up for the people of Wisconsin,” Evers added.Evers, currently Wisconsin’s education superintendent, defeated Walker in the Nov. 6 election and will take office on Jan. 7.The Republican-held legislature, in its lame-duck session, passed bills last week that would weaken the governor’s powers prior to Evers taking office.
  
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• Saudi foreign minister rules out extraditing suspects in Khashoggi case

  09-12-2018 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Sunday ruled out the extradition of suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Istanbul's chief prosecutor filed warrants for the arrest of two former senior Saudi officials.Turkish officials said last week that the prosecutor's office had concluded there was "strong suspicion" that Saud al-Qahtani, a top aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and General Ahmed al-Asiri, who served as deputy head of foreign intelligence, were among the plann
  
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• Camp Fire survivor elated to find dog waiting at their burned down house

  09-12-2018 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  When Andrea Gaylord was forced to evacuate the devastating Camp Fire in Northern California in November, she couldn't get back home to take her dog Madison with her to safety as the fires spread.The evacuation order was lifted nearly a month after it was instated in Paradise, California, and Gaylord was beside herself to see Madison waiting for her as she pulled up to her burned down property, Gaylord told the ABC 10 news.Madison miraculously survived the Camp Fire that tore through Northern Cal
  
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• China summons US envoy to protest detention of Huawei exec

  09-12-2018 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — China summoned the U.S. ambassador to Beijing on Sunday to protest the detention of an executive of Chinese electronics giant Huawei in Canada at Washington's behest and demanded Washington cancel an order for her arrest.
  
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• Qatar rift overshadows Gulf Arab summit as emir stays away

  09-12-2018 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Qatar sent its state minister for foreign affairs to the annual one-day summit, which was overshadowed by the economic and diplomatic boycott of Doha since mid-2017 by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt over allegations Doha supports terrorism, which Qatar denies."Qatar's emir should have accepted the fair demands (of the boycotting states) and attended the summit," Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said in a tweet.In response, Ahmed bin Saeed Al
  
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• Saudis reject extraditions to Turkey over Khashoggi murder

  09-12-2018 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Sunday rejected demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as sought by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."We do not extradite our citizens," Adel al-Jubeir told a news conference in Riyadh at the end of a summit of Gulf Cooperation Council states.Erdogan has repeatedly called on Saudi Arabia to hand over suspects in the killing of the dissident journalist.
  
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• Rand Paul Calls Trump's Nomination Of William Barr For Attorney General 'Very Troubling'

  09-12-2018 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday bashed President Donald Trump's nomination of
  
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• Social Security notices showing cost-of-living increases available online for retirees

  09-12-2018 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The Social Security Administration this week released its cost-of-living adjustment notices online. Paper notices are also being mailed to retirees.
  
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• US sees 'hard deadline' for China trade negotiations

  09-12-2018 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The US negotiator in charge of trade talks with China said Sunday he considers March 1 to be a "hard deadline" for reaching an agreement that would avert an intensifying trade war.Lighthizer also said that he did not expect the arrest in Canada of a top Chinese executive, Meng Wanzhou of telecom giant Huawei, to interfere with the trade talks.China has strongly protested the arrest and the US demand that Meng be extradited over allegations that Huawei has violated US sanctions against Iran.
  
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• Hunger, lice, filth: Moroccan camp shows migrant challenges

  09-12-2018 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — As Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery, lice and filth.
  
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• Trump did not know of Huawei arrest during Xi dinner: Kudlow

  09-12-2018 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump had not been informed about the arrest of Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer when he dined with China's Xi Jinping, a top White House official said Sunday."He did not know and he had no reaction afterwards," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on "Fox News Sunday," denying reports Trump was "livid" that the arrest took place while he was at dinner with Xi.Meng Wanzhou, 46, was arrested in Vancouver, Canada at the request of US prosecutors on
  
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• UK nerve agent survivor fears poison will soon kill him

  09-12-2018 18:11 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A British man who was exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok said he is struggling with his eyesight and mobility, and fears the poison will kill him within a decade.
  
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• Key House Democrat Jerry Nadler Says Trump Payments May Be 'Impeachable Offenses'

  09-12-2018 18:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Allegations that President Donald Trump directed his former personal attorney
  
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• Gavin McInness: Proud Boys founder and far-right activist ‘dropped’ by conservative US TV channel

  09-12-2018 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A far-right activist linked with English Defence League (EDL) founder Tommy Robinson has reportedly been ditched by an American television channel less than a week after he was recruited as a host.Gavin McInnes, the founder of right-wing group Proud Boys, which the FBI labelled an “extremist organisation with ties to white nationalism”, is no longer working with BlazeTV, the company announced.An FBI agent later denied having called the group extremist, saying it had been trying to ch
  
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• Why is Michael Flynn above the law?: Readers sound off

  09-12-2018 17:39 via news.yahoo.com
  From Robert Mueller's memo on Michael Flynn to Knickers the Australian steer to GM's layoffs, our readers sound off on recent headlines.
  
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• Duchess of Sussex's father releases her handwritten letters and details of first wedding in latest bid to reconcile

  09-12-2018 17:38 via news.yahoo.com
  When the Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father hoped to resume contact with her after he was caught colluding with the paparazzi, he claims he tried letters, text messages and family interventions to no avail.  His next step, it appears, is to release handwritten cards, photographs and extraordinary details of her first wedding to the world via a tabloid newspaper. Thomas Markle, who has not spoken to the pregnant Duchess in months, has produced a dossier of “evidence” he b
  
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• Marco Rubio: Pardoning Paul Manafort would be a 'terrible mistake'

  09-12-2018 17:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Marco Rubio said President Trump would be making a 'terrible mistake' if he decides to pardon Paul Manafort.
  
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• Marco Rubio Warns Trump: It Would Be A 'Terrible Mistake' To Pardon Paul Manafort

  09-12-2018 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday said it would be a "terrible mistake" for
  
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• Congo's Kabila doesn't rule out seeking presidency in future

  09-12-2018 17:23 via news.yahoo.com
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's President Joseph Kabila is stepping down after this month's election but he doesn't rule out seeking the post again in the future.
  
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• Kingdom Hearts III - Official Opening Movie | Hikaru Utada, Skrillex

  09-12-2018 17:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Hikaru Utada has teamed up with longtime Kingdom Hearts superfan Skrillex to create the opening theme “Face My Fears”.Kingdom Hearts 3 is coming to Sony PlayStation® 4 and Microsoft Xbox One on January 29, 2019.
  
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• China says U.S. should withdraw arrest warrant for Huawei executive

  09-12-2018 17:02 via news.yahoo.com
  China's foreign ministry called in the U.S. ambassador on Sunday to lodge a "strong protest" over the arrest in Canada of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's [HWT.UL] chief financial officer, and said the United States should withdraw its arrest warrant.Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's global chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 and faces extradition to the United States, which alleges that she covered up her company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions.
  
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• UK PM May presses on with Brexit vote as lawmakers demand better deal

  09-12-2018 16:53 via news.yahoo.com
  May's deal, which would see Britain keep close economic ties with the EU, looks set to be rejected by parliament on Tuesday.The Sunday Times reported May was expected to say on Monday that she was delaying the vote to make a last-minute dash to Brussels to appeal to the EU to improve the deal."The vote is on Tuesday, that is what we are focused on," Brexit minister Stephen Barclay told BBC TV on Sunday.
  
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• Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims

  09-12-2018 16:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, will jointly receive the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony on Monday in the Norwegian city.Mukwege heads the Panzi Hospital in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu.The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery from sexual violence.
  
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• Indian troops kill 3 rebels in 18-hour-long Kashmir fighting

  09-12-2018 16:29 via news.yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian troops killed three rebels on the outskirts of disputed Kashmir's main city on Sunday, ending a nearly 18-hour-long gunbattle, officials said.
  
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• Nobel peace winners demand action against sex abuse

  09-12-2018 16:12 via news.yahoo.com
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be followed by action against the abuses.
  
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• Yellow vests protests are 'a catastrophe for our economy' warns French finance minister

  09-12-2018 16:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The French finance minister warned that France’s worst street protests in decades were “an economic disaster” as burned out cars and debris were cleared from the streets of Paris and other cities on Sunday. “It’s a catastrophe for trade. It’s a catastrophe for our economy,” said Bruno Le Maire, a conservative serving under Emmanuel Macron, the embattled centrist president who came to power last year promising to modernise France with sweeping pro-busines
  
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• At scene of South Sudan mass rape, 'no one could hear me'

  09-12-2018 15:50 via news.yahoo.com
  NHIALDIU, South Sudan (AP) — Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound, dragged into the bush and raped by four men with guns.
  
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• Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter Has a New Feature (And It Might Be a Total Waste of Time)

  09-12-2018 15:48 via news.yahoo.com
  We take a look. 
  
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• Congo's outgoing president Kabila doesn't rule out running again in 2023

  09-12-2018 15:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The long-delayed elections will mark Congo's first democratic transfer of power and an end to Kabila's rule that began in 2001 after the assassination of his father.Kabila hand-picked a loyalist named Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary as candidate for the ruling coalition.Congo's government says the sanctions, which include a travel ban and asset freeze, are illegal.
  
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• Titanic: The untold story

  09-12-2018 15:36 via news.yahoo.com
  In 1985 a top-secret Cold War search for two missing Navy submarines in the Atlantic would lead to discovering the final resting place of RMS Titanic, the luxury liner that sunk on April 15, 1912, with more than 1,500 souls aboard. Chip Reid visits an exhibition at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., about the search for the fated Titanic, and talks with Robert Ballard, the man whose classified hunt for the USS Scorpion and USS Thresher – nuclear submarines lost in the 1960
  
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