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• Raw video: Bull moose charges skiers in Breckenridge, Colorado

  21-01-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Skier Lo Drogsvold posted the video to Instagram of the moose chasing her and her fellow skiers, warning others that moose are dangerous animals to be avoided and treated with respect.
  
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• Florida police run over couple lying in the road to watch lunar eclipse

  21-01-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  A police officer in Florida ran over two people lying on a dark road to watch the lunar eclipse, leading them requring hospital treatment.A statement given to the Palm Beach Post by police said that the two were run over after choosing to lay in the park because its as “extremely dark”.
  
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• Ex-diplomats, scholars urge China to release Canadians

  21-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A group of former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the release of two Canadians who have been detained on allegations of espionage.Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were last month arrested in China for activities that "endanger China's security" -- a phrase often used by Beijing when alleging espionage.The letter said both Kovrig and Spavor worked to improve understanding of China and to promote better rel
  
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• Polar plunge: Record low temperatures roll into Midwest, East behind snowstorm

  21-01-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  High winds and brutal cold greeted brave souls armed with shovels digging out Monday from up to two feet of snow across a wide swath of the nation.
  
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• Enbridge gas pipeline explosion causes fireball in Ohio

  21-01-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The explosion occurred on Enbridge's Texas Eastern pipeline system and appeared to have destroyed two homes, said Chasity Schmelzenbach, emergency management director for Noble County, Ohio."We got reports flames were shooting (up) 80 feet to 200 feet (25-60 meters)," Schmelzenbach said.
  
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• ‘Fox & Friends’ mistakenly airs Ruth Bader Ginsburg obituary graphic

  21-01-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  The hosts of ‘Fox & Friends’ apologised on Monday after airing a graphic suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.“We need to apologise,” co-host Steve Doocey said later on the program.“A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it.
  
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• Give Covington Catholic students room to process without harassment

  21-01-2019 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  I hope adults surrounding the boys from Covington Catholic are sitting down with them to listen about how they are coping with the negative attention.
  
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• Scores of China Experts Urge Xi to Release Jailed Canadians

  21-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The group, including former U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, ex-Hong Kong Governor Christopher Patten and five former Canadian ambassadors to China, released an open letter to the Chinese leader Tuesday urging the two men’s freedom.The letter said that Michael Kovrig, a Canadian diplomat on leave to work with the International Crisis Group in Hong Kong, and Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur who helped organize tourist trips to North Korea, had advocated exchanges that help build ties around the g
  
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• Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Says She Aims to Bring 'Unity'

  21-01-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  “Some people would say that in a diverse country, you cannot achieve unity. I reject that notion,” Harris said.
  
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• Ghostbusters Reboot Star Is Very Unhappy About The Upcoming Sequel

  21-01-2019 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Last week the surprise news emerged that there is a new Ghostbusters movie on the way, which will be released in 2020. The film will be directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, who helmed the 1984 original. The first teaser was also revealed. However, there's one star connected with the Ghostbusters franchise who is not happy with this news.Leslie Jones, who starred in the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot, took to Twitter to express her displeasure over the new movie. Jones appeared alongside Mel
  
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• Ghostbusters' Leslie Jones Is Very Unhappy About The Upcoming Sequel

  21-01-2019 22:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Last week the surprise news emerged that there is a new Ghostbusters movie on the way, which will be released in 2020. The film will be directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, who helmed the 1984 original. The first teaser was also revealed. However, there's one star connected with the Ghostbusters franchise who is not happy with this news.Leslie Jones, who starred in the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot, took to Twitter to express her displeasure over the new movie. Jones appeared alongside Mel
  
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• Mother Charged After Toddler Falls to Death from Moving Car

  21-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say a St. Louis mother has been charged after her 2-year-old son fell from her moving car and was fatally hit by another vehicle.
  
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• Martin Luther King Jr Day: Sarah Huckabee Sanders sparks outcry by saying human rights icon ‘gave his life'

  21-01-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s White House spokeswoman has triggered anger by writing that slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King “gave his life”.On a day when people across the country paid respects to the campaigner, organiser and preacher who 50 years ago was central to the still unrealised push for African American equality, Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote of King: “Today we honour a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality.People were quick to point
  
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• Rudy Giuliani says his team has spoken with Mueller's team on BuzzFeed News article

  21-01-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani told Fox News that his team communicated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office about last week's BuzzFeed News article alleging that Trump ordered his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, and said much of it is not true.
  
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• OMG, the Instant Pot with a built-in sous vide cooker is back on sale at its lowest price ever

  21-01-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Before we even get to discussing this Instant Pot or the sale happening right now on Amazon, you definitely need to be made aware that this deal is going to sell out very, very quickly. Last time this coupon popped up on Amazon it was gone within an hour, so you had better hurry if you want to get in on the action!With that out of the way, the Instant Pot 8 Qt Aura Pro Multi-Use Programmable Multicooker with Sous Vide is pretty much a modern miracle that you never knew existed. It has a bunch of
  
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• Giuliani tells Fox News there was communication between his team and Mueller team on Buzzfeed's Cohen report

  21-01-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani says he commends Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team for 'standing up for the truth'; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports.
  
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• Pastor's daughter, 12, killed after snow fort collapse outside Rothem Church in Arlington Heights ID'd

  21-01-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities have released the identity of a 12-year-old girl who died after a snow fort collapsed on her.
  
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• White House tweets about Martin Luther King Jr. aren't going over well

  21-01-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Sarah Huckabee Sanders' tweet honoring Martin Luther King Jr. is not going over well. In a tweet, the White House press secretary wrote that King "gave his life" for the civil rights movement, and that "our country is better thanks to his inspiration and sacrifice." > Today we honor a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality. Our country is better thanks to his inspiration and sacrifice #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/wWYdNWtGuy
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• Which Fyre Festival Documentary Should You Watch: Netflix's Or Hulu's?

  21-01-2019 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  In 2017, entrepreneur Billy McFarland attempted to put on a fantastical music festival in the Bahamas called the Fyre Festival. This elitist and very expensive event ended up being a total disaster. Now, both Netflix and Hulu have competing documentaries about this moment in history, but which one should you watch?Both of these movies pretty much come to the same conclusion, that event coordinator Billy McFarland is a functioning sociopath, compulsive liar, and a modern-day snake oil salesman. H
  
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• Netflix And Hulu Both Have Fyre Festival Documentaries: Which One Is Better?

  21-01-2019 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Festivals are all the rage with this generation: millennials. From Cochella to Burning Man to Lollapalooza, it's a time to get away from all their troubles, which sure does help a lot. When new festivals pop up, asking this demographic, "Wouldn't you like to get away?," thousands of young adults flock to the desert or into the middle of a city to hang among their peers and dance the night away. However, not all of these festivals go smoothly.In 2017, entrepreneur Billy McFarland attempted to put
  
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• Democratic Senator Kamala Harris jumps into 2020 White House race

  21-01-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Harris, 54, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, enters the race with the potential advantage of being the Democratic candidate who looks most like the party's increasingly diverse base of young, female and minority voters."This is a moment in time that I feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are," Harris said on ABC's "Good Morning America" in announcing her candidacy.Harris, who made history in 2016 as the first black woman elected to the U.S
  
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• Report reveals an undeclared North Korean missile base headquarters

  21-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  "The Sino-ri missile operating base and the Nodong missiles deployed at this location fit into North Korea's presumed nuclear military strategy by providing an operational-level nuclear or conventional first strike capability," the report said.The discovery of an undeclared missile headquarters comes three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he "looks forward" to another summit to discuss denuclearization with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February.
  
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• Women’s March Leader Claims Questions about Anti-Semitism Were Racist

  21-01-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Women’s March co-chair Tamika Mallory claimed during a recent interview that The View’s Meghan McCain aggressively questioned her about her ties to infamous anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan because McCain is racist.Mallory, who labeled Farrakhan the GOAT on social media after attending a speech in which he labeled Jews “satanic,” said she intended to praise the Nation of Islam leader’s past advocacy on behalf of the black community, not his virulent and frequently d
  
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• Palmer: Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris could face attacks from the left for her law and order experience

  21-01-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  At least six Democrats have announced their candidacy for the 2020 presidential race; insight from Anna Palmer, Politico Playbook co-author.
  
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• Suicide attack on Kurdish-US convoy in Syria 'kills 5'

  21-01-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of US troops and their allies in Syria on Monday, killing five members of a Kurdish-led force fighting the Islamic State group, a monitor said.The assault, claimed by IS jihadists, came less than a week after another deadly attack on US forces in Syria, and a month after Washington announced a US troop pullout from the war-torn country.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces were kille
  
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• Google hit with $57 million GDPR fine, the first for a US tech company

  21-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has kicked off 2019 by getting hit with yet another multimillion-dollar fine from a European regulator.Stemming from an investigation that began in May -- the day after Europe's strict new data privacy rules known as GDPR went into effect -- France's data protection authority has announced a $57 million fine against Google in the first such GDPR penalty levied against a US technology company. In a statement explaining the action, the French agency known as the CNIL noted that the fine is
  
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• The Latest: Man rescued from New York river island

  21-01-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The Latest on the winter storm hitting the East Coast (all times local):
  
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• California Sen. Kamala Harris announces 2020 presidential bid on 'Good Morning America'

  21-01-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Sen. Kamala Harris of California announced Monday that she is running to unseat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
  
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• The Biggest Movie To Watch In 2019

  21-01-2019 20:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Looking back at 2018, it's hard to think that 2019 can top it in terms of new movies. Last year contained some of the most successful films of all time, including the Marvel smash hits Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther, the Pixar sequel Incredibles 2, and dinosaur thriller Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. There was some brilliant horror (Hereditary, A Quiet Place), dazzling, ambitious sci-fi (Annihilation, Sorry to Bother You), and great family movies (Paddington 2). All in all, a truly g
  
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• Researchers 'discover secret missile base in North Korea' ahead of Trump-Kim summit

  21-01-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Researchers claim to have discovered a secret missile base in North Korea that could distort negotiations during an upcoming summit between that country and the United States next month.The Sino-ri Missile Operating Base is among 20 undisclosed missile sites in North Korea, according to the new report from Beyond Parallel, a group sponsored by the defense think tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.The new report’s release comes just after a Friday announcement that Donal
  
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• Native American elder, teen at center of crowd in viral video speak out

  21-01-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  After a Native American elder and a group of teens were at the center of a viral video showing a confrontation after the Indigenous Peoples March, both sides are speaking out.
  
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• The Division 2's Dark Zones Are Less Intimidating, But Will Make You More Devious

  21-01-2019 20:34 via gamespot.com
  
  One of The Division's most notable achievements in 2016 was its rather unorthodox approach to PvP gameplay. Within the center of post-outbreak Manhattan was the Dark Zone, an isolated, untamed space where you could engage in timed events, small skirmishes, and even backstabbing temporary allies. With The Division 2, Ubisoft has some interesting plans for expanding the Dark Zone concept, most of which will have you rethinking how you'll tackle the infamous no man's land.We recently played several
  
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• Snow fallout: Airlines canceled more than 4,800 flights since Friday

  21-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Flight schedules appeared to be on the rebound Monday after a rough weekend. But only after 4,600 mostly storm-related cancellations since Friday.
  
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• Israel increasingly goes public with its strikes in Syria

  21-01-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday claimed responsibility for a series of airstrikes on Iranian military targets in Syria, drifting further away from its longstanding policy of playing down or covering up its military activities in the war-torn country.
  
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• China approves trademarks for Ivanka Trump’s defunct company

  21-01-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  China granted preliminary approval for first daughter and White House advisor Ivanka Trump’s now-obsolete company, for five trademarks in the Asian country.The trademarks, which were approved on Sunday, for the Ivanka Trump brand is intended for child care centres, sunglasses and wedding dresses.The Associated Press also reported that another trademark for brokerage, charitable fundraising and art valuation services were approved earlier this month on January 6.
  
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• Suspect arrested in beating of 88-year-old woman in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley

  21-01-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  San Francisco police have arrested an 18-year-old suspect in the brutal beating of an 88-year-old great-grandmother in the city's Visitacion Valley neighborhood.
  
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• Weeks Into Shutdown, More TSA Agents Are Calling Out Sick

  21-01-2019 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  “It’s not a sustainable situation"
  
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• Government shutdown by the numbers: From food stamps to wages, how Trump’s crusade is damaging the US economy

  21-01-2019 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  One month into the longest-ever funding impasse in modern American history, there is little evidence to suggest that Donald Trump and congressional Democrats will come together to end the government shutdown anytime soon.Over the past 31 days, Washington politicians have squabbled as the impacts of the shutdown have piled up.Then came the threats to government services such as food stamps and housing subsidies.
  
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• Macron ex-security aide: Diplomatic passports given back

  21-01-2019 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron's former security aide, at the heart of a damaging political scandal, told a Senate commission Monday that he turned in his two diplomatic passports after being fired last summer but they were returned to him two months later.
  
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• Tesla's Model 3 gets green light in Europe

  21-01-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Tesla's Model 3 has been given the green light to hit the road in Europe, clearing the final hurdle for the European introduction of the battery-powered sedan expected next month.The Model 3 is a crucial project for Tesla as the U.S. electric vehicle maker known for its high-price luxury carstries to reach the mass market with a more affordable option.The Model 3 meets the requirements for approval on European roads, data published on the Netherlands Vehicles Authority's (RDW) website showed.
  
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• Video shows Florida toddler walking towards police with hands up during her father's arrest

  21-01-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  TPD said the toddler unexpectedly got out the pickup truck and imitated her parents, who were suspects, walking toward officers with her hands raised.
  
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• Trump marks MLK day with memorial visit

  21-01-2019 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington on the holiday honoring the civil rights leader.
  
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• Israel opens new international airport near Red Sea

  21-01-2019 18:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel inaugurated a new international airport Monday in its desert south meant to boost tourism to the nearby Red Sea and serve as an emergency alternative to Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion airport.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the inauguration ceremony at the sleek terminal, arriving on the ceremonial first flight to the airport, whose location has upset neighbouring Jordan."Ramon airport, this is Arkia 683, we're very excited," Netanyahu said from the cockpit on arrival in an exchange wit
  
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• Meet the Women Who Protested the Women’s March

  21-01-2019 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Women from various political and ideological backgrounds challenged the 2019 Women’s March by marching in protest and organizing alternative rallies near the Washington, D.C. event on Saturday.The third annual Women’s March took place in Freedom Plaza, a more confined space than in years past, suggesting that organizers anticipated smaller crowds after facing allegations of anti-Semitism and defending Nation of Islam’s anti-Semitic leader Louis Farrakhan.Following the developme
  
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• Deadpool Creator Debuts New Marvel Character

  21-01-2019 18:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel has announced a new bi-monthly series from the creator of Deadpool, set to debut this spring. The new series Major X will take place within the X-Men continuity, and he'll clash with popular characters like Wolverine, Storm, and Cable.Comic Book reports that Rob Liefeld will handle the writing and art for the first issue of Major X in April. After that it will be written by Image co-founder Whilce Portacio with art from Teen Titans' Brent Peeples.Major X comes from a different reality, ca
  
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• Suicide bomber rams U.S.-backed forces at Syria checkpoint

  21-01-2019 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  A suicide bomber drove his car into a checkpoint in northeastern Syria on Monday, injuring several soldiers of Kurdish-led forces during a joint convoy with U.S. allies, locals said.The attack happened on the western edge of Shadadi town in Hasaka province near a route frequented by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State, residents and sources said.In a tweet, the coalition said a convoy with allied Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was involved in an attack, but there were no Am
  
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• British pound recovers as May outlines Brexit 'Plan B'

  21-01-2019 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The pound recovered ground Monday after British Prime Minister Theresa May said she plans to return to Brussels to discuss changes to the Brexit deal she agreed with EU leaders last month despite an overwhelming rejection of the draft text by MPs last week.There was mixed news out of China, with official data showing the country's economic growth at its slowest pace in 28 years offsetting a report that the country has offered to eliminate its massive trade surplus with the United States -- easin
  
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• Have Democrats lost the shutdown showdown high ground after largely rejecting Trump's compromise proposal?

  21-01-2019 17:53 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump offers DACA protections in exchange for border wall funding in bid to end government shutdown; reaction and analysis from Katrina Pierson, senior adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign, Bill Bennett, Fox News contributor and former secretary of education, and Kennedy, host of 'Kennedy' on Fox Business Network.
  
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• Sweden hosts 'constructive' North Korea talks, eye on second summit

  21-01-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Talks held near the Swedish capital Stockholm that ended Monday and included representatives from North and South Korea and the United States were constructive, Sweden's foreign ministry said."Constructive talks have been held covering issues concerning developments on the Korean peninsula, including confidence building, economic development and long-term engagement," a ministry spokesman said.Trump is due to meet Kim in late February but will maintain economic sanctions on Pyongyang, a White Ho
  
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• Facebook to add 1,000 new jobs in Ireland by year-end

  21-01-2019 17:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The social media giant Facebook will hire an additional 1,000 people at its international headquarters in Dublin this year, the second major jobs announcement from a U.S. multinational in Ireland in a matter of days.Facebook began work late last year on a new office campus in Dublin, which it said would quadruple its footprint in the city and allow it to more than double its current staff of over 4,000.In a speech in Dublin on Monday, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said the new roles wo
  
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