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• Nearly 12M pounds of Tyson frozen chicken strips recalled because they may contain metal

  04-05-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Tyson Foods Inc. has expanded a March recall, which now affects approximately 11.8 million pounds of frozen chicken strips that may contain metal.
  
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• Palestinian mother, baby reported killed in Israeli strike; Israel disputes claim

  04-05-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Gazan authorities reported a pregnant Palestinian mother and her one-year-old daughter killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, but an Israeli army spokesman challenged the Palestinian account of the incident.The Gazan health ministry said in a statement Falestine Abu Arar, 37, died from the "Israeli targeting east of Gaza".It had earlier announced the death of her 14-month-old daughter in the same incident as Israel carried out strikes in response to some 250 rockets fired from Gaza.
  
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• Maduro rallies military as Venezuela opposition marches on bases

  04-05-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged his troops Saturday to be "ready" for potential US military action, as supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido marched on barracks in a new bid to win the armed forces' support.Underscoring the continued military support for his socialist regime, Maduro delivered his televised address from a base in northwestern Cojedes state -- where he appeared alongside his defense minister, Vladimir Padrino, and in the presence of more than 5,000 troops.The Unite
  
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• Measles case confirmed in Long Beach for first time since 2015, health officials say

  04-05-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The first confirmed case of measles in a Long Beach resident since 2015 was confirmed by health officials.
  
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• Trump Retweets Far-Right Activists in Attack on Social Media

  04-05-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Facebook on Thursday said it was banning a number of contentious far-right personalities, including Infowars founder Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, a former editor of Breitbart News, and far-right activist Laura Loomer, for violating the social-media company’s policies on hate speech and promoting violence.Paul Joseph Watson, a British radio host and YouTube personality who goes by the Twitter handle @PrisonPlanet, was among those banned on Facebook and Instagram.
  
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• ‘Hope never dies’: Venezuela opposition ponders what’s next after failed uprising

  04-05-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  As protesters returned to the streets on Saturday some voiced optimism while others showed signs of bafflement and angerAn opponent of Nicolás Maduro demonstrates in Caracas, Venezuela, on 4 May.Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty ImagesWhen the tip off came late on Monday night, Jesús Armas could hardly believe what he was hearing.“We’re going to have this situation,” a fellow opposition politician confided over the phone, explaining how in six hours Venezuela
  
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• Warren Buffett: Berkshire discloses enough about itself

  04-05-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Warren Buffett on Saturday rejected a frequent criticism that his Berkshire Hathaway Inc does not disclose enough about its more than 90, often large operating businesses or its common stock investments.Buffett defended Berkshire's disclosures in responding to three questions at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.Meyer Shields, of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, is among the critics of Berkshire's disclosures, saying in an April 28 report they leave investors "disproportionat
  
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• Erdogan condemns Israeli Gaza bombing of Turkish news agency offices

  04-05-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday fiercely denounced Israel for the bombing of a building housing Turkey's state news agency Anadolu in Gaza."We strongly condemn Israel's attack against Anadolu Agency’s office in Gaza," Erdogan said on Twitter."Turkey and Anadolu Agency will continue to tell the world about Israeli terrorism and atrocities in Gaza and other parts of Palestine despite such attacks," he wrote.
  
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• Fortnite Volcano Destroys Map Gameplay

  04-05-2019 22:28 via gamespot.com
  
  The Fortnite Unvaulting event saw players make a choice and watch a volcano destroy these parts of the map.
  
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• Trump retweets far-right personalities in attack on social media

  04-05-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump retweeted about a dozen messages Saturday morning, including two by a well-known right-wing personality, as he continued to assail what he says is bad treatment of “conservative thinkers” on social media such as Facebook.
  
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• Islamic State claims it killed 10 soldiers in northeastern Nigeria

  04-05-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  It published pictures of burned barracks and dead bodies it claimed belonged to the soldiers.   Several sources in Nigeria, including one military source, confirmed the claim.Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has carried out a string of attacks in Nigeria in recent months.The group split in 2016 from Nigeria-based Boko Haram, which has waged a decade-long insurgency in northeast Nigeria that has killed some 30,000 people and displaced a further 2 million.
  
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• Turkey Begins Offensive on Kurdish Militias After Attacks

  04-05-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish forces killed 28 Kurdish militants after they carried out two separate attacks from hideouts in Syria and Iraq that left four Turkish troops dead, the state news agency Anadolu reported.Saturday’s cross-border offensive marked one of the deadliest days recently for the Turkish military, which conducted the attack along with the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group supported by Turkey.
  
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• Wyoming GOP Senator Mike Enzi Won't Run Again, Opening Seat

  04-05-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Enzi’s seat is likely to remain in Republican hands in a deep-red state won by Donald Trump by almost 46 percentage points.Potential replacements for Enzi could include Republican Representative Liz Cheney, who ran against him in the 2014 primary.Cheney, the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney who’s now the third ranking House Republican and is seen by some as a possible Speaker if the GOP retake the House majority, praised Enzi in a statement on Saturday.
  
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• 'I will never hesitate' to fly in a 737 MAX, Warren Buffett declares

  04-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the world's most influential businessmen, said Saturday that he would not hesitate to fly in a Boeing 737 Max airplane, despite the grounding of the planes after two fatal crashes."I will never hesitate even for a second to fly on a 737 MAX," he said in response to a question from AFP on the sidelines of the annual shareholder meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway empire in Omaha.While Buffett, the world's third-richest man, owns stakes in several of the most prest
  
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• Nine killed by regime, Russian strikes in Syria's Idblib: war monitor

  04-05-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  At least nine civilians, including two children, were killed Saturday in air strikes by Syria's government and its ally Russia in the northwest of the country, a war monitor said.Syria's military and Russia carried out more than 100 air raids in Idlib, Hama and Aleppo provinces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.The Observatory said dozens of barrel bombs were dropped by Syrian military helicopters.
  
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• 'Miracle' as passengers safe after plane skids into Florida river

  04-05-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Dozens of shocked passengers were evacuated to safety from the wings of a stricken Boeing 737 on Saturday in Florida after the jet made a rough landing in a lightning storm and skidded off the runway into a river.The plane carrying 143 people including crew from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba slammed into shallow water next to a naval air station in Jacksonville after a hard landing that saw the plane bounce and swerve down the runway, passengers said."As we went down... the plane bounced and screeched
  
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• Taliban say gap narrowing in talks with US

  04-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Saturday said the gap is narrowing in talks with Washington's special peace envoy over a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The two sides are continuing to meet in Qatar, where the insurgent movement maintains a political office.
  
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• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Gameplay Reveal Scheduled For EA Play 2019

  04-05-2019 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  EA has announced that we'll be treated to the first gameplay reveal for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order soon. Although it's probably not a surprise for anyone, the company plans on unveiling the gameplay reveal next month, during EA Play 2019.This year, EA is skipping out on hosting a press conference at E3 2019. Instead, the company's annual EA Play event will be separated into multiple livestreams that air during the week prior to E3. The first day of EA Play will occur on Friday, June 7 and the
  
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• Dodge Challenger Points the Way

  04-05-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Retro-styled and a dozen years old, Dodge's pseudo-pony Challenger tells us much about the future.
  
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• Feast your eyes on this spectacular Hubble photo of a spiral galaxy

  04-05-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  The Hubble telescope has captured a dazzling new photograph of a spiral galaxy, NGC 2903. NGC 2903 is part of the constellation Leo, located roughly 30 million light-years from Earth. NASA used the powerful orbital telescope to explore it along with over 100 other disc galaxies in the region.SEE ALSO: SpaceX just blasted a critical NASA instrument into spaceSpiral galaxies comprise the majority of galaxies in space at over 75 percent. Our own Milky Way galaxy was thought to be one until the
  
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• Curacao officials board Scientology ship in measles case

  04-05-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Authorities in Curacao on Saturday boarded a ship that arrived under quarantine to start vaccinating people to prevent a measles outbreak.
  
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• 'All of a sudden it smashed into something:' Jacksonville, Florida, plane crash survivor recounts chaotic landing

  04-05-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The plane that greeted 143 passengers and crew at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was four hours late and lacked air-conditioning. It got terrifyingly worse at the end.
  
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• Russia Says Trump Initiated Friday's 1.5-Hour Call With Putin

  04-05-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The leaders’ call lasted for 1.5 hours, according to a post on the embassy’s Facebook page, and the pair discussed a “shared commitment to step up dialogue in various areas, including on issues of strategic stability.” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday the leaders spoke for more than an hour.On Friday, Trump told reporters at the White House that Putin had assured him Moscow isn’t seeking to “get involved” in the crisis in Venezu
  
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• North Korea fires 'projectiles', South Korea says stop raising tensions

  04-05-2019 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The South Korean military initially described it as a missile launch, but subsequently gave a more vague description.The latest firing came after the North's test of what it called a tactical guided weapons system in April.Analysts suspected the flurry of military activity by Pyongyang was an attempt to exert pressure on the United States to give ground in negotiations to end the North's nuclear program after a summit in February ended in failure.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Putin and the no-collusion chorus

  04-05-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The "no-collusion" chorus sang loudly this past week, with President Donald Trump in full-throated roar and even Russian President Vladimir Putin chiming in.
  
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• Kim Jong Un Fires a Missile. Is This the Return of ‘Rocket Man’?

  04-05-2019 19:22 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovNorth Korea launched a missile for the first time in 522 days on Saturday morning, but it’s hard to be surprised. And much will depend on Washington’s reaction. In a speech in April, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made it clear that he wasn’t happy with the way the last summit with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, in Hanoi, had turned out.There, it became obvious that the grand bargain for North Korea to give up, in one stroke, all its nuclear weapons and
  
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• No crime in Huawei 5G leak: British police

  04-05-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The top-secret leak that Britain had conditionally allowed China's Huawei to develop its 5G network, which brought down the defence minister, does not amount to a criminal offence, police concluded Saturday.Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday sacked Gavin Williamson as defence secretary over the leak last month of the bitterly-disputed decision made at the April 23 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC).Following the police announcement, Williamson, who has strenuously protested his
  
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• 16-year-old Boy Scout collapses, dies hiking in Arizona desert

  04-05-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Joshua White showed signs of extreme dehydration and died on the way back down the trail in Picacho Peak State Park.
  
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• These pictures show the devastation of the Hawaii volcano eruption one year later

  04-05-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  These pictures show how Mount Kilauea's lava flows destroyed an estimated 700 buildings, covered roads and reshaped the Big Island's coastline.
  
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• Lava, sulfur and steam: After the Hawaii volcano eruption, Hawaiians struggle to recover

  04-05-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A year after lava began flowing in what would become Hawaii's most destructive volcano eruption in decades, thousands are still struggling to recover.
  
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• UK's Vectura wins patent infringement case against GlaxoSmithKline in U.S

  04-05-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  British drugmaker Vectura Group Plc said on Saturday that it won a patent infringement litigation case against GlaxoSmithKline Plc in the United States and has been awarded $89.7 million in damages for the period from August 2016 through December 2018.A jury trial in a Delaware district court on Friday found that one of Vectura's U.S. patents was infringed by sales of three of GSK's Ellipta products in the United States, Vectura said.The jury found that GSK, which is also a UK-based pharmaceutic
  
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• Guaidó and advisers were 'too impatient' to oust Maduro, says man who led coup against Chávez

  04-05-2019 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Juan Guaidó and his advisers were “perhaps too impatient” in their keenness to force out Nicolas Maduro, according to the only man to have ever ousted the Chavista rulers of Venezuela. Pedro Carmona, now 77, toppled Hugo Chávez in a 2002 uprising whose anniversary was marked across Venezuela last month. He was sworn in as interim leader inside the Miraflores presidential palace and ruled the country for 48 hours, before supporters in the military rallied round Ch&a
  
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• Berkshire swings to big profit; Buffett laments Kraft Heinz

  04-05-2019 18:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Berkshire also said it repurchased $1.7 billion of its stock in the quarter, reflecting Buffett's troubles to find better uses for the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate's cash hoard, which now totals $114.2 billion.Results were released as Buffett, 88, and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, 95, prepared to answer more than five hours of questions from shareholders and analysts at Berkshire's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, which draws tens of thousands of people.Berkshire had $15.1 billion of the
  
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• Envoy says US ready for 'all sides' to lay down arms in Afghan war

  04-05-2019 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The US special envoy tasked with forging a peace deal with the Taliban said Saturday that America stands ready for "all sides" to lay down arms in the 17-year conflict.Peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is leading the latest round of talks with the Taliban in Doha, where the two foes are pursuing a deal that would see the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan in return for Taliban security guarantees.Khalilzad's comments come a day after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he was prepared to ca
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro tells armed forces to be 'ready' in case of US attack

  04-05-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the armed forces to be "ready" in the event of a US military offensive against the South American country, in a speech to troops on Saturday.Earlier this week, Guaido tried to incite a military insurrection but it quickly fizzled out as a group of 25 rebel soldiers sought refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Caracas.
  
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• The Latest: 16 NTSB officials arrive for plane probe

  04-05-2019 17:31 via news.yahoo.com
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on on charter plane traveling from Cuba to north Florida that ended up in a river at ends of runaway (all times local):
  
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• Curacao vows to stop measles spreading from Scientology ship

  04-05-2019 17:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The Dutch territory of Curacao said Saturday it would do what was needed to prevent measles spreading from a Scientology cruise ship, after a crew member came down with the disease.The Freewinds, which left the Caribbean island of St. Lucia on Friday, arrived back in its home port of Curacao at around 9:00 am (1300 GMT) Saturday, according to myshiptracking.com.The Curacao government said in a statement that it would "take all necessary precautions to handle the case of measles on board of the F
  
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• Joe Biden seeks to build on strength with African American voters by courting black caucus lawmakers

  04-05-2019 17:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden and other 2020 hopefuls are courting Congressional Black Caucus members, who represent 82 million constituents across the country.
  
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• EU and Britain condemn U.S. oil and nuclear sanctions on Iran

  04-05-2019 17:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States' allies in Europe have criticized its recent decisions to restrict oil trade with Iran and to limit the extension of waivers for nuclear non-proliferation projects."We ... take note with regret and concern of the decision by the United States not to extend waivers with regards to trade in oil with Iran," Britain's foreign office said in a joint statement with its German and French counterparts and the European Union.
  
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• Russia's Su-35 Spooks the U.S. Air Force. Here's What We Can Tell You.

  04-05-2019 17:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The maneuverability of the Su-35 makes it an unsurpassed dogfighter. However, future aerial clashes using the latest missiles (R-77s, Meteors, AIM-120s) could potentially take place over enormous ranges, while even short-range combat may involve all-aspect missiles like the AIM-9X and R-74 that don’t require pointing the aircraft at the target. Nonetheless, the Su-35’s speed (which contributes to a missile’s velocity) and large load-carrying abilities mean it can hold its own i
  
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• Ilhan Omar: Democratic congresswoman fires back at Mike Pence in row over Venezuela

  04-05-2019 16:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Ilhan Omar has hit back after US Vice President Mike Pence said she “does not know what she is talking about” in regards to ongoing political unrest in Venezuela.Ms Omar, one of the first Muslim women to serve in the US congress, argued that America was partly to blame for the conflict in Venezuela.Mr Pence’s criticism of her views was something “women of colour have heard” before, she said.“Instead of ‘we disagree,’ it’s ‘she doesn&rsq
  
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• Syrian government intensifies bombardment of rebel-held area

  04-05-2019 16:25 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government bombardment of rebel-held areas in the country's northwest has killed and wounded dozens and forced thousands to flee their homes, further endangering an eight-month truce in the last major rebel stronghold, opposition activists said Saturday.
  
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• INTERVIEW-In wake of deadly attacks, Sri Lanka president vows stability before vote

  04-05-2019 16:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Saturday the security forces would "eradicate terrorism" following devastating suicide attacks on Easter Sunday and restore stability before a presidential election due by year-end.Sirisena also said in an interview he believed Islamic State was behind the April 21 attacks, which targeted churches and luxury hotels and killed more than 250 people including 42 foreign nationals."Elections cannot be postponed, therefore before the elections I will b
  
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• Jedi Fallen Order Should Take A Page From A Star Wars Great: The Force Unleashed

  04-05-2019 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the most interesting periods in the story of Star Wars is the 19 years between the end of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the beginning of Episode IV: A New Hope. That's the section of time when Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa grew up on their respective planets, while the Empire consolidated its power and built the Death Star. The spookiest and most interesting story from that period, though, is the one about how Darth Vader scoured the galaxy after the formation of the Empire, hunti
  
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• Gaza-Israel hostilities flare with rocket attacks, air strikes

  04-05-2019 15:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The escalation began on Friday, when two Israeli soldiers were wounded by Gaza gunfire near the border.A retaliatory Israeli air strike killed two militants from the Islamist Hamas group that governs Gaza.Two other Palestinians protesting near the frontier were also killed by Israeli forces.
  
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• SpaceX just blasted a critical NASA instrument into space

  04-05-2019 15:38 via news.yahoo.com
  NASA's carbon-detecting sleuth has left Earth.SpaceX launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) to the International Space Station (ISS) at 2:48 a.m. ET on Saturday morning aboard the company's dependable Falcon 9 rocket. After NASA's cargo load arrives at the ISS, astronauts will use a long robotic arm to attach the refrigerator-sized instrument to the side of the earth-orbiting station.  OCO-3 will peer down on Earth, keeping tabs on the planet's amassing carbon dioxide emissions,
  
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• UK's May should announce leaving date after election losses: Duncan Smith

  04-05-2019 15:00 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May should announce her departure date following poor local election results, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith said on Saturday, renewing an earlier call for her to go before this month's European elections.Theresa May was now a "caretaker prime minister", Duncan Smith told LBC radio.
  
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• UK government seeks Brexit compromise after election fiasco

  04-05-2019 14:41 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's governing Conservative Party said Saturday that it is ready to compromise to secure a Brexit deal after suffering its worst result in local elections for more than 20 years.
  
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• Afghan official: Taliban storm checkpoints, kill 7 policemen

  04-05-2019 14:35 via news.yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents killed seven Afghan policemen after storming security checkpoints overnight in western Badghis province, a provincial official said Saturday.
  
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• South Carolina focus for Biden; rivals to campaign in Iowa

  04-05-2019 14:18 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is focusing his 2020 White House campaign on South Carolina this weekend while several other Democratic candidates are spending time in Iowa, another early-voting state.
  
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