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• Texas lawmakers approve safe gun storage program despite NRA

  27-05-2019 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in gun-loving Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage.
  
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• Asus ZenBook Pro Duo laptop outdoes Apple’s Touch Bar with two 4K screens

  27-05-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Asus today at its Computex 2019 trade show unveiled a range of limited-edition devices that includes a wild new laptop design boasting a pair of 4K screens.The company showed off a range of products today including a new version of the ZenFone 6 Edition 30 smartphone, a portable monitor and a few laptops. Regarding the latter, though, it's the ZenBook Pro Duo that's attracted an outsized share of attention and headlines today, mostly over its two 4K screen
  
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• U.S. Lawyer Who Perished on Crowded Everest Died ‘Doing What He Loved’

  27-05-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Phurba Tenjing/ReutersThe 11th person to die on a crowded Mount Everest this climbing season was a Colorado lawyer who had just achieved his dream of reaching the top of the highest peak on each continent.Christopher John Kulish, 62, was just descending from the summit when he died; the cause was unclear, but others have perished of altitude sickness at that level.“He saw his last sunrise from the highest peak on Earth. At that instant, he became a member of the ‘7 Summit Club,&rsquo
  
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• On world stage, Trump backs North Korea's scathing criticism of Biden

  27-05-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  "Well, Kim Jong Un made a statement that Joe Biden is a low IQ individual.Trump's comments on the world stage reinforced a tweet that he sent on Saturday with a similar message and drew renewed criticism of the president back home.North Korea's state-run news agency issued a stinging attack last week on Biden, who has been critical of the isolated state.
  
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• Maduro's Reign Will End

  27-05-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Although the long-suffering people of Venezuela have endured much, and interim president Juan Guaidó is recognized by more than fifty countries, their ordeal is not over.The illegitimate regime of Nicolás Maduro averted its demise on April 30 after a showdown with the democratic forces of that nation under Guaidó. Americans cannot trivialize the apparent short-term success of the despot Maduro and his cohorts to continue to plunder Venezuela’s country. Nonetheless, the
  
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• Don't Believe the War Hype on Iran

  27-05-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  With American B-52’s being dispatched to the Persian Gulf and fears growing about Iranian-backed proxies preparing attacks against the United States or its friends in the region, Washington and Tehran are one miscalculation away from a large military confrontation neither the American or Iranian people want. The ascendance of National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo—two public figures who have spent their careers pushing for regime change in Iran&mdash
  
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• Trump's security adviser to visit UAE 'this week'

  27-05-2019 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  US national security adviser John Bolton will this week travel to the United Arab Emirates for talks, the US embassy in Abu Dhabi said Monday.The US embassy in the UAE on Monday sent an invitation to AFP to attend a roundtable with Bolton which would take place "this week", but no date was given.Bolton's planned meeting comes as the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the US have increasingly sought to isolate Iran, and it coincides with key meetings planned in Saudi Arabia.
  
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• On autopilot: 'Pilots are losing their basic flying skills,' some fear after Boeing 737 Max crashes

  27-05-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Two Boeing 737 Max crashes killed 346 people and grounded the jet, which experienced software problems. The incidents raise wider questions about flight automation.
  
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• Trump says Iran nuclear deal achievable as sanctions sting

  27-05-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "I really believe that Iran would like to make a deal, and I think that's very smart of them, and I think that's a possibility to happen," Trump said during a news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo."It has a chance to be a great country with the same leadership," Trump said.
  
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• Rolling Thunder's last roar? Trump says ride will be back; organizer says not so fast

  27-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of motorcyclists gathered in Washington, D.C., this weekend amid confusion over whether this would be the final ride for Rolling Thunder.
  
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• Accept reality, Serbia does not control Kosovo - Vucic

  27-05-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Serbia needs to accept that it has lost control over Kosovo, its former southern province, and it must seek a compromise to normalize ties with Pristina, President Aleksandar Vucic told parliament in unusually blunt terms on Monday.Majority-Albanian Kosovo declared independence in 2008, almost a decade after NATO air strikes wrested control of the territory away from Belgrade, ending a brutal counter-insurgency by Serbian security forces.It also still provides financial aid to Serbs in Kosovo.
  
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• Regime bombardment kills 18 civilians in Syria's Idlib: monitor

  27-05-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 18 civilians were killed on Monday as Syria's regime intensified its bombardment of Idlib province, the last jihadist stronghold in the country's northwest, a monitor said.Idlib and parts of the neighbouring provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia are under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate.Eighteen civilians, including six children, were killed on Monday in air strikes and missile attacks on Idlib province, said Rami Abdel Rahm
  
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• Shippers raise rates for cargo from U.S. to Venezuela: documents, sources

  27-05-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Two major shipping lines this month have raised their rates for transporting goods from the United States to Venezuela, according to three industry sources and two documents, as U.S. sanctions limit transit between the two nations.Washington on May 15 banned direct flights between the United States and Venezuela, citing safety concerns, as part of a broad package of sanctions meant to pressure Nicolas Maduro into resigning as president of the crisis-stricken country.
  
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• Syria, Israel exchange fire amid regional tension, 1 killed

  27-05-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said an Israeli attack against a military post in the country's south on Monday killed a soldier and injured another. Israel, in a rare statement acknowledging firing into Syria, said it was responding to an anti-aircraft fire from Syria against one of its combat planes.
  
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• Israeli missile hits Quneitra, Syria reports casualties

  27-05-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Syria said Israel carried out a missile attack that caused casualties on Monday, in what Israel's army said was a retaliatory strike."An Israeli missile targeted Tel al-Shaar in Quneitra," the Syrian news agency said, adding a "military vehicle was targeted and there are wounded".The Israeli military confirmed it carried out an air strike in Syria in retaliation for what it said was anti-aircraft fire targeting one of its fighter jets.
  
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• Trump campaign: Federal prosecutors investigating large donation made by real estate mogul

  27-05-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  An investigation into the finances of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee has drawn attention and scrutiny to a massive donation of $1m (£790,000). Real estate mogul Franklin Haney, a known political donor, gave the hefty sum to Mr Trump at the same time that the developer was seeking approval and government support in purchasing the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, which lies unfinished in Alabama.Mr Haney, two years later, has yet to close the deal.His donation to Mr Trump’s in
  
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• Farage claims pro-Brexit momentum after divisive UK vote

  27-05-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — British euroskeptic Nigel Farage said Monday that his new Brexit Party's victory in the European election should spur Britain to leave the European Union even without a divorce deal — a call echoed by many senior Conservatives, stung by their party's humiliating defeat.
  
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• Bannon says EU integration 'dead' after parliament election

  27-05-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon hailed election results for the European Parliament on Monday and said the idea of further European Union integration was "dead" after gains by far-right nationalist parties.Bannon, who has sought to build links with European populist parties, also urged them to get over their differences and form a "supergroup" in the parliament in the next month."The integration movement which is what the EU has always been about is dead," Bannon told AFP in an interview in hi
  
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• Fox News Chris Wallace schools Lindsey Graham with clip of him lashing Clinton over subpoenas

  27-05-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News host Chris Wallace confronted Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C. on Sunday with the lawmaker’s own words captured on video lashing Bill Clinton for ignoring a congressional subpoena.
  
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• Syrian air raids hit crowded residential areas in Idlib

  27-05-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government air raids killed at least nine people on Monday, after hitting a crowded residential area in the last rebel stronghold in the northwest province of Idlib, rescuers and activists said.
  
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• Britain's Brexit Party triumph raises chances of no-deal

  27-05-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigel Farage's anti-EU Brexit party topped European Parliament polls in Britain, putting intense pressure on the ruling Conservatives who suffered a historic rout and raising the chances of a no-deal outcome.The populist party, founded just three months ago, capitalised on public anger over delays to Britain's exit from the European Union, winning 31.6 percent of the vote and picking up 29 seats, final results showed.Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party meanwhile slumped to 9.1 percen
  
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• Huawei founder: Without Apple, ‘we would not see the beauty of this world’

  27-05-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  As calls have mounted in China for the central government to officially retaliate against Apple as a way to strike back over US trade tensions and over the increasing ostracization of Huawei, the billionaire founder of one of China's leading consumer electronics brands insists he's squarely against going that route.In a new interview with Bloomberg, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei was effusive in his praise of the iPhone maker, describing Apple per a translation of his remarks as "my teacher" and th
  
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• EXCLUSIVE-Huawei reviewing FedEx relationship, says packages ‘diverted’

  27-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei is reviewing its relationship with FedEx Corp after it claimed the U.S. package delivery company, without detailed explanation, diverted two parcels destined for Huawei addresses in Asia to the United States and attempted to reroute two others.Huawei told Reuters on Friday that FedEx diverted two packages sent from Japan and addressed to Huawei in China to the United States, and attempted to divert two more packages sent from Vietnam to Huawei offices else
  
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• Apple may release an iPhone SE 2 with a brand new design next year

  27-05-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The iPhone SE has long been a sleeper hit for Apple, with Tim Cook noting a few years ago that demand for the compact device was surprisingly strong and even higher than Apple's own internal projections."We're thrilled with the response that we've seen on it," Cook said during an earnings conference call in 2016. "It is clear that there is a demand there even much beyond what we thought. That is really why we have the constraint that we have."Hardly a surprise, the iPhone SE filled an important
  
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• How to pay off student loans without a billionaire bailout

  27-05-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  College is an investment but staggering debt is depressing. What do grads need to do, if they're not lucky enough to have someone pay the bill.
  
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• You can actually get a 4K TV on Amazon right now for $199.99

  27-05-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Last week, Amazon has a one-day Gold Box deal that slashed the price of the Insignia NS-43DF710NA19 43-inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV HDR - Fire TV Edition to just $199.99. That's right, a penny under $200 for a top-rated 43-inch 4K TV with Amazon's beloved Fire TV software built right in! The deal must have done pretty well, because Amazon has already brought it back -- and the 50-inch and 55-inch models are both discounted, as well. There's no telling how long these deals will be around though,
  
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• The Dogfighter: Why Russia's Su-35 Fighter Won't Be An Easy Target for Anyone

  27-05-2019 20:00 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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• Texas bill allows people to open carry guns during natural disasters

  27-05-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The bill allows people who legally own a handgun to carry, open or concealed, for a full week after a state or natural disaster is declared.
  
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• This 100 Year Old Gun Might Out Last Any Glock or Sig Sauer

  27-05-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  More than a century after its introduction, how much longer can the 1911 go on? As a pairing of high-powered bullet and frame, it’s difficult to beat. Other manufacturers including Glock and Springfield Armory have come out with competing .45 ACP designs that also have lasting appeal.The 1911 is one of the most notorious handguns in history and easily the most famous in America, having seen action in every U.S. conflict since World War I. One of the most successful product designs eve
  
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• Police searching for missing 5-year-old Utah girl. Her uncle is in custody

  27-05-2019 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The Logan Police Department continued their search Sunday, alongside officials from the FBI, for Elizabeth Jessica Shelley, a missing 5-year-old girl.
  
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• 'I went the extra $5,000': Despite a cooling housing market, buyers bust their budgets

  27-05-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. homebuyers are topping their spending limits because prices are still climbing and inventory remains relatively low.
  
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• 'War-Monger': North Korea Reportedly Has Choice Words For John Bolton

  27-05-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  North Korea reportedly described national security advisor John Bolton as a “war monger” and “human defect” for his criticism of the state’s latest missile tests.The comments came from an anonymous North Korean Foreign Ministry representative Monday after Bolton called the country’s short-range missile testing a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, the Associated Press reported Monday.“It will be fit to call Bolton not a se
  
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• Uncle named main suspect in case of missing Utah girl

  27-05-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Search underway for missing 5-year-old girl in Utah; Christina Coleman reports.
  
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• French far-right makes big demands on Macron after small win

  27-05-2019 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — If French far-right leader Marine Le Pen gets her wish, her National Rally party, victorious in the European Parliament election, will force a dissolution of France's own parliament and lure opponents to her cause. But there's one major roadblock: French President Emmanuel Macron .
  
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• Political Polar Opposites Win in Elections, Forcing U.K. Parties to Brexit Extremes

  27-05-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn grudgingly promised to support a referendum on any Brexit deal, after his party sank to just 14% of the vote.Both the governing Tories and the Labour opposition suffered at the hands of hard-line pro- and anti-Brexit forces in the elections, in which 17.2 million people voted.The night’s biggest winner was Nigel Farage, whose Brexit Party aims to take the U.K. out of the EU without waiting to negotiate a deal.
  
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• Charge your iPhone three times faster with these two accessories

  27-05-2019 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple really irritates us sometimes. Many of the company's policies are surprisingly pro-consumer. Then Apple goes and cheaps out on its chargers, packing a 5W wall adapter in its boxes with iPhones that support 18W fast charging. It's so annoying, but alas, if you want to fast-charge your iPhone you'll have to buy some upgraded gear on your own. Instead of spending $50 on the accessories you need from Apple, however, you can enjoy the same great fast charging for just $36. Pick up an iClever 18
  
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• EU elections: Gutted center, high turnout, rising right

  27-05-2019 18:47 via news.yahoo.com
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union prides itself on being a brilliant mosaic of nations, but its parliamentary elections produced a hodgepodge of sometimes contradictory results that complicates the future of both the 28-country EU and the domestic politics of several members.
  
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• Alibaba Weighs Raising $20 Billion Through A Second Listing

  27-05-2019 18:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Alibaba is aiming to file a listing application in Hong Kong confidentially as early as the second half of 2019, the people said.Alibaba raised $25 billion selling shares on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014 in the world’s largest first-time share sale, after struggling to persuade Hong Kong regulators to approve its proposed governance structure.Alibaba declined to comment.
  
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• Israel parliament takes first step to hold new elections due to deadlock

  27-05-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's parliament on Monday took a first step toward holding new elections due to deadlocked coalition negotiations following April polls, giving preliminary approval to a law to dissolve itself.Three more votes are required for final approval of the law, which would result in new elections being held.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been unable to reach a deal to form a governing coalition ahead of a Wednesday night deadline to do so.
  
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• Veterans Give Painfully Honest Answers After Army Asks 'How Has Serving Impacted You?'

  27-05-2019 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A tweet from the U.S. Army prompted an outpouring of grief and pain
  
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• France arrests four over Lyon blast

  27-05-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  French police have arrested a 24-year-old Algerian computer student suspected of planting a bomb in Lyon last week that wounded 13 people, authorities said on Monday.Three other people were also arrested in connection with the case, which is being treated as a terrorism investigation.A man was spotted by security cameras leaving the explosive device, with screws and metal balls packed into a paper bag, in a pedestrian shopping street in the central French city on Friday a minute before it explod
  
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• People love Apple’s official saddle brown leather iPhone case, and it’s 40% off today on Amazon

  27-05-2019 18:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple's official leather iPhone cases are two things: gorgeous, and expensive. There's usually no arguing with either, but today they can't really be called expensive. Amazon is running a great sale that slashes a whopping 40% off the price of the Apple Leather Case for iPhone XS and Apple Leather Case for iPhone XS Max, slashing either case to just $29.99. Oh, and the best part is this sale covers the most popular color in Apple's leather case lineup -- Saddle Brown!Here are the highlights from
  
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• India snubs Pakistan for Modi's swearing-in ceremony: sources

  27-05-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan have fought three wars since both won independence from Britain in 1947, and came close to a fourth in February after a suicide attack by a Pakistan-based militant group killed at least 40 Indian police in the contested Kashmir region.An Indian government statement on Monday said the leaders of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan - all members, with India, of the little-known Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Tec
  
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• iPhone 11 and Huawei Mate 30 will put 2019 Android flagship phones to shame

  27-05-2019 17:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple and Huawei are both set to launch new flagships in the second half of the year, including the iPhone 11 and Huawei Mate 30 that will launch in September, and October, respectively. Huawei might be dealing with a huge headache right now as its ability to do business has been seriously hit by the Trump ban, but it's likely that the Mate 30 launch will proceed as scheduled. When the iPhone 11 and Mate 30 do launch, they'll pack the fastest processors of the year, with Apple's A13 likely to be
  
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• Romania's ruling party chief jailed for corruption

  27-05-2019 17:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Since coming to power in late 2016, the Social Democrats (PSD) have steadily chipped away at the independence of the judiciary, raising sharp criticism from the European Union and triggering Romania's largest street protests in decades.On Sunday, voters overwhelmingly backed a referendum called by centrist President Klaus Iohannis to prevent Dragnea's party from further weakening the courts.With Romania's most powerful man jailed, the party will be led in the interim by his protege Prime Ministe
  
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• Julian Assange: Truth teller or criminal?

  27-05-2019 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Advocates for transparency and government accountability have praised Julian Assange for his bold steps in bringing truth to power. His critics contend he is not a journalist because he has shown a clear bias and used methods that are unethical, even if they are technically legal.
  
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• Anker’s popular $240 RoboVac 12 robot vacuum is down to $168, today only

  27-05-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Anker's most popular robot vacuum model ever might be the Eufy RoboVac 11, and the slimmer RoboVac 11s version follows closely behind. But there's a new an improved version of Anker's best-selling robot vacuum, and it just dropped to its lowest price ever. A big Amazon Gold Box sale slashes the $240 Eufy RoboVac 12 Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner to just $167.99, which is an incredible value. The price is only good on Monday though, so hurry up!Here's some additional info from the product p
  
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• 'Assad destroyed my house': Hundreds dead as Syria escalates attack on final rebel stronghold

  27-05-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  It was only after the dust from the air strike settled that Fareed al-Mhlol realised his home had taken a direct hit. The walls of his house in the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'man, in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, had crumbled in, injuring his entire family and killing his aunt. Rebel-held Idlib on Sunday faced its heaviest day of strikes since the latest government offensive began on April 30, according to the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Bombs have been raining down
  
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• Asus debuts laptop with three screens and a full-size mechanical keyboard

  27-05-2019 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Just a day before Computex 2019 in Taiwan opens to the public, Asus showed off some new hardware.The ZenBook Pro Duo complete with three displays -- two of which are touch screens -- and still enough space for a full-size mechanical keyboard.If you can imagine the Touch Bar on an Apple Macbook Pro extending halfway down the base and thus pushing the keyboard right down to the edge of the computer, you can essentially grasp the design of Asus's latest launch: the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo.
  
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• The 5 best deals you can get this Monday

  27-05-2019 17:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The last day of the long weekend has plenty of amazing things you can get at crazy prices.
  
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