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• Colombia bomb attack kills at least five police, wounds dozens

  27-01-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  By Nelson Bocanegra and Julia Symmes CobbBOGOTA (Reuters) - An early morning bomb attack outside a police station in Colombia's coastal city of Barranquilla killed at least five police officers and wounded 42 on Saturday, authorities said."We think it could be retaliation by these groups who have recently been greatly impacted," metropolitan police commander Brigadier General Mariano de la Cruz Botero said in comments broadcast by Caracol Radio, referring to crime gangs active in the port city.
  
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• Elon Musk announces an early February launch plan for Falcon Heavy

  27-01-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  Elon Musk's "week or so" until the Falcon Heavy launch is now looking like it'll be closer to two weeks. The SpaceX founder confirmed on Twitter that he's "aiming" to have a Feb. 6 launch for the private aerospace company's largest rocket to date. It will lift off from the Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy, Musk tweeted. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk apparently wasn't joking about a Boring Company flamethrower — it's here "Easy viewing from the public causeway."Aiming for first flight of Falcon H
  
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• Trump urges 'decisive action' on Taliban after Kabul bombing

  27-01-2018 23:28 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump called for "decisive action" against the Taliban on Saturday after a bomb attack killed at least 95 people in one of the biggest blasts to rock war-torn Kabul in years."I condemn the despicable car bombing attack in Kabul today that has left scores of innocent civilians dead and hundreds injured.This murderous attack renews our resolve and that of our Afghan partners," Trump said in a statement.
  
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• Trump's Washington hotel is half-empty and more expensive than competitors, figures suggest

  27-01-2018 23:27 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s extravagant hotel in Washington, DC was reportedly more expensive and emptier than its peers in 2017.The establishment – a popular hangout for administration officials and the President’s supporters – had an average monthly occupancy rate of about 50 per cent from January through November 2017, according to data provided to CNN.At the same time, the Trump hotel charged nightly room rates that were 40 per cent higher on average than comparable hotels in the
  
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• Israel, Poland in row over Holocaust bill

  27-01-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Poland on Saturday of denying history with a bill outlawing any reference to the Nazi death camps in the country as being Polish.One cannot change history and the Holocaust cannot be denied," the premier said in a statement.As a diplomatic row brewed on the day the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Poland's charge d'affaires to Israel has been summoned to the foreign ministry on Sunday, the ministry said.
  
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• Israel criticizes bill banning statements implicating Poland in Holocaust

  27-01-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  By Ari Rabinovitch and Marcin GoettigJERUSALEM/WARSAW (Reuters) - Israel called on Poland on Saturday to amend a bill approved this week by Polish lawmakers that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore any responsibility for crimes against humanity committed by Nazi Germany on its soil.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he instructed his ambassador to meet Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to express opposition to the bill, which would make using phrases like "Polish deat
  
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• Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul

  27-01-2018 23:09 via yahoo.com
  By Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais HarooniKABUL (Reuters) - A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint in a busy part of the city that was crowded with pedestrians.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, a week after they claimed an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in which more than 20 people were killed.An interior ministry spokesman blamed the Haqqani network, a mi
  
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• The Latest: Trump condemns car bomb attack in Afghanistan

  27-01-2018 23:07 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on a deadly explosion caused by a suicide bomber driving an ambulance in Afghanistan (all times local):
  
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• Honduran president starts new term as fiery protests erupt

  27-01-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in for a new term in the Honduran capital Saturday, while across town tear gas drifted across flaming barricades in clashes between police and protesters angry over an election the say was marred by fraud.
  
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• Paris braces for floods as swollen Seine inches higher

  27-01-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  Paris was on alert Saturday as the swollen Seine crept higher, with forecasters expecting the flooding to peak before the weekend is out.Tourists suffered too with the capital's famous Bateaux Mouches rivercraft out of service, and only emergency services authorised to navigate the Seine.Leaks started to appear in some basements in Paris on Friday, while some residents on the city's outskirts were forced to travel by boat through waterlogged streets.
  
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• FedEx Delivery Man Calls Police After Finding 5-Year-Old Alone in Rat-Infested Apartment

  27-01-2018 22:22 via yahoo.com
  The boy's parents have been charged.
  
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• Grammy Award stars to wear white roses as symbol of fight against sexual harassment

  27-01-2018 21:47 via yahoo.com
  Florists in New York scrambled to provide enough flowers as musicians at the Grammy Awards adopted the white rose as the latest symbol of the Me Too movement against sexual harassment. Performers, music industry executives and record labels ordered huge numbers of corsages and boutonnières ahead of the show at Madison Square Garden. Among those who said they would don white roses were show host James Corden and artists Halsey, Kelly Clarkson, Rita Ora and Cyndi Lauper. Kelly Clarkson at a
  
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• Venezuela opposition rejoins talks as presidency vote looms

  27-01-2018 21:40 via yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Negotiators for Venezuela's opposition say they will return to the negotiating table next week as international pressure mounts on President Nicolas Maduro's government over its decision to push up presidential elections.
  
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• Steve Wynn Steps Down As RNC Finance Chair Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

  27-01-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Billionaire Steve Wynn resigned his post as finance chair for the Republican National Committee on Saturday, one day after The Wall Street Journal reported numerous allegations of him sexually harassing employees at his Las Vegas casinos over several decades.
  
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• Honduran president sworn in amid protests after election chaos

  27-01-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  By Gustavo PalenciaTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez called for unity on Saturday after a bitterly disputed election last year as he was sworn in for a second term, while police skirmished with protesters in the streets.Hernandez, a conservative supported by the United States, appeared set to lose the Nov. 26 election until an abrupt halt in the vote count and a shift in the results took victory away from his center-left rival, Salvador Nasralla.Allegations of fra
  
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• Michigan State students protest amid Nassar scandal

  27-01-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  Students at Michigan State University are rallying to support the survivors of Larry Nassar's sex abuse.
  
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• Bodies of three crew members from Sanchi identified

  27-01-2018 20:43 via yahoo.com
  The bodies of three of the crew of the Sanchi, the tanker involved in the worst oil ship disaster in decades off the coast of China, have been identified, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported Saturday.The three crew members identified are Milad Aravi, Majid Naqian and Mohammad Kavousi, the agency reported.The semi-official Fars news agency said that the three were Iranian.
  
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• Heavy Rains in Paris Cause Dangerous Seine River Flooding

  27-01-2018 20:34 via yahoo.com
  Floodwaters neared their peak in Paris, threatening wine cellars and museums
  
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• Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down

  27-01-2018 20:31 via yahoo.com
  By Sarah Dadouch and Katie PaulRIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the kingdom's top international businessmen, was released from detention on Saturday, more than two months after he was taken into custody in a sweeping crackdown on corruption.A senior Saudi official said Prince Alwaleed was freed after he reached a financial settlement with the attorney general."The attorney general has approved this morning the settlement that was reached with Prince
  
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• One of Two Climbers Rescued From ‘Killer Mountain’ Nanga Parbat

  27-01-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  A team of Polish climbers helped the rescue mission
  
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• 1 of 2 Climbers Rescued From ‘Killer Mountain’ Nanga Parbat

  27-01-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  A team of Polish climbers helped the rescue mission
  
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• Veteran Zeman wins last big battle in Czech presidential vote

  27-01-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  By Jan LopatkaPRAGUE (Reuters) - Milos Zeman, the longest-standing figure in Czech post-communist politics, won a final major battle on Saturday, showing off his strong political instincts to secure a second presidential term.Zeman, 73, bet on a populist anti-immigration stance and sniping at intellectual Prague elites to mobilize his base and gain a narrow win over Jiri Drahos, a mainstream pro-European academic, in the run-off vote.A trained economist, Zeman is the last of the heavyweights who
  
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• Watch Out Grumpy Cat! This Feline Looks Less Than Happy to be Stuck to Icy Pond

  27-01-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  Thankfully he was rescued.
  
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• Thousands in Albania rally, call for government to resign

  27-01-2018 20:25 via yahoo.com
  TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands supporting Albania's opposition took to the streets for an anti-government protest Saturday, accusing the Cabinet of links to organized crime and calling for its resignation.
  
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• Saudi prince freed amid corruption probe veiled in secrecy

  27-01-2018 20:23 via yahoo.com
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who had been held in a luxury hotel since November in a wide-reaching anti-corruption probe that has been shrouded in secrecy and intrigue, was released on Saturday, according to three of his associates.
  
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• Donald Trump's State of the Union: When is it, what will he say and does it reflect the true state of America?

  27-01-2018 20:03 via yahoo.com
  When President Donald Trump delivered his first address to US Congress – it was technically not termed a State of the Union speech because he had only been on the job for five weeks.Eleven long months later, Mr Trump has been President for a year, believes he has delivered on many of his electoral promises, and considers himself to be a victim of “fake” media coverage and Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s “witch hunt” into possible collusion between the Trum
  
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• Missing 16-Year-Old Girl Found Dead Weeks After Strange Text Message

  27-01-2018 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Jholie Moussa was found less than a mile from her home
  
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• Turkey says U.S. has promised to stop arming YPG, warns Washington on Manbij

  27-01-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Angus McDowallANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to a Kurdish militia in Syria, Turkey said on Saturday, calling on Washington to immediately remove its troops from a Syrian town of Manbij that Turkish forces plan to target.Turkey's air and ground offensive in northwest Syria's Afrin region against the Kurdish YPG militia has opened a new front in the seven-year, multi-sided Syrian civil war and strained ties with NATO ally Was
  
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• Egypt's former top auditor injured in failed kidnap attempt

  27-01-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former top auditor on Saturday suffered serious injuries to his face and leg during an apparent kidnapping attempt that turned into a brawl outside his suburban Cairo home, his defense lawyers told The Associated Press.
  
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• Pro-Russia Czech president Milos Zeman wins second term

  27-01-2018 19:28 via yahoo.com
  Pro-Russian incumbent Milos Zeman was re-elected Czech president on Saturday, narrowly outpacing his pro-European liberal rival Jiri Drahos in a tight run-off that underscored deep divisions in the European Union. The president edged to a narrow victory over Mr Drahos, his only rival, in a run-off poll following a first round of voting a fortnight earlier, with 51.5 per cent. His victory came as blow to Czechs hoping their country would take a more pro-Europe line. The urbane Mr Drahos
  
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• Revolutionary Guards, Islamic State fighters clash in west Iran

  27-01-2018 19:25 via yahoo.com
  Three members of the Revolutionary Guards and three Islamic State militants were killed in clashes in the west of Iran on Saturday, a top Guards' commander said, according to Tasnim news agency.A team of 21 Islamic State fighters were tracked after they crossed Iran's western border before being attacked by the Guards, the most powerful military force in the Islamic Republic, according to Sepah News, the Guards' official news site.
  
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• The Latest: Turkey says 2 soldiers killed in Afrin push

  27-01-2018 19:21 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
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• President Trump on Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'We Will Condemn Hatred'

  27-01-2018 19:18 via yahoo.com
  Many held 'we remember' signs.
  
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• Syria opposition to boycott Russian peace talks

  27-01-2018 19:10 via yahoo.com
  Syria's main opposition group on Saturday said it would boycott Russian peace talks next week in a major blow to Moscow's diplomatic efforts towards resolving the brutal conflict.The Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime and its Russian backers of continuing to rely on military might -- and showing no willingness to enter into honest negotiations -- as the war inched towards its seventh anniversary.The announcement came after two days of separate UN-backe
  
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• Pro-Russia incumbent wins Czech presidential election

  27-01-2018 19:03 via yahoo.com
  PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's pro-Russia president won a second five-year term Saturday after beating a political newcomer viewed as more Western-oriented in a runoff vote.
  
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• Czech President Zeman re-elected with anti-immigration message

  27-01-2018 18:58 via yahoo.com
  By Robert Muller and Jason HovetPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman won a second term in a presidential election on Saturday, gaining the backing of voters for his tough stance against immigration and his courtship of Russia and China.In the run-off against strongly pro-European Union academic Jiri Drahos, Zeman scored 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent for his challenger.Zeman, 73, is the last prominent figure among active politicians from the country's post-communist transitional period i
  
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• Venezuela rejects 'unacceptable' Macron sanctions comments

  27-01-2018 18:47 via yahoo.com
  The Venezuelan government Saturday rejected what it considered "unacceptable statements" by French President Emmanuel Macron indicating support for increased European Union sanctions against Venezuela.Macron's comments were "a hostile and unfriendly act by a leader of a nation with which Venezuela has cultivated historical and brotherly ties," a Venezuelan foreign ministry statement read."It will be at the European level that we will coordinate to see if we want to increase our sanctions.
  
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• Thai pro-democracy activists protest against junta delaying polls

  27-01-2018 18:33 via yahoo.com
  Pro-democracy activists in Thailand and more than a hundred supporters gathered on Saturday in a rare show of dissent to protest against the country's military government for delaying a general election.Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha had said a general election would take place in November 2018."We are gathering here today to demand that the election take place this year, in November, like General Prayuth Chan-ocha has promised," prominent activist Rangsiman Rome told a crowd of protesters cha
  
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• South Sudan, facing humanitarian crisis, waives some fees for aid groups

  27-01-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  South Sudan has temporarily abandoned some of the fees it charges foreign and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a bid to encourage groups to help with a humanitarian crisis, a senior government official said.The government and the United Nations said last month that South Sudan needs $1.7 billion in aid this year to help six million people cope with the effects of war, hunger and economic decline.Paul Dhel, deputy chairman of the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, att
  
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• Chile court clears ex-bishop of sex crime charges

  27-01-2018 18:23 via yahoo.com
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean appeals court has ratified the dismissal of sex crime charges against a former Roman Catholic bishop who had been forced to resign while under a Vatican investigation.
  
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• Pennsylvania 'school shooting plot' foiled after police find arsenal of weapons in teenager's bedroom

  27-01-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  Just days after high school shootings in Texas and Kentucky, an alleged school shooting plot in Pennsylvania has been thwarted.Police found multiple guns and machetes in a 14-year-old high school student’s bedroom after receiving a tip from one of the suspect’s classmates.According to officials, the classmate allegedly overheard the suspect threatening to shoot four students at Uniontown Area Senior High School, located about 70 miles south of Pittsburgh in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
  
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• 50 disused quarries turned into wildlife habitats to help Britain's endangered birds 

  27-01-2018 18:05 via yahoo.com
  A conservation project to turn 50 quarries into nature reserves by 2020 has been completed two years early and is already saving endangered species, like the turtle dove. In 2010, the RSPB joined forces with building materials supplier CEMEX to rejuvenate dozens of disused quarries. And within fewer than eight years, 1,000 hectares of grassland, woodland, heath and wetland has been created which is helping rare and unusual species to flourish including 50 ‘at risk’ species. Threatene
  
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• So Here's The 'Lady Bird' Trailer Except Every Line Is Screamed

  27-01-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Sometimes a thing described to you is no match for experiencing the thing firsthand.
  
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• Brazil nightclub shooting: 14 people killed in Fortaleza after gunmen storm party

  27-01-2018 17:25 via yahoo.com
  A “large number of people” have been shot dead in north-western Brazil after gunmen stormed into a party, police said.Local media reported that 14 people had been killed in the shootings at a nightclub in the city of Fortaleza.At least six others, some of them children, were injured, according to the country's National Public Security Force.
  
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• Cost of bread doubles in Jordan as subsidies lifted

  27-01-2018 17:13 via yahoo.com
  Jordan on Saturday increased the price of bread by up to 100 percent after lifting subsidies on the staple in a bid to redress its debt-riddled economy.The move is expected to affect low income Jordanians, for whom flat pitta-like bread is an essential part of meals.Past price hikes have sparked riots in the cash-strapped country which has few natural resources.
  
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• German police disperse Kurdish protest against Turkish offensive

  27-01-2018 17:11 via yahoo.com
  German police shut down a tense demonstration in Cologne on Saturday, after around 15,000 Kurds took to the streets to protest Turkey's offensive in northern Syria.Police said they dispersed the march due to the presence of banners in the crowd displaying symbols of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which are prohibited in Germany.
  
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• 'He Just Didn’t Like Them.' School Shooting Thwarted After Student Overhears Threat Targeting Classmates

  27-01-2018 17:11 via yahoo.com
  The 14-year-old student was also found with a stash of weapons
  
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• US, Poland oppose gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany

  27-01-2018 17:05 via yahoo.com
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States and Poland on Saturday took a strong stand against a planned gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany, saying it is part of a Kremlin scheme to politicize energy and undermine attempts to make Europe less dependent on Moscow.
  
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• Meet the 24-year-old innovator designing cars for Ford

  27-01-2018 17:02 via yahoo.com
  Victoria Schein has been at Ford for less than two years and already is credited with 40 patents.
  
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