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• By popular demand - Meghan and Harry live figures go on show in Berlin

  11-12-2018 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Unlike the museum's usual wax figures, the new moving figures are actors wearing silicone masks modeled on their subjects' features.
  
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• Moment of reckoning looms for ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

  11-12-2018 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The moment of reckoning has nearly arrived for Michael Cohen, who finds out Wednesday whether his decision to walk away from President Donald Trump after years of unwavering loyalty will spare him from a harsh prison sentence.
  
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• Republicans Consider 'Suicide Mission' On Shutdown And Border Wall

  11-12-2018 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― After a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and
  
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• Donald Trump's 'manhood' questioned by Nancy Pelosi after wild White House meeting

  11-12-2018 23:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Nancy Pelosi – fresh from a raucous, ill-tempered Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump – reportedly questioned the manhood of the famously thin-skinned president.After she and fellow Democrat Chuck Schumer clashed with Mr Trump as he threatened to shut down the government if he was not successful in securing the $5bn he has requested for a border wall, the 78-year-old congresswoman suggested the president’s ego had got in the way of matters.Ms Pelosi told members of her party,
  
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• Trump Says Military to Build Border Wall If Congress Won’t Fund It

  11-12-2018 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  “If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall,” Trump said in a stream of Twitter messages Tuesday.Trump is meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the White House on Tuesday, as lawmakers and the administration negotiate spending legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown after Dec 21.
  
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• Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump nearly $300,000

  11-12-2018 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A US federal judge in California has ordered porn star Stormy Daniels to pay Donald Trump nearly $300,000 for filing a defamation suit against the president that was dismissed.US District Judge S. James Otero said Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, must pay Trump $293,000 to cover the president's attorney fees and costs plus $1,000 in sanctions for filing the lawsuit.Daniels in her dismissed suit had accused Trump of defamation for characterizing as a "total con job" her claims of a
  
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• GOP Rep. Cites Questionable Stats On Google Bias Using Conservative Blog Post

  11-12-2018 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  A questionable article on media bias is making waves after being introduced
  
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• At least two dead, 11 wounded in French Christmas market shooting

  11-12-2018 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  A lone gunman shot dead at least two people and wounded 11 others near a Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg before fleeing, police said.
  
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• Beijing detains Canadian as tensions soar over exec arrest

  11-12-2018 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A Canadian national was confirmed as being held in China on Tuesday, intensifying a diplomatic stand-off over the arrest of a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, as a judge in Vancouver considered her bail application.Michael Korvig, a former diplomat who served in Beijing, was reported as having been detained as Meng Wanzhou was due in court for a bail hearing on US charges of violating Iran sanctions.
  
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• U.N. proposes Yemen's warring parties pull out of key port: sources

  11-12-2018 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  It was not clear if the Iran-aligned Houthi movement and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government would accept the proposal made at peace talks in Sweden that aim to avert a full-scale assault on Hodeidah, now a focus of the nearly four-year-old war.U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend the closing of the talks on Thursday to meet with both delegations and support his Yemen special envoy's efforts, a U.N. spokesman said.After the two sides agreed to exchange around 15,000 prisoners, the
  
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• Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s Sprawling Hancock Park Home Officially Hit the Market at $13.795 Million

  11-12-2018 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The couple purchased the estate, featured inAD, fromFriends creator Marta Kauffman in 2016
  
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• Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort seeks more time to review claims about lying

  11-12-2018 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  During a U.S. District Court hearing in Washington, Manafort's lawyer Richard Westling said the defense team had learned more details earlier in the day about the allegations and was not sure yet if any of the issues were in dispute.Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the defense to file a response by Jan. 7 raising any concerns, and tentatively set a hearing for Jan. 25.Westling said he was not sure if a hearing would be necessary.
  
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• In heated on-camera clash, Trump bickers with top Democrats on border wall

  11-12-2018 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  In a remarkable public argument, the likes of which is seldom seen before cameras, Trump brawled with U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi about funding for the wall he has promised to build on the southern border with Mexico."If we don’t get what we want, one way or the other - whether it’s through you, through a military, through anything you want to call - I will shut down the government," Trump said as the heated argument drew to a
  
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• Google hearing: CEO Sundar Pichai tells Congress there are no 'current plans' for China, rejects bias claims

  11-12-2018 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Google's chief executive officer Sundar Pichai rejected claims of political bias against conservatives in his first-ever appearance before Congress.
  
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• China agrees to cut tariffs on U.S. autos, official says, without details

  11-12-2018 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Cut from 40 percent back to 15 percent, U.S. is told in a phone call
  
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• Strasbourg Shooting: At Least 4 Dead, Several Injured And In Critical Condition

  11-12-2018 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The French prosecutor's office has opened a terror investigation into a
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stock market ends mixed after a bumpy day

  11-12-2018 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Is China's AIIB Developing Asia, Or Just Propping Up China's State-Owned Banks with Extra Cash?

  11-12-2018 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The AIIB was supposed to lend $30 to $40 billion in its first three years. It has disbursed just $1 billion. Something doesn't add up.
  
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• France shooting: 2 dead, several wounded in Strasbourg

  11-12-2018 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed two people and wounded up to eight others, officials said, sparking a major security operation around a world-famous Christmas market on Tuesday. Authorities said the shooter remains at large.
  
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• Thai Tourist Among 2 Dead in Strasbourg Christmas Market Attack That Also Injured 12

  11-12-2018 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A French security official said the shooter remains at large
  
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• The Last Days of a Central Banker Under Fire in Modi's India

  11-12-2018 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel announced his resignation on Dec. 10, citing personal reasons.The surprise departure by Patel, who still had 9 months left in his three-year term, startled colleagues inside the central bank’s 25-floor headquarters on Mint Street in south Mumbai.Patel’s unceremonious exit marked the culmination of a power struggle that had been raging behind the scenes for more than a year.
  
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• Arrests made at Love Knows No Borders protest

  11-12-2018 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Dozens of leaders from different faiths joined hundreds of migrant activists to show their support for members of the migrant caravan.
  
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• Sessions: "I don't follow tweets as closely as I used to"

  11-12-2018 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions lavished praise on what he called President Donald Trump's policy accomplishments Tuesday but added that he's backing away from his former boss's favorite social media platform.
  
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• Canadian ex-diplomat held in China: Trudeau, think tank

  11-12-2018 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A Canadian, believed to be a former diplomat, has been detained in China, prompting concern in Ottawa and Washington, as Beijing fumes over the arrest of a senior technology executive."We are aware of the situation of a Canadian detained in China.The International Crisis Group earlier said it was aware of reports of the detention of its employee Michael Kovrig, a Chinese-speaking expert who served as a Canadian diplomat in Beijing, Hong Kong and at the United Nations.
  
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• Paul Manafort May Not Contest Claim He Lied To Robert Mueller's Team

  11-12-2018 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― An attorney for Paul Manafort said Tuesday that the former Trump
  
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• Texas fraternity president spared jail following rape accusation plea deal

  11-12-2018 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The former president of a fraternity at a private Christian university in Texas has been spared jail time after being accused of raping a fellow student at a party, in a decision which has devastated the victim and her family. Jacob Anderson, 23, was accused of repeatedly raping a woman at a party in 2016, after she was plied with drink. A Texas judge on Monday accepted a plea bargain, allowing the former Baylor university student to walk free and serve only community service. The woman, who was
  
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• The Latest: US condemns detention of Canadian in China

  11-12-2018 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  TORONTO (AP) — The Latest on the detention of a former Canadian diplomat in China (all times local):
  
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• Italy far-right minister accuses EU of anti-Israel bias

  11-12-2018 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini accused the European Union of being biased against Israel, in remarks during a visit to the Jewish state on Tuesday."The European Union in recent years has been absolutely unbalanced... in its management of the conflict in the Middle East, condemning and punishing Israel every 15 minutes," he told journalists.Salvini met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday during his 24-hour visit to the country.
  
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• FBI investigating alleged neo-Nazi white supremacist attack on black DJ

  11-12-2018 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI is joining a hate crimes investigation into an attack on a black DJ, allegedly carried out by self-confessed members of a neo-Nazi skinhead group.Eight individuals have been arrested as part of the investigation launched by the Snohomish County Sheriff's office in Washington state, and the FBI.Among those arrested was Travis Condor, a former soldier from Pittsburgh who in 2010 was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating a homeless man with a baseball bat in Cincinnati.
  
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• Here’s What Would Happen If There’s a Government Shutdown in December

  11-12-2018 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress and Trump previously approved funding bills for three quarters of the $1.2 trillion in operating expenses for federal agencies.Among those facing a partial shutdown are the Homeland Security Department, though many of the agency’s law enforcement agents will remain on the job because they’re considered essential.
  
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• Melania Trump gives gifts at Marine Corps Reserve toy drive

  11-12-2018 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump highlighted the spirit of giving Tuesday by sorting toys and making Christmas cards for an annual toy drive held by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
  
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• Pelosi, Dem critics discuss plan to limit top leaders' terms

  11-12-2018 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats opposing her bid to become speaker have discussed new rules that would likely limit party leaders to three two-year terms, people familiar with the talks said Tuesday. The proposal, if adopted, could well restrict Pelosi to just two more years atop her party.
  
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• Charges dropped against mother after police rip 1-year-old son from her arms in video

  11-12-2018 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Jazmine Headley remained incarcerated as of Tuesday morning, four days after New York City police yanked her infant son from her arms in Brooklyn.
  
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• Is Trump's border wall being built? Here are the facts

  11-12-2018 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  With Trump threatening a government shutdown over funding for the border wall, what are the facts?
  
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• Spirit Airlines to start daily nonstop flights at Indianapolis International Airport

  11-12-2018 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Spirit is the 12th airline at Indianapolis International Airport.
  
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• Incoming congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry at New York Hanukkah event

  11-12-2018 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  "A long time ago, many generations ago, my family consisted of Sephardic Jews," Ocasio-Cortez said.
  
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• Lebanon: Israel border tunnel operation won't endanger calm

  11-12-2018 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's president said Tuesday Israel's operation to destroy what it says is a series of cross-border attack tunnels built by the militant Hezbollah group won't endanger the calm along the frontier, adding that his country takes the issue seriously.
  
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• Dems: Trump 'temper tantrum' won't get him wall

  11-12-2018 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking outside the White House after the Oval Office meeting, Democratic leaders blasted Trump over his renewed threat to shut down part of the government over funding of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Dec. 11)
  
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• Delta Air Lines to ditch zone boarding in 2019

  11-12-2018 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  The airline is ditching boarding zones for groups based on ticket type. Some travelers will board later than they do now.
  
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• US nuns who stole money to gamble in Vegas facing criminal charges

  11-12-2018 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Two California nuns who stole around $500,000 dollars from the school where they worked and splashed out on travel and gambling in Las Vegas are facing criminal charges, their order confirmed Tuesday.Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang, who are said to be best friends, reportedly embezzled the huge sum over the course of a decade from St James Catholic School in Torrance, south of Los Angeles.The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said the money was discovered missing during a routine audit aft
  
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• The Latest: Slain woman's mom 'content' with life sentence

  11-12-2018 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on a jury's recommended sentence of life plus 419 years for a man convicted of murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally (all times local):
  
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• The cost of France's protests running into billions

  11-12-2018 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — France's wave of protests and violence over the past month or so has already cost the eurozone's second-largest economy a fortune.
  
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• Life in prison for neo-Nazi in Charlottesville attack

  11-12-2018 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  An American neo-Nazi who drove his car into a group of counter-protesters last year during a white supremacist rally in Virginia, killing a woman, was sentenced to life in prison by a jury on Tuesday.James Alex Fields Jr, 21, was found guilty of murder and other charges last week following a two-week jury trial in Charlottesville.Fields will be formally sentenced by Judge Richard Moore on March 29.
  
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• Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank

  11-12-2018 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Hébron (Territoires palestiniens) (AFP) - A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces near the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday during what Israeli officials said was an attack.Palestinian official news agency Wafa identified the dead man as Omar Awwad, 27, and said he was shot by Israeli forces near Hebron.Israeli police said a man was shot after driving his car towards border police at a checkpoint.
  
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• Google has 'no plans' to launch Chinese search engine - CEO

  11-12-2018 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Google has "no plans" to relaunch a search engine in China though it is continuing to study the idea, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told a U.S. congressional panel on Tuesday amid increased scrutiny of big tech firms.Lawmakers and Google employees have raised concerns the company would comply with China's internet censorship and surveillance policies if it re-enters the Asian nation's search engine market.Google's main search platform has been blocked in China since 2010, but the Alphabet Incuni
  
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• Texas ready to execute man convicted of 1993 murder, assault

  11-12-2018 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Alvin Braziel, 43, is scheduled to die by lethal injectionin the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. CST (0000 GMT), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.Braziel was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001.
  
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• Chuck Schumer calls Pres. Trump's wall threat 'temper tantrum'

  11-12-2018 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  "This temper tantrum that he seems to throw will not get him his wall." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted President Donald Trump over his renewed threat to shut down part of the government over funding of a wall on the U.S.- Mexico border.
  
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• Texas to execute killer over 1993 attack on newlyweds

  11-12-2018 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The southern US state of Texas was on Tuesday scheduled to execute a convicted killer and rapist over a 1993 attack on a newlywed couple.Alvin Braziel, 43, was set to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the Texas state prison in Huntsville.The couple were walking on a trail in the Dallas suburbs when Braziel, aged 18 at the time, attempted to rob them at gunpoint.
  
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• In heated clash with Pelosi and Schumer, Trump says he'll shut down government 'if we don't get what we want' for wall

  11-12-2018 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  In a remarkable exchange in front of reporters inside the Oval Office, President Trump and Congressional Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi argued over border security.
  
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• Meng Wanzhou: Canadian court frees detained Chinese Huawei executive

  11-12-2018 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  A judge has granted bail to detained Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou, potentially preventing the escalation of an international row between China and the US.The detention of the executive had threatened to further complicate relations between the US and China, which Donald Trump has previously threatened with a trade war.China had threatened severe consequences unless Canada released Ms Meng immediately.
  
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