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• Beyond Times Square: 5 weird things American cities are dropping this New Year's Eve

  29-12-2018 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The iconic ball in Times Square, isn't the only thing dropping on New Year's Eve. Among the things American cities are dropping: a huge guitar, a piñata and 'The Bologna Ranger.'
  
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• UK trade minister says '50-50' chance Brexit may be stopped: paper

  29-12-2018 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's trade minister Liam Fox said there is a "50-50" chance that Brexit may be stopped if parliament rejects the government's divorce deal with the European Union next month."If we were not to vote for that, I'm not sure I would give it (Brexit) much more than 50-50," Fox, a leading supporter of leaving the EU, told the Sunday Times newspaper.With three months left until the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, May's Brexit deal is floundering, opening up a range of possibilit
  
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• The Royals Just Shared Their Favorite Moments of 2018

  29-12-2018 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The year featured many memorable moments for the royal family- including the April birth of Prince William's third child- Prince Louis and the May royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Merkle.
  
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• NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to take pictures of Ultima Thule

  29-12-2018 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  ULTIMA PICS: NASA will make the most distant fly-by of any solar system object ever on New Year's Day.
  
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• Germany: Drugged driver forces car onto airport tarmac

  29-12-2018 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — A man forced open a locked gate on the security perimeter of Hannover Airport in northern Germany and drove a car onto the airfield Saturday before coming to a halt underneath an airliner and being detained, police said.
  
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• Trump blames Democrats for migrant children's death, amid budget impasse

  29-12-2018 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed opposition Democrats for the death of two immigrant children in US custody, comments set to heighten tensions as the second week of a government shutdown began over his demands for a wall on the US-Mexico border."Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally.If we had a Wall, they wouldn
  
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• California Will Become First State to Require Pet Stores to Sell Only Rescue Animals

  29-12-2018 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The bill, "would require all sales of dogs and cats authorized by this provision to be in compliance with laws requiring the spaying or neutering of animals, as specified."
  
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• Trump says "big progress" on possible China trade deal

  29-12-2018 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The president said he had a "long and very good call" with Chinese President Xi Jinping and that a possible trade deal with China was progressing well.
  
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• Two right-wing ministers form new party ahead of Israel polls

  29-12-2018 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Two right-wing Israeli government ministers on Saturday launched a new party aimed at winning over secular voters ahead of snap elections in April.Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said they were quitting the far-right Jewish Home party to found the New Right party.Nationalist Jewish Home -- of which Bennett was the head and Shaked deputy leader -- has been part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition with eight seats in parliament.
  
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• Dan Palmer: I don’t like the way the Democrats have framed the debate; the border wall is a national security issue

  29-12-2018 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  GOP financier Dan Palmer says that if the president frames the debate correctly, Democrats should spare no expense to secure the U.S. southern border.
  
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• Hundreds flee Islamist attacks in northeast Nigeria to seek refuge in Maiduguri

  29-12-2018 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  An uptick in attacks by Islamists and the resulting upheaval in the region comes in the run up to an election in which President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term.A faction of Boko Haram, Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), which split from the insurgency in 2016 claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Baga, a town in eastern Borno state, which the Nigerian army said took place on Wednesday evening.The fight to control Baga - a strategic town as it borders Nigeria, Nig
  
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• Gravely ill boy whose mother had to fight to visit from Yemen dies

  29-12-2018 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A young boy whose mother had to fight for permission to visit him from Yemen as he lay gravely ill in a US hospital has died, a rights group said Saturday.Two-year-old Abdullah Hassan, who held American citizenship through his father, had been suffering from a rare genetic illness in its terminal phase.Despite her son's grave condition, Shaima Swileh had been repeatedly turned down when applying for a visa because of the travel restrictions ordered by President Donald Trump against six mostly Mu
  
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• Illegal immigrant arrested in the murder of California police officer Ronil Singh had been previously arrested for DUI

  29-12-2018 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Former FBI assistant director Steve Pomerantz says that law enforcement is at the greatest risk of coming into contact with illegal immigrants who are serial criminals.
  
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• Trump blames Democrats for deaths of children as shutdown grinds on

  29-12-2018 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  As the US government shutdown rolled through its eighth day with no resolution in sight, Donald Trump stayed hunkered down in the White House, talking at Democrats but not with them in a series of confrontational tweets about his demand for a border wall.“I am in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security,” the president tweeted, seemingly as impervious to mounting criticism over his lack of outreach as he is to reminders of his campa
  
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• DHS chief blames Congress, courts for ‘humanitarian crisis’ at southern border

  29-12-2018 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says the immigration system “is clearly overwhelmed” with an influx of migrant families.
  
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• Trump moves to freeze pay for federal workers amid government shutdown

  29-12-2018 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  If Trump's decision is allowed to stand, the pay freeze would affect about 2.1 million federal employees. The military would not be affected.
  
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• Trump, holed up in White House amid shutdown, will skip New Year's gala at Mar-a-Lago

  29-12-2018 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  The president's incoming chief of staff says Trump will be 'very heavily engaged' on federal shutdown negotiations instead.
  
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• What was inmate Shalom Mendoza doing when he escaped San Quentin State Prison?

  29-12-2018 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The manhunt across California continues for an escapee from San Quentin Prison. And the question remains - what was Shalom Mendoza doing when he vanished?
  
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• Welcome to Russia's Hybrid War in the Sea of Azov

  29-12-2018 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Doubtful that Kremlin planners would commit to a full-scale land invasion, Moscow is likely attempting to use the Sea of Azov as a stepping stone to further develop their interests in the Black Sea
  
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• Hamas denies Mubarak claim it sent militants to Egypt in 2011

  29-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday denied an allegation by Egypt's deposed president Hosni Mubarak that it infiltrated hundreds of men across the border during the 2011 uprising.Mubarak took to the witness stand in a Cairo court Wednesday to testify about jailbreaks allegedly orchestrated by his successor Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
  
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• Donald Trump blames Democrats and the parents of young migrants for the deaths of two children

  29-12-2018 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has blamed the Democrats for the deaths of two migrant children in US custody, lashing out also at the childrens’ parents for mistreating them. On Christmas Day it was announced that an eight-year-old boy from Guatemala died in US government custody, becoming the second migrant child to pass away while in the administration’s care this month.  The death came just weeks after another Guatemalan, seven-year-old Jakelin Caal, died in a hospital on December 8,
  
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• Hannover airport closed for over four hours after car drives onto runway

  29-12-2018 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The airport in the German city of Hannover was closed for over four hours after a car drove onto the runway. The unnamed driver has been arrested, and all flights were diverted from 3:30pm until 8pm. A police spokesman said a car with a Polish license plate managed to get on to the runway just after a plane had landed. “Officers from the Federal Police were able to stop the car and overwhelm the man,” said Hannover police, in a statement. The incident comes after the airpor
  
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• Tourists throng Egypt pyramids after bombing, but future clouded

  29-12-2018 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Crowds of tourists stared in awe at the towering pyramids of Giza near Cairo Saturday undaunted by a nearby bomb attack a day earlier that killed holidaymakers from Vietnam.A roadside bombing claimed the lives of three tourists and their Egyptian guide Friday when it ripped through the bus they were on as it travelled near the world-famous attraction.The attack comes as Egypt's vital tourism sector has begun to recover after years of instability and jihadist violence that scared visitors away.
  
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• Trump blames Democrats for migrant children's death, amid govt budget impasse

  29-12-2018 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed opposition Democrats for the death of two immigrant children in US custody, comments set to heighten tensions as the second week of a government shutdown began over his demands for a border wall."Any deaths of children or others at the Border are strictly the fault of the Democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally.If we had a Wall, they wouldn't even try!," Tr
  
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• Trump blames child border deaths on Democrats

  29-12-2018 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed Democrats for the high-profile deaths of two children along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  
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• Israel's Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election

  29-12-2018 20:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of an April election.The Jewish Home party's schism posed no immediate threat to Netanyahu, for whom polls predict an easy win to a fifth term.The Jewish Home leader, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, told reporters that he and his deputy, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, were leaving to form "
  
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• The Latest: After child deaths, more health exams instituted

  29-12-2018 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on two Guatemalan children who died while in U.S. government custody (all times local):
  
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• Man found shot to death inside vehicle in east Harris County

  29-12-2018 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A possible suspect is in custody.
  
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• San Quentin inmate who walked away from prison may be headed toward Los Angeles area, authorities say

  29-12-2018 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Officials say an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison earlier this week was seen in the city of San Miguel on Friday, and investigators believe he is heading toward the Los Angeles area.
  
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• Low mileage 1976 Subaru Brat sells for high dollar price

  29-12-2018 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  With only 2500 miles on the clock, this classic BRAT is in great condition and has just changed hands for more than $46,000
  
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• Trump Says ‘Progress Being Made’ With China After Xi Call

  29-12-2018 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump’s comment comes as a U.S. trade delegation prepares to travel to Beijing in early January for talks with Chinese officials.Xi said both he and Trump hope to push for “stable progress” in U.S.-China relations, and that bilateral ties are now at a vital stage, according to a Xinhua News Agency report on the leaders’ phone call.Xi added that he and Trump discussed various international and regional issues, that China supports further talks between the U.S. and North Ko
  
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• Federal Government Advised Furloughed Employees to Offer Manual Labor for Rent During Shutdown

  29-12-2018 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  "I would like to discuss with you the possibility of trading my services to perform maintenance (e.g. painting, carpentry work) in exchange for partial rent payments"
  
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• Bannon-backed academy plan draws Italian protest

  29-12-2018 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Rome (AFP) - Several hundred people demonstrated Saturday in central Italy, against a planned "Academy for the Judeo-Christian West" backed by US political strategist Steve Bannon.
  
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• Sinaloa Cartel hands out Christmas presents to local villagers

  29-12-2018 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexicans living in the state of Sinaloa have received a delivery of Christmas parcels, with a message wishing them well from a leader of the Sinaloa cartel. Wrapped in clear plastic, the baskets came with a card bearing a short message: “Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from your friend Cholo Ivan.” “El Cholo Ivan” is Orso Ivan Gastelum Cruz, who was the cartel’s former chief lieutenant, senior hitman and head of security for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman - cur
  
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• US winter storms kill seven: media

  29-12-2018 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Parts of the United States were digging out Saturday from winter storms that media reports said led to at least seven deaths, while warmer regions braced for potential flooding during the New Year's travel period.As storm clouds moved east, they were set to bring heavy rain and probably flooding to the Gulf Coast, and both rain and freezing rain to New England.Flight tracker FlightAware reported more than 129 flight cancellations and 1,006 delays Saturday -- down from more than 500 cancelations
  
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• Melania Trump's skin-colored pants confuse Twitter: 'Where are your pants?'

  29-12-2018 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  After trips to Iraq and Germany, the first lady stepped out in a Prada coat and tan pants – but some thought she wasn't wearing any pants at all.
  
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• Trump touts 'big progress' with China's Xi on trade deal amid market swings

  29-12-2018 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid an ongoing trade dispute that has roiled markets.
  
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• Exclusive: For Bangladesh PM, authoritarian tag is 'badge of honor', son says on poll eve

  29-12-2018 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed, however, told Reuters there was space for dissent in the Muslim-majority country of 165 million people, and that the Western media was unfair in its portrayal of his mother.'Branded authoritarian by the Western media now is a badge of honor'" Wazed, who lives in Washington D.C. and runs an IT business in the United States, said in the prime minister's official residence in Dhaka.The 47-year-old, who entered politics reluctantly and has declined to take a senior positio
  
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• Bangladesh opposition leader expects victory if vote is fair

  29-12-2018 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the founding leader of Bangladesh, father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was assassinated in 1975 after helping achieve independence from Pakistan, then-Foreign Minister Kamal Hossain abandoned a state visit in Europe to rush to her side.
  
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• New Year's Eve party in Times Square to cheer for press freedom

  29-12-2018 18:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Reporters will be the guests of honor at the New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square on Monday, in what organizers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at U.S. news outlets.Two attacks in particular weighed on organizers as they discussed in autumn whom to give the honor of initiating the ceremonial ball drop just before midnight, according to Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance.One was the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a S
  
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• Russia, Turkey discuss coordination in Syria after U.S. withdrawal

  29-12-2018 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Foreign and defense ministers from Russia and Turkey discussed coordination between their forces in Syria after the United States' decision to withdraw troops from the Arab republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday."Today, an understanding was reached on how military representatives of Russia and Turkey will continue coordinating their steps "on the ground" under new conditions with a view to the ultimate eradication of the terrorist threat in the Syrian Arab Republic," Lavrov
  
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• Police criticised for asking public to choose which village to patrol via Twitter poll

  29-12-2018 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A local police force has been criticised for asking the public to vote on which village they should patrol by using a poll on Twitter. Wiltshire Police force has been accused of signposting where criminals should target after announcing on social media that it would send officers to patrol one of three villages. It posted: "Which village would you like us to patrol later today?", giving the options of Aldbourne, Great Bedwyn and Worton. The village Great Bedwyn was picked as the winner. The forc
  
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• Armed man surrenders following 10-hour siege after negotiator sings White Christmas to him

  29-12-2018 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  A man with a rifle who held off a team of armed police in a 10-hour siege gave himself up after an officer sang a Christmas carol to him.Nathaniel Lewis, 34, allegedly started shooting at the specialised police who rushed to his home in Pennsylvania, US, when a relative reported him acting erratically on Christmas evening.The shots hit a police vehicle, a house and another vehicle, and the Swat (Special Weapons and Tactics) team returned fire.
  
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• Russian and Turkish ministers meet for Syria talks

  29-12-2018 17:37 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Top Russian and Turkish ministers agreed during a meeting in Moscow on Saturday to maintain cooperation in northern Syria as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw and Turkey threatens to launch a military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces controlling nearly a third of the country.
  
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• Two-year-old, whose Yemeni mother was initially denied a visa under Trump's travel ban, dies in California hospital

  29-12-2018 17:09 via news.yahoo.com
  After an international outcry, the mother was allowed to travel from Egypt to be with her dying son at California hospital.
  
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• Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir after 4 rebels killed

  29-12-2018 16:59 via news.yahoo.com
  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in disputed Kashmir on Saturday after a gunbattle between militants and government forces killed four rebels, police and residents said.
  
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• Fears of intimidation, violence as Bangladesh set to vote

  29-12-2018 16:51 via news.yahoo.com
  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladeshis get set to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes.
  
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• Former independent counsel Ken Starr on Rudy Giuliani indicating Robert Mueller's investigation should be investigated

  29-12-2018 16:41 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani accused Mueller's office of destroying evidence by allowing text messages from Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to be erased.
  
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• Flu cases surge: Here's what you need to know to stay healthy

  29-12-2018 16:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared that flu activity from the 2018-2019 season is climbing in the United States. Officials say it's not too late to get vaccinated.
  
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• Despite regime troops nearby, Syrians in Manbij still fear Turkey

  29-12-2018 16:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian forces have deployed around the city of Manbij at the request of the Kurds, but Abu Azeez Jaber still fears a US military withdrawal will see Turkish troops enter.Since 2016, the strategic northern city on the Turkish border has been controlled by an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by the US-led coalition.On Friday, Syria's army announced it had sent troops to the region, after Kurdish forces said they had requested the regime's help.
  
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