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• Desperate Venezuelans swarm sewage drains in search of water

  11-03-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Tejedor, 28, joined dozens of people who had flocked to the Guaire river, which snakes along the bottom of a sharp ravine alongside Caracas' main highway, to fill up a four-gallon (15 liter) plastic container.Unlike the fetid liquid flowing through the Guaire river, the water emerging from the pipe was at least clear.It's horrible, horrible," said Tejedor, preparing to carry the container on a small hand cart back to her home in the neighborhood of San Agustin.
  
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• Democrats: Milwaukee convention choice shows party values

  11-03-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention, party leaders announced Monday, highlighting the battleground state of Wisconsin that helped elect President Donald Trump and now will launch an opponent who could oust him.
  
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• Google Cloud hires another Oracle veteran for top role

  11-03-2019 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Zavery left last week as executive vice president for Oracle cloud platform.Oracle Corp declined to comment.Google gained some similar tools through its $625 million acquisition of Apigee in 2016.
  
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• U.S. says North Korea diplomacy 'very much alive,' but watching rocket site

  11-03-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Stephen Biegun told a conference in Washington that although U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un parted on good terms after their Feb. 27-28 summit in Hanoi, biggaps remained between the two sides and North Korea needed to show it was fully committed to giving up its nuclear weapons.Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, stressed that U.S.-led sanctions, which Pyongyang wants dropped, would stay in place until North Korea completed denuclearization.
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido calls for new rally as lawmakers declare 'alarm'

  11-03-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday called for a new mass demonstration as the country's devastating blackout that has left millions without power entered its fifth day."Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, all of Venezuela will be on the streets" to protest against President Nicolas Maduro, Guaido said in a speech to the National Assembly legislature, which he heads.Parliament accepted the 35-year-old's request to declare a "state of alarm" to pave the way for the delivery
  
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• US Democrats choose Milwaukee for 2020 election convention

  11-03-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrats have chosen Milwaukee as the site of their 2020 election convention, in an effort to win back swing voters in the American "Rust Belt" who helped elect Donald Trump.In announcing the decision Monday, the Democratic Party emphasized it is the first time a Midwestern city other than Chicago has been chosen to host a party convention in more than 100 years.Midwestern states -- where steel, automobile and other manufacturing industries have withered in recent decades -- were crucial to Tru
  
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• Harry, Meghan, Will and Kate all smiles at Commonwealth Service despite 'feud' gossip

  11-03-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The pregnant royal wore two different outfits for two different engagements related to Commonwealth Day in London.
  
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• US sanctions Russia based bank for its work in Venezuela

  11-03-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on a Moscow-based bank jointly owned by Russian and Venezuelan state-owned companies, for allegedly trying to circumvent U.S. sanctions on the South American country.
  
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• Last Islamic State enclave in eastern Syria pounded in U.S.-backed assault

  11-03-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Fires raged after dark in the enclave at Baghouz near the Iraqi border as it was targeted with rockets and thick plumes of smoke rose from the area, Reuters TV footage showed.The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said earlier its fighters were encountering sniper fire and landmines and advancing slowly to avoid losses.The most hardened IS foreign fighters are still holed up in the area, the SDF has said.
  
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• 'Not a serious proposal': Trump's budget reveals his 2020 message, but Congress will have the last word

  11-03-2019 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump calls for deep cuts in federal spending and billions more for his proposed border wall in a budget proposal unlikely to gain traction.
  
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• Boy, 14, killed in after-school stabbing over brownie, friend says

  11-03-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Police say Brian Angel was arguing with the juvenile suspect over food when he was stabbed.
  
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• It’s not too late to get SanDisk’s lightning-fast portable SSD at its lowest price

  11-03-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The good thing about the SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable External SSD is that it's compact and lightning fast, with support for transfer speeds of up to a whopping 550Mbps. But the downside is that you have to pay a pretty penny for all that speed -- the retail price on this model is $170. Amazon is running a sale right now though, and it slashes the price all the way down to $89.99. That's the best price we've seen, and we doubt it'll last very long.Here are some bullet points from the product p
  
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• U.S.'s Pompeo criticizes Russia's Rosneft for buying oil from Venezuela

  11-03-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that Russia's Rosneft was defying U.S. sanctions by buying oil from Venezuela's state-owned oil company and helping President Nicolas Maduro's government.Speaking to reporters, Pompeo said Russia and Cuba had helped create the crisis in Venezuela."Russia's state-owned oil company, Rosneft, continues to purchase crude oil cargoes from PDVSA, Venezuela's state-owned oil company, in defiance of U.S. sanctions.
  
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• Pelosi: 'I'm not for impeachment' of Trump

  11-03-2019 22:28 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump should not be impeached unless the reasons are overwhelming and bipartisan, given how divisive it would be for the country, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a Washington Post interview published on Monday."I’m not for impeachment," Pelosi, the top U.S. Democrat, said in the interview, which was conducted last week."Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we shoul
  
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• Woman seriously injured after being attacked by bull in New Jersey

  11-03-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  A bull attacked its owner in New Jersey Friday afternoon, sending the woman to the hospital with lacerations and bruises.
  
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• Grounding the Boeing 737 a touchy subject for US authorities

  11-03-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  American officials face a difficult task in reassuring the flying public, as passengers take to social media, saying they are afraid to board a 737.The Federal Aviation Administration said it has a team on-site working with investigators on the cause of the crash, and pledged to take "immediate" action if it finds any issues with the aircraft.In addition to the FAA, the US National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing all have sent officials to Ethiopia to help investigate.
  
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• Ethiopian airlines crash: British death toll rises to 'at least nine' as more victims identified

  11-03-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Ethiopian Airlines said 157 passengers and crew members were killed when one of its jets crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday morning. At least nine Britons and one Irish citizen were among the dead, as were scientists, doctors, aid workers and three members of a Slovakian MP's family. The Foreign Office said: "We can now sadly confirm at least nine British nationals were on board flight ET302. "Our staff at the British Embassy in Addis Ababa are continuing to work with the
  
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• Trump news: President demands billions for border wall as Pelosi says he 'isn't worth' impeaching

  11-03-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump will reportedly ask Congress for $8.6bn (£6.6bn) to build his southern border wall on Monday under proposals for his 2020 fiscal budget, a $3bn (£2.3bn) increase on his last estimate for the job.The White House is proposing $2.7trn (£2trn) in spending cuts for the year beginning 1 October, a reduction of 5 percent across all non-defence agencies while military funding is boosted to $750bn (£577bn).Senior Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were quick to
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S10 Cheaper Options

  11-03-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Don't Want to Shell Out for a Samsung Galaxy S10? Here Are Cheaper Options Smartphones can be expensive, but you don't need to spend top dollar to find great features and performance. You just m...
  
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• Trump condemned for budget cutting welfare while boosting spending for border wall and military: ‘This is for the billionaire class’

  11-03-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has been accused of proposing a budget for the “military industrial complex and the billionaire class”, after the White House released details of a plan that would cut spending on welfare and education while boosting money for the military and a border wall.The $4.7 trillion (£3.5 trillion) budget proposal, which is all but certain to be rejected by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and once again put the president on a collision course with congre
  
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• Pelosi: 'Not worth it' to impeach Trump

  11-03-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that barring “overwhelming” new evidence she would not pursue impeachment against President Trump because it would be too divisive and “he’s just not worth it.”
  
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• The Latest: UK's May gets kisses at last-ditch Brexit talks

  11-03-2019 21:45 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on talks about Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local):
  
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• Trump’s 2020 Budget Asks Congress for $8.6 Billion for Border Wall

  11-03-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump released his $4.7 trillion 2020 budget proposal to Congress Monday, requesting $8.6 billion for border security.The plan includes funding for 722 miles of wall at the southern border, an issue that caused a record 35-day partial government shutdown beginning just before Christmas. In that fight, Trump requested $5.7 billion to build the wall, while Democrats refused to approve more than $1.6 billion for non-wall border security. Trump eventually relented, signing a bill
  
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• T-Mobile promises to support low-income Lifeline program 'indefinitely' if merger approved

  11-03-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  As T-Mobile and Sprint execs had to Capitol Hill to rally support for their merger, they are offering a new promise to keep low-income options around.
  
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• More than a dozen airlines worldwide ground Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after Ethiopian Airlines crash

  11-03-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  More than a dozen airlines grounded some of Boeing's newest jets, the Max 8, as investigators probed an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157.
  
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• US envoy: NKorea denuclearization must not be incremental

  11-03-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will insist North Korea follow through on its commitment to completely eliminate its nuclear weapons before the U.S. agrees to the lifting of international sanctions, the State Department's special envoy for North Korea said Monday.
  
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• Canada transport minister says won't ground planes after Ethiopia crash

  11-03-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada's transport minister said Monday he won't ground dozens of Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliners operated by three Canadian carriers, unless an investigation into a deadly Ethiopia crash gives him reasons.Safety doubts over Boeing's best-selling model drove several carriers to ground the aircraft after a new jet crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board, including 18 Canadians.Air Canada, Westjet and Sunwing operate 41 of the jetliners in this country.
  
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• Deficits don't matter in Donald Trump's budget

  11-03-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  President's proposal would add $4.8 trillion in debt over next five years, as Republicans and Democrats race to not make America great again: Our view
  
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• White House won't say if Trump thinks Democrats hate Jews

  11-03-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  All nine of the Jews in the U.S. Senate are Democrats, and all but two of the 36 members of Congress. Jews overwhelmingly supported Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.
  
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• Apple says 'it's show time' March 25; TV service announcement expected

  11-03-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Sources previously told Reuters that the company is targeting April for the launch of a streaming television service that will likely include subscription TV service.Apple often launches products and services in the weeks following an event.In its invitation, Apple did not specify the focus of the event and gave a single-line description: "It's show time."Apple has long hinted at a planned video service, spending $2 billion in Hollywood to produce its own content and signing major stars such as
  
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• Nvidia outbids Intel to buy Israel's Mellanox in data centre push

  11-03-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  The all-cash offer of $125 per share represents a premium of 14 percent to Mellanox's closing price on Friday.Mellanox shares rose 8.2 percent to $118.35 and Nvidia shares gained 7percent to $161.23 on Monday.Nvidia, once known as a provider of gaming chips, now also provides chips to speed up artificial intelligence tasks such as teaching servers to recognise images.
  
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• Apple confirms March 25th ‘It’s show time’ event with media invites

  11-03-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  News that Apple would host a March event to discuss its latest services broke last month via a BuzzFeed report, but on Monday, Apple confirmed the date and location of the event by sending out invites to the press. As expected, the event will take place on March 25th at 10 a.m. from the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. Apple, unsurprisingly, only hinted at the contents of the event with the following phrase: "It's show time."The initial report claimed that Apple's paid news subscription service
  
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• Tucker Carlson is another victim of the leftist mob: Today's talker

  11-03-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  'Carlson's comments could have been brought up when he was an employee of other networks, but they weren't,' argues Tim Young.
  
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• Minnesota politician thanks Fox for condemning Jeanine Pirro

  11-03-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar thanked Fox News on Monday for condemning comments made on the network by weekend host Jeanine Pirro centering on the freshman Democrat's wearing of a traditional Muslim head covering.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu to face indictment hearing after polls

  11-03-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face a hearing after polls to defend himself against corruption allegations which have dogged his election campaign, the justice ministry said Monday.Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit last month announced his intention to indict the premier on charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, following up on police recommendations."The hearings shall take place before July 10," the justice ministry said in a statement which told the relevant parties
  
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• The Culture of Fake Outrage Comes for Tucker Carlson

  11-03-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Media Matters is at it again. Its diligent efforts to find bad things said by conservatives has paid off. It found years-old recordings of Tucker Carlson saying terrible things to radio shock-jock Bubba the Love Sponge. Twitter, of course, lit up. And yes, the hashtags BoycottTuckerCarlson and FireTuckerCarlson are -- at the moment I write this piece -- trending items one and two on my Twitter feed.I don’t like what Tucker said, but here’s what is far, far worse for our nation and ou
  
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• Sarah Sanders Is Asked If Democrats Are Anti-Jewish

  11-03-2019 20:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Sarah Sanders Is Asked If Democrats Are Anti-Jewish
  
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• Guaido calls mass demos in Venezuela to protest blackout

  11-03-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido called for mass demonstrations throughout the country on Tuesday to protest against a blackout that has left millions without power for the past four days."Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, all of Venezuela will be on the streets," Guaido -- recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries -- said in a speech to the National Assembly.The 35-year-old National Assembly leader has challenged President Nicolas Maduro by calling on the oppos
  
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• Trump's Budget Asks for Nearly $300 Million to End the U.S. HIV Epidemic Within 10 Years

  11-03-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  But it would cut health funding overall
  
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• 'Wonder Woman' urges calm in Israeli civil rights fight

  11-03-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Hollywood star Gal Gadot has leapt to defend a fellow actress who was chided by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for challenging his party's treatment of Arab citizens.Netanyahu and his Likud party have been accused of using scare tactics and demonising Israel's Arab population ahead of April 9 elections in a bid to motivate their right-wing base."Love your neighbour as yourself," Israeli-born Gadot wrote on Instagram late Sunday after popular Israeli model and television actress Rotem
  
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• Kurd-led Syria force pounds final IS redoubt

  11-03-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Kurdish-led forces on Monday pounded the last scrap of land held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria after hundreds more people surrendered.The jihadists once ruled over millions in a swathe of Syria and Iraq, but they have since lost all that territory except for a riverside slither of land near the Iraqi border.The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces paused its months-old offensive against the shrinking holdout multiple times for thousands of dust-covered women, children and men to flee
  
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• Design Talk Series, Michael Menn Honored with Award, and More News This Week

  11-03-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Here’s what you need to know
  
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• UK accounting watchdog to fold following Carillion collapse

  11-03-2019 19:40
  The Financial Reporting Council will be replaced by a new body following a government commissioned review
  
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• Actor Jussie Smollett indicted on 16 counts of lying to Chicago police

  11-03-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  (This March 8 story has been refiled to correct amount of alleged payment by Smollett to $3,500 instead of $35,000 in paragraph 8)By Suzannah GonzalesCHICAGO (Reuters) - Television actor Jussie Smollett, arrested last month on a single charge of perpetrating a hate-crime hoax, has been newly indicted on 16 felony counts of falsely reporting to police that he was assaulted by two strangers shouting racist and homophobic slurs.The indictment, returned by a Cook County grand jury on Thursday and ma
  
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• Which Airlines Fly the Boeing 737 MAX 8? Here's a List of North American Operators

  11-03-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  All North American operators are sticking by the aircraft despite crashes
  
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• Trump budget proposal wants an end to the electric vehicle tax credit

  11-03-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  But Congress gets the say on that.
  
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• PDVSA Crude Output Plunges on Venezuela Power Cuts

  11-03-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Oil wells were halted and production stopped in some parts of the country as the industry depends on the national electricity grid, said the official, who asked not to be named since he’s not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.Consultant Energy Aspects Ltd told clients in a note that Venezuelan oil production had fallen temporarily to as low as 500,000 barrels a day, more than 50 percent below 1.1 million barrels a day that the nation pumped in January.The impact will be reflected
  
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• Jaguar that attacked selfie-taking US woman won't be put down

  11-03-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A jaguar that attacked a woman at a US zoo after she jumped a barrier to take a selfie with the animal will not be put down, officials said."We can promise you nothing will happen to our jaguar," the Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona tweeted on Saturday.The jaguar reached through its enclosure and dug its claws into her arm, refusing to let go until someone threw a water bottle to distract the big cat.
  
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• UN mourns after 21 staff killed in Ethiopia plane crash

  11-03-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Flags flew at half-staff at the United Nations on Monday after 21 UN employees were killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said marked a "sad day" for the world body.Guterres led delegates at the opening of the annual gathering on women's rights at the General Assembly in observing a moment of silence in honor of the victims."A global tragedy has hit close to home — and the United Nations is united in grief," he said at the Commission on the Sta
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the jobless in America are ‘left to die’ but US must 'embrace automation'

  11-03-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that the jobless in America are “left to die”.Ms Ocasio-Cortez’s comments came during an appearance at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, over the weekend.
  
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