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• Guatemalan Congress approves controversial state of siege declaration

  07-09-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Guatemala's Congress voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to approve a temporary state of siege in six northeastern provinces, a measure designed to tighten security after several soldiers were killed by suspected drug traffickers.The initiative passed by a vote of 88 lawmakers in favor and nine opposed in the Central American country's unicameral legislature.The 30-day state of siege imposes a night-time curfew in the northeastern provinces of Alta Verapaz, El Progreso, Izabal, Peten, Zacapa and Ba
  
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• P-61, first collared mountain lion to cross 405 Freeway, fatally struck on Sepulveda Pass

  07-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  A male mountain lion that made headlines just months ago for successfully crossing the 405 Freeway was struck and killed Saturday on that same roadway, park officials said.
  
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• 'I didn’t hear the words': Harris apologizes for response to mental disabilities slur

  07-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  "That word and others like it aren’t acceptable. Ever,” Harris wrote on Twitter
  
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• In new blow, Cabinet minister quits Boris Johnson government

  07-09-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a new blow Saturday when a Cabinet minister resigned, saying she did not believe Johnson was sincere about getting a Brexit deal with the European Union.This week Johnson kicked 21 lawmakers out of the Conservative group in Parliament after they sided with the opposition to pass a law designed to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union next month without a divorce deal.
  
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• Israeli aircraft strike targets in Gaza after drone attack

  07-09-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli aircraft hit several military targets for Gaza's Hamas rulers late Saturday after militants used a drone to drop a bomb on the Israeli side of the Gaza-Israel perimeter fence.The Israeli military said the targets included "offensive military equipment and two military sites" for the Islamic group's aerial unit, which it said was responsible for the drone attack.
  
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• Trump’s Dorian Brawl Leads to Dispute Within Weather Agency

  07-09-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- As President Donald Trump dragged the brawl over his forecast for Hurricane Dorian into a sixth day, a U.S. agency released a statement bolstering his account -- prompting a scathing response from the leader of an agency union.Trump has repeatedly and defiantly continued to defend his assertion that Alabama was in Dorian’s path. On Wednesday, he showed White House reporters a map that he had personally altered -- by drawing a black line with a marker -- to bolster his argume
  
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• 2020 Democrats Warm to Mandatory ‘Buybacks’ of Assault Weapons

  07-09-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- As mass shootings pile up, several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing mandated “buybacks” of assault weapons, a proposal that sharpens the political divide on guns and raises the stakes for the 2020 election.In New Hampshire on Friday, Senator Kamala Harris of California told reporters that requiring owners of assault weapons to sell them to the government is “a good idea” because “we have to take those guns off the streets.”New Je
  
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• Watch this hero on an 80 mph roller coaster catch a loose iPhone in mid-air

  07-09-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Most of us have our phones with us and generally on our person pretty much all day, except for when we're sleeping -- and even then, they're often close by. Within arm's reach, on a nightstand or the like. The same apparently goes for some hardy souls who're engaged in outdoor adventures, like the guy who recently decided to ride the Shambhala roller coaster last month at the PortAventura World theme park in Catalonia, Spain.At one point during the ride, he loses control of his iPhone X, which g
  
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• For Bahamas island's new homeless, a grim wait for evacuation

  07-09-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Miralda Smith spoke in a nervous near-whisper as she lined up Saturday with hundreds of other weary, shell-shocked residents of devastated Marsh Harbour to leave the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.Smith, a Haitian national, had arrived on foot at 4:00 am (0800 GMT) after the shantytown where she and many other Haitian workers lived -- The Mudd -- was almost completely wiped out by Hurricane Dorian.The line stretched from a hangar -- the roof of which had been ripped off by Dorian's Category 5 wind
  
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• In New Hampshire, 2020 Dems urge voters to not play it safe

  07-09-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Several Democratic presidential candidates urged voters in New Hampshire on Saturday to not play it safe in the 2020 election, leveling an implicit critique of front-runner Joe Biden.Biden has centered his campaign on his years of experience in Washington and a perceived ability to steal the support of white, working-class voters away from President Donald Trump.Speaking at the New Hampshire Democrats' state convention, Biden's rivals told voters to aim for more.
  
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• MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito resigns after New Yorker exposé shows he quietly worked with Epstein to secure anonymous donations

  07-09-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  After a New Yorker exposé published emails between MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito and the late Jeffrey Epstein, Ito has announced his resignation.
  
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• Ryan and Booker Temper Attacks on Biden, Urge Democratic Unity

  07-09-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Two Democratic presidential hopefuls walked back their attacks on front runner Joe Biden as they faced questions Saturday about their previous statements on the former vice president.Representative Tim Ryan of Ohio, who this week said he’s lost faith in the front-runner’s ability to beat Donald Trump, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, who spent weeks criticizing Biden’s record on race, both said their goal is to win back the White House.“I have some conce
  
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• Nigerian president to visit South Africa after xenophobic attacks

  07-09-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to pay a state visit to South Africa in October, the South African presidency said Saturday, after a spate of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg caused tensions between the countries.South Africa's financial capital and surrounding areas were rocked by a surge ofdeadly attacks against foreigners this week, many directed against Nigerian-owned businesses and properties.The violence prompted reprisal attacks against South African firms in Nigeria a
  
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• S.C., Kansas GOP halt presidential primary, caucus despite outcry from Trump challengers

  07-09-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas won't hold nominating contests in 2020, offering support to President Donald Trump.
  
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• Hundreds of weary, hopeful Bahamas evacuees arrive in Florida by ship

  07-09-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of weary Bahamians, some carrying small bags of belongings and children on their hips, disembarked a cruise ship in south Florida on Saturday after fleeing the catastrophic devastation left by Hurricane Dorian.The evacuees arrived at the Port of Palm Beach after an all-night voyage on the Grand Celebration, a cruise ship operated by Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, which offered free passage to the U.S. to a limited number of Bahamians."I feel lost between a rock and a weary line but I gue
  
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• Zimbabweans cold-shoulder Mugabe national mourning

  07-09-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Flags flew at half mast in Harare on Saturday, but a day after former president Robert Mugabe's death many Zimbabweans preferred to work as usual than publicly mourn the independence hero turned despot.President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a period of national mourning on Friday following Mugabe's death in Singapore at the age of 95, two years after he was ousted after nearly four decades in power.As many chose to criticise their former president or just carry on with their daily business, US S
  
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• Trump accused of acting like a 'king' as Republicans cancel two primaries

  07-09-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Republicans in two states have canceled plans to hold presidential preference selections ahead of the 2020 election. On Saturday, Republican parties in South Carolina and Kansas canceled their presidential nomination contests. Nevada is still considering the change.
  
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• California boat fire: Authorities say victims likely died of smoke inhalation, not burns

  07-09-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  California authorities on Friday said victims likely died of smoke inhalation, not burns. They released the names of nine victims.
  
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• NC fishing pier battered in aftermath of Dorian

  07-09-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A large portion of Avalon Pier was washed away by Hurricane Dorian which moved through the Outer Banks area of North Carolina Friday. (Sept. 7)
  
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• How Atlanta's mayor turned her famous father's arrest into a passion for criminal justice reform

  07-09-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms opens up about the arrest of her father, R&B legend Major Lance.
  
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• Hundreds march against Bosnia's first LGBT pride parade

  07-09-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Several hundred people marched in Bosnia's capital Saturday to show their disapproval of a weekend LGBT pride parade that will be the country's first.A pride parade is scheduled for Sunday in Sarajevo, the only capital city in the Balkans that hasn't hosted one yet.U.S. and European Union officials working in Bosnia have expressed support.
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch reveals the two rules for his law clerks

  07-09-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Host Shannon Bream asks Justice Neil Gorsuch whether he is concerned with public perception of the Supreme Court; 'Neil Gorsuch: Justice for the Republic' airs Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel.
  
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• Former Bond star Brosnan backs teenage activist Greta Thunberg

  07-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan heaped praise Saturday on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, but also warned that she needed to be protected.Brosnan described Thunberg as "a magnificent young woman.Urging people to become active locally in environmental matters, Brosnan cited the example of Thunberg.
  
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• Nigeria's Buhari to visit South Africa after attacks

  07-09-2019 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will visit South Africa next month to reinforce the bonds between the two countries after a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, the South African presidency said on Saturday.South Africa's MTN Group and supermarket chain Shoprite have closed all stores and service centres in Nigeria after their premises were attacked.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday at least 10 people had been killed, two of them foreign nationals, in violence
  
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• Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in landmark 'first step' to ease tensions

  07-09-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and Ukraine made a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of tensions and conflict.Two planes carrying 35 prisoners from each side landed simultaneously in Moscow and Kiev, where the passengers emerged under sunny skies."We have taken the first step," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the tarmac after greeting and hugging former detainees.
  
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• Hurricane Dorian, now aiming for Nova Scotia, left 70K homeless in Bahamas, U.N. says

  07-09-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian, aiming for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, has left 43 people dead and 70,000 people homeless in the Bahamas, according to the United Nations.
  
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• Trump investigated by Congress over US military spending at Scotland airport

  07-09-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  Congress is investigating Donald Trump over allegations the president may have profited from his presidency.The probe follows revelations that US military funds were spent in the president’s Turnberry golf course.
  
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• Joe Biden continues making blunders on campaign trail

  07-09-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden mixes up Presidents Reagan and Nixon, forgets Obama was 'the last president' and confuses Charlotte, North Carolina with Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• 'Freudian slip': Joe Biden dismisses Donald 'Hump' gaffe

  07-09-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidates hope to make splash at New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention; Peter Doocy reports from Manchester.
  
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• A boat carrying evacuees from the Bahamas arrives in Florida

  07-09-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  On Sept. 7, a boat carrying evacuees from the northern islands of the Bahamas arrived to dock in West Palm Beach, Florida.. Dozens of people have been reported dead from Hurricane Dorian's devastating rampage across the archipelago, with hundreds missing.
  
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• Israeli PM vows tough response after Gaza drone attack

  07-09-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Gaza's Hamas rulers on Saturday with a "vigorous response" after militants used a drone to drop a bomb on the Israeli side of the Gaza-Israel perimeter fence.This appeared to be the first-ever attempt to carry out an attack with a drone piloted from Gaza.
  
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• Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, each fly 35 to freedom

  07-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange that freed 35 people detained in each country and flew them to the other, a deal that could help advance Russia-Ukraine relations and end five years of fighting in Ukraine's east.The trade involved some of the highest-profile prisoners caught up in a bitter standoff between Ukraine and Russia.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy greeted the freed prisoners as they stepped down from the airplane that had brought them from Moscow to Kyiv's
  
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• A cruise ship sailed 1,500 Hurricane Dorian evacuees from the Bahamas to Florida

  07-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  At least 40 people have died since the hurricane struck the Bahamas last weekend, and 70,000 were left homeless.
  
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• The mysterious spate of vape-related deaths and illnesses continues to grow, confounding experts. Here's what officials knew and when.

  07-09-2019 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The CDC is investigating at least 450 possible cases of vape-related illnesses in 33 states across the US. The illnesses have led to at least 5 deaths.
  
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• 'I wish I could forget it': Hurricane Dorian washed away survivors' lives in Bahamas

  07-09-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Hurricane Dorian washed washed away their lives on the Abaco Islands. Now, they've arrived in the U.S. facing an uncertain future.
  
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• Iran fires up advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear step

  07-09-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran said Saturday it had fired up advanced centrifuges to boost its enriched uranium stockpiles, its latest scaling-back of commitments under a crumbling 2015 nuclear deal.The Islamic republic was acting on a threat to further abandon its nuclear commitments based on a deadline it set for European powers to do something to shield it from US sanctions."The centrifuge machines, as they are engaged in research and development, will help with increasing the stockpile," spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi
  
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• Why a NY businessman (and his mom) are still attacking Delaware — and Joe Biden

  07-09-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  With a half-million dollar political ad buy, TransPerfect's ferocious public battle with the Delaware courts has bled into presidential politics.
  
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• Iran speeds up uranium enrichment in latest breach of nuclear deal

  07-09-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran has sped up its uranium enrichment programme in the latest breach of the nuclear deal as it ratchets pressure on the West. A spokesman for the country’s nuclear agency said it had launched forty centrifuges boosting its ability to make reactor fuel and ultimately nuclear weapons.  Behruz Kamalvandi said the measures are reversible at this stage if the European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal restore Iran’s access to foreign trade.  “The European parties
  
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• Ex-model accuses French Epstein associate of rape

  07-09-2019 18:12 via news.yahoo.com
  A former model has accused a modelling agent close to US sex crimes suspect Jeffrey Epstein of raping her in 1990, as France pursues its own investigation into alleged offences on its territory.In a letter sent to Paris Prosecutor Remi Heitz seen by AFP on Saturday, a 46-year-old Dutch woman says Jean-Luc Brunel drugged and raped her at his Paris appartment in the early 1990s, shortly after she turned 18.French prosecutors opened an inquiry last month into suspected sex trafficking and alleged c
  
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• Hong Kong thwarts airport protest, but battles continue

  07-09-2019 18:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong police thwarted another disruption at the airport by pro-democracy activists but had to battle protesters at subway stations on Saturday, as the months-long unrest showed no signs of abating even after the government offered a concession days earlier.Police mounted road checks and inspected passengers on trains and buses heading to the airport to weed out protesters.An Associated Press journalist at an area near the airport witnessed at least two bus passengers being handcuffed and tak
  
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• India loses contact with Moon lander

  07-09-2019 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  India's space programme suffered a huge setback Saturday after losing contact with an unmanned spacecraft moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing on the Moon.Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to comfort glum scientists and a stunned nation from mission control in Bangalore, saying India was still "proud" and clasping the visibly emotional space agency head in a lengthy hug.Blasting off in July, the emerging Asian giant had hoped to become just the fourth country after the Uni
  
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• Look at this all-diamond ring designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newsom

  07-09-2019 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  At Apple, Jony Ive's designs disrupted the computer and mobile phone markets. Now, in his (imminent) post-Apple life, Ive has delivered a fresh spin on the diamond ring.The so-called "(RED) Ring," which Ive designed alongside Marc Newsom, his partner in the new design firm LoveFrom, is made entirely out of diamond. The striking piece of jewelry is carved out of a larger block of diamond that was grown in a lab.The ring sold at auction in Dec. 2018 for $256,250 during a Red charity event held dur
  
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• Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners in first sign of thawing relations

  07-09-2019 17:54 via news.yahoo.com
  The embrace says it all. A father and son, separated by Ukraine's ongoing feud with Russia, reunited at last in Kiev. This boy's Dad was one of 35 Ukrainian prisoners released on Saturday (September 7), after being held in a Moscow jail. They were seen leaving prison in the early hours - the start of a major prisoner exchange between the two countries. Russia has held dozens of Ukrainian captives since 2014. Among them, 24 sailors detained last year - as well as the film maker Oleg Sentsov. But
  
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• 'I clung to a tree for two days' - Hurricane Dorian victims describe extraordinary fight for survival

  07-09-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Pastor Joey Saunders had been at home with his son Jeremi, 25, when the when the wall of water swept the roof off of his 32ft home and took him with it. “Somehow I got hold of a pine tree and I just held on,” he told The Telegraph. “I clung onto that tree for two days.” “It was raining and I had salt water in my eyes and I couldn’t see very well, but I felt at peace.” He didn’t eat or sleep for the two days and when eventually the rains stopped he
  
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• Riot police deployment thwarts Hong Kong airport protest

  07-09-2019 17:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Riot police fanned out across Hong Kong Saturday and thwarted plans by pro-democracy protesters to target the airport, days after the city's leader made a surprise concession which was rejected by the movement as too little, too late.Millions of pro-democracy supporters have taken to Hong Kong's streets for the past three months in the biggest challenge to China's rule since the city's handover from Britain in 1997.The withdrawal was one of the protesters' key demands and both she and Beijing ha
  
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• Syrian air defenses block rebel drone attack in northwest

  07-09-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The Syrian army's air defenses repelled a drone attack by insurgents in the country's northwest, an area that until recently witnessed intense fighting, state news agency SANA said Saturday.Syrian government forces declared a unilateral cease-fire on Aug. 31 following a wide four-month offensive on Idlib province, the last remaining rebel stronghold in the country.Idlib province is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militant factions.
  
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• Biden gets a laugh with 'Donald Hump'

  07-09-2019 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Biden admitted to making a "Freudian slip" by calling President Donald Trump, 'Donald Hump' during a speech at the New Hampshire Democratic Convention on Saturday.
  
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• Prince Andrew commemorates liberation of Bruges in first major appearence since Epstein suicide

  07-09-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Prince Andrew today made his first major appearance abroad since the scandal over his former friendship with Jeffrey Epstein re-emerged to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bruges. The Duke of York flew to the Belgian city in the morning to honour the historic occasion in his official role as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, which he took over from his father the Duke of Edinburgh in 2017. He was a guest of Prince Laurent of Belgium, the brother of King Phillipe, and the pair l
  
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• The Latest: Trump applauds Ukraine-Russia prisoner trade

  07-09-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump is praising the exchange of prisoners carried out by Russia and Ukraine.The trade could give new impetus to efforts to end a five-year conflict Russian-backed separatists are fighting in Ukraine's east, as well as improve longstanding poor relations between the two countries.Trump tweeted: "Russia and Ukraine just swapped large numbers of prisoners.
  
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• Iran seizes boat in Strait of Hormuz, arrests Filipinos

  07-09-2019 17:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Iran seized a boat and arrested 12 Filipino crewmen as it stopped a "fuel-smuggling ring" in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, state media reported.
  
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