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• Blasts kill at least 20 in northeast Nigeria: police

  17-06-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  By Ahmed KingimiMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Blasts have killed at least 20 people in northeast Nigeria, police said, while residents said the toll was even higher in the largest attack for weeks in a region blighted by the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency.Security in Nigeria has become a major challenge for President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler whose 2015 election win was largely due to his vow to crush Boko Haram.Buhari has said he will seek a second term.
  
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• New Jersey Mom Gives Birth to 'Youngest Survivor' of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

  17-06-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  She was one month pregnant during the shooting.
  
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• 'Incredibles 2' Destroys Opening Weekend Record For Animated Films

  17-06-2018 22:08 via yahoo.com
  The first family of the cinematic superhero world has returned in epic
  
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• Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish candidate in first TV appearance for 20 months

  17-06-2018 21:10 via yahoo.com
  The jailed presidential candidate for Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition made his first television appearance in over a year and a half on Sunday, giving a campaign speech ahead of next week's elections.Selahattin Demirtas, who has been in detention for close to 20 months on security charges and faces a sentence of up to 142 years if convicted, was nominated by his Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as a candidate last month.One of Turkey's best-known politicians, he has had to run his campaign mostly
  
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• Trump lawyer shrugs off Roger Stone meeting with Russian over Clinton dirt

  17-06-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Roger Stone, a sometime adviser to Trump, has said he expects Mueller to indict him in order to ‘silence’ him.Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Sunday he “doubted” the president knew about a newly reported May 2016 meeting between sometime adviser Roger Stone and a Russian offering damaging information about Hillary Clinton, then Trump’s rival for the White House.“I doubt it,” Rudy Giuliani told CNN’s State of the Union.
  
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• Parents May Have to Pay $132,000 After Child Caught On Tape Knocking Down Statue

  17-06-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  The statue was being loaned to the community center where it was knocked down.
  
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• Former WH Chief Strategist Bannon says Trump has never lied: 'Not to my knowledge'

  17-06-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl goes one-on-one with Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist and CEO of the Trump campaign, on "This Week."
  
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• 70-Year-Old Super Fan Takes Month-Long Trip to World Cup in a Tractor

  17-06-2018 20:12 via yahoo.com
  He said he was stopped by police, but only to take pictures!
  
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• Turned away by 2 countries, rescued refugees end their odyssey in Spain

  17-06-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  More than 600 refugees who set out from Libya to reach Europe were turned away by Italy, in a sudden change of heart about accepting refugees, and denied entry to Malta. At last, Spain agreed to take them — but the politics of immigration in the European Union are only growing more complicated and fraught.
  
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• Delta creates special Rapid City flight for Belgian tourists

  17-06-2018 19:44 via yahoo.com
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Delta Air Lines recently created a special flight to help a group of Belgian tourists reach their South Dakota vacation after experiencing travel delays.
  
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• Guatemala ends victim searches at volcano where 110 died

  17-06-2018 19:34 via yahoo.com
  By Sofia MenchuGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Sunday ended its victim search efforts in the zone that suffered most deaths and injuries from the Fuego volcano eruption, its disaster agency said.At least 110 people died and 197 are still missing after violent eruptions that began two weeks ago, according to disaster agency CONRED."The search efforts are permanently suspended in the towns San Miguel Los Lotes and El Rodeo in the Escuintla municipality... the zone is uninhabitable and high
  
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• Eid ceasefire proved 'wide support' for Afghan Taliban, they say

  17-06-2018 19:32 via yahoo.com
  By RupamJain and Qadir SediqiKABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said their three-day Eid ceasefire, which ends on Sunday, proved the unity of their movement and its "wide national support" as the presidential palace extended its own ceasefire with the militants by 10 days.Taliban fighters headed into cities across Afghanistan over the weekend as they celebrated their Eid cessation of hostilities with feasts, hugs and selfies, raising questions about what happens when their ceasefire ends at mi
  
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• North Korea 'sought diplomatic back channel through Jared Kushner'

  17-06-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Jared Kushner was partly responsible for setting up a diplomatic back channel with North Korea that led to the Singapore summit. Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser was approached by an American businessman based in Singapore last year, the New York Times reported. Gabriel Schulze, whose family made a fortune in the mining business, told Mr Kushner that a highly placed North Korean official was seeking to speak with him to look into the possibility of a meeting between Mr Trump and Kim
  
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• Taliban say ceasefire will not be extended, as suicide attack kills 18

  17-06-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  A suicide attack in restive eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 18 people in a crowd celebrating the Eid holiday, the second assault in as many days to mar an unprecedented ceasefire.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the suicide attack in Jalalabad city, outside the office of the Nangarhar provincial governor.The Islamic State group, which was not part of the truce, had claimed an even deadlier blast near the city a day earlier.
  
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• LS9-Powered Chevy Tahoe Fails To Sell

  17-06-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  This is one crazy build that could have easily sold…but didn’t.
  
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• The Latest: Afghan Taliban reject cease-fire extension

  17-06-2018 18:54 via yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the war in Afghanistan (all times local):
  
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• Team Sonic Racing Delivers Kart Racing With A Squad-Based Twist

  17-06-2018 18:37
  Developer Sumo Digital landed a hit with its 2012 kart-racing game Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Now, the developer is partnering with Sonic Team, stripping away the non-Sonic characters, and adding a new layer of team-based strategy for Team Sonic Racing.In this new kart-racing title from Sega, the developers are focusing entirely on the Sonic universe, which means no Aiai or Ryo Hazuki this time around (sorry, fellow Shenmue fans). Instead, players get a roster of 15 Sonic characte
  
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• Nearly 5,000 families displaced in Yemen's Hodeida: UN

  17-06-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 5,000 families have been displaced in Yemen's flashpoint Hodeida province this month, the UN said Sunday, as violence escalates in the rebel-held Red Sea region.After nearly a month of sporadic clashes, the Yemeni government -- backed by Saudi Arabia and its allies -- on Wednesday launched a major assault to retake the densely populated city of Hodeida, capital of the province and home to the war-torn country's most vital port.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs sai
  
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• Suspect dead after 20 hurt in shooting at New Jersey arts festival

  17-06-2018 18:25 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - A suspected gunman was fatally shot after multiple people opened fire at an all-night arts festival in New Jersey, wounding 20 people including a boy who is in critical condition, authorities said on Sunday.Prosecutors said a 33-year-old man was killed and a second suspect arrested after gunfire erupted at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 GMT) at the event in the city of Trenton, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of New York City.... Multiple weapons have been recovered," Angelo Onofri, prosecutor f
  
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• Key Trump ally Roger Stone reveals new Russian contact during 2016 presidential campaign

  17-06-2018 18:15 via yahoo.com
  The Trump-Russia saga has taken another twist after the revelation the president's longtime confidant, Roger Stone, made contact with a Russian national during the 2016 presidential election.The man, who called himself Henry Greenberg, offered damaging information to Mr Stone about Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump’s presumptive Democratic opponent in the upcoming presidential election.It came in the same time period as other episodes in which Russian interests approached the Trump campaign.
  
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• Trump lawyer calls for inquiry on Mueller's Russia probe

  17-06-2018 18:12 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's personal lawyer on Sunday called for an investigation into special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, claiming it was tainted from the outset under former FBI director James Comey.Giuliani's comments were the latest in a barrage of attacks on the probe by the president and his lawyers as Mueller appears to be nearing a conclusion to his investigation into possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Moscow.
  
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• Trey Gowdy Threatens DOJ, FBI Officials Over Clinton Probe Documents

  17-06-2018 18:04 via yahoo.com
  House oversight committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) threatened on Sunday to
  
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• Family Dog Stayed With Missing 3-Year-Old During the 12 Hours She Was Gone

  17-06-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  She was unharmed.
  
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• At least 20 injured after gunfire erupts at New Jersey art festival

  17-06-2018 17:48 via yahoo.com
  The gunfire rang out in Trenton, New Jersey, during an “Art All Night” festival meant to bring the community together. Police say one suspect is dead and another is in custody.
  
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• Crisis averted? Minister says migrant row with Merkel can be overcome

  17-06-2018 17:45 via yahoo.com
  By Madeline Chambers and Andreas RinkeBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Sunday a row between his Bavarians and Chancellor Angela Merkel is serious but can be overcome, a signal that he may compromise to avoid a full-blown German coalition crisis.Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) decides on Monday whether to start implementing a plan drawn up by Seehofer to reject migrants who have already registered in other EU states.The split could threaten her three-mo
  
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• Protests against Trump administration’s family separation policy as first lady weighs in

  17-06-2018 17:44 via yahoo.com
  Democratic members of Congress arrived for an “unannounced inspection” of a New Jersey detention facility as protesters rallied the separation policy. In a statement, Melania Trump’s office said she “hates to see children separated from their families.”
  
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• Rescue ship Aquarius docks in Valencia after weeklong odyssey at sea

  17-06-2018 17:43 via yahoo.com
  A ship carrying some of the approximately 630 refugees who were recently rescued off Libya and then denied entry by Italy and Malta has reached a Spanish port. Yahoo News has photos of the ship’s arrival.
  
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• Parents hit with £100,000 bill after child knocks over a statue

  17-06-2018 17:37 via yahoo.com
  A family has been asked to pay nearly £100,000 after a child knocked over a valuable sculpture in a community centre.The five-year-old boy was caught on CCTV touching the artwork in the community centre in Overland Park, Kansas.Now the community centre want the boy’s mother, Sarah Goodman, to pay for the the Aphrodite di Kansas City work which has been valued at $132,000 (£99,400).
  
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• Megachurch Pastor: 'It’s embarrassing' that Sessions quoted the Bible to defend immigration policy

  17-06-2018 17:37 via yahoo.com
  MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian interviews Pastor Carl Lentz, lead pastor of Hillsong NYC Church. Pastor Lentz called Sessions use of Romans 13 a “misapplication of scripture”.
  
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• Protesters demand an end to Trump policy separating migrant children from their parents

  17-06-2018 17:35 via yahoo.com
  MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio reports from the Ursula Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen, Texas where a protest was held in support of all the children held inside without their parents.
  
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• Turkey says its air strikes kill 35 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

  17-06-2018 17:18 via yahoo.com
  Turkish warplanes killed 35 militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain region on Friday, the Turkish military said.Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan had said on Saturday that Turkish warplanes had struck a meeting of the outlawed PKK in Qandil, where he believed high-profile militants had been hit.
  
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• Trump defends North Korea summit, trashes media: 'We got so much for peace in the world'

  17-06-2018 16:23 via yahoo.com
  Sunday morning, President Trump repeatedly defended the North Korea summit and accused the press of not giving him the credit he deserves for trying to bring more stability to the Korean peninsula.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Has Got The Bible All Wrong

  17-06-2018 16:00 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. government has historically used the bible as a weapon, citing it as
  
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• 20 injured, suspect killed in Trenton arts festival shooting

  17-06-2018 15:52 via yahoo.com
  Twenty people including a child were injured and a suspect was killed after gunfire broke out during a 24 hour arts festival in Trenton, New Jersey.
  
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• Israeli ministers back ban on filming soldiers

  17-06-2018 15:47 via yahoo.com
  Israeli ministers on Sunday backed a draft law carrying a jail term of up to 10 years for those who film or photograph soldiers with harmful intent, the justice ministry said.The ministerial committee on legislation endorsed the bill against "people who film, photograph or record soldiers performing their duties in order to demoralise soldiers and Israeli civilians".The draft law would give courts the power to imprison those found guilty for five years, although a 10-year sentence would apply to
  
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• Taliban, roaming Afghan cities amid Eid euphoria, say ceasefire ends at midnight

  17-06-2018 15:28 via yahoo.com
  By RupamJainKABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants headed into cities across Afghanistan on Sunday as they celebrated their Eid ceasefire with feasts and selfies, raising questions about what happens when the ceasefire ends at midnight (1930 GMT).President Ashraf Ghani said he would extend a government ceasefire on Saturday and urged the Taliban to do the same, winning praise at home and international backing, but critics said his overtures had allowed the Taliban to pour into cities unchecked.The
  
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• New Jersey shooting: 20 injured and one suspect dead at 'massive crime scene' at arts festival

  17-06-2018 15:14 via yahoo.com
  At least 20 people have been hurt and one suspected shooter killed, after gunfire broke out at an all-night art festival in New Jersey.A total of 16 of the 20 injured were treated for gunshot wounds and four of those hurt – among them a 13-year-old boy – were in a critical condition, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri.Mr Onofri said the shooting broke out in the early hours of Sunday, at the event in the city of Trenton.
  
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• Israel strikes at launchers of burning kites from Gaza Strip

  17-06-2018 14:55 via yahoo.com
  The Israeli military said its aircraft struck a vehicle early Sunday belonging to someone who sent burning kites into Israel from Gaza. No one was injured in the strike, but it marks an escalation in Israel's response to a phenomenon that has wreaked havoc on agriculture in southern Israel in recent weeks. Burning kites set fields ablaze in more than a dozen locations on a hot, windy, dry Saturday. Gazans began flying kites with burning rags attached to them during the mass protests against the
  
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• Harvard accused of discriminating against Asian-Americans

  17-06-2018 13:12 via yahoo.com
  Lawsuit accuses Harvard of giving Asian-American applicants lower personality trait ratings; Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal reacts on 'Fox & Friends.'
  
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• 'Holy grail for urban explorers': Abandoned airport frozen in time

  17-06-2018 12:24 via yahoo.com
  The small airport allowed predominantly wealthier individuals to leave Cyprus, until it was bombed and left to decay in 1974.
  
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• Kiev police detain 56 far-right activists during LGBT march

  17-06-2018 11:50 via yahoo.com
  Ukrainian police said Sunday they had detained 56 far-right activists who tried to disrupt a gay pride march in central Kiev, which saw around 5,000 people take part and a huge security presence.US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and Rebecca Harms from the European Parliament were at the front of the march.Along the way supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights were guarded by another 5,000 officers, including mounted police.
  
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• What Father's Day Looks Like For Separated Families

  17-06-2018 11:46 via yahoo.com
  As elementary school teachers in South Williamsburg, we see the trauma that
  
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• Clashes flare near Yemen's flashpoint Hodeida

  17-06-2018 11:34 via yahoo.com
  Yemeni pro-government forces traded mortar fire Sunday with rebels near Hodeida airport, military sources said, on the fifth day of an offensive to seize back control of the strategic port city.The fighting between the Iran-backed rebels and a pro-government alliance, led by Saudi Arabia, has raised UN fears of humanitarian catastrophe in a country already teetering on the brink of famine.Yemen's military forces have closed in on areas south and west of Hodeida port, sources in the army said.
  
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• Cambodian prince injured, wife killed in head-on road crash

  17-06-2018 11:32 via yahoo.com
  A Cambodian prince and former prime ministerwas injured and his wife killed in a head-on collision on a highway in the country's southwest on Sunday, officials said.Prince Norodom Ranariddh and his wife Ouk Phalla were rushed to hospital after a taxi travelling in the other direction slammed into their motorcade in Preah Sihanouk province.Phalla died in a nearby facility while Ranariddh, the head of the royalist Funcinpec party, was flown to Phnom Penh for further treatment.
  
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• Bugatti Veyron Reaches 208 MPH; Hits Barriers During Deceleration

  17-06-2018 11:32 via yahoo.com
  Warning: this video doesn’t have a happy ending.
  
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• Invest in North Korea: money pit or golden opportunity?

  17-06-2018 10:52 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump dangled the carrot of foreign investment in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their nuclear summit, but analysts say few will want to put money into one of the highest-risk business environments in the world.The US president showed Kim a movie of bright lights, high-speed trains and soaring tower blocks -- pitching a future that could be possible if Pyongyang gives up its weapons.Optimists say that with mineral wealth, cheap labour, and a helpful geographical location, the
  
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• Schiff: Nunes didn't share intel, 'first that we've heard about' FBI information

  17-06-2018 09:01 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, tells Chuck Todd that his counterpart, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), didn't share information he received from the FBI.
  
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• Schiff: White House using migrant tears 'as mortar to build their wall'

  17-06-2018 08:48 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, tells Chuck Todd that the White House is using migrant children seeking asylum for political leverage, during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press
  
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• Kellyanne: 'As a mother, as a Catholic' nobody likes family separation policy

  17-06-2018 08:43 via yahoo.com
  Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway tells Chuck Todd Democrats are holding up the funding for family detention center funding, during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press
  
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• Full Schiff Interview: 'Just plain wrong and immoral' to separate families

  17-06-2018 08:27 via yahoo.com
  During an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) says that immigration problems can't be solved "with angry tweets."
  
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