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• DOJ Charges Huawei with Fraud, Intellectual-Property Theft

  28-01-2019 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The Justice Department on Monday charged China’s largest smartphone maker with bank fraud and stealing trade secrets, in a move that will likely heighten already-elevated tensions between the U.S. and Beijing.In a 13-count indictment filed in New York City, the DOJ charged Huawei Technologies Co., its chief financial officer, and two affiliated firms with a laundry list of crimes including conspiracy, money laundering, bank and wire fraud, flouting U.S. sanctions on Iran, and&nbs
  
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• President Trump and Nancy Pelosi Make a Deal – on a New Date for the State of the Union

  28-01-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  After a battle that lasted nearly two weeks
  
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• US charges Huawei with fraud for violating Iran sanctions

  28-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  American prosecutors have unveiled criminal charges against Huawei, accusing one of China’s top companies of violating sanctions against Iran and stealing trade secrets. The 23 charges filed on Monday threatened to escalate tensions between Washington and Beijing just 48 hours before senior Chinese officials were due to fly to the White House for a new round of trade talks. Matthew Whitaker, the acting US attorney general, said Huawei had attempted to evade sanctions against Iran by settin
  
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• U.S. charges China's Huawei with bank fraud, stealing trade secrets

  28-01-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States on Monday charged China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, its chief financial officer and two affiliates with bank and wire fraud to violate sanctions against Iran in a case that has escalated tensions with Beijing.In a 13-count indictment filed in New York, the Justice Department said Huawei misled a global bank and U.S. authorities about its relationship with the subsidiaries, Skycom Tech and Huawei Device USA Inc, in order to conduct business in Iran.
  
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• The Latest: Cohen agrees to talk to House committee Feb. 8

  28-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen (all times local):
  
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• 'Don't Tip Immigrants': New Jersey restaurant owner shocked by anti-immigrant message left on bill

  28-01-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Couple discriminated against Spanish-speaking server, left no tip.
  
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• Donald Trump's team sanctions Venezuela, pushes China trade talks and makes another border wall pitch

  28-01-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House holds its first news conference in 41 days while lawmakers continue to negotiate border security issues.
  
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• Michael Cohen Hires New Lawyers as He Heads to Prison

  28-01-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Michael Monico and Barry Spevack of Chicago will take over for attorney Guy Petrillo as Cohen focuses on cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, they said in a joint statement Monday.The new lawyers will also represent Cohen during congressional probes and in talks with New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office sued Trump’s personal charity for fraud.
  
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• The first Birds of Prey trailer reveals heroes, villains, and the one and only Harley Quinn in a 19-second teaser

  28-01-2019 23:28 via gamesradar.com
  The first Birds of Prey trailer is super short and fast - here's what you may have missed
  
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• Birds of Prey trailer reveals heroes, villains, and Harley in a 19-second teaser

  28-01-2019 23:28 via gamesradar.com
  The first Birds of Prey trailer is short and super fast - here's what you may have missed
  
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• NPD crowns Call of Duty the top-selling console game in the U.S. for 10th year in a row

  28-01-2019 23:19
  Decade-long "number one at the till" streak confirmed....
  
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• Paul Manafort’s First Sentencing Postponed Over Claims He Lied

  28-01-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors have accused Manafort of breaching the cooperation agreement he struck with them in September to avoid a second trial following his Alexandria jury trial conviction in August.
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin, Minnesota see more than foot of snow

  28-01-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on a major snowstorm and the expected frigid weather in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• Opinion: The latest Assassin's Creed Odyssey controversy was easily avoidable

  28-01-2019 23:12
  While criticism is vital to ensure accountability, it†™s safe to say many queer creators are quietly bemused at how the low effort of major studios is rewarded with adulation and infinite second chances....
  
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• Global stocks mostly down as slowing China weighs on some earnings

  28-01-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Global stocks mostly fell Monday as a heavy week of earnings and economic news kicked off with a pair of disappointing US reports that underscored worries about slowing Chinese growth.
  
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• Alibaba Shows Signs of Strain as China's Economy Shudders

  28-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  China’s dominant e-commerce company will offer clues to the health of the nation’s middle-class, and how it’s navigating the slowdown, when it unveils earnings Jan. 30.The company founded by billionaire Jack Ma has been pivotal over the past decade in helping create a $1 trillion-plus Chinese online shopping arena, the world’s largest.“China’s internet sector had one of its worst years in 2018, underperforming the market for the first time,” Elinor Leung
  
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• Taliban deal would satisfy Trump but poses risks

  28-01-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States and the Taliban appear closer than ever to a peace deal, but fears are mounting that President Donald Trump could accept a quick accord that pours fuel on -- rather than douses -- Afghanistan's war.Negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad, a key player in George W. Bush's administration when the United States first invaded Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks, said he sealed the outlines of a peace deal after six days of talks with the Taliban in Qatar.
  
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• US urges Venezuela army to accept 'peaceful' power transfer

  28-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States urged Venezuela's military Monday to accept a "peaceful" transfer of power as it ramped up the pressure on embattled leader Nicolas Maduro with a raft of sanctions on state oil company PDVSA.President Donald Trump has recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, sparking a standoff with Maduro who until now has retained the crucial backing of military leaders in Caracas.
  
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• Photos: Pre-polar vortex snowstorm slows travel from Minneapolis to Chicago, Detroit

  28-01-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Disruptive snow blanketed the midwestern United States during the latter part of the weekend and into the start of the workweek, dropping up to a foot of snow over the region.
  
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• Photos: Over 1,000 flights canceled as snow sweeps across midwestern US

  28-01-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Disruptive snow blanketed the midwestern United States during the latter part of the weekend and into the start of the workweek, dropping up to a foot of snow over the region.
  
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• Snow wallops US Midwest as it braces for extreme cold

  28-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Midwest dug out Monday from a snowstorm that closed schools and businesses, as millions braced for dangerous sub-zero temperatures that could shatter records.School districts in Minnesota and Wisconsin canceled classes and government offices, universities and businesses shuttered, with the mercury expected to drop to a polar -40 Fahrenheit (-40 Celsius)."Dangerously cold and potentially record breaking temperatures and wind chills are expected by Tuesday and Wednesday," National Weather S
  
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• NBC Host Tom Brokaw apologises for xenophobic ‘assimilation’ remarks on immigration

  28-01-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  NBC News personality Tom Brokaw, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women who worked with him in the 1990s, apologised on Sunday for making xenophobic comments regarding Hispanic immigration while appearing on Meet the Press earlier that morning.While discussing the southern border, Mr Brokaw mentioned the fears about Hispanic immigrants among Republicans.“But the fact is, on the Republican side, a lot of people see the rise of an extraordinary, important, new constituent in
  
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• Catholic Leaders Call for Cuomo to Be Excommunicated over Abortion Bill

  28-01-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Some Catholic leaders are calling for the excommunication of Governor Andrew Cuomo in response to the late-term abortion bill he signed last week.The bill, the so-called Reproductive Health Act, codifies Roe v. Wade in New York law and removes abortion from the state criminal code, legalizing the procedure up to the moment of birth in cases where the mother’s life or health are endangered or where the baby is non-viable.Previously, doctors in New York were only allowed to perform an aborti
  
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• A 'major reorganization' could see RuneScape dev Jagex put up for sale

  28-01-2019 22:25
  Jagex could be one of the assets put up for sale if its parent company decides to take that route during a restructuring effort....
  
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• El Chapo, actor who plays him on 'Narcos' cross paths in US court

  28-01-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The actor who plays Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Netflix hit "Narcos: Mexico" made an appearance in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn on Monday, taking advantage of an unusual opportunity to study his character in real life.El Chapo, sitting just a few meters (yards) away, gave him a big smile."I came to study a man who in a certain sense is a myth, a legend," Edda told reporters.
  
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• Barr Reveals He Discussed Mueller Probe With Pence

  28-01-2019 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Barr disclosed those talks Monday in written answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.“Our conversations have included, at times, general discussion of the special counsel’s investigation in which I gave my views on such matters as Bob Mueller’s high integrity and various media reports," Barr wrote.
  
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• Total War: Three Kingdoms Is a Riveting Ancient-Chinese Drama

  28-01-2019 22:22
  Liu Bei, the hero of the loosely historical epic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is both a very obvious and very odd protagonist for a Total War game. On one hand, he’s generally portrayed as the hero. The righteous, noble scion of the rightful dynasty looking to hold together the collapsing Han Empire. On the other hand, his journey through the first part of the story is utterly different from how most Total War games progress, entering and leaving the service of other warlords, gain
  
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• Video: Inside the design of the app-integrated board game Mansions of Madness

  28-01-2019 22:20
  In this GDC 2018 talk,  Fantasy Flight Games' Andrew Fischer shares what the design team learned while making the app-assisted cooperative board game Mansions of Madness: Second Edition!...
  
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• Venezuela crisis: US announces billions in sanctions as White House says military options still 'on the table'

  28-01-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House announced new sanctions against Venezuela on Monday, warning the United States would immediately block at least $7bn in assets held offshore by Nicolas Maduro and his top officials.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Security Adviser John Bolton joined White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a press conference on Monday to announce the new sanctions, which they said had been kept secret prior to the announcement.In making the sanctions public, the Whi
  
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• U.S. attorney general pick says he has discussed Mueller probe with Pence

  28-01-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  In written answers to questions posed by Senate Judiciary Committee members, Barr also said he has discussed with Justice Department officials the issue of recusing himself from overseeing Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election.Under current rules, Mueller can be fired only for misconduct or other wrongdoing.
  
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• Trump Administration Hits Venezuela's State Oil Company With $7 Billion in Sanctions

  28-01-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The move is aimed at increasing pressure on President Maduro to cede power
  
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• Bank of England pleaded with not to give Nicolas Maduro $1.3 billion in gold

  28-01-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A British minister on Monday suggested that the Bank of England should decline to release £1 billion of gold to Venezuela's dictator after the opposition leader wrote to Theresa May.  Juan Guaido, who last week declared himself the country’s legitimate ruler and was recognised as such by the US, has written to Mark Carney, the Bank’s governor, to ask him not to hand over the gold to Nicolas Maduro. He also sent the letter to Theresa May, the Prime Minister. "I am writing t
  
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• The Latest: Cold weather forces closure of Chicago zoo

  28-01-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a major snowstorm and the expected frigid weather in the Midwest (all times local):
  
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• Amazon Has a Deal on Switch and Micro SD Bundles

  28-01-2019 21:39
  
  If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use.
  The Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console of 2018, and its enormous popularity is a double-edged sword. On the other hand, with demand so high, prices don't budge. It's just simple economics. The best sales were in the lead-up to the holiday season. Once Christmas came and went, so did most of the best discounts on Nintendo Switch.
  That doesn't mean there still aren't some sales o
  
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• NASA Releases New, High-Quality New Horizons Image of the Ultima Thule "Snowman" Asteroid

  28-01-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  This new image highlights all kinds of features that weren't visible in the initial images.
  
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• 'BOY' does GDC 2019 offer more great God of War talks than you can shake an axe at!

  28-01-2019 21:15
  An axe won't be the only thing you recall after you check out some of the 15+ fantastic God of War talks on offer at GDC 2019, each of which offers a unique look at the game's design and development!...
  
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• Dreams beta: Now you can share your creations with Media Molecule's blessing

  28-01-2019 21:10 via gamesradar.com
  The Dreams beta non-disclosure agreement has been lifted
  
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• Gaza-Egypt crossing to fully reopen Tuesday: Palestinians

  28-01-2019 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The sole passenger crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen in both directions Tuesday, the strip's Islamist rulers Hamas said, after it was partially closed amid Palestinian political infighting.In a statement late Monday, the Hamas-run interior ministry announced "the opening of the Rafah border crossing in both directions on Tuesday".There was no immediate confirmation from Egypt.
  
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• Don't Miss: 7 introductory levels that all game developers should study

  28-01-2019 20:43
  The beginning of a game is crucial. These seven titles all strike a great balance between helping players learn how to play and setting mood and expectations for the hours ahead. ...
  
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• Canada to host regional leaders for Venezuela crisis talks

  28-01-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada will host an "urgent meeting" of the Lima Group on the Venezuela crisis on February 4 in Ottawa, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Monday.The bloc of 14 nations -- Latin American powers and Canada -- will "discuss the steps we can take to support (opposition leader) Juan Guaido and the people of Venezuela," she said.Most of the Lima Group has urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down as his country sinks further into economic and political crisis, suffering shortag
  
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• Destiny 2 Thorn return confirmed in new teaser trailer for The Last Word

  28-01-2019 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  The Last Word isn't the only Exotic handcannon coming this year
  
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• BioWare Details Anthem Changes, Fixes After VIP Demo

  28-01-2019 20:27
  Following last weekend’s VIP demo of Anthem, BioWare has detailed changes and fixes that are coming to its open demo this weekend.
  In an official blog post, BioWare’s head of live service Chad Robertson made note of the changes and fixes after admitting that the VIP demo got off to a rocky start. The list of issues that were addressed during the VIP demo or are being addressed before the open demo begins includes: Entitlement bug fixesServer performance updates addressing rubber-band
  
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• Fruit sold at Walmart and Costco recalled over possible listeria contamination

  28-01-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Fresh fruit sold at retailers nationwide is being recalled over concerns it
  
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• State of the Union address: As Pelosi invites Trump to give the speech, history proves its significance

  28-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is back on, now that the longest federal government shutdown in history has finally ended — but it may include some caveats.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited the president to deliver his spech at the Capitol on 5 February in a formal letter.Pelosi said in her letter that she and agreed on the new date after speaking with Mr Trump.
  
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• A week of turmoil in Venezuela

  28-01-2019 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Here are key developments in Venezuela since a band of soldiers briefly rose up against President Nicolas Maduro on January 21, with an opposition leader declaring himself "acting president" days later.On January 21 a group of soldiers take control of a command post north of Caracas in the early hours.In a video on social media, they say they "completely repudiate" Maduro's regime and call on people to take to the streets in their support.
  
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• The 2020 Genesis GV80 Will Be the Luxury Brand's First SUV

  28-01-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The rear-wheel-drive-based crossover is finally almost here.
  
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• Report: Apple is eyeing its own game subscription service

  28-01-2019 20:12
  Apple joins a growing list of prominent companies (reportedly) looking at creating a 'Netflix for games.'...
  
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• Dragon Ball Z's best-known saga is being turned into an action RPG in 2019

  28-01-2019 20:10 via gamesradar.com
  Bandai Namco has teased this cel-shaded adventure for later this year
  
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• Resident Evil 2 Ghost Survivors DLC Release Date Announced

  28-01-2019 20:00
  Resident Evil 2 will be getting a free update in February that will add The Ghost Survivors - three "what if" stories of those who didn't make it out of Raccoon City.
  Announced by Resident Evil on Twitter, these stories will arrive for free starting on February 15 and will put you in the shoes of a gunshop owner (Robert Kendo), the mayor's daughter, and a soldier in three episodes - "No Time to Mourn," "Runaway, and "Forgotten Soldier."
  This is but one example of the post-launch support for the
  
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• The Latest: Havana hit by Category F3 tornado

  28-01-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on Cuba's deadly weather (all times local):
  
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