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• The Latest: Trump unfazed by Egypt protests, backs el-Sissi

  23-09-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump says he's not worried about anti-government protests that broke out in several Egyptian cities late Friday calling on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to step down.Speaking to reporters Monday while meeting with Egypt's president, Trump defended el-Sissi, a former army general who has overseen a political crackdown, silencing critics and jailing thousands.The two leaders spoke as Trump is attending three days of meetings at the United Nations.
  
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• Former Texas policewoman on trial for shooting neighbor in his home

  23-09-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The case has inflamed racial tensions since former Dallas, Texas police officer Amber Guyger, 31, who is facing murder charges, is white, while the victim, Botham Jean, was black.Guyger claimed after the September 6, 2018 shooting that she mistakenly believed she had returned to her own apartment and that the 26-year-old Jean was an intruder.In fact, Guyger had entered Jean's unlocked apartment located in the same building but one floor above her own home.
  
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• The Latest: European powers push for new talks with Iran

  23-09-2019 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  The leaders of France, Britain and Germany are urging Iran to enter talks about a new arrangement to bolster the fraying nuclear deal Tehran struck with the West in 2015 — though they said they still supported that agreement, which the U.S. has withdrawn from.Johnson went further, saying U.S. President Donald Trump should strike a new deal with Tehran.
  
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• What Sony Game Do You Hope to See At State of Play? The IGN Community Answered

  23-09-2019 23:25
  
  With Sony’s State of Play presentation coming tomorrow, all minds are wondering what hotly anticipated games we’ll see. While we already know that Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part 2 will be there, and that we definitely aren’t getting any PlayStation 5 news, there’s still lots to wonder about. We asked IGN fans what they most hoped would show up at State of Play, and 17,134 of you answered.
  So what game beat out the rest? Let’s break it down.Continue reading&
  
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• Iranian leader Rouhani's New York travel restricted

  23-09-2019 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Hassan Rouhani landed in New York Monday for the UN General Assembly, but the Iranian leader won't be allowed to see much of the Big Apple while he is here. Iran's president is subject to the same strict travel restrictions imposed on staff at the Iranian mission to the United Nations in July, diplomats told AFP. Under the restrictions, Rouhani cannot venture far from the UN headquarters, which sit on the East River on the eastern side of Manhattan island.
  
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• No, Betsy DeVos’s Trip to a Catholic Elementary School Is Not a Scandal

  23-09-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Rod Dreher’s “Law of Merited Impossibility” condenses the rhetorical game played by cultural progressives to first secure, and then enforce, changes in public morality: “It will never happen, but when it does, you bigots will deserve it.” Traditionalists, in Dreher’s telling, are lulled into a truce with social revolutionaries, who mock the dystopian nightmares of social conservatives as things that “will never happen.” But when the “it&rdquo
  
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• Arkham Origins studio is definitely teasing a new Batman game

  23-09-2019 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  WB Games Montreal has been dropping hints for days
  
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• Phoebe Waller-Bridge's net worth upon her big Emmy wins

  23-09-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Waller-Bridge has been around in the industry for quite some time, and she's got the credentials and capital to prove it.
  
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• Mexico braces for impact as Thomas Cook collapses

  23-09-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Cancún (Mexico) (AFP) - Mexico is bracing for a "very powerful" impact from the collapse of British travel firm Thomas Cook, an official said Monday, as several hundred tourists gathered at the Cancun airport looking for a way home.Britain sends more tourists to Mexico's Caribbean coast than any other European country, and more than any country in the world except the United States and Canada, according to Mexican tourism ministry figures.
  
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• Jurors convict Iowa farmer in corn rake killing of wife

  23-09-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A jury Monday convicted an eastern Iowa hog farmer of using a corn rake to kill his wife, agreeing with prosecutors who argued he was enraged that she was having an affair.Jurors found Todd M. Mullis, 43, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Amy Mullis, according to the Telegraph Herald .Prosecutors said Mullis had wanted to kill his wife for years and was irate that she was having an affair and fearful that he'd lose their farm if she divorced him.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Netanyahu, Gantz in unity talks; may rotate as Israel PM

  23-09-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz launched negotiations on Monday over a proposed Israeli unity government and a key politician said the focus was on who would lead it first under a rotation deal.After failing to secure a clear victory in the second election in six months, Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, seems to reckon he can stay in power only by sharing it.Going solo, neither he nor ex-general Gantz have enough support from respective allies for a majori
  
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• After protests, Greta Thunberg and others file UN complaint

  23-09-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  After global street protests demanding action on climate change, Greta Thunberg and 15 other young activists on Monday filed a complaint at the UN against five countries for not doing enough to ward off global warming.The complaint accused Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey of failing to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed 30 years ago.The complaint, filed by the 16-year-old Swedish activist and 15 other petitioners from 12 different countr
  
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• Boris Johnson calls for ‘Trump deal’ to replace Iran nuclear agreement

  23-09-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Boris Johnson has called for a new “Trump deal” to replace the Iran nuclear agreement, winning praise from the US president and potentially shattering EU unity.In extraordinary comments in New York, the prime minister attacked the existing “bad deal” – ending four years of the UK backing it as the best way to stop Tehran building a bomb.
  
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• Google Play Pass is like Apple Arcade for Android, but with apps instead of exclusives

  23-09-2019 21:56 via gamesradar.com
  The service will cost $4.99 a month and will offer hundreds of Android apps and games
  
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• GM furloughs 1,225 more workers as strike enters 2nd week

  23-09-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  General Motors temporarily laid off an additional 1,225 workers in Canada and the United States on Monday as a strike entered its second week.The actions affect 525 hourly workers at its DMAX engine plant in Moraine, Ohio, a GM spokesman said.DMAX is a joint venture owned 60 percent by GM and 40 percent by Isuzu.
  
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• White House press secretary: Trump stopped briefings because reporters were mean

  23-09-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Any hope that Americans may one day see Trump’s new press secretary taking questions from reporters in a formal White House press briefing went out the window on Monday morning when Stephanie Grisham sat down for her first appearance on "Fox & Friends" since taking over for Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year.
  
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• These DIY instant noodles are healthier than the store-bought versions and so easy to make

  23-09-2019 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  These homemade ramen noodle recipes are quick and easy, and you can make them up to four days in advance.
  
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• A Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus protecting her cubs in the Arctic

  23-09-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  In a kind of odd man-versus-nature moment, a Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus during an expedition in the Arctic, the Barents Observer reported Monday.
  
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• Lawsuit calls for full public view of executions in Virginia

  23-09-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Prison officials are unconstitutionally limiting public access to executions in Virginia by blocking witnesses from seeing certain steps in the process, four news organizations allege in a federal lawsuit filed Monday.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond allegesthe department is violating the First Amendment by using curtains to block witnesses from seeing "crucial steps" in carrying out a lethal injection or electrocution — the two execution methods allowed under state law
  
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• The DNC again raises the requirements needed to qualify for the Democratic debates

  23-09-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  As in previous debate rounds, the requirements announced Monday include specific donor thresholds and polling numbers. But the new rules raise those bars.
  
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• GM-UAW contract talks focus on temp workers

  23-09-2019 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The union approved the occasional use of temporary workers by U.S. automakers during the last contract talks in 2015, when the two sides agreed to gradually phase out the existing two-tier wage structure.Temporary workers represent about 20% of the workforce at Japanese automakers in the United Sates and are paid an average of $50 an hour, according to figures compiled by Automotive News and the Center for Auto Safety.In comparison, GM pays its workers an average $63 an hour.
  
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• Greta Thunberg glares at Donald Trump arriving at United Nations after scolding international politicians over climate change

  23-09-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A clip showing climate activist Greta Thunberg giving Donald Trump an ice-cold glare has gone viral, just after the Swedish 16-year-old told the United Nations that the leaders of the generations before hers had stolen her childhood and her dreams.The video of Ms Thunberg shows her standing in the United Nations lobby in New York, just as Mr Trump arrived.
  
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• Macron urges French climate protesters to target Poland

  23-09-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has annoyed Poland and irritated France's climate activists by urging them to move their protests from Paris to Poland, a European Union nation that is heavily dependent on coal.Poland, which relies on coal for some 80% of its energy, is treading cautiously on cutting coal.The country has a long tradition of coal mining, a major employer that offers tens of thousands of jobs in the southern Silesia region.
  
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• Netanyahu, Gantz in unity talks; may rotate as Israel PM

  23-09-2019 21:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz launched negotiations on Monday over a proposed Israeli unity government and a key politician said the focus was on who would lead it first under a rotation deal.After failing to secure a clear victory in the second election in six months, Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, seems to reckon he can stay in power only by sharing it.Going solo, neither he nor ex-general Gantz have enough support from respective allies for a majori
  
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• Attacks on Saudi Oil – Why Didn’t Prices Go Crazy?

  23-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack on the Abqaiq oil facilities in Saudi Arabia has sparked geopolitical tensions but has had only a minor impact on oil prices.
  
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• Video: How Aliens, Odysseus, and Toyota can help improve game production

  23-09-2019 20:53
  In this 2017 GDC talk, Justin Fischer digs into the science of game production by explaining why the same tools used to manage billion-dollar supply chains can work for game development!...
  
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• More blood pressure medicines recalled over possible cancer-causing impurity

  23-09-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Three additional lots of losartan potassium tablets and two additional lots of losartan potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets were under recall.
  
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• Trump says he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

  23-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The president lashes out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for giving the award to his predecessor.
  
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• Holding a Young Girl's Hand, A Man Reportedly Jumped in Front of a New York City Subway Train. The Girl Survived

  23-09-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Video footage from the scene shows the child being rescued from under the train
  
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• The best headphones of 2019

  23-09-2019 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Picking the right headphones can be tricky business. We've tested hundreds of them to help you find the right ones for you.
  
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• With military parade, Iran warns U.S. and other Western forces to leave the Persian Gulf

  23-09-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  As Iran paraded its troops and its arsenal of various weapons Sunday, the country's president demanded the U.S. and other Western nations leave the Persian Gulf.
  
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• Where is baby Archie? Fans await a glimpse of royal baby on tour of Africa

  23-09-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Royal fans are anxiously waiting for a glimpse of baby Archie during the 10-day royal tour of Africa! 
  
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• Microsoft Announces Xbox Consoles Will be Carbon Neutral

  23-09-2019 20:30
  Microsoft has announced it is joining a new United Nations initiative dubbed “Playing for the Planet Alliance” and plans to make 825,000 new Xbox consoles carbon neutral. Other partners in the initiative include 13 other companies, including Sony Interactive Entertainment, Twitch, Google Stadia, Rovio, Ubisoft, and others.
  “Some of the biggest names in the video games industry, with a combined audience of 970 million players, have today formally committed to harness the power o
  
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• The Non-Gamer's Guide to Untitled Goose Game

  23-09-2019 20:27
  Untitled Goose Game is a delightful simulation of the life of a goose. Some describe the main character as a jerk, but since its a goose, calling it a jerk is redundant. This delightful little game is a ton of fun, and in our Untitled Goose Game review, we applauded it's hilarious take on being a goose and gave it an 8.0 out of 10. Check out the video below to see and hear our thoughts on Untitled Goose Game.
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• You’ll probably destroy your $2,000 Galaxy Fold

  23-09-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The Galaxy Fold will be available in the US starting Friday, which will give you a fantastic opportunity to save $1,980, and do something else with that money. We get it, someone had to be first to launch foldable smartphones, and Samsung always wanted to be the one to do it. But if there's anything the Galaxy Fold has proven so far it's that technology isn't ready for smartphone makers to create foldable handsets that are as durable as regular ones. Just a few days ago, Samsung reminded buyers
  
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• Fox’s Judge Napolitano: Trump’s ‘Act of Corruption’ With Ukraine Is ‘Most Serious Charge’ He’s Faced Yet

  23-09-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano put some distance between himself and many of his Fox colleagues when it comes to President Donald Trump seeking assistance from a foreign leader in the upcoming election, describing it as an “act of corruption” that is the “most serious charge” yet against the president.Appearing Monday on the Fox Business Network, Napolitano—who warned in June that Trump was “prepared to commit a felony to get re-elect
  
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• 'You Have Stolen My Dreams and My Childhood': Greta Thunberg Gives Powerful Speech at UN Climate Summit

  23-09-2019 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  Thunberg cited 30 years of scientific evidence showing the consequences of a warming globe
  
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• Trump Finds Himself Caught in Khan-Modi Crossfire Over Kashmir

  23-09-2019 20:17 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump found himself drawn deeper into a decades-long dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region on Monday, as Pakistan’s prime minister expressed frustration about a rally his Indian counterpart staged with the U.S. president a day earlier.Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he intended to privately discuss Kashmir with Trump, after the president’s participation in the Houston rally on Sunday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But
  
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• Thirteen Marines Charged with Smuggling Illegal Immigrants into U.S.

  23-09-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  The Marine Corps has charged 13 members with smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S., in addition to a range of other offenses including failure to obey an order, drunkenness, endangerment, larceny, and perjury, according to a statement released Friday.Lance Corporals Byron Law and David Salazar-Quintero were specifically charged with transporting illegal immigrants into the country for financial gain. The two were based in Camp Pendleton, located between San Diego and Los Angeles, Calif.The
  
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• Pakistan PM presses Trump to seek Taliban, Kashmir deals

  23-09-2019 19:54 via news.yahoo.com
  United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday pressed US President Donald Trump to restart talks with Afghanistan's Taliban and said Washington has a "duty" to calm the Kashmir standoff with India.
  
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• Baby Archie receives traditional African name

  23-09-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  "This name of Xhosa African origin means ‘pillar of strength.’ May you always be a pillar of strength for those who need you.”
  
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• Twenty suspects held in child serial killer investigation in Pakistan

  23-09-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Pakistani police have detained 20 suspects as they investigate the possibility of a serial killer being behind the suspected murder and sexual assault of three boys in a district which has a history of child abuse and abduction.The body of eight-year-old Muhammad Faizan was found on an industrial estate, after he went missing on the way home from nearby shops.Local media reported three other children from the area had been missing since the middle of the year and another child had disappeared la
  
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• In the 1980s, the World Acted to Save the Ozone Layer. Here's Why the Fight Against Climate Change Is Different

  23-09-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  A scientist who helped saved the ozone layer in the 1980s weighs inn on why it's been harder for science to lead to action on climate change
  
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• The Latest: Johnson says US should strike new deal with Iran

  23-09-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging the United States and its allies to strike a new nuclear deal with Iran to replace the current, fraying agreement.President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of that deal last year and slapped new sanctions on Tehran.
  
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• British workers jailed for taking photos of body of dead soccer player Sala

  23-09-2019 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  Two workers from a British CCTV firm were jailed on Monday for accessing graphic mortuary footage, later circulated on social media, of the body of the late Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala, who was killed in a plane crash in January. Sala, 28, was flying from his previous club Nantes in western France to Wales to join Cardiff City when the Piper Malibu aircraft disappeared over the English Channel. After his body was recovered, Sherry Bray, 48, and Christopher Ashford, 62, accessed footage
  
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• Saudis project resolve, flash military might after Aramco attack

  23-09-2019 19:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of Saudis flocked to public celebrations across the country on Monday to mark national day, which featured a rare military parade and an air of heightened patriotism following last week's attack on the kingdom's energy industry.Nationalism, already on the rise under the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, appeared amplified in the wake of Sept. 14 strikes on Saudi Aramco plants that knocked out more than half the oil production of the world's top exporter.Riyadh and Washington h
  
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• Mother, grandmother charged with neglect after unsupervised child struck sibling with knife

  23-09-2019 19:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Five kids were left home alone for about 30 minutes. Their mother and grandmother were charged with neglect after one child hit another with a knife.
  
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• Man named Thomas Cook has wedding ruined by collapse of tour company Thomas Cook

  23-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Cook, 29, and his fiancee, 27-year-old Amelia Binch, both from Hucknall, England, have been stranded on the Greek island of Rhodes ahead of their wedding.
  
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• Sponsored: How to run a pre-order campaign for your indie game

  23-09-2019 19:21
  Pre-orders are an underutilized lifeline for indie developers. Learn how to prepare, market, and launch your pre-order campaign with this free guide from Xsolla....
  
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• The Former Police Officer Who Shot And Killed Botham Jean is Now on Trial. Here's What To Know About Amber Guyger's Case

  23-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Amber Guyger fatally shot Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment in 2018. She says she thought she was walking into her own apartment.
  
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