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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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• 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: NY easing statute of limitations for molestation

  28-01-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the New York state Legislature's expected passage of legislation extending the statute of limitations on child molestation (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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• US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations

  28-01-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Justice Department on Monday unveiled sweeping charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers -- including that of a top executive arrested in Canada on a US warrant.The department unveiled 13 charges against chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou -- the daughter of the company's founder who is currently out on bail in Canada -- and three affiliates related to violating US sanctions on Iran.In addition, 10 US fe
  
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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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• 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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• Science Says: Get used to polar vortex outbreaks

  28-01-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It might seem counterintuitive, but the dreaded polar vortex is bringing its icy grip to parts of the U.S. thanks to a sudden blast of warm air in the Arctic.
  
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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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• US hits Venezuela with oil sanctions to press Maduro exit

  28-01-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition in the South American nation.
  
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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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• The Latest: White House threatens executive action over wall

  28-01-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, Congress and his proposed border wall (all times local):
  
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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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• Attorney general nominee William Barr says he would resign rather than fire Mueller 'without good cause'

  28-01-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  William Barr, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, assured the Senate he wouldn't fire Robert Mueller "without good cause."
  
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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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• 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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• Molecular analysis of anchiornis feather gives clues to origin of flight

  28-01-2019 22:15
  Researchers have performed molecular analysis on fossil feathers from a small, feathered dinosaur from the Jurassic. Their research could aid scientists in pinpointing when feathers evolved the capacity for flight during the dinosaur-bird transition.
  
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• Whopping big viruses prey on human gut bacteria

  28-01-2019 22:14
  Sequencing gut microbiomes typically turns up new microbes and other denizens of the intestinal tract, including viruses or phages that prey on these microbes. A new study has discovered the largest phages every found in humans, with genomes 10 times the average and larger than the genomes of the smallest bacteria. They target bacteria found primarily in people eating non-Western diets. Their large size seems to blur the line between life and non-life.
  
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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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• Markets Right Now: Stocks sink on China slowdown fears

  28-01-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Guaido Says He’ll Take Over Venezuela Accounts, Name New Citgo Board

  28-01-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Supporters in the U.S., Latin America and Europe have hurried to recognize Guaido as the nation’s rightful leader, and have threatened sanctions or even military intervention if socialist President Nicolas Maduro moves against him.The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on PDVSA meant to strengthen Guaido’s chances of taking control.Guaido on Monday also said he’s naming new boards for PDVSA and its U.S. refining arm, Citgo, to begin the recovering the nation’s mainstay indu
  
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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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• Kamala Harris's charmed political life is about to face its biggest test

  28-01-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris has been considered a potential presidential candidate almost from the day she entered politics as a district attorney. Now that her campaign is actually underway, how will she perform under the microscope of the national press?
  
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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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• 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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• CBO: Shutdown Cost U.S. Economy $3 Billion

  28-01-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The five-week partial government shutdown that ended Friday cost the U.S. economy $3 billion it will likely never recover, according to a Monday report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.According to the CBO’s report, the economy lost $11 billion during the shutdown, which began just before Christmas, but will gain back $8 billion now that the government has reopened.“Although most of the real GDP lost during the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2
  
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• For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side

  28-01-2019 20:25
  A ring-tailed lemur named Sefo became an internet sensation in 2016 when a video of him demanding back scratches from two boys was viewed 20 million times in a week. Now, a new study of Twitter activity shows that viral videos of seemingly cuddly endangered animals can have a dark side too -- by fueling demand for them as pets.
  
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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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• Starbucks ‘Dragged Into’ Presidential Race as Schultz Considers Run

  28-01-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Starbucks might not have a choice.With Howard Schultz, who built Starbucks Corp. into a global brand, considering an independent run for the White House, the world’s largest coffee chain could get pulled into the contentious politics of a presidential election.Starbucks declined to comment on a potential run by Schultz, who retired as chairman last summer but remains a large shareholder and the best known face of the brand.
  
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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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• Still DIYing your taxes? Here are some reasons to go to a pro

  28-01-2019 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  If you purchase something through MashStash, Mashable might earn some cash through an affiliate commission. Most people agree that the fun part of filing your taxes is thinking about how you'll spend your potential refund--a trip to Bali? A new laptop? Those sweet wireless speakers you've been ogling? Regardless of whether you'll deposit that money straight into your savings account or use it for some retail therapy, you still need to file your returns on or before the April 15 deadlin
  
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• The top Valentine's Day gifts for your pets on Amazon

  28-01-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  This Valentine's Day, don't forget to show your pet how much you love them with a fun, affordable gift from Amazon.
  
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• Bear in mind: lost boy's tale of ursine guardian likely to be fantasy

  28-01-2019 19:40
  Three-year-old Casey Hathaway said a bear helped him survive two nights in the woods but animal experts say it would be a firstThe story of a three-year-old boy who said he survived two nights alone in the woods due to the assistance of a friendly bear should not encourage people to seek out their own relationships with bears, a leading ursine expert has warned. Related: Three-year-old boy missing in woods for two days says friendly bear kept him safeContinue reading...
  
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• Taliban talks 'encouraging': acting US defense chief

  28-01-2019 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  "I'd say really the takeaway right now: it's encouraging," Shanahan told Pentagon reporters as he waited to greet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.US officials have said President Donald Trump wants to withdraw about half of the 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan.Stoltenberg later said it was too early to speak about the future disposition of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
  
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• Obama Spoke at Boeing Retreat After Firm Gave Millions to Library Fund

  28-01-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  George W. Bush addressed the group last year, said people familiar with the matter.Obama dropped in on the leadership sessions while traveling back to the mainland from his year-end holiday in Hawaii, and Arizona’s top-notch golf courses were part of the allure.The former president waived his speaking fee for the informal address, said Katie Hill, Obama’s spokeswoman.
  
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• US envoy confirms 'draft framework' with Taliban: NYT

  28-01-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  The US and the Taliban have drafted the framework of a deal which could pave the way for peace talks with Kabul, Washington's main negotiator was quoted as saying Monday, but major hurdles including a ceasefire and a withdrawal of foreign forces remain.The comments by special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to the New York Times are the clearest signal yet from a US official that talks between Washington and the militants are progressing, igniting hopes of a breakthrough in the grinding 17-year conflict.
  
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• Rees-Mogg’s ERG Won’t Support Backstop Amendments: Brexit Update

  28-01-2019 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Two rival factions of Parliament will fight to take control of Brexit this week: If one wins, Brexit will probably be paused -- perhaps indefinitely.If the other wins, Theresa May will be sent back to Brussels to negotiate the all-but impossible.Prime Minister Theresa May threw the weight of her government behind a plan to scrap the contentious Irish border backstop, according to six people familiar with the prime minister’s comments to Conservative lawmakers.
  
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• Correction: AP Poll-Climate Change story

  28-01-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Jan. 22 looking at public views on the impact of climate change, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the group where climate scientist Heidi Roop works as the Climate Impact Group at the University of Washington. The correct name is the Climate Impacts Group.
  
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• UAE ridiculed for gender balance award ceremony which features no women

  28-01-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The government of the United Arab Emirates has been mocked for posting pictures of winners of awards for gender balance, which featured no women. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's ruler, was shown congratulating the recipients of Best Personality Supporting Gender Balance, Best Federal Authority Supporting Gender Balance, and Best Gender Balance Initiative. Lt Gen Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the deputy prime minister and minister of the interior, was recognised as the &ldq
  
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• Don't kiss your hedgehog: US health officials' warning after salmonella spike

  28-01-2019 18:48
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises people to avoid snuggling after strain of the virus reemergesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken the unusual measure of advising Americans not to kiss or snuggle their pet hedgehogs. Related: Trevor, world's loneliest duck, dies on Pacific island of NiueHe was a Sk8ter Hog✨ ・ ・ ・ #なりきりショパン シリーズ、今
  
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