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• Israel attacks Syrian base hours after hitting other targets

  02-06-2019 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Israel fired missiles onto a Syrian military air base in the country's center late Sunday, killing a soldier and wounding two others hours after other Israeli attacks in southern Syria killed three soldiers and wounded seven, Syria's state-run media said.
  
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• Rhode Island bishop sorry for saying Pride events 'harmful for children'

  02-06-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Prelate: LBGTQ month ‘contrary to Catholic faith and morals’Pride organiser: ‘Jesus never said a word about homosexuality’Bishop Thomas Tobin speaks to a reporter. Photograph: Josh Reynolds/APThe Catholic bishop of Providence, Rhode Island has apologized for saying Pride month events in support of LGBTQ rights were “especially harmful for children”, saying he did not mean to cause offense. On Saturday morning, Bishop Thomas Tobin tweeted: “A reminder tha
  
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• Rhode Island bishop 'regrets' saying Pride events are 'harmful for children'

  02-06-2019 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Prelate: LBGTQ month ‘contrary to Catholic faith and morals’Pride organiser: ‘Jesus never said a word about homosexuality’ Bishop Thomas Tobin said: ‘It certainly was not my intention, but I understand why a good number of individuals have taken offense.’ Photograph: Josh Reynolds/APThe Catholic bishop of Providence has said he “regrets” comments in which he said Pride events in support of LGBTQ rights were “especially harmful for children&rd
  
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• UPDATE 1-Qatar says it has reservations about Arab statements on Iran

  02-06-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Qatar said on Sunday it has reservations about hardline statements on Iran made at emergency summits of Gulf and wider Arab states called by Saudi Arabia, becoming the second Arab country to reject the statement following Iraq.Qatar's foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said statements at the summits were not adopted using traditional procedures."The statements condemned Iran but did not refer to a moderate policy to speak with Tehran," he said in remarks reported by Qata
  
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• Men with prostate cancer offered hope by 'search and destroy' treatment

  02-06-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A game-changing “search and destroy” treatment could offer new hope to thousands of men with incurable prostate cancer. The first two UK patients were treated last weekend, after research found that it could significantly extend survival for those with no other treatment options. Charities said they were “thrilled” by the promise shown by the treatment which simultaneously identifies and attacks a protein expressed on the surface of prostate cancer cells. One in five men
  
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• London Mayor Compares Trump to European Dictators in Scathing Op-Ed About the President's U.K. Visit

  02-06-2019 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Khan and the President have a contentious history
  
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• Missing woman's estranged husband and his girlfriend arrested

  02-06-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Police investigating the disappearance of a Connecticut mother of five have arrested her estranged husband and his girlfriend on charges of evidence tampering and hindering prosecution, authorities announced Sunday.
  
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• Trump 'deadly serious' about Mexico tariffs, White House official says

  02-06-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney gave a stern warning about President Trump's upcoming decision to impose tariffs on Mexican goods in retaliation to illegal immigration.“He is absolutely, deadly serious,” Mulvaney said on “Fox News Sunday.” “In fact, I fully expect these tariffs to go on to at least the 5 percent level on June 10th.
  
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• Virginia Beach gunman gave 2 weeks notice Friday but was in 'good standing' in his job

  02-06-2019 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The longtime Virginia Beach public works employee behind the nation's latest mass shooting put in his two-weeks notice Friday, hours ore his rampage.
  
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• Car blast hits rebel-held north Syria

  02-06-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  A car bomb exploded in a north Syrian town held by Turkey-backed rebels on Sunday, killing at least 10 people, rescue workers and medics said, after a war monitor had reported blasts hitting other insurgent-held areas in the northwest.Turkey-backed Syrian rebels control a strip of territory along the frontier between the countries.It adjoins the enclave in northwest Syria that is the only major territory still held by groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has been the target of a
  
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• App Store in crosshairs as Apple courts developers

  02-06-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Apple is set to court software savants at its annual developers conference beginning Monday while contending with criticism that the iPhone maker has made its App Store a walled garden.The App Store is the lone shop for content for Apple devices, with the technology giant deciding which software creations to accept and taking a 30 percent cut of financial transactions."We only collect a commission from developers when a digital good or service is delivered through an app," Apple said in a page r
  
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• UPDATE 3-U.S. regulators say some Boeing 737 MAX planes may have faulty parts

  02-06-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday disclosed a new problem involving Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX, saying that more than 300 of that troubled plane and the prior generation 737 may contain improperly manufactured parts and that the agency will require these parts to be quickly replaced.The FAA said up to 148 of the part known as a leading-edge slat track that were manufactured by a Boeing supplier are affected, covering 179 MAX and 133 NG aircraft worldwide.The 737 MAX, Chicago-b
  
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• Sporty 2020 Cadillac CT4-V Joins Luxury Lineup

  02-06-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  By adding its new compact CT4, Cadillac is looking to replace the ATS as it realigns its sedan lineup this fall. The first look we’re getting of the new compact luxury sedan is the high-performan...
  
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• Collision sparks fresh debate over cruise ships in Venice

  02-06-2019 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  A massive cruise ship lost control in Venice Sunday, crashing into a wharf and sparking a fresh controversy over the damage the mammoth vessels cause to one of the world's most famous cities.Footage posted to social media showed people on the harbour fleeing as the 13-deck MSC Opera, which suffered an engine failure, scraped along the dockside before knocking into a luxury tourist boat."When we saw the ship bearing down on us, everyone began shouting and running," a sailor who was on the River C
  
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• U.S. regulators say some Boeing 737 MAX planes may have faulty parts

  02-06-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday disclosed a new problem involving Boeing Co's grounded 737 MAX, saying that more than 300 of that troubled plane and the prior generation 737 may contain improperly manufactured parts and that the agency will require these parts to be quickly replaced.The FAA said up to 148 of the part known as a leading-edge slat track that were manufactured by a Boeing supplier are affected, covering 179 MAX and 133 NG aircraft worldwide.The 737 MAX, Chicago-b
  
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• Sanders kicks fight against Trump into high gear as Democrats swarm San Francisco

  02-06-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday called on California Democrats to unite against Donald Trump, kicking the 2020 presidential campaign into high gear with jabs against the Republican president and a veiled swipe at Democratic rival Joe Biden.Sanders called Trump "a racist, a sexist, a homophobe and a religious bigot" in a speech capping off a state Democratic convention that drew fourteen of the 24 candidates to make their case before 5,000 delegates, guests and press in the most populous -
  
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• Order to hide USS John McCain from Trump not 'unreasonable' – chief of staff

  02-06-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  ‘We all know how the president feels about the former senator’Trump confirms USS John McCain was hidden from his view Donald Trump on order to hide the USS John McCain: ‘Somebody did it because they thought I didn’t like him, OK? And they were well-meaning, I will say.’ Photograph: Ahmad Masood/ReutersAn order to have a ship named for the late Senator John McCain hidden from view during Donald Trump’s recent visit to Japan was “not an unreasonable thing
  
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• Some Boeing 737 MAX planes may have faulty parts -U.S. FAA

  02-06-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Sunday some Boeing Co 737 MAX and NG planes may have parts that were improperly manufactured and that it will require their replacement, the latest issue to hit the plane manufacturer.The FAA said up to 148 leading edge slat tracks manufactured by a Boeing sub-tier supplier are affected and cover 133 NG and 179 MAX aircraft worldwide.The FAA said a complete failure of a leading edge slat track would not result in the loss of the aircraft, but said
  
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• Rhode Island Bishop Faces Significant Backlash After Advising Catholics Not to Attend LGBTQ Pride Events

  02-06-2019 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  People were quick to call the tweet ironic, in light of decades of reported clergy abuse
  
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• Officials seeking motive for Virginia rampage say shooter was not facing discipline

  02-06-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Recounting the chaotic minutes that followed the Friday afternoon gun rampage, authorities said they were still seeking a motive for why DeWayne Craddock, 40, would launch the attack on his co-workers and others at a municipal complex."To the extent that the subject's employment status has anything do with these events, that will be part of the ongoing investigation," City Manager Dave Hansen told reporters.Craddock, an employee in the coastal resort city's public utilities department for about
  
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• The Latest: Italian media post audio of cruise ship pilot

  02-06-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Latest on the cruise ship crashing into a dock and another river boat in a Venice canal (all times local):
  
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• NASA astronaut captures breathtaking time-lapse of Earth from space

  02-06-2019 20:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Here on Earth, we see the Sun rise and set once in any given 24-hour period. If you want to see the sunrise or sunset you need to set your watch so you don't miss it, or you'll be left waiting another day for the opportunity. Things are a whole lot different on the International Space Station. Travelers spending time aboard the orbiting laboratory don't just have to deal with the lack of gravity and somewhat cramped quarters, they also have to wrestle with the fact that normal "days" don't reall
  
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• Virginia Beach shooting: Booker and Warren seek focus on all gun violence

  02-06-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic candidates make case for gun control reform in terms of reducing overall death toll Democratic presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker devoted his speech at the Democratic state convention in San Francisco on reducing gun violence. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/APAfter 12 people were shot dead at a government building in Virginia Beach on Friday, some contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination sought to present the case for gun control reform in terms of tackling everyday gun vi
  
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• More part-time, small business workers could build retirement savings accounts under bill

  02-06-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The legislation would let more small employers to band together to create collective 401(k)s. Part-timers also would get more access to plans.
  
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• Missing mom's estranged husband and his girlfriend arrested

  02-06-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police investigating the disappearance of a Connecticut mother of five have arrested her estranged husband and his girlfriend on charges of evidence tampering and hindering prosecution, authorities announced Sunday.
  
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• Senior Democrats say no Trump impeachment … yet

  02-06-2019 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Adam Schiff: party is ‘not there yet’ on seeking to oust presidentJames Clyburn: ‘Right now we are winning this issue’ Adam Schiff, he House intelligence committee chair, speaks in Los Angeles. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/APMore than 50 congressional Democrats reportedly back impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. But on Sunday morning, senior figures highlighted the split that remains between those demanding swift action and their party leaders. Adam Schiff, the
  
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• Meat tax will not solve environmental concerns | Letters

  02-06-2019 19:21
  Farmers are already working to reduce emissions and a tax would just make a balanced diet unaffordable, says Stuart Roberts. And Joan Carter worries about the return of the wildcatAs a farmer, I wholeheartedly agree that the agricultural industry should aspire to live within planetary means, as outlined in Julian Baggini’s article (A blunt tax on red meat won’t save the planet or improve health, Journal, 29 May).While taxation can sometimes be useful in influencing behaviour, I agree
  
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• A dignified end for beloved pets | Letter

  02-06-2019 19:21
  Robin Hargreaves, a past president of the British Veterinary Association, responds to Chas Newkey-Burden’s article on the ethics of keeping petsChas Newkey-Burden’s article (How can we say we love our pets when we treat them so badly?, theguardian.com, 25 May) makes some very valid points about the ethics of pet-keeping, but I feel it is necessary to take issue with the segment dealing with pet euthanasia.I have been in practice for 33 years and I have carried out euthanasia on sick,
  
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• UPDATE 1-Lynparza stalls pancreatic cancer in patients with BRCA mutations -study

  02-06-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  AstraZeneca and Merck & Co's Lynparza helped patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who carry BRCA gene mutations go nearly twice as long without their disease worsening than those who received a placebo, according to data from a late-stage clinical trial presented on Sunday.BRCA mutations are typically linked with breast and ovarian cancers, but occur in other cancers as well.Lynparza was tested against a placebo as a maintenance therapy in 154 patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer w
  
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• Clearing up confusion on payments: If a retailer takes Apple Pay, it also takes Google Pay

  02-06-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  As New York City's MTA adopts contactless payments on some transit lines, people are still confused about who takes Apple, Google and Samsung Pay.
  
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• Labour facing hypocrisy claims as MPs lead protest against Donald Trump

  02-06-2019 18:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Labour is facing accusations of hypocrisy as MPs lead the anti-Trump protests while the party became embroiled in another sexual harassment scandal. Labour frontbenchers are set to play key roles in a “carnival of resistance” organised to mark the US President’s meeting with Theresa May on Tuesday and have described him as a “racist” and a “misogynist”. However the party faced calls to get its own house in order first as it emerged that Jeremy Corby
  
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• Virginia Beach officials detail 'long gun battle' with shooter

  02-06-2019 18:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Beach city officials are still investigating the motive behind Friday's mass shooting at a municipal building that claimed the lives of 12 people.
  
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• Virginia Beach shines light on victims, not mass shooter

  02-06-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The victims of America's latest mass shooting had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titles and the cities or towns in which they lived.
  
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• German government wobbles after Social Democrat leader quits

  02-06-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Sunday to continue with her government after the leader of the center-left Social Democrats, a junior partner in the coalition, resigned following a series of disappointing election results.
  
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• Merkel vows coalition will push on despite jitters as SPD chief quits

  02-06-2019 18:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Sunday that Germany's government will push on with its work, even after her junior coalition partner SPD plunged into crisis following the resignation of its party chief.In a shock announcement earlier Sunday, Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles said she would resign from her party's top job, raising the possibility that Germany's embattled government could collapse.With the SPD in disarray, Merkel sought to quash speculation over the survival of the
  
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• EPIC: This Might Just Be the Ultimate Sig Sauer Gun

  02-06-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  One of a kind.In May 2018, President Donald Trump awarded retired Navy Master Chief Britt K. Slabinski the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions while leading a Joint Task Force during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. Now Sig Sauer is paying tribute in its own way.This past National Medal of Honor Day, the gunmaker unveiled a specially-designed commemorative P226 pistol — the same pistol that SEALs carried under the official MK25 designation — to honor Slabinski's receipt of the na
  
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• Exiled Tiananmen dissident barred from Hong Kong

  02-06-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  A Tiananmen Square protest leader was barred from entering Hong Kong on Sunday after travelling to the city for a candlelight vigil marking the crackdown's 30th anniversary, organisers of the memorial said.Other former student leaders from the 1989 protests have been blocked from entering the city before, according to local media reports, but a growing list of overseas activists and politicians have been refused passage into the semi-autonomous Chinese city in recent years.The 53-year-old was st
  
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• Israeli thriller series "Fauda" digs in for darker third season

  02-06-2019 17:36 via news.yahoo.com
  TEL AVIV, June 2 (Reuters) - "Fauda," an Israeli TV series that has become a Netflix hit for its unsparing portrayal of undercover commandos who pose as Palestinians to pursue Hamas guerrillas, promises to dig deeper into the conflict in its third season.This time, showrunners Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz have set much of it in the Gaza Strip, where the armed Islamist faction rules and has fought three wars against Israel."This is going to be much more dark, much more emotional," Raz, who also p
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence: I was pleased to see the special counsel announce the investigation is over

  02-06-2019 17:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Maria Bartiromo sits down with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss Robert Mueller's public statement, the humanitarian crisis at the southern border and more.
  
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• Pentagon Chief Sees No Need to Probe USS John McCain Directive

  02-06-2019 17:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House military office requested that the Seventh Fleet keep the warship “hidden from view,” Shanahan told reporters en route to South Korea.“No, I am not planning any IG investigation,” Shanahan said when asked if the inspector-general would investigate.
  
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• US says prepared to talk to Iran 'with no preconditions'

  02-06-2019 17:01 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday his country was ready to talk with Tehran "with no preconditions", but there was no indication if lifting sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme was on the table.The top US diplomat, who is considered a hawk on the Iran file, appeared to soften the US stance somewhat following weeks of escalating tensions with Tehran."We are prepared to engage in a conversation with no preconditions," Pompeo said in Switzerland, which in the absence of US-Iranian di
  
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• Trump steps up attacks on Mexico, tariff threat called 'deadly serious'

  02-06-2019 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on Mexico over immigration Sunday as a top aide warned that the US president is "deadly serious" about slapping tariffs on imports from the southern neighbor."People have been saying for years that we should talk to Mexico.The problem is that Mexico is an 'abuser' of the United States, taking but never giving," Trump said in a series of tweets Sunday.
  
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• Student bus targeted amid deadly wave of Kabul bombings

  02-06-2019 16:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Two people were killed and dozens more wounded in Kabul on Sunday as a wave of bombings hit civilian targets -- including a university school bus -- across the Afghan capital.The yellow bus had been heading to Kabul Education University in the western part of the city Sunday morning when it was hit by a sticky bomb -- a growing menace in Kabul, where insurgents and criminals use magnets to slap explosives on vehicles.The device had been placed under the bus, interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Ra
  
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• Explainer: Why Google has a target on its back in Washington

  02-06-2019 16:36 via news.yahoo.com
  The potential investigation, first reported on Friday, is the latest challenge for Google which already faces a raft of complaints about its business practices from rivals, as well as Democrats and Republicans.EU regulatory actions have already led to multibillion dollar fines and reforms to Google's business practices.The U.S. probe would focus on accusations Google gave preference to its own businesses in search results, one source said.
  
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• This $90 stand mixer on Amazon is just as good as a $300 KitchenAid mixer

  02-06-2019 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  KitchenAid stand mixers are great, don't get us wrong. They do a fine job and they're well-built, so they last a long time. If we're being honest, though, everything good about a KitchenAid can also be said about other popular stand mixers, but rival models often cost far less than the pricey KitchenAid mixers that have become so trendy. If you're looking for a good alternative, definitely check out the Hamilton Beach 63390 Stand Mixer. It's well-made, it's well-built, and it costs a fraction of
  
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• Netanyahu fires two key ministers ahead of Israeli polls: official

  02-06-2019 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired two prominent ministers Sunday ahead of general elections set for September, the second time the country will go to the polls this year, an official said.An official from Netanyahu's office confirmed on condition of anonymity that Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked had been fired, without providing further details.Both are right-wing rivals to Netanyahu and had broken off from his Likud party years earlier.
  
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• President Trump Denies Meghan Markle 'Nasty' Comment Despite Recording

  02-06-2019 16:28 via news.yahoo.com
  'I didn’t know that she was nasty,' Trump said after hearing Markle had said negative things about him
  
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• Can anybody stop Biden? Challengers make their case to California Dems

  02-06-2019 16:22 via news.yahoo.com
  While 14 top Democratic presidential candidates swarmed the Golden State this weekend for the California Democratic Party’s convention and related events, one was conspicuously absent: former vice president and early frontrunner Joe Biden, who decided to skip the festivities in favor of an LGBTQ-rights gala 2,500 miles away in Columbus, Ohio.“Some Democrats in Washington believe the only changes we can get are tweaks and nudges,” Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in her
  
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• Angela Merkel's future in doubt as leader of coalition partner quits

  02-06-2019 16:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The future of Angela Merkel’s government was in doubt on Sunday after the leader of her main coalition partner resigned. Andrea Nahles announced she was stepping down as leader of the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) after the party suffered its worst ever result in the European elections. Her decision led to renewed calls for the SPD to pull out of Mrs Merkel’s coalition government, which would leave it without a majority in parliament. But the party’s MPs are believed to be
  
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• Old tweets resurface from the Mexican official who will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week

  02-06-2019 15:51 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted in 2016: Trump is the worst enemy Mexico has ever faced in many years. We must strive to curb it with votes in the USA.
  
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