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• China's science revolution

  22-05-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five ways China is leaping ahead
  
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• The divorced couple who built a shoe firm

  22-05-2016 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The divorced couple who have built a global shoe company
  
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• Greek parliament approves new austerity measures to unlock bailout cash

  22-05-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The 7,000-page bill that raises the sales tax cap and introduces a contingency mechanism to slash spending further in case of budget overruns was passed thanks to the Syriza-led coalition government's slim majority in the 300-seat parliament, according to an AFP count. The so-called contingency mechanism, labelled "the cutter" by Greek media and designed to cut spending if the country fails to meet fiscal targets in 2018, is of chief interest to Greece's international creditors. Now, it's their
  
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• Despite confusion, NASCAR got a memorable All-Star Race

  22-05-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Say this about NASCAR's confusing and chaotic Sprint All-Star Race: At least it was entertaining.
  
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• Egypt sends submarine to hunt for crashed jet's black boxes

  22-05-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a submarine Sunday to join the hunt for the flight recorders from the EgyptAir jetliner that crashed in the Mediterranean and killed all 66 people aboard, while hundreds of Coptic Christian mourners filled a church in Cairo to pray for their relatives among the dead.
  
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• Factbox: Greece legislates bailout reforms to get loans, debt relief

  22-05-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Greek lawmakers approved on Sunday a bill which increases taxes, sets up a new privatization fund and frees up the sale of bank non-performing loans to help unlock fresh bailout funds and debt relief. TAX Indirect tax measures aimed at raising 1.8 billion euros or 1 percent of GDP up to 2018 - Increases value added tax to 24 from 23 percent and puts a levy on beer from June. - Extends the unpopular real estate tax ENFIA.
  
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• Ariya Jutanugarn wins 2nd in a row on the LPGA Tour

  22-05-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn quickly has made winning a habit on the LPGA Tour.
  
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• Canada beats Finland 2-0 to win world hockey championship

  22-05-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Canada defeated previously unbeaten Finland 2-0 in the gold medal game at the world ice hockey championship on Sunday.
  
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• Obama looks to boost economic, security ties in Asia

  22-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Barack Obama's mission in Vietnam and Japan is to build stronger economic and security ties with Asian-Pacific allies anxious about the rise of an increasingly muscular China. That forward-looking message will be delivered even as he confronts the legacies of two wars long past — Vietnam and World War II — that still are fraught with emotion.
  
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• Greek parliament approves reforms in exchange for aid, debt relief

  22-05-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers approved tax increases and a new privatization fund on Sunday and freed up the sale of non-performing loans in exchange for much-needed bailout loans and debt relief. Athens hopes the measures, two days before a key euro zone finance ministers meeting, will help it unlock the funds it needs to pay IMF loans, ECB bonds maturing in July and increasing state arrears. "Greeks have already paid a lot, but this is probably the
  
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• Ken Loach wins Palme d'Or at Cannes for "I, Daniel Blake."

  22-05-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Veteran British director Ken Loach won his second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday for "I, Daniel Blake" — a stark portrayal of a disabled man's struggle with the crushing benefits system in northern England.
  
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• Search on for clues in EgyptAir crash

  22-05-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Egypt enlisted a submersible Sunday to search the Mediterranean seabed for the black boxes of EgyptAir MS804, hoping the recorders would determine whether the plane crash was an accident or attack. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said it was too early to tell what caused the Airbus A320 to plunge into the sea with 66 people on board last Thursday.
  
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• 7-year-old boy wakes up dad, pair escapes house fire

  22-05-2016 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Orange County say a 7-year-old boy didn't hesitate when he smelled smoke at his home, waking up his sleeping father so the pair could escape a spreading fire.
  
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• Ken Loach wins second Cannes Palme d'Or with 'I, Daniel Blake'

  22-05-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julien Pretot CANNES, France (Reuters) - British veteran director Ken Loach won his second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival when "I, Daniel Blake", his latest social-realist drama, took the Best Picture award on Sunday. Loach, 79, is one of only nine directors to have won the top prize at Cannes twice. Loach had won in 2006 with "The Wind That Shakes the Barley." Addressing the Grand Theatre des Lumieres crowd in French, Loach said: "Thanks to the team, the writer (Paul Laverty), the pr
  
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• New York subway on the brink of change

  22-05-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The New York subway is the seventh busiest in the world and has its highest ridership in 70 years, increasing delays and forcing management to formulate a plan of salvation. The morning commuter crush in Brooklyn, the city's most populated borough, can be overwhelming. "I saw two women pulling each other's hair because they had bumped into each other," said commuter Ana Fernandez, although such behavior is rare.
  
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• Boston's Bradley extends hitting streak to 27 games

  22-05-2016 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Boston Red Sox has extended his hitting streak to 27 games.
  
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• Pakistan says U.S. drone strike violated its sovereignty

  22-05-2016 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mirwais Harooni and Phil Stewart KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan accused the United States on Sunday of violating its sovereignty with a drone strike against the leader of the Afghan Taliban, in perhaps the most high-profile U.S. incursion into Pakistani territory since the 2011 raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Afghanistan said the attack killed Mullah Akhtar Mansour, which, if confirmed, could trigger a succession battle within an insurgency that has proved resilient despite a decade and
  
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• The Latest: Neighbors of police officer mourn his death

  22-05-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on a police officer that was shot and killed in a Massachusetts town (all times local):
  
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• Spanish priest pleads for divine intervention to repair road

  22-05-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  MADRID (AP) — A Spanish priest says he has given up hope that local authorities in his parish of Xestoso in the northwest of the country will fix the potholes in the roads so he has asked for divine intervention.
  
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• U.S. strike kills Taliban leader, sources say

  22-05-2016 21:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said Saturday.Podcast favorites: Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Bernie gets the Axe | Guns in America
  
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• Philippine star Jaclyn Jose wins best actress at Cannes

  22-05-2016 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Philippine soap star Jaclyn Jose won best actress at the Cannes film festival Sunday for her mesmerising performance as a slum matriarch who falls prey to corrupt police. The 52-year-old said she had to "tone everything down to zero" -- for the stark, realistic portrait of a woman fighting to do the best for her family in director Brillante Mendoza's gritty film. Variety magazine praised Jose for the "naturalistic grace" of her film performance, playing the matriarch of a family struggling to su
  
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• Underdog topples rugby giants

  22-05-2016 21:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Fiji wrapped up the Sevens World Series title without even reaching the final in London, and on this weekend's evidence the battle for a historic first Olympic gold medal could be very much a lottery.
  
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• Colombia: Cartagena prepares to receive Garcia Marquez's ashes

  22-05-2016 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cartagena, the jewel of colonial architecture on Colombia's Caribbean coast, was preparing Sunday to receive the ashes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, to be kept in a onetime convent near the home where the Nobel literature laureate liked to stay. "It's an honor for the city of Cartagena to host such an event," Gonzalo Garcia Barcha, a son of the celebrated Colombian writer, told AFP. Garcia Marquez died at the age of 87 on April 17, 2014 in Mexico, where he lived with his wife Mercedes Barcha.
  
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• Egypt must work harder to revive tourism after EgyptAir crash: minister

  22-05-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  By Lin Noueihed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will have to work 10 times harder to revive its tourism industry, Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said on Sunday, after a series of setbacks including the crash of an EgyptAir flight into the Mediterranean three days ago. Rashed sought to play down the impact of the crash on Egypt's image. "The efforts that we need to put are maybe 10 times what we planned to put in place but we need to focus on our ability to drive business back to Egypt to change the image
  
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• Britain's Loach wins Cannes gold with moving austerity tale

  22-05-2016 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  British director Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or top prize at Cannes Sunday for the second time in a decade with his moving drama "I, Daniel Blake" about the shame of poverty in austerity-hit Europe. Loach now joins an elite club of two-time victors at the French Riviera festival including Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Emir Kusterica. "We must give a message of hope –- we must say another world is possible," Loach said as he accepted the prize.
  
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• Afghan Taliban sources confirm death of leader in US attack

  22-05-2016 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, senior militant sources told AFP Sunday, adding that an insurgent assembly was underway to decide on his successor. Saturday's bombing raid, the first known US assault on a top Afghan Taliban leader on Pakistani soil, marks a major blow to the militant movement which saw a new resurgence under Mansour. The elimination of Mansour, who rose to the rank of leader nine months earlier after a bitter internal leadership
  
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• UK's Cameron battles his own party as Brexit row focuses on Turkey

  22-05-2016 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Chief 'In' campaigner Prime Minister David Cameron clashed with members of his own party on Sunday over the impending referendum on Britain's European Union membership, dismissing claims that he would be powerless to stop Turkey joining the EU. Cameron is leading the campaign to keep Britain inside the EU ahead of the June 23 referendum, the outcome of which will have far-reaching consequences for the country's economy, its role in world trade and its global d
  
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• Erdogan ally takes over as Turkish PM, vowing stronger presidency

  22-05-2016 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Humeyra Pamuk and Gulsen Solaker ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Binali Yildirim, a close ally for two decades and a co-founder of the ruling AK Party, as his new prime minister on Sunday, taking a big step toward the stronger presidential powers he has long sought. In a speech to AKP delegates who earlier elected him party leader at a special congress, Yildirim, transport minister for most of the past decade and a half, left no doubt that he would prioritize the
  
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• Israel returns sarcophagus covers to Egypt as relations warm

  22-05-2016 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has returned two looted ancient Egyptian sarcophagus covers to Egypt amid warming relations between the countries.
  
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• Romania's Mungiu and France's Assayas share best director prize at Cannes 

  22-05-2016 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cannes (France) (AFP) - Romanian director Cristian Mungiu and French helmer Olivier Assayas shared the best director award at the Cannes film festival Sunday.
  
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• AP Interview: Argentinian FM envisions 'inspirational' UN

  22-05-2016 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The latest candidate to enter the race to become the next United Nations secretary-general said Sunday the world body must become more inspirational and geared toward finding ways to tackle emerging new challenges.
  
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• Emotional McIlroy wins Irish Open

  22-05-2016 20:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An emotional Rory McIIroy snapped a six-month winless drought by claiming the Irish Open for the first time Sunday, fulfilling a lifetime ambition.
  
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• Arriola has goal, assist in US debut, 3-1 win at Puerto Rico

  22-05-2016 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) — Paul Arriola had a goal and an assist in his national team debut, Tim Ream and Bobby Wood also scored, and the United States started its Copa America preparations with a 3-1 win over Puerto Rico in an exhibition game Sunday.
  
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• Gas prices jump by 5 cents over past 2 weeks, averages $2.32

  22-05-2016 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of gasoline has jumped by a nickel over the past two weeks to $2.32 a gallon for regular grade.
  
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• Excerpts from interview containing Cosby quaalude admission

  22-05-2016 19:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday to determine if his criminal sex-assault case in suburban Philadelphia goes to trial.
  
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• 'Angry Birds' flocks to No. 1 over 'Neighbors,' 'Nice Guys'

  22-05-2016 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Captain America" has found a worthy competitor in a bunch of flightless birds. "The Angry Birds Movie" soared to $39 million in its debut weekend, knocking "Captain America: Civil War" off its first-place perch, while new adult comedies "Neighbors 2" and the "The Nice Guys" struggled to get their footing, according to comScore estimates Sunday.
  
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• Afghan Taliban sources confirm death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour in US drone strike

  22-05-2016 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Senior Afghan Taliban sources on Sunday confirmed the death of their chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in Pakistan, adding that a council is underway to decide his successor. "I can say with good authority that Mullah Mansour is no more," a senior Taliban source told AFP. Mansour's death was confirmed by two other senior figures, who said the group's top leaders were gathering in southwest Pakistan to name their future chief.
  
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• Ex-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza collapses on stage, dies

  22-05-2016 19:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Menza, former drummer for the influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southern California, a family spokesman said Sunday.
  
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• Clinton, in 'dead heat' with Trump, offers sharper contrast

  22-05-2016 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hillary Clinton tried to draw a sharper contrast with Donald Trump on Sunday, saying the central message of her campaign was "We're stronger together," even as a new poll showed the two candidates in a statistical tie. The new Washington Post/ABC News survey found the presidential frontrunners in "a virtual dead heat" among registered voters.
  
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• McIlroy eagles last hole for 1st win of season at Irish Open

  22-05-2016 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STRAFFAN, Ireland (AP) — Rory McIlroy eagled the final hole to clinch his first victory of the season Sunday at the Irish Open, his home tournament where he's famously struggled over the years.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan asks longtime ally to form new government

  22-05-2016 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally asked his trusted ally, Transport and Communications Minister Binali Yildirim, to form Turkey's next government.
  
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• Lorenzo pips Marquez to Italian MotoGP win

  22-05-2016 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Jorge Lorenzo overtook Marc Marquez at the line to win the Italian MotoGP on Sunday, as home favourite Valentino Rossi retired with a mechanical problem. Spaniard Lorenzo took the lead from pole-sitter Rossi at the first corner, but nine-time world champion Rossi bowed out early after his bike failed him when he was looking primed to make a pass. Instead it was down to Marquez to pressure world champion Lorenzo, and he took the lead from his compatriot on the final lap, only to see the Yamaha ma
  
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• Turkey's President Erdogan formally asks his longtime ally, Binali Yildirim, to form next government

  22-05-2016 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's President Erdogan formally asks his longtime ally, Binali Yildirim, to form next government.
  
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• The Latest: Pakistan informed of drone hit on Taliban leader

  22-05-2016 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour in a drone strike (all times local):
  
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• Afghan leaders see Taliban leader's death as hopeful sign

  22-05-2016 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior commander with the Afghan Taliban says the militant group's leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a U.S. drone strike.
  
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• Angry Kyrgios wins as rain brings havoc to French Open

  22-05-2016 19:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Controversial Nick Kyrgios claimed he was the victim of biased officiating at the French Open on Sunday as torrential rain caused havoc, allowing just 10 of the scheduled 32 matches to be completed. Kyrgios overcame a first-set code violation to defeat Italy's Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (8/6), 6-4. Kyrgios insisted he only screamed at the youngster during the first-set tiebreak because he wanted his towel.
  
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• Austria on knife-edge as presidential race too close to call

  22-05-2016 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A win would see Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) become the European Union's first far-right head of state. On Sunday evening, the vote was evenly split between Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) and Green-backed economics professor Alexander van der Bellen, with both on 50.0 according to projections based on almost all the votes cast at polling stations Sunday. Close to 900,000 people -- or a record 14 percent of Austria's 6.4 million eligible voters -- cast their ballot by mail this ye
  
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• Egyptians detained over islands protest start hunger strike

  22-05-2016 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Family members of Egyptians detained for planning a demonstration last month say 21 of them have started a hunger strike, protesting what they call an "unfair trial".
  
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• Magnificent McIlroy holds off Knox to win Irish Open

  22-05-2016 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tournament host Rory McIlroy hit two stunning approach shots in the closing three holes to end a six-month winless drought, capturing the Irish Open at the K Club on Sunday. McIlroy went into the final round of the weather-affected event leading by three shots,and the world number three's rally in the closing holes carried him to a closing 69 and victory by three strokes with a 12-under par total. The win is McIlroy's first as a professional on Irish soil, and also a first taste of success since
  
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• Clinton, Trump neck-and-neck

  22-05-2016 18:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
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