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• California botulism outbreak linked to petrol station's nacho cheese

  20-05-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An outbreak of botulism in California is linked to cheese sauce from a family-run petrol station.
  
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• Utah GOP says goodbye to Chaffetz, with some disappointment

  20-05-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  
  SANDY, Utah (AP) — As Utah Republicans met for their annual state convention Saturday, the party faithful both gave Rep. Jason Chaffetz a warm send-off and occasionally expressed disappointment at his abrupt departure from Congress and key role investigating the White House.
  
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• Joy as 82 Chibok schoolgirls hug and kiss their families again

  20-05-2017 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Nigeria’s president vows to continue negotiations over freeing remaining Boko Haram captivesThe 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity were finally reunited with their families on Saturday in a public display of emotion.Images from the scene showed brightly dressed families rushing through the crowd to hug the girls. One small group sank to their knees, with a woman raising her hands to the heavens as if in church. A beaming father pic
  
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• Venezuela anti-government unrest marks 50th day with huge marches

  20-05-2017 23:43 via yahoo.com
  
  By Deisy Buitrago and Anggy PolancoCARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Saturday to mark 50 days of protests against the unpopular government of President Nicolas Maduro, with unrest gaining momentum despite a rising death toll and chaotic scenes of nighttime looting.At least 46 people have been killed in the worst turmoil faced by Maduro since he won the presidency in 2013.Venezuelans from civilians to police have been killed,
  
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• Iran's Rouhani draws fire from US after election win

  20-05-2017 23:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was still celebrating his resounding re-election victory on Saturday when he came under pressure from the country's long-standing foe the United States.Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate cleric who spearheaded a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, said Iranians had chosen the "path of engagement" and rejected extremism after he took 57 percent of the vote against 38 percent for hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi."The Iranian people want to live in peace and friendship wi
  
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• Iran's Rouhani wins big but will he deliver?

  20-05-2017 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Iranian president has been given a mandate to push through reforms, but how will hardliners react?
  
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• Donald Trump appears to 'curtsey' to Saudi king after mocking Barack Obama for bowing

  20-05-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump has been accused of hypocrisy after appearing to "curtsey" while receiving a gold medal from the king of Saudi Arabia.Back in 2012, Mr Trump criticised his predecessor Barack Obama for bowing to foreign leaders, including then-Saudi King Abdullah.
  
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• McMaster hints at break from Trump campaign rhetoric on 'radical Islamic terrorism'

  20-05-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  
  George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with White House National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster.
  
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• You’re Happiest In Life At These 2 Ages

  20-05-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  It seems that life is a constant pursuit of happiness, but when do we ever reach true bliss?
  
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• Trump enjoys gilded, gaffe-free first day in Saudi Arabia

  20-05-2017 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  For someone who is rarely short on words -- on Twitter, if nowhere else -- President Donald Trump was downright silent Saturday.
  
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• Seen, not heard: A gilded, gaffe-free start in Saudi Arabia

  20-05-2017 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  For someone who is rarely short on words -- on Twitter, if nowhere else -- President Donald Trump was downright silent Saturday.
  
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• Foreign trip day 1: Trump seen but not heard

  20-05-2017 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  For someone who is rarely short on words -- on Twitter, if nowhere else -- President Donald Trump was downright silent Saturday.
  
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• South African men march against abuse of women and children

  20-05-2017 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The protest in Pretoria follows a spate of sexual attacks and murders that has shocked the country.
  
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• Trump bounces along to Saudi sword dance

  20-05-2017 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump and other male White House officials bounced along to a ceremonial sword dance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday outside the Murabba Palace.
  
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• Melania and Ivanka arrive in Saudi sans headscarves

  20-05-2017 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  First lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka Trump arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday morning sporting an absence of headscarves.
  
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• Premier League: Race for the Champions League and the Golden Boot

  20-05-2017 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On Sunday the Premier League season finishes with all 20 clubs playing at 15:00 BST - catch up with the big issues on the final day.
  
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• 'Artisanal' miners in El Salvador face ruin as ban comes into force

  20-05-2017 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Severe water pollution has led to metal mining being outlawed in the central American country but small-scale gold miners are defiant
  Rudi Francisco Soza bends over a gallon jug serving as a bucket, lethargically stirring dirty brown water containing ores mixed with mercury. He eyes the mixture and says resignedly: “There’s nothing in here.” Soza had tested an ore sample from a pile of rocks he and a few co-workers had spent the morning collecting from a suffocatingly hot mine
  
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• Judge haunted by release of man in deadly Ohio shootings

  20-05-2017 22:11 via yahoo.com
  
  NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge says he will be haunted forever by his decision to grant early release to a domestic violence offender who authorities say killed his ex-girlfriend, her co-worker and a police chief.
  
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• Audio at heart of bribery scandal was doctored, claims Brazil president

  20-05-2017 22:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Michel Temer rejects calls for resignation and says purported recording of him was manipulated, as Socialist party announces its break from his coalitionThe Brazilian president, Michel Temer, has said that an incriminating audio recording of him was doctored, as he fought to save his job amid a growing corruption scandal.“That clandestine recording was manipulated and doctored with [bad] intentions,” Temer said at a news conference in the capital, Brasilia, on Saturday. Continue read
  
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• Judas, clowns, wild horses and losers: Quotes of the Premier League season

  20-05-2017 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who asked what a tackle is? Who set the bar remarkably low? Who needs breaking in? Find out with the quotes of the season.
  
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• Trump Gets Royal Saudi Treatment at Start of Foreign Trip

  20-05-2017 21:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  King Salman greeted Donald Trump as he arrived in Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally, the birthplace of Islam and an important regional power.
  
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• NBA star Enes Kanter's passport cancelled by native Turkey

  20-05-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Enes Kanter, a critic of the Turkish president, was held after Turkey cancelled his passport.
  
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• Premiership semi-final: Wasps 21-20 Leicester Tigers

  20-05-2017 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Josh Bassett's 78th-minute try sends Wasps to their first Premiership final in nine years thanks to a thrilling win over Leicester.
  
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• Leaked iPhone 8 mold suggests device will be slightly larger than the iPhone 7

  20-05-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Apple's 2017 iPhone lineup is poised to be the company's most interesting and ambitious yet. By the time September rolls around, it's widely believed Apple will release three brand new iPhone models: an iPhone 7s, an iPhone 7s Plus, and last but not least, the highly anticipated iPhone 8.While the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus will sport the same form factor as the iPhone 7, the iPhone 8 will introduce a completely new design, complete with an advanced edge-to-edge 5.8-inch OLED display that will essent
  
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• An almost Royal wedding

  20-05-2017 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton, has married financier James Matthews.
  
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• President Trump’s first trip abroad

  20-05-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  In contrast to George W. Bush and Obama, President Trump’s first overseas trip is a highly ambitious venture. As it gets underway, we have photos.
  
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• President Trump's first trip abroad

  20-05-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump’s first foreign voyage will be an astonishingly ambitious adventure — Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, a NATO summit in Brussels, and a Group of Seven (i.e.: rich country) gathering in Sicily. He’s coming with a packed agenda of the weightiest issues in global affairs, like defeating ISIS, containing Iran, convincing the Muslim world to confront extremism, overhauling relations with crucial allies in Europe and Asia, and forging Middle East peace.
  
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• Embattled Trump starts foreign tour with Saudi arms deal

  20-05-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  
  Washington announced a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia and took aim at Iran on Saturday as President Donald Trump began a foreign tour looking to leave domestic troubles behind.The $110 billion deal for Saudi purchases of US defence equipment and services came at the start of an eight-day trip that will also take Trump to Jerusalem, the Vatican and meetings with leaders in Europe.Trump hailed a series of business deals reached during meetings in Riyadh, with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubei
  
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• Trump in Saudi Arabia: US president joins ceremonial sword dance

  20-05-2017 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president swayed along with a ceremonial dance ahead of a Saudi state dinner in his honour.
  
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• Here's Trump's Pick for Ambassador to the Vatican

  20-05-2017 21:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Callista Gingrich, a lifelong Catholic, convinced husband Newt Gingrich to convert to Catholicism in 2009, nearly a decade after the two married.
  
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• Chibok girls: 82 reunited with families in Nigeria

  20-05-2017 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The girls, kidnapped in 2014, were released two weeks ago and have finally met their parents.
  
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• Stuart McCall: Bradford City boss 'close to hitting' Millwall fans who invaded pitch

  20-05-2017 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bradford City boss Stuart McCall says he was "close to clocking" Millwall fans who invaded the pitch at the end of the League One play-off final.
  
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• Under siege in Washington, Trump reaps Saudi arms deal, stronger ties

  20-05-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff Mason and Steve HollandRIYADH (Reuters) - Under political fire at home, U.S. President Donald Trump sealed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday on his maiden foreign trip as he struggled to shift attention from the aftermath of his firing of the director of the FBI.The arms deal, plus other investments that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said could total up to $350 billion, was the central achievement of Trump's first day in Riyadh, first stop on a nine-day journ
  
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• Iraq's special forces shrink IS stronghold in western Mosul

  20-05-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's special forces declared their aspect of the mission to reclaim Mosul completed on Saturday. However heavy fighting still looms between other Iraqi forces and the Islamic State group as IS clings to a dwindling portion of Iraq's second largest city.
  
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• Hackers are trying to bring the WannaCry ransomware back from the dead

  20-05-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  
  A little more than a week ago, a particularly nasty piece of ransomware dubbed "WannaCry" began spreading at an impressive clip all across the globe. Targeting Windows machines -- and based off of a leaked NSA exploit -- impacted users found that all of their computer files had been encrypted and could only be recovered by making a $300 payment in Bitcoin.
  With the ransomware showing no signs of slowing down, an enterprising researcher named Marcus Hutchins managed to effectively
  
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• Trump kicks off overseas trip in Saudi Arabia

  20-05-2017 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has landed in Saudi Arabia for his first stop abroad since taking office, a visit meant to bolster partnerships abroad that aides hope can reset a scandal-pocked narrative back home.
  
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• East African leaders press EU to lift Burundi sanctions

  20-05-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  
  The presidents of Tanzania and Uganda called Saturday on the EU to lift sanctions on Burundi, but a diplomatic for the European bloc dismissed the appeal.The joint plea, by Yoweri Museveni and John Magufuli came at a meeting of the East African Community (EAC) -- which also includes Burundi, Kenya and South Sudan -- in Dar es Salaam.
  
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• Freed Nigerian schoolgirls meet families after 3 years

  20-05-2017 19:28 via yahoo.com
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families Saturday as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters' lives.
  
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• The Latest: Celebrations across Tehran after Rouhani win

  20-05-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Iran's presidential election (all times local):
  
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• Speaking on Islam, will Trump hit reset with Muslims?

  20-05-2017 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  A month after Donald Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the US, a hijab-wearing American named Rose Hamid stood up in the grandstands a few rows behind the presidential candidate.
  
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• Russia Probe Looking at Official in Trump White House

  20-05-2017 19:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Two more major and potentially damaging reports about President Donald Trump's dealings with Russia surfaced as he left for his first overseas trip.
  
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• Tillerson says he hopes Rouhani ends Iran missile program in new term

  20-05-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday he hoped newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will use his second term in office to end Tehran's ballistic missile program and end what he called its network of terrorism.Speaking at a joint news conference with his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh, Tillerson also said that Washington intends to intensify its efforts to deter Tehran in Syrian and Yemen, countries in which Washington and Tehran side with opposing sides.
  
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• Freed Nigerian schoolgirls meeting families after 3 years

  20-05-2017 18:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families for the first time Saturday, as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters' lives.
  
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• These girls joined an all-boys soccer league -- and won it all

  20-05-2017 18:56 via cnn.com
  
  Andrea Gómez beat the boys on the soccer field game after game, and by the end of the season, the goalkeeper and her teammates clinched the top spot in an otherwise all-male league.
  
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• Russia foreign minister denies talking to Trump about Comey

  20-05-2017 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denies discussing the firing of former FBI Director James Comey with President Donald Trump during his White House visit earlier this month.
  
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• Lavrov denies talking to Trump about Comey

  20-05-2017 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denies discussing the firing of former FBI Director James Comey with President Donald Trump during his White House visit earlier this month.
  
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• Formula E: Buemi victorious as di Grassi crashes down and out in Paris

  20-05-2017 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  Sebastien Buemi tightened his grip on the 2016/17 Formula E World Championship with another commanding performance at Saturday's Paris ePrix.
  
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• Saudi Arabia and US companies reach $55 billion in deals

  20-05-2017 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  Saudi Arabia announced more than $55 billion in deals with US companies Saturday, coinciding with President Donald Trump's arrival here for a two-day visit.
  
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• ‘Jury still out’ on Callista Gingrich pick as US ambassador to the Holy See

  20-05-2017 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Nomination, announced days before Trump meets Pope Francis in Rome, marks the promotion of the wife of one of the president’s most vociferous defendersDonald Trump announced on Friday his intent to nominate Callista Gingrich, a choir singer and film producer married to former Republican House speaker Newt Gingrich, to serve as ambassador to the Holy See. Related: Reluctant traveler Trump takes off on trip fraught with diplomatic dangersContinue reading...
  
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• Melania and Ivanka Trump arrive in Saudi Arabia sans headscarves

  20-05-2017 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  First lady Melania Trump and first daughter Ivanka Trump arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday morning sporting an absence of headscarves.
  
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