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• If there are Comey tapes, does Trump have to turn them over?

  11-06-2017 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  For President Richard Nixon, the controversy over his secret White House tape recordings began with a break-in at the Watergate Hotel. If President Donald Trump is also keeping recordings of his conversations, any controversy over those will have begun with a tweet.
  
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• Thousands march across the US for LGBTQ pride – and against Donald Trump

  11-06-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  This year’s Pride parades are more than just a symbol of support for the LGBT community: They are centres of opposition to President Donald Trump.The march drew inspiration from the hugely popular Women’s March, organised in protest of Mr Trump’s inauguration."We are here to stand and be counted," Washington march participant Daniel Dunlop told the BBC.
  
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• Le Pen's far-right surge loses momentum in France

  11-06-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front suffered a severe setback on Sunday, as her success in reaching the French presidential runoff failed to translate into support in parliamentary polls.Le Pen won 10.7 million votes as she lost to Emmanuel Macron last month, but her party's first-round result on Sunday saw it falling way short of its aim of getting a stronger voice in parliament.The anti-EU, anti-immigration National Front (FN) is on course to win between one and 10 seats in the 577-seat N
  
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• Macron's takeover of French politics is all but complete

  11-06-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron's takeover of French politics is all but complete. The newly elected French leader's gamble that voters wanted to throw out old faces and try something new is paying off in full — first by giving him the presidency and, on Sunday, the crucial first step toward securing the legislative power to deliver on his pledge of far-reaching change.
  
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• Amber Rose Defends Herself Against Piers Morgan

  11-06-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  
  She accused the British journalist of being a misogynist.
  
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• Republicans urge Trump on tapes; Sessions to testify Tues

  11-06-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fellow Republicans pressed President Donald Trump on Sunday to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey and provide them to Congress if he does — or possibly face a subpoena, as a Senate investigation into collusion with Russia or obstruction of justice extended to a Trump Cabinet member.
  
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• Winner of $447.8 Million Powerball Jackpot Will Receive 10th Largest Lottery Prize in U.S. History

  11-06-2017 23:09 via yahoo.com
  
  The deli that sold the ticket said they feel "blessed" to be a part of someone's good fortune.
  
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• Preliminary results: Ex-rebels win Kosovo election

  11-06-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The coalition of former ethnic Albanian rebel commanders won the most votes Sunday in Kosovo's general election, which also saw a surge in popularity for a nationalist party, according to preliminary results.
  
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• Qatar says Gulf citizens can stay despite crisis

  11-06-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome to stay, while boasting of "business as usual" for vital gas exports.Iran also announced it had sent tonnes of vegetables to Qatar, which has seen food imports threatened after its neighbours cut air, sea and land links with the country.Nearly a week after Saudi Arabia and several of its allies severed ties with Qatar in an unprecedented Gulf diplomatic crisis, there were no sign
  
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• How Pulse massacre pushed some back into the closet

  11-06-2017 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Fifi is a 50-year-old transgender woman living in rural Louisiana. She knows discrimination. She knows hate. But until one year ago on Monday, when a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing 49, she always found a way to face negativity with bigger-than-life boldness.
  
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• AP Explains: Qatar's ties with Iran and Islamist groups

  11-06-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The political crisis engulfing Qatar stems from accusations by its Arab neighbors that it supports terrorism. Qatar denies the allegations, but its ties with Iran and embrace of various Islamist groups have brought intense scrutiny, made it a regional outlier and created enough smoke to suggest a fire. Last week, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed ties with Qatar amid a slew of punitive measures. On Friday, the four Arab sta
  
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• LGBTQ Rally, Trump Silent

  11-06-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  The president has not made any formal reference to Pride events.
  
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• Egypt parliament in tumultuous meet over Saudi islands pact

  11-06-2017 22:12 via yahoo.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — In a raucous and tense meeting, Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday began reviewing a disputed 2016 agreement to hand control over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a move critics say ignores a final ruling by a high court to annul the pact.
  
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• Opinion: Macron, the strongman Europe needs

  11-06-2017 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  France's 39-year-old President Emmanuel Macron is poised to wind up as the most powerful leader in Europe -- in the wake of Theresa May's stunning election blow in Britain and his fledgling party's landslide win in the first round of France's parliamentary elections.
  
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• Analysis: Macron, the strongman Europe needs

  11-06-2017 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  France's 39-year-old President Emmanuel Macron is poised to wind up as the most powerful leader in Europe -- in the wake of Theresa May's stunning election blow in Britain and his fledgling party's landslide win in the first round of France's parliamentary elections.
  
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• Macron headed for overwhelming parliamentary majority

  11-06-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron's party is on course for an overwhelming parliamentary majority after Sunday's first round of voting for the National Assembly that left traditional parties in disarray.Forecasts based on partial results showed Macron continuing his centrist revolution, with his Republique en Marche party (Republic on the Move, REM) and its ally MoDem tipped to win between 390 and 445 seats in the 577-member National Assembly in next Sunday's second round."France is back," Prime
  
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• French President's party projected to win huge majority

  11-06-2017 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron's centrist La Republique En Marche is projected to win a huge majority in the French Parliament, according to exit estimates compiled for CNN affiliate BFMTV by Elabe.
  
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• Canadian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton cruises to sixth win

  11-06-2017 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Lewis Hamilton has closed the gap on championship leader Sebastian Vettel after a commanding victory at Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.
  
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• Bernie Sanders says Labour party shows the way to beat Donald Trump

  11-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Buoyed by the British Labour Party election gains this week, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday urged a summit of progressive activists who propelled his presidential candidacy to ramp up efforts to win elections and help remake a Democratic Party he deemed a failure."They won those seats by standing up to the ruling class," he said, referring to the British elections and citing wins by progressive US candidates in several state and local races while writing off losses as evidence libera
  
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• Tottering Theresa May names new UK Cabinet as critics circle

  11-06-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed ministers to her shaky government Sunday, as some Conservative colleagues rallied to support her — and others said her days were numbered after last week's disastrous election.
  
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• Man Freed After 17 Years in Jail When Cops Find His Doppelganger Who Shares The Same Name

  11-06-2017 21:35 via yahoo.com
  
  "When I saw that picture, it made sense to me," said Richard Anthony Jones, who spent 17 years jailed for a crime he did not commit.
  
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• Oscar López Rivera polarizes crowds at Puerto Rican Day parade

  11-06-2017 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  The political activist, whose prison sentence was commuted by Obama, drew cheers and boos during New York event, which honored him as a ‘freedom hero’Puerto Rico’s complicated history with the US was on display at New York’s Puerto Rican Day parade on Sunday. The event honored Oscar López Rivera, a man regarded by some as a terrorist and by others as a freedom fighter, the same day that islanders vote on whether they want to remain a US territory.Continue reading..
  
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• Trump vs. Comey: Lawmakers turn up heat on president about contradictory claims

  11-06-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's statements contradicting Comey's testimony about their conversations put new pressure on the president to offer proof of his charges.
  
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• British trio released after easyJet terror scare

  11-06-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Three British men overheard talking about "terrorist" activities on a London-bound easyJet flight were released on Sunday after being questioned by German police, the airline said.The Airbus A319 flying from the Slovenian capital Ljubljana was diverted to Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport on Saturday, causing a major police operation and hours of air traffic chaos.Passengers on the plane were evacuated using the emergency slides.
  
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• Trump accuses ex-FBI director Comey of cowardice over 'leaks'

  11-06-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump on Sunday intensified his effort to discredit ousted FBI director James Comey, accusing him of cowardice in leaking an eye-popping account of their private meetings.In an angry early-morning tweet from his New Jersey golf club, the embattled president questioned Comey's character and whether he had broken the law in revealing their conversations.Comey had been leading an FBI investigation into several Trump aides and their contacts with the Russian government -- which U
  
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• 'Dead woman walking': UK's May clings to power

  11-06-2017 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Theresa May was clinging to power by her fingernails on Sunday after losing her parliamentary majority in last Thursday's election, as an agreement with the minority Democratic Unionist Party that would keep the Conservatives in power was still not finalized.
  
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• How Cancer Could Be A Man-Made Disease

  11-06-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  
  The steep rise of cancers across the developing world has a lot to do with the toxins, pollutants, diets and lifestyles that accompany development.
  
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• 11 dead, 900 escape after DR Congo jail attack: official

  11-06-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  
  Eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates escaped Sunday after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in DR Congo's restive east, an official said."The Kangwayi prison in Beni was attacked at 3:30 pm (1330 GMT) by assailants whose identity is not yet known," Julien Paluku, governor of North Kivu province, told reporters.Located in the north of the troubled North Kivu province, Beni has been the scene of a wave of violence since 2014 that has seen nearly 700 civilians killed, many of t
  
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• Prosecution Rests In Cosby Trial

  11-06-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Bill Cosby spent last week in a Pennsylvania court as attorneys argued that the famed comedian sexually assaulted Andrea Constand.
  
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• Puerto Rico could become the US' 51st state

  11-06-2017 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  Puerto Rico could become the 51st state -- what do you really know about it?
  
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• Anti-Trump sentiment permeates LGBT Pride marches across US

  11-06-2017 20:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of LGBT rights advocates mobilized in Washington DC and other major cities to resist Trump administration’s actions and celebrate queer livesIn the nation’s capital, and dozens of other cities across the US, supporters of LGBT rights mobilized for marches and rallies Sunday, celebrating their gains but angered over threats to those advances.The centerpiece event, the Equality March in Washington, was endorsed by virtually every major national advocacy group working on behal
  
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• Man released from prison after 17 years when police find his doppelganger

  11-06-2017 20:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Richard Anthony Jones, from Kansas City in Missouri, was convicted of aggravated robbery in 1999, based largely on eyewitness evidence.Johnson County District Judge Kevin Moriarty ordered Jones's release on Thursday, reported the Kansas City Star.Mr Jones, who had unsuccessfully tried to appeal his case numerous times, learned of the existence of his look-alike from fellow inmates.
  
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• Exit poll: Ex-rebel coalition wins Kosovo's general election

  11-06-2017 20:26 via yahoo.com
  
  PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The coalition of former ethnic Albanian rebel commanders won the most votes in Kosovo's general election Sunday, according to an exit poll, in a campaign dominated by a border demarcation deal with Montenegro that brought down the previous government.
  
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• Richard Hammond jokes 'I'm not dead' after car crash

  11-06-2017 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  Former "Top Gear" presenter Richard Hammond was in joking mood Sunday, kidding: "I'm not dead," the day after he survived a horrific car crash.
  
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• Trump administration takes a 'drastic' step to stop youth climate lawsuit

  11-06-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to quash a climate change lawsuit brought by 21 young people. Trump's legal team on Friday took an unusual step that shows just how determined the Justice Department is to keepJuliana v. United States from going to trial. Lawyers filed a "writ of mandamus" petition with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review a federal judge's decision from November, which denied the government's motion to dismiss the precedent-setting lawsuit.  SEE ALSO:
  
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• Video: Richard Hammond miraculously survives a harrowing accident involving a $1 million supercar

  11-06-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  In a harrowing incident that thankfully resulted in no fatalities, former Top Gear host Richard Hammond recently lost control of a $1 million Rimac Concept One supercar and crashed into a house while driving in Switzerland. Hammond was driving the car for a segment that was set to air on The Grand Tour, a car-enthusiast show on Amazon Video. Jeremy Clarkson, a co-host on the show who you might also recognize from Top Gear, took to Twitter this weekend and said that the incident wa
  
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• Pakistan PM to appear before anti-graft probe team

  11-06-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Pakistan's prime minister will appear before an anti-corruption investigation commission over allegations against his family, a government minister said Sunday.Nawaz Sharif and his children are accused of graft in an ongoing case which has gripped Pakistan and threatened to topple the prime minister after the Panama Papers leak last year linked the family to offshore businesses."Yes, the government has received a letter by the Joint Investigation Team in which he has been directed to appear befo
  
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• Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam freed by Libyan militia

  11-06-2017 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Former dictator’s son, who is wanted for war crimes, had been held since 2011 revolution in which his father was killedA Libyan militia says it has freed Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the country’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, after more than five years in captivity.The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, based in Zintan, said it released Saif under an amnesty law passed last year by the eastern-based parliament. Continue reading...
  
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• Pope to Nigerian priests: you'll be fired if you don't obey

  11-06-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has laid down an ultimatum to defiant Nigerian priests: lose your job if you don't obey me and your bishop.
  
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• US partners vow to pursue climate fight without Trump

  11-06-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States' partners in the G7 club of wealthy democracies vowed Sunday to press ahead with efforts to contain devastating climate change despite a rift caused by the American withdrawal from the Paris accord on cutting carbon emissions."Italy and the overwhelming majority of countries regard Paris as irreversible and non-negotiable," Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti said after the first day of a two-day gathering of G7 environmental chiefs in Italy.
  
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• Gadhafi's son released after more than 5 years of detention

  11-06-2017 19:27 via yahoo.com
  
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Seif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said on Saturday.
  
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• Iran sends planes stuffed with food to Qatar

  11-06-2017 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  Five Iranian planes filled with food have landed at Doha airport as the blockade against Qatar by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries starts to bite.
  
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• Tunisians protest for right not to fast during Ramadan

  11-06-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of Tunisians demonstrated Sunday to demand the right to eat and drink in public during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and to protest against non-fasters being arrested.There is no law against eating or drinking in public during Ramadan, but every year the issue comes to the fore in the North African country.Tunisia's constitution guarantees "freedom of belief and conscience", but the state is also the "guardian of religion".
  
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• China's ‘Friday Night Lights’: Chinese youth tackle American football

  11-06-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  
  American football lags far behind soccer and basketball in China, but the huge potential market of 1.4 billion people has caught the attention of the NFL.
  
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• China's ‘Friday Night Lights’: Chinese kids tackle American football

  11-06-2017 19:17 via yahoo.com
  
  A pint-sized running back takes a handoff and scrambles across the goal line, spiking the football for a last-minute win. It could be any school field in America, but on a warm spring night in Beijing the star of the game is nine-year-old Lisa Li, one of the best players in China’s first American football youth league.
  
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• UK Prime Minister Theresa May clings to power

  11-06-2017 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  UK Prime Minister Theresa May was clinging to power by her fingernails on Sunday after losing her parliamentary majority in last Thursday's election, as an agreement with the minority Democratic Unionist Party that would keep the Conservatives in power was still not finalized.
  
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• Nadal's win: In photos

  11-06-2017 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Rafael Nadal beats Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1, to win the 2017 French Open in Paris on June 11.
  
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• Trump Jr. appears to contradict father’s claim he never told Comey he hoped FBI director would end Flynn probe

  11-06-2017 18:58 via yahoo.com
  
  In an appearance on Fox News, the president’s son seems to confirm Comey’s version account of a conversation his dad had with the ex-FBI director about the federal investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
  
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• Texas officer to appeal excessive-force ruling at hearing

  11-06-2017 18:44 via yahoo.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A white Fort Worth police officer's appeal of his 10-day suspension for using excessive force in the arrest of a black woman and her daughters is set for this week.
  
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• White House denies Trump will delay UK visit

  11-06-2017 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  The White House has denied a report that US President Donald Trump plans to delay his state visit to the United Kingdom over fears of potential protests and his perceived unpopularity.
  
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