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• Brazil's president says corruption charge is 'soap opera'

  27-06-2017 23:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  In a scathing 64-page indictment, Brazil's top prosecutor described a scheming, arrogant and corrupt President Michel Temer who lined his pockets with illegal money while showing little regard for the office he represented.
  
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• Widespread Cyberattack Hits Major European Companies

  27-06-2017 23:57
  
  A cyberattack apparently targeting Ukraine rippled across Europe and disrupted the computer systems of major companies in Russia, Britain and elsewhere.
  
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• Venezuela president says supporters will take up arms if government falls

  27-06-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  
  As the death toll continues to rise from three months of political unrest in Venezuela, the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has warned that his supporters will take up arms if his government is overthrown.Speaking at a rally to promote a 30 July vote for a constituent assembly, Maduro said he would fight to defend the “Bolivarian revolution” of his predecessor Hugo Chávez.
  
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• Ex-Mexican governor accepts extradition from Guatemala

  27-06-2017 23:53 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The fugitive former governor of Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz has accepted extradition from Guatemala to face some corruption charges.
  
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• Woman Stabbed to Death While Walking Home Through Park Behind School: 'No One Deserves That'

  27-06-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Debra Gulliver, 33, was stabbed at least 12 times.
  
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• US policeman in hot pursuit of own car

  27-06-2017 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police officer in Ohio had to chase his own patrol car after it began rolling away during a traffic stop.
  
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• Saudi, Qatar ministers spar over Arab nations' demands

  27-06-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday that there would be no negotiations over demands by the kingdom and other Arab states for Qatar to stop supporting terrorism.Doha retorted that the allegations against it and demands were baseless and unacceptable.Qatar has previously also said the demands were aimed at curbing its sovereignty.
  
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• Outrage as Mother of 'Baby Doe' Walks Free Following Boyfriend's Conviction

  27-06-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachelle Bond testified against boyfriend Michael McCarthy, who was convicted of murder.
  
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• Good Samaritan Tries to Help Toddler Find Parents, Gets Beaten

  27-06-2017 23:38
  
  A good Samaritan was mistaken for a kidnapper this Saturday in a Florida park after trying to help a lost toddler find her family, police said.
  
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• Why Google's $2.7 Billion EU Fine Is Such a Big Deal

  27-06-2017 23:31
  
  The EU slapped Google with a $2.7 billion fine, alleging the company favored some of its own services and hindered competition. Here's why that matters.
  
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• Why are Indian women wearing cow masks?

  27-06-2017 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask has gone viral in India.
  
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• 3 Chicago Cops Charged With Cover-Up in Teen's Death

  27-06-2017 23:21
  
  Chicago officers David March, Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney were indicted Tuesday with trying to shield Jason Van Dyke in the shooting of Laquan McDonald.
  
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• Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman will block all US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and five other countries

  27-06-2017 23:18 via yahoo.com
  
  Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker has announced he will block any future arms sales to six Gulf Region countries while they are engaged in a major dispute over funding for terrorism.Five Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members voted to cut ties with fellow Council member Qatar earlier this month.The states, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, claim Qatar has been funding Sunni Islamic terrorism and working on behalf of Iran.
  
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• Brazilian leader denies bribery charge

  27-06-2017 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In defiant TV speech, Michel Temer says the charge is baseless and an assault on his dignity.
  
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• Colombia's Farc officially ceases to be an armed group

  27-06-2017 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president has hailed it as "the day weapons became words", after half a century of conflict.
  
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• Colombian rebels bid farewell to arms

  27-06-2017 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president has hailed it as "the day weapons became words", after half a century of conflict.
  
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• Global ransomware attack causes turmoil

  27-06-2017 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banks, retailers, energy firms and Kiev airport say they have been targeted by malware attacks.
  
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• Family sues over fatal police shooting of Louisiana black man

  27-06-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  
  The family of a black man killed last year by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and police on Tuesday, alleging a history of excessive-force incidents and racism toward African-Americans.The death of Alton Sterling, 37, was among a series of racially charged police killings that inflamed a national debate over treatment of minorities by law enforcement.The lawsuit, filed in state court on behalf of Sterling's five children, seeks unspecified damage
  
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• White House clashes with journalists over 'inflammatory' accusations of 'fake news'

  27-06-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House press office and reporters tasked with covering the President have once again broken out in heated arguments and shouting during the daily press briefing.Early during questioning, White House Deputy Press Secretary was asked by a Brietbart News reporter about tweets from the President overnight calling out a CNN report that had to be retracted following concerns that it had not gone through regular editorial processes.Ms Huckabee Sanders continued to accuse the news media of forg
  
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• Laquan McDonald death: Officers 'lied about US teenager's shooting'

  27-06-2017 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors charge three officers with conspiracy to cover up the death of a black Chicago teen.
  
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• WATCH: Police car rolls backward during traffic stop

  27-06-2017 22:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Dashcam footage shows a police car rolling backward while the officer was out of the cruiser doing a traffic stop. The deputy was able to stop the cruiser before it hit anyone or anything.
  
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• Reporter unloads on deputy press secretary at White House briefing: ‘What you just did is inflammatory!’

  27-06-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump’s ongoing battle with the media boiled over during the White House press briefing on Tuesday when a reporter tore into Sarah Huckabee Sanders for complaining about the “constant barrage of fake news.”
  
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• The Latest: US warns Syria against chemical attack

  27-06-2017 22:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Latest on the White House saying it has "potential" evidence that Syria's government is preparing another chemical weapons attack (all times local): 5 p.m.
  
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• Prada is selling a paper clip for $185, and people aren't taking it well

  27-06-2017 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  With a spare $185 laying around and a serious lack of creativity, anyone can waltz into Office Depot and drop some cash on 13,300 paper clips.
  
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• Prada is selling a paper clip for $185

  27-06-2017 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  With a spare $185 laying around and a serious lack of creativity, anyone can waltz into Office Depot and drop some cash on 13,300 paper clips.
  
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• U.S. says it saw preparations for possible Syria chemical attack

  27-06-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff Mason and Dmitry SolovyovWASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A U.S. warning to Syria's leadership against staging a chemical weapons attack was based on intelligence about what appeared to be active preparations at a Syrian airfield used for such an attack in April, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.Russia, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's main international backer, denounced the warning and dismissed White House assertions that a strike was being prepared as "unacceptable," raising the tension
  
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• What the Heck Are Hip Dips? The Facts Behind the Body Part That's Driving a Social Media Craze

  27-06-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  
  A sports medicine doctor talks about the tiny pelvic curves so many women are suddenly celebrating.
  
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• Trudeau: Canada's record-breaking sniper should be 'celebrated'

  27-06-2017 22:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau cheered his country's sniper credited with shattering a world record last month when he shot an Islamic State fighter from 11,316 feet away in Iraq.
  
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• Do Trump voters care if world dislikes him?

  27-06-2017 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new survey shows seismic shift in world perception of the US and President Trump. But do Americans even care?
  
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• England U21 2-2 Germany U21 (3-4 pens)

  27-06-2017 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are denied a place in the European Under-21 Championship final as they lose a gripping semi-final against Germany on penalties.
  
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• Trump resorts have a fake Time cover on the walls, featuring guess who?

  27-06-2017 22:23 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump, sworn enemy of fake news, is also a purveyor of it: the Washington Post reports at least four of his golf resorts have phony Time magazine covers featuring the commander in chief.“Donald Trump: ‘The Apprentice’ is a television smash!” the cover reads, adding an emphatic “Trump is hitting on all fronts … even TV!” across the top.The cover is dated March 1, 2009, the first day of the second season of “The Celebrity Apprentice,&
  
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• China's verdant 'forest city' will fight pollution with a million plants

  27-06-2017 22:17 via yahoo.com
  
  If tree-covered skyscrapers act like enormous air filters, this cluster of buildings will be a clean air oasis. China has broken ground on a "forest city" in the southern city of Liuzhou. The development, which will span two-thirds of a mile along the Liujiang River, involves blanketing offices, apartments, hotels, and schools with more than a million plants and about 40,000 trees. SEE ALSO: How drones are helping to plant trees The verdant towers will help soak up urban air pollution, produce c
  
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• Wheelchair basketball: Great Britain's men qualify for Euro semi-finals

  27-06-2017 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's men's wheelchair basketball team reach the semi-finals of the European Championships by beating Poland in Tenerife.
  
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• From High School Dropout to College at 30: One Woman's Path to Success

  27-06-2017 22:11
  
  A lot of people, for whatever reason, can't make college happen at age 18. NBC News reporter Mary Emily O'Hara was one of those people.
  
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• North Carolina man gets life in prison for plotting Islamic State attack

  27-06-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  
  Justin Sullivan, 21, of Morganton, was sentenced in federal court in Asheville on one count of attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, the Justice Department said in a statement.Sullivan had pleaded guilty in November 2016, and the agreement with prosecutors called for the life sentence.Prosecutors said Sullivan conspired with Junaid Hussain, a British hacker who was an online recruiter of people to carry out attacks on behalf of the militant group Islamic Stat
  
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• Huckabee Sanders faces off with reporter at daily briefing

  27-06-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  During Tuesday’s daily briefing, White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Sentinel newspaper reporter Brian Karen had a heated exchange after Sanders criticized the press for its coverage of the Trump White House, citing the retracted CNN story.
  
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• The Latest: Brazil president: corruption charge a 'fiction'

  27-06-2017 22:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Latest on Brazil's political crisis (all times local): ___ 3:10 p.m. Brazil's president is calling a corruption charge against him fiction, saying there is no proof that he took bribes.
  
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• 'Handmaid's Tale' protesters are back, and this time they're at the Capitol

  27-06-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Handmaids in red robes and white bonnets stood in front of the Capitol Tuesday to protest the latest iteration of the GOP health care bill that's up for a vote in the senate. SEE ALSO: Why 'Handmaid's Tale' costumes are the most powerful meme of the resistance yet The protesters — clad in uniforms from Margaret Atwood's dystopian novelThe Handmaid's Tale — are demonstrating against a struggling senate bill that would overhaul Obamacare. The vote has been delayed until after the July
  
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• Trump growing frustrated with China, weighs trade steps: officials

  27-06-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  By Steve HollandWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible trade actions against Beijing, three senior administration officials told Reuters.The officials said Trump was impatient with China and was looking at a range of options, including tariffs on steel imports, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has already said he is considering as part of a national
  
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• USS Fitzgerald crash: Navy holds memorial to seven sailors killed

  27-06-2017 21:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The U.S. Navy paid tribute on Tuesday to seven sailor who were killed when their destroyer collided with a merchant ship off Japan.
  
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• Female teacher arrested for allegedly having sex with student in car

  27-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  A female substitute teacher has been arrested and charged with alleged sexual contact with a 17-year-old student in Missouri.Loryn Barclay, 24, has been charged with purportedly having sex with the student in his car and at his home on numerous occasions between November 2016 and January 2017.A local police officer who also serves at the school, Jay Jastal, was tipped off about the possible relationship.
  
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• With Human Trafficking Report, Tillerson Rebukes China on Human Rights

  27-06-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  
  The first daughter joined the secretary of state for the report's launch as the Trump administration tries to find its footing on human rights.
  
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• Trump's Footloose Foreign Policy Keeps His Own Team Guessing

  27-06-2017 21:42
  
  The White House threat to make Syria pay for another chemical attack is the latest move to catch the Pentagon and the State departments off guard.
  
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• US health care vote delayed

  27-06-2017 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will delay the vote on the Republican leadership's health care bill until after the July 4 recess.
  
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• 'Possible active shooter' in north Alabama

  27-06-2017 21:14 via cnn.com
  
  Part of the US Army's Redstone Arsenal post in northern Alabama was on lockdown for hours Tuesday as investigators tried to investigate reports that a shooter was in one of the buildings.
  
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• Brazil's President says corruption charge is 'fiction'

  27-06-2017 21:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  In a scathing 64-page indictment, Brazil's top prosecutor described a scheming, arrogant and corrupt President Michel Temer who lined his pockets with illegal money while showing little regard for the office he represented.
  
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• Laura Muir still keen to run in 1500m & 5,000m at World Championships after injury

  27-06-2017 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Laura Muir has recovered from a foot injury and remains "keen" to compete in both the 1500m and 5,000m at the World Championships.
  
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• Albania Socialists win election, can govern without partner

  27-06-2017 21:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Nearly complete election results show that Albania's left-wing Socialist Party has secured a second mandate in a general election seen as a key benchmark to the country's bid to launch membership negotiations with the European Union.
  
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• The last thing America needs is a war

  27-06-2017 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  Late Monday night, the White House issued an ominous statement, warning about "potential preparations for a chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime" in Syria. If Assad conducts another chemical attack, the statement vowed, "he and his military will pay a heavy price."
  
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• UN envoy hopes key new meetings will spur Syria peace talks

  27-06-2017 21:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The U.N. special envoy for Syria is expressing hope that a first-ever U.N. meeting of feuding opposition groups and an upcoming meeting to put "de-escalation zones" into operation will spur progress at next month's peace talks in Geneva.
  
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