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• Phone calls, dismissal threats: Venezuela pressures state workers to vote

  30-07-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  By Alexandra UlmerCARACAS (Reuters) - State workers in Venezuela are receiving frequent phone calls, pressure from bosses and threats of dismissal to ensure they vote in favor of President Nicolas Maduro's controversial new congress on Sunday.The unpopular leftist Maduro is pushing ahead with the election to create a powerful new legislature despite four months of deadly anti-government protests in the oil-rich South American nation, which is reeling from food shortages, runaway inflation and vi
  
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• Venezuela's Constituent Assembly: what we know

  30-07-2017 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Venezuela held elections Sunday for a Constituent Assembly backed by embattled President Nicolas Maduro to rewrite the constitution.Opposition activists and some foreign countries have doubts.The Constituent Assembly will be a "superagency" with authority above all government branches, including the one-chamber National Assembly.
  
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• Passengers rescued after cable car gondola crashes in Cologne

  30-07-2017 23:10 via theguardian.com
  Children were seen clinging to parents as they dangled 40 metres above the river RhineUp to 76 people were rescued from cable cars suspended over the river Rhine in Cologne on Sunday afternoon after a gondola crashed into a support pillar, leaving passengers stranded. German fire crews lowered people to safety from cable cars in a dramatic recovery operation, with children seen clinging to parents as they dangled 40 metres above the river.Continue reading...
  
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• British, Belgian royals mark WWI battle centenary in Ypres

  30-07-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, on Sunday joined Belgian royals and relatives of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele to mark 100 years since the offensive that became a symbol of war's senselessness began.
  
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• Court Rules FAA Must Rethink Airline Seat Size Rules

  30-07-2017 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  The Flyers Rights passenger group challenged the FAA in court after the agency rejected its request to write rules over seat size and the distance between rows.
  
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• Besieged Syria area gets first aid in 5 years: UN

  30-07-2017 22:20 via yahoo.com
  Beirut (AFP) - A region besieged by the regime forces east of Syria's capital on Sunday received UN aid for the first time in five years, a UN source said.
  
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• Police Search For Man Who Allegedly Lit His Pregnant Girlfriend on Fire

  30-07-2017 22:13 via yahoo.com
  He then fled the scene.
  
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• US flies B-1B bombers over Korean peninsula after missile test

  30-07-2017 21:44 via theguardian.com
  Japanese and South Korean jets join US in fly-by as American ambassador to UN, Nikki Haley, calls on China to actThe US flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday, as the US ambassador to the UN warned that China, Japan and South Korea needed to do more after Pyongyang’s latest missile tests.North Korea said it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday that proved its ability to strike America&rsquo
  
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• Sen. Bernie Sanders: Trump ‘wants to sabotage health care in America’

  30-07-2017 21:43 via yahoo.com
  He told CNN that it’s “incomprehensible” that the president wants to “make life more difficult for millions of people who are struggling now to get the health insurance they need.”
  
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• Gianforte to volunteer with children's group after assaulting Guardian reporter

  30-07-2017 21:40 via theguardian.com
  The Republican congressman, ordered to perform 40 hours of community service, will work with an organization that builds wheelchairs for childrenMontana Republican Greg Gianforte will work off his sentence for assaulting a Guardian reporter by volunteering for an organization that builds custom wheelchairs for children. Related: Greg Gianforte 'not sure' he would have sent Trump CNN body-slam tweetContinue reading...
  
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• Passchendaele centenary: 'It feels like we've given him the send-off he deserves'

  30-07-2017 21:30 via theguardian.com
  Edward Hart died in the first world war battle aged 18. Relative Denis Taylor and family were at Ypres to pay tributeEdward Hart, 18, had been too young to be called up for the first world war, but lied about his age to join up after being sent a white feather, the symbol of cowardice. Within two years he was dead. “He was a good-looking, strapping lad and people couldn’t believe he wasn’t old enough,” says his nephew, Denis Taylor, 86, who is in Ypres for the commemorati
  
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• England v South Africa: Ben Stokes relishes a battle, says Stuart Broad

  30-07-2017 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  England all-rounder Ben Stokes is channelling his emotions to become a better player, says team-mate Stuart Broad.
  
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• Policeman killed, six wounded in eastern Saudi Arabia attack

  30-07-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  A Saudi police officer was killed and six others wounded when a patrol came under attack in the town of Awamiya in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning, the interior ministry said.Several policemen have been killed in the Shi'ite Muslim town since May when authorities began tearing down the old part of the town to deny suspected militants a place to hide.At least five people were killed over two days last week when security forces began an operation to flush out suspected militants in Awamiya,
  
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• Imran Khan calls for 'real democracy' in Pakistan following Sharif dismissal

  30-07-2017 21:10 via theguardian.com
  Speaking at a rally in Islamabad, the opposition leader said the judiciary’s ruling brought the country ‘a new hope’Pakistan’s opposition leader, Imran Khan, has called for a future of “real democracy” in the country, following the dismissal of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister over corruption charges.“We are thankful to the judiciary because with their judgment, they brought us a new hope,” Khan told a gathering of thousands of supporters on Sunday.
  
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• Son of Nashville Mayor Dies of Drug Overdose

  30-07-2017 20:55 via nbcnews.com
  Max Barry, son of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, died on Saturday of an apparent drug overdose, the mayor said on Sunday.
  
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• Pakistan: Ahead of PM vote, Islamabad crowds root for Khan

  30-07-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's parliament will meet Tuesday to elect a new prime minister after the disqualification of three-term prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as thousands gathered in the capital Islamabad Sunday to voice support for opposition leader Imran Khan.
  
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• 'I died in hell': sacrifice of war dead remembered at Passchendaele

  30-07-2017 20:51 via theguardian.com
  Centenary of Passchendaele battle, synonymous with the horrors of the first world war, marked by 54,000 blood-red poppies falling from the Menin GateAs the sun went down on Ypres on Sunday, the shale grey stone floor of the old Belgian town’s Menin Gate, the world’s first memorial to those who fell but who were never found during the first world war, was slowly covered by more than 54,000 blood-red poppies falling from its high arch. There was a paper flower for each name engraved up
  
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• Venezuela vote triggers deadly 'war' in the streets

  30-07-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  Deadly violence erupted around a controversial vote in Venezuela on Sunday, with a candidate in the election and a youth opposition leader gunned down, and troops and protesters attacking each other in Caracas and elsewhere."I don't know where their hate comes from.... This is war!" one resident, Conchita Ramirez, told the Vivo Play television network as she described troops firing at buildings and people in the capital.The fiery unrest confirmed fears over the vote for a new "Constituent Assemb
  
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• The tragedies of Passchendaele remembered | Letters

  30-07-2017 20:44 via theguardian.com
  Readers honour the heroes of Ypres, including Hedd Wyn, the Welsh bard killed weeks before winning the National Eisteddfod, and the three battles’ many Commonwealth casualtiesIt is right that we should remember the carnage of Passchendaele and the sacrifice of those who were killed there (Ypres gathering to mark those who ‘died in hell’, 29 July).Here in Wales we will also be honouring the memory of Ellis Humphrey Evans, better known by his bardic name of Hedd Wyn (Blessed 
  
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• Heroes and villains of the Victorian imperial era | Letters

  30-07-2017 20:43 via theguardian.com
  John Wilson on the anti-racists of the Jamaica Committee and the racists of the Governor Eyre Defence and Aid Committee; Gwyn Griffiths on Richard Cobden and others who opposed English meddling in foreign affairs; Ian Bullock on the leading socialist Henry Hyndman’s advocacy of home rule for India and IrelandPriyamvada Gopal (The British empire’s hidden history is one of resistance, not pride, 28 July) could have been a bit more specific about the reaction in Britain to the suppressi
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci’s ‘fed up’ wife filed for divorce just two weeks before she gave birth to their son

  30-07-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s wife filed for a divorce just two weeks before she gave birth to their son – amid claims she had branded him a “Trump sycophant”.Deirdre Scaramucci was said to be tired of her husband’s obsession with US president, who appointed him to his new role just last week.Ms Scaramucci, 38, gave birth to the former couple’s baby boy James just over two weeks after she had filed for divorce on 6 July in Nassau Cou
  
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• UK must keep ban on cruel testing of cosmetics on animals | Letters

  30-07-2017 20:39 via theguardian.com
  Michelle Thew warns against quick trade deal which overturns EU restrictionsMichael Gove’s commitment that “we need to be in a position as we leave the European Union to be leaders in environmental and in animal welfare” is to be welcomed (UK-US trade deals would not allow chlorinated chicken imports – Michael Gove, 26 July). However, amid the real concerns about chickens, we should remember that as well as food and farm animals, EU laws protect animals in other contexts
  
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• Two Babies Die in Hot Car Deaths in Phoenix Just One Day Apart

  30-07-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  Temperatures in Phoenix rose above 100 degrees.
  
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• US bombers fly over South Korea after North's 2nd ICBM test

  30-07-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defense system located in Alaska.
  
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• Nearly 150 smuggled Central American migrants rescued in Mexico

  30-07-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  Nearly 150 Central Americans being smuggled to the United States were rescued Saturday in Mexico after traveling tightly packed in a poorly ventilated truck.The rescue was initially described by authorities in eastern Veracruz state as a near-tragedy with chilling similarities to an incident last week in Texas in which 10 would-be migrants to the US perished.Authorities said a total of 147 people were found in the town of Tantima in Mexico's Veracruz state.
  
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• Republicans call on new Trump chief of staff to fix White House chaos

  30-07-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  By Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans on Sunday urged President Donald Trump's new chief of staff John Kelly to rein in the chaos within the White House on Monday but said the retired Marine Corps general will be challenged to assert control.In his first six months in office, Trump has upended White House convention with a loose decision-making style and an open-door policy to his Oval Office for advisers, both internal and external."He's going to have to reduce the drama, reduce
  
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• Warships and submarines on display in Russia's Navy Day parade

  30-07-2017 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Crowds gathered for the annual event in St Petersburg.
  
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• Lewandowski: Failed Health Vote Was Last Straw for Priebus

  30-07-2017 20:04 via nbcnews.com
  Corey Lewandowski blamed the Senate's failure to advance heath care legislation as ultimate reason Reince Priebus's exit from the White House.
  
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• HHS Secretary Tom Price: We won’t let Obamacare ‘implode’

  30-07-2017 19:47 via yahoo.com
  HHS Secretary Tom Price denied that Republicans would allow the ACA to "implode" to force Democrats to cooperate in repealing and replacing the law.
  
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• Couple's Dog Serves as Ring Bearer At Their Wedding: 'He Ran Right to Us'

  30-07-2017 19:46 via yahoo.com
  Their beloved pup was their first choice.
  
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• Putin guts US missions in sanctions fury

  30-07-2017 19:43 via cnn.com
  As President Donald Trump prepares to sign the Russia sanctions legislation, which easily cleared Congress last week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov threatened further retaliation against the US Sunday morning.
  
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• What Happens to Foreign Human Trafficking Victims in the U.S.?

  30-07-2017 19:37 via nbcnews.com
  When someone is trafficked into the United States, rescue is just the first step on the road to freedom.
  
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• The Latest: Al-Qaida in Syria nabs 3 Hezbollah fighters

  30-07-2017 19:29 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local):
  
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• Exchange of bodies ahead of Syria-Lebanon border plan

  30-07-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah and a Syrian affiliate to Al-Qaida exchanged the bodies of dead fighters along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday in the first stage of an agreement to restore order to a contested frontier zone.
  
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• Conway Won't Say Whether She and Scaramucci Report to New Chief of Staff

  30-07-2017 19:24 via nbcnews.com
  Kellyanne Conway declined on Sunday to say whether she and other White House staff would report directly to newly installed Chief of Staff John Kelly.
  
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• Al-Shabab attack on African Union convoy kills 8 in Somalia

  30-07-2017 19:24 via yahoo.com
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group ambushed an African Union convoy in southern Somalia and killed at least eight soldiers on Sunday, a Somali military officer said. The attack came hours after a car bomb in the capital killed at least five people, most of them civilians, shattering a month of relative calm in Mogadishu.
  
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• Dispute at German club leaves worker, gunman dead

  30-07-2017 19:19
  A disagreement in a German discotheque turns deadly after operator's son-in-law returns with an assault rifle and starts shooting, killing a security guard and wounding four
  
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• Death toll from India's monsoon floods climbs to 213

  30-07-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Severe monsoon flooding has killed 213 people in western India, an official said Sunday, as rescuers continue to sift through villages devastated by torrential rains.The death toll in Gujarat state jumped from Wednesday's total of 123 as waters recede from low-lying areas, allowing workers to reach remote spots where bodies are starting to appear."The death toll in Gujarat this monsoon has risen to 213," A.J Shah, director of relief operations with the Gujarat government, told AFP.
  
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• Russia warns of further retaliation after US sanctions

  30-07-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  The Kremlin's decision to expel American diplomats was a "long overdue" retaliation to tough new sanctions passed by Washington, a top Russian official said Sunday, vowing more payback may follow if the US does not change its approach.Speaking on ABC's "This Week" show, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called a sanctions package aimed at penalizing Russia for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election "a completely weird and unacceptable piece of legislation" that was "the last
  
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• Trump's new chief of staff needs to 'protect' Russia probe, Democrat says

  30-07-2017 18:40
  Trump's new chief of staff should protect Bob Mueller, John Podesta says.
  
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• Three dead in protests as Venezuela votes on controversial new assembly

  30-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  At least three people were reported to have been killed in protests as Venezuela held a ballot over a controversial measure critics of Nicolas Maduro say will further cement his control of the country.Opponents of Mr Maduro boycotted the election and reports said the streets of many cities were largely quiet as a trickle of people went out to vote.It said 28-year-old Angelo Mendez and 39-year-old Eduardo Olave were killed at a protest in Merida, while 30-year-old Ricardo Campos was killed in a s
  
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• Pakistan to elect a new prime minister on Tuesday after Sharif scandal

  30-07-2017 18:39 via yahoo.com
  Pakistan's parliament will meet on Tuesday to elect a new prime minister after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif following an investigation into corruption allegations against his family. The ruling party named Mr Sharif's younger brother Shahbaz as his successor over the weekend, but he must first enter parliament by contesting the seat left vacant by Mr Sharif. In the meantime the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which enjoys a majority in parliament, has nominated ex-oil
  
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• Candidate killed as controversial vote gets underway in Venezuela

  30-07-2017 18:38 via cnn.com
  With the outcome not in question, a major vote in Venezuela on Sunday could mark a stark turning point for the country.
  
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• Two dead, four wounded in M16 shooting at German nightclub

  30-07-2017 18:28 via yahoo.com
  A Kurdish Iraqi man armed with an M16 automatic rifle opened fire in a packed nightclub in southern Germany early Sunday after a dispute there, killing a bouncer and wounding four people before being shot by police.The 34-year-old attacker "was critically injured in a shootout with police officers as he left the disco, and later succumbed to his wounds in hospital," police said in a statement."Nothing suggest that there could have been an Islamist or terror background" to the attack at the club,
  
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• Man charged after girl raped twice in UK

  30-07-2017 18:09 via cnn.com
  British Transport Police say they have charged a 27-year-old man in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old girl who was subjected to two separate sexual attacks in one night in Birmingham, England.
  
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• Ganyard on North Korea missile tests: 'We have to take this seriously'

  30-07-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  ABC News' Steve Ganyard and president of Ploughshares Fund, Joe Cirincione, discuss what the U.S. can do to combat the North Korea threat after its latest missile test.
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive in Belgium to commemorate 100 years since Passchendaele

  30-07-2017 18:01 via yahoo.com
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join thousands of relatives of those who fought at the Battle of Passchendaele in a gathering which marks 100 years since it began. The Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Theresa May and Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon will also attend events in and around Ypres, Belgium, to commemorate the centenary which cost tens of thousands of British and Commonwealth lives. On Sunday, a ceremony will take place at the Menin Gate in Ypres, which is etched with the na
  
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• Plane passenger punched by airport worker

  30-07-2017 18:00 via cnn.com
  Europe's budget airline EasyJet flew into a storm Sunday after it emerged a member of the ground staff at Nice airport in France had punched once of its passengers in the face while he was holding a baby.
  
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• How To Meal Prep On A Budget

  30-07-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  This article, How To Meal Prep On A Budget, originally appeared on Chowhound. Tired of circling the Whole Foods hot bar on your lunch break? More importantly, isn’t your wallet tired? There’s only one way to solve this first world problem and it’s made up of two words: meal prep.Yes, meal prepping can be very daunting, but once it’s done and you have the rest of your Sunday to chill out, you’re going to be happy you did it. Not to mention all of the money you will s
  
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• New Venezuela body not to 'annihilate' opposition: key candidate

  30-07-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  Caracas (AFP) - President Nicolas Maduro calls her "the tiger" as a tribute to her fierce loyalty to his socialist government. Delcy Rodriguez, an outspoken ex-foreign minister, would be the dominant figure in the all-powerful assembly being elected Sunday to rewrite the constitution.
  
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