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• 'Thank you for being alive': South Korean family prepares for what might be a last reunion

  19-08-2018 23:46
  Lee Su-nam knows what he will say to his North Korean brother, who he hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years
  The most powerful emotions Lee Su-nam ever felt were on the afternoon of 25 July. He was sitting in his living room talking to his daughter who was visiting when his phone rang. The conversation lasted only a minute, but Lee discovered his older brother, long presumed dead, was alive and living in North Korea. Related: Divided Korean families chosen for first family reunions in three yearsC
  
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• UK aid minister hails ‘double win’ of heroin crackdown in Tanzania

  19-08-2018 23:00
  Combating drug trade benefits developing nations and UK, says Penny MordauntBritish border agents and the Royal Marines have stopped millions of pounds worth of heroin trade across the western Indian Ocean, where the drug is being transported from Afghanistan to east Africa for eventual sale in Europe.The international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, said the anti-smuggling scheme in Tanzania, funded from the UK’s aid budget, was vital for development in the nation but would also pr
  
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• Labour 'finished' if it backs Brexit in a snap election, says Adonis

  19-08-2018 23:00
  Poll suggests party would fare much better by opposing UK’s departure from EUA pro-EU Labour peer and former cabinet minister has said the party is “finished” if it contests another election promising to back Brexit, as a new poll suggested the party’s support depends heavily on remain voters who could switch their allegiance to the Lib Dems.Andrew Adonis, a former transport minister and a vocal critic on Britain’s departure from the EU, said the party could not be
  
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• Is public support shifting toward a second EU referendum?

  19-08-2018 23:00
  As talk of second referendum grows, here are the key questions on the issuePolls have consistently shown over the past year that Britons do not think Brexit is being managed well, but that had not been matched by any appetite to re-run the referendum. More recent polls have begun to show a different picture, however. Continue reading...
  
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• Giuliani says during interview he doesn't want special counsel to trap US President in a lie

  19-08-2018 22:50 via cnn.com
  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's attorney, said Sunday that "truth isn't truth" when explaining that he won't let special counsel Robert Mueller rush Trump into testifying because he doesn't want investigators to trap the President into a lie.
  
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• Ecuador passport rule halts Venezuelan migrants

  19-08-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of desperate people who traveled days from Venezuela were prevented from passing the checkpoint near the southwestern town of Ipiales by a regulation set by Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno that kicked in this weekend. Tamara Lindstrom reports.
  
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• Giuliani says Trump Tower meeting was to get Clinton dirt

  19-08-2018 22:46 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between senior Trump campaign officials and Russians "was originally for the purpose of getting information about (Hillary) Clinton," but denied any collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
  
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• Afghan president offers Taliban new provisional ceasefire

  19-08-2018 22:30 via yahoo.com
  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declared a provisional three-month ceasefire with the Taliban in a televised broadcast Sunday, a move welcomed by Washington but yet to receive a reply from the militants themselves.The announcement followed a bloody week of fighting across Afghanistan which saw the Taliban launch a massive assault against the provincial capital Ghazni.Anticipation had been mounting ahead of Ghani's speech following mixed signals from the presidential palace over whether the governm
  
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• British woman rescued 10 hours after falling off cruise ship near Pula, Croatia

  19-08-2018 22:28 via yahoo.com
  A British woman has been rescued after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of Pula, Croatia and spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night, Croatia's coast guard said Sunday.
  
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• Cuomo calls out Trump, says he's 'un-American'

  19-08-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  The New York governor has had a war of words with the president since saying America was "never that great."
  
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• Afghanistan announces Muslim Eid holiday ceasefire with Taliban

  19-08-2018 22:17 via yahoo.com
  Taliban sources said their leaders had also provisionally agreed a four-day truce during the annual Islamic feast of sacrifice, though supreme leader Sheikh Haibatullah Akhunzada still had to give his final approval.Fighting has been mounting in the Taliban's insurgency against the government in Kabul and NATO coalition forces, launched after the Islamist group was ousted from power in a U.S.-led military intervention in 2001.The truce announcement came a day after clashes erupted in the norther
  
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• Desperate Venezuelans defy Ecuador's passport rules and cross border

  19-08-2018 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of desperate people who traveled days from Venezuela, mostly by bus but some on foot, were prevented from passing the checkpoint near the southwestern town of Ipiales by a regulation set by Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno that kicked in on Saturday.The primary school teacher, 37, was traveling with her boyfriend and had planned to cross legally with her Venezuelan national ID card en route to find work in Peru, where other family members successfully arrived weeks ago.Peru's government
  
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• US welcomes Afghanistan's latest ceasefire offer to Taliban

  19-08-2018 22:04 via yahoo.com
  The announcement by President Ashraf Ghani followed a bloody week of fighting across Afghanistan which saw the Taliban launch a massive assault against the provincial capital Ghazni.It came after a brief, unprecedented ceasefire earlier in June."The last ceasefire in Afghanistan revealed the deep desire of the Afghan people to end the conflict, and we hope another ceasefire will move the country closer to sustainable security," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
  
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• Man arrested after unprovoked hammer attack in London

  19-08-2018 22:02
  Joe Xuereb held on suspicion of attempted murder after two women beaten in Greenwich Police have arrested the main suspect in an unprovoked hammer attack that left a mother and daughter fighting for their lives.Detectives were hunting for Joe Xuereb, 27, after he allegedly attacked the women at random in Adderley Gardens, Greenwich, south-east London, on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Pompeo says 'time for peace' as Afghanistan announces ceasefire with Taliban

  19-08-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  The United States is ready to support and facilitate direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, welcoming a Muslim Eid holiday ceasefire announced by President Ashraf Ghani."The United States welcomes the announcement by the Afghan government of a ceasefire conditioned on Taliban participation," Pompeo said in a statement.
  
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• Afghan President offers holiday ceasefire

  19-08-2018 21:42 via cnn.com
  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday announced a monthlong ceasefire of action against the Taliban, which said it will release hundreds of prisoners to mark the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha.
  
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• Rescue teams battle filthy waters as deadly floods begin to recede

  19-08-2018 21:36 via cnn.com
  Dharamvir Singh is the leader of a team of six men tackling their latest tough assignment in the flood-ravaged southern Indian state of Kerala.
  
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• Trump says 'nothing to hide' from Special Counsel Mueller

  19-08-2018 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Trump, in a series of tweets, denounced the New York Times for a Saturday story saying White House Counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively with the special counsel, Robert Mueller.The Times said McGahn had shared detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether Trump obstructed justice."I allowed him and all others to testify - I didn't have to," Trump said in a tweet.
  
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• UK woman rescued after falling from cruise ship in Croatia

  19-08-2018 21:26 via yahoo.com
  PULA, Croatia (AP) — A British woman was rescued Sunday after falling from a cruise ship and spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night, Croatia's coast guard said.
  
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• Conserving oil no longer necessary for US, says Trump administration

  19-08-2018 21:12
  New policy threatens to undermine decades of campaigns for efficient cars and other conservation programsConserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the US, the Trump administration has declared in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for efficient cars and other conservation programs.Related: California vows to 'fight this stupidity' as EPA moves to scrap clean car rulesContinue reading...
  
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• Netanyahu and Bolton discussions focus on Iran nuclear program

  19-08-2018 21:04 via yahoo.com
  White House national security adviser John Bolton arrived in Israel on Sunday on the first leg of an overseas trip, and met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Iran the focus of talks.Bolton is one of the U.S. administration's leading hawks in dealing with Iran's nuclear program."We've got great challenges for Israel, for the United States, for the whole world - the Iran nuclear weapons program and ballistic missile programs are right at the top of the list," Bolton said.
  
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• Man convicted of sexually abusing woman on plane could get life in prison

  19-08-2018 20:59 via cnn.com
  A man accused of undressing and fondling a Spirit Airlines passenger while she was asleep could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
  
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• U.S. Catholics 'sickened' by sex abuse report, stand by their faith

  19-08-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Many churchgoers said they were sickened and saddened by a grand jury report detailing widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania but they would not let the Roman Catholic Church's cover-up dissuade them from their faith.Nearly 200 parishioners filled almost all the pews for Saturday’s Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in York, Pennsylvania, where six priests who at one time worked in that parish are accused in the report https://bit.ly/2vTa9oY of sexually abusing chil
  
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• UK woman rescued 10 hours after falling from cruise ship in Adriatic

  19-08-2018 20:26
  Woman taken to hospital in Pula, Croatia, after being found in sea A British woman has been rescued after spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night having fallen from a cruise ship, according to Croatia’s coastguard.The 46-year-old, who gave her name as Kay in an interview with local media, was taken to hospital in Pula, Croatia, and is understood to be out of danger. Continue reading...
  
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• Palestinians sort through 8 years of mail held by Israel

  19-08-2018 20:19 via yahoo.com
  JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian postal workers in the West Bank are sifting through eight years' worth of undelivered mail held by Israel.
  
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• Quakes cut power, topple buildings on Indonesian island

  19-08-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  SEMBALUN, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake has cut power across the Indonesian island of Lombok and destroyed buildings as the tourist hotspot tries to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people.
  
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• Iran lawmakers target Rouhani's finance minister as sanctions bite

  19-08-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Iranian lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against the finance minister on Sunday, ramping up pressure on the president who is already facing attacks from hardliners over his handling of the economy in the face of new U.S. sanctions.A group of 33 MPs signed a motion accusing the minister, Masoud Karbasian, of being unable to manage the economy or form and implement policies.If lawmakers are unhappy with his answers, they can vote to impeach and sack him - a move they took two weeks ago a
  
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• Top Trump adviser arrives for talks in Israel

  19-08-2018 20:10 via yahoo.com
  Ahead of a joint dinner at Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence, John Bolton said that "the Iran nuclear weapons programme, the ballistic missile programmes are right at the top of the list" of global challenges."I'm delighted to be here, and look forward to our discussions," he told Netanyahu in a video released by the Israeli premier's office.
  
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• US: China, Iran, N. Korea all trying to meddle in our elections

  19-08-2018 20:08 via cnn.com
  Chinese, Iranian and North Korean attempts to meddle in the 2018 US elections are, like Russia's efforts, "a sufficient national security concern," White House national security adviser John Bolton said Sunday.
  
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• James Clapper: Brennan’s anti-Trump rhetoric is ‘an issue in and of itself’

  19-08-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that former CIA Director John Brennan’s rhetoric has become “an issue in and of itself.”
  
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• 2 strong earthquakes in less than 12 hours jolt Indonesia's Lombok Island

  19-08-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  As the Indonesian island of Lombok continues to recover from the devastating earthquake earlier this month, two more powerful tremors jolted the island in a span of less than 12 hours to end the weekend.
  
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• Chinese police nab suspects after $87 mn cryptocurrency theft

  19-08-2018 19:49 via yahoo.com
  Chinese police have arrested three suspects alleged to have stolen assets worth 600 million yuan ($87 million) through hacking, state media reported Sunday, as cyber criminals target holders of bitcoin and other virtual currencies.Police in the northern city of Xian began investigating in March when a victim surnamed Zhang complained that hackers had taken control of his computer to steal 100 million yuan ($15 million) worth of cryptocurrency, the Shaanxi Daily reported.The 100 million yuan haul
  
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• Elon Musk Responds to Arianna Huffington’s Criticism of Tesla Work Culture

  19-08-2018 19:24 via yahoo.com
  The dude needs a nap.
  
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• 'So much cooler back then': exhibition recreates Berlin techno club culture

  19-08-2018 19:12
  Visitors are promised a taste of the newly reunited city’s 1990s underground music sceneIf you can remember it, you probably weren’t there, as the old adage goes. What was true of the summer of love generation applies also to Berlin’s 1990s techno scene, the subject of the city’s latest blockbuster exhibition.The brainchild of the team behind Berlin’s nostalgia-drenched DDR Museum, Nineties Berlin promises thrill-seeking tourists a taste of the fabled parties of the
  
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• The I-400: Japan's Wanted Underwater Aircraft Carriers To Launch a Second Pearl Harbor

  19-08-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  So what happened? 
  
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• John Brennan threatens to sue Trump over stripped security clearance

  19-08-2018 18:59
  Ex-CIA director says lawyers have advised him on optionsWhite House pushes back without identifying wrongdoingTrump invokes Nixon and McCarthy in New York Times rantThe former CIA director John Brennan is threatening legal action against Donald Trump, after he was summarily stripped of his security clearance in an unprecedented display of presidential pique.Related: Why is Donald Trump attacking the US intelligence community?Continue reading...
  
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• Irish archbishop urges pope to speak frankly about abuse

  19-08-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The archbishop of Dublin said Sunday he hopes Pope Francis will speak frankly about the "darkness" of priestly sex abuse during his upcoming visit to Ireland, which has been clouded by new revelations of misconduct in the U.S. Catholic Church.
  
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• John Brennan Stands By His Claim That Trump’s Behavior Is ‘Treasonous’

  19-08-2018 18:36 via yahoo.com
  Former CIA Director John Brennan is sticking by his assertion that President
  
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• Mick Mulvaney Suggests Military Parade Canceled For Reasons Besides Money

  19-08-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that cost wasn't the
  
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• Brian Stelter: 'Panicking'? Who's 'panicking,' Fox?

  19-08-2018 18:21 via cnn.com
  CNN's Brian Stelter discusses the "echo chamber" between the Trump administration and Fox News.
  
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• Fresh 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Lombok: USGS

  19-08-2018 18:18 via yahoo.com
  A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok Sunday, two weeks after a quake killed more than 480 people on the island and hours after another tremor triggered landslides, damaged buildings and sent people fleeing.
  
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• US President lashes out at special counsel's Russia probe again, comparing it to McCarthyism

  19-08-2018 18:11 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Sunday compared the special counsel investigation to McCarthyism, saying Robert Mueller made the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy "look like a baby."
  
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• Trump compares Mueller's Russia probe to McCarthyism

  19-08-2018 18:11 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Sunday compared the special counsel investigation to McCarthyism, saying Robert Mueller made the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy "look like a baby."
  
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• Trump compares Mueller probe to McCarthyism

  19-08-2018 18:11 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump on Sunday compared the special counsel investigation to McCarthyism, saying Robert Mueller made the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy "look like a baby."
  
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• Why Japan Truly Failed at Pearl Harbor (And What China May Learn From It)

  19-08-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  In short, this is a rival who seems to have learned from Yamamoto: don’t jab a sleeping giant, and if you do, don’t steel his resolve. Let him slumber until it’s late in the contest, and you may prevail. China may have learned the true lessons of Pearl Harbor. Let’s do the same—and get ready.
  
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• Former Intel Officials Defend John Brennan In Wake Of Revoked Security Clearance

  19-08-2018 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Several former intelligence officials have come to the defense of former CIA
  
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• In Uganda, 'Rolex' means time -- for an eggy snack

  19-08-2018 17:59 via yahoo.com
  When people talk about a "Rolex" in Uganda, one of the last things they probably have in mind is a luxury watch.In Uganda, the Rolex is the country's favourite snack, a sandwich made up of an omelette and chapati bread, and it derives its name from a play on the words "rolled eggs"."Rolex is a delicacy in Uganda," Tourism Board official Patrick Muhire told AFP.
  
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• US points at China, not Russia, on election meddling

  19-08-2018 17:32 via yahoo.com
  US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Sunday singled out China, North Korea and Iran as countries who could possibly meddle in American elections -- as President Donald Trump railed about a probe into Russian interference in 2016.When asked about the tweet, Bolton also mentioned Beijing, which is currently at an impasse with Washington on trade talks.
  
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• Giuliani: Truth isn't truth

  19-08-2018 17:32 via cnn.com
  In a "Meet the Press" interview on NBC, President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani discusses the President potentially being called to testify in the Mueller probe.
  
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• Beautiful shots of diver swimming near sunken ships emerge

  19-08-2018 17:29 via yahoo.com
  A series of beautiful shots of divers swimming near sunken ships have emerged. Alex Voyer, 39, was sailing around the Caribbean on a 60-foot boat when he stopped for a dive. The images show  amazing shipwrecks as free divers explore the seabed. Alex, a photographer and free diver, said: “With my girlfriend, Marianne Aventurier, we are sailing all summer around the Caribbean to learn more about sailing.” (Caters News)
  
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