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• Tesla’s Elon Musk Charged with Securities Fraud, Could Lose CEO Job

  29-09-2018 23:58 via yahoo.com
  UPDATE, 9/29/18, 6:00 p.m.: Elon Musk has agreed to step aside as Tesla board chairman in a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Tesla will also pay a $20 million fine and has agreed with the SEC to add two independent board members.Elon Musk could be ousted from the leadership of Tesla after rejecting a settlement proposal from federal prosecutors this week addressing a tweet he made about his intention to take the company private.
  
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• Elon Musk To Resign As Tesla Chairman In SEC Settlement

  29-09-2018 23:56 via yahoo.com
  Tech giant Elon Musk is resigning as Tesla's chairman but will remain as CEO
  
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• North Korea refuses to denuclearise

  29-09-2018 23:02 via yahoo.com
  North Korea's foreign minister has warned of increasing "mistrust" between Pyongyang and Washington DC, announcing that his country would not take the first steps towards denuclearisation without further guarantees from the Trump administration. Ri Yong-ho, addressing the United Nations general assembly on Saturday, said North Korea was growing frustrated at the slow progress since the June summit between Donald Trump, the US president, and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader. Mr Kim has said
  
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• Christine Blasey Ford Would Have Been Called ‘Hysterical’ If She Acted Like Kavanaugh: Pelosi

  29-09-2018 22:44 via yahoo.com
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that if Christine Blasey
  
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• Ryder Cup 2018: Where will the winning points come from? Singles draw & form

  29-09-2018 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Where will the winning Ryder Cup points come from? Sunday singles draw, form guide and results from Europe v US at Le Golf National, Paris.
  
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• Canada's race against time with US to reach NAFTA deal

  29-09-2018 21:12 via yahoo.com
  Will Canada and the United States thaw their unprecedented diplomatic chill and reach a deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement by a US-imposed Sunday deadline?Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Canada's chief NAFTA negotiator, opted to push back her planned Saturday speech before the UN General Assembly until Monday so she could concentrate on trade matters.Negotiators are racing against the clock because of a US-set deadline.
  
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• Man Utd: Decision to be made after West Ham defeat - Rio Ferdinand

  29-09-2018 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United "have big decisions" to make about the future of manager Jose Mourinho, says former defender Rio Ferdinand.
  
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• Netanyahu refuses to back Trump's endorsement

  29-09-2018 21:02 via cnn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not commit to a two-state solution to Israel's ongoing conflict with Palestinians in an interview with CNN, despite President Donald Trump indicating, at least for a time, that would be his preferred outcome.
  
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• Doubling Down On Sexism Won't Help Republicans In The Midterms

  29-09-2018 21:01 via yahoo.com
  In the wake of Thursday's hearing on allegations of sexual assault against
  
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• ACLU Opposes Kavanaugh Nomination In Rare Break From Own Policy

  29-09-2018 21:00 via yahoo.com
  The American Civil Liberties Union, which typically does not endorse
  
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• Ryder Cup: Europe lead United States 10-6 after day two at Le Golf National

  29-09-2018 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Europe need 4½ points to win the Ryder Cup after opening up a 10-6 lead over the United States at Le Golf National on day two in France.
  
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• WATCH: Interview with protester who confronted Sen. Flake in elevator

  29-09-2018 20:58
  Ana Maria Archila says she was angry and desperate after learning that Flake planned to vote for Brett Kavanaugh.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton team orders? All you need to know about Russia

  29-09-2018 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Mercedes new aero package shocks Ferrari, but all is not lost in Russia - there's a first corner, and some politics, to navigate.
  
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• Danish police free manhunt suspects in death threat case

  29-09-2018 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men in a Swedish car were detained over fears an attack was about to take place, police say.
  
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• At U.S. Marine base, families plead for housing help after Florence

  29-09-2018 20:30 via yahoo.com
  Some, like Jennifer Maher, said they feel unsafe in their Camp Lejeune homes but were told they will not be moved because assessment crews determined their houses are habitable.Another 267 suffered sustained damage but were habitable.
  
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• Teenage Boy Attacked by Shark at Southern California Beach Is Expected to Recover

  29-09-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  The victim was reportedly lobster diving when the incident occurred
  
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• Teenage Boy Attacked by Shark at Southern California Beach

  29-09-2018 20:27 via yahoo.com
  The victim was reportedly lobster diving when the incident occurred
  
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• Two Mississippi police officers killed in gunfight with man

  29-09-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Two police officers were shot and killed in a southern Mississippi town during a confrontation, officials said.
  
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• N. Korea FM: Peace possible, but only if US ends hostility

  29-09-2018 20:10 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Calling for more trust, North Korea's foreign minister urged the United States on Saturday to keep moving past what he called seven decades of entrenched hostility if Washington wants to restart stalled negotiations meant to rid Pyongyang of its nuclear bombs.
  
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• After Florence, North Carolina political unity to be tested

  29-09-2018 20:07 via yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As Hurricane Florence was thrashing North Carolina earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's leadership amid the devastation won widespread praise, including some from Republican politicians who have been passing laws to undercut him ever since he was elected.
  
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• North Korea says there is 'no way' it will give up nuclear weapons without trust

  29-09-2018 19:58 via yahoo.com
  North Korea has said it cannot unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons and attacked the US for failing do more to build a relationship of trust.In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, said Pyongyang had in the last year taken “significant goodwill measures”.This included stopping nuclear and missiles tests, dismantling the nuclear test site, and pledging not to proliferate nuclear weapons and nuclear techn
  
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• How the US-China trade war may be good for Beijing

  29-09-2018 19:57 via yahoo.com
  The opening salvos of the trade war between the US and China were deafening, and while the battle is far from over, a rift between the countries may be beneficial to Beijing in the long term, experts say. Donald Trump, the US President, fired the first warning earlier this year by taxing key Chinese exports including solar panels, steel and aluminium. The most significant escalation rolled in this week with new tariffs affecting $200 billion (£150 billion) worth of items, effecti
  
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• Cat Rescued After Going for a Ride in Vehicle's Engine Compartment

  29-09-2018 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Thankfully, the animal is in good health.
  
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• Syria calls on US, French, Turkish forces to withdraw immediately

  29-09-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  Syria's foreign minister on Saturday denounced US, French and Turkish forces operating in his country as "occupying forces" and demanded that they leave immediately.Addressing the UN General Assembly, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem also called on Syrian refugees to come home, even though the country's war is now in its eighth year.
  
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• At German mosque, Turkey's Erdogan defends soccer players

  29-09-2018 19:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wound up a sometimes-fraught visit to Germany on Saturday by condemning the treatment of soccer players of Turkish descent and urging "a joint stance against this racist drift."
  
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• Ryder Cup 2018: Poulter, Fleetwood and Garcia feature in day two's best shots

  29-09-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Ian Poulter, Tommy Fleetwood and Sergio Garcia all feature in the best shots from day two of the Ryder Cup at Le Golf National, Paris.
  
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• Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg Reminds Kavanaugh His Life Is 'Not Ruined'

  29-09-2018 19:05 via yahoo.com
  The father of a child killed in the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre
  
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• Syria rebel faction rejects Idlib deal

  29-09-2018 19:02 via yahoo.com
  A formerly US-backed Syrian rebel group on Saturday rejected a deal between Russia and Turkey to avert a large-scale military assault on rebel-held Idlib province.The deal makes way for a demilitarised zone between rebel and regime-held areas in and around the northwestern governorate, Syria's last insurgent bastion.
  
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• 2 Mississippi police officers dead, suspect in custody after confrontation

  29-09-2018 18:55 via yahoo.com
  Two police officers are dead following an early morning confrontation in Mississippi.
  
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• The Latest: Turkey's Erdogan defends German soccer players

  29-09-2018 18:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Latest on the Turkish president's trip to Germany (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has wound up a sometimes-fraught visit to Germany by condemning the treatment of soccer players of Turkish descent and urging "a joint stance against this racist drift."
  
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• North Korean foreign minister says country will never disarm nuclear weapons without trust in US

  29-09-2018 18:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  North Korea says it will never disarm its nuclear weapons if it can’t trust Washington.
  
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• North Korea says 'no way' it will disarm without trust in US

  29-09-2018 18:44 via yahoo.com
  North Korea's foreign minister on Saturday told the United Nations there was "no way" that his country would disarm first as long as the United States continued to push for tough enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang.Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ri Yong Ho accused Washington of creating a deadlock in talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
  
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• Two weeks after Hurricane Florence, people struggle to recover from lingering floods

  29-09-2018 18:37 via yahoo.com
  People in the Carolinas are struggling to get back on their feet as flooding continues to linger two weeks after Hurricane Florence.AccuWeather's Jonathan Petramala shares the story of these people's hardships.
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg: New York leaders seek to name building in justice's honor

  29-09-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles as she takes questions from first-year students at Georgetown Law.As Washington is gripped by the supreme court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, some New York City leaders are attempting to change the name of a Brooklyn government building to honor a current justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  
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• Hundreds killed by Indonesian quake, tsunami, with toll seen rising

  29-09-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  At least 384 people were killed, many swept away as giant waves crashed onto beaches, when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, authorities said on Saturday.The tsunami followed a 7.5 magnitude earthquake."When the (tsunami) threat arose yesterday, people were still doing their activities on the beach and did not immediately run and they became victims," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency BNPB said in a briefing in Jaka
  
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• Palestinians ask UN court to revoke US Jerusalem embassy move

  29-09-2018 18:27 via yahoo.com
  Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the UN's top court, alleging that the US inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal.The Palestinians have filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) "for violating international law by moving its embassy in Israel to the occupied city of Jerusalem", he said, quoted by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.In December, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capi
  
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• What will the FBI investigation into Kavanaugh actually do?

  29-09-2018 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The probe was ordered by a Senate committee after a Republican changed his mind about the nomination.
  
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• Hurricane-like storm lashes Greece

  29-09-2018 18:25 via cnn.com
  The eastern Mediterranean is getting battered Saturday as a rare and powerful hurricane-like storm roars across Greece, triggering flooding as it makes its way toward Turkey.
  
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• Cologne on lockdown as Erdogan wraps up ill-tempered visit to Germany

  29-09-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Germany had invited Erdogan for the three-day state visit in an attempt to mend ties hit by a crackdown on his opponents following a failed coup in 2016, hoping to secure the release of several of its citizens who remain in detention.Chancellor Angela Merkel said after meeting Erdogan on Friday that "deep divisions" remain.On Saturday in Cologne, the Turkish leader sought to strike a conciliatory note.
  
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• Bottas takes pole over Hamilton at Russian GP

  29-09-2018 18:20 via yahoo.com
  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Valtteri Bottas beat Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday, setting a strategy conundrum for their Mercedes team.
  
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• Parkland Survivor Emma Gonzalez Calls Brett Kavanaugh a 'Privileged White Boy'

  29-09-2018 18:15 via yahoo.com
  "Call your senators and tell them to vote no for Kavanaugh," Gonzalez tweeted
  
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• Palestinians bury 7 killed in latest flare-up in Gaza Strip

  29-09-2018 17:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Thousands of Gazans on Saturday thronged the funerals of seven people killed by Israeli troops during mass protests the previous day, chanting anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans and calling for revenge.
  
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• Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Doesn't Deny Assault Claim, Lawyer Says

  29-09-2018 17:51 via yahoo.com
  An attorney for Leland Keyser stated plainly in a letter to the Senate
  
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• World could regret laughing at Donald Trump

  29-09-2018 17:50 via cnn.com
  It was a laugh that was heard around the world.
  
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• Actor to be prosecuted for allegedly insulting God, Virgin Mary in Facebook post

  29-09-2018 17:50 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A well-known Spanish actor and activist will answer to accusations that he insulted God and the Virgin Mary is a profanity-laced Facebook from more than a year ago, a judge decided this week.
  
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• North Korea Foreign Minister Says Country Won't Disarm Without Trust

  29-09-2018 17:49 via yahoo.com
  Ri Yong Ho called on the U.S. to follow through on promises made during a summit
  
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• In pictures: Tsunami devastation in Sulawesi

  29-09-2018 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Images from Indonesia's Sulawesi island, where nearly 400 people have been killed by a tsunami.
  
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• Porn replaces Boris Johnson profile after Conservative Party conference app breach

  29-09-2018 17:20 via feeds.foxnews.com
  British lawmakers and journalists have had their phone numbers, email addresses and personal details revealed on the Conservative Party Conference app in a major security breach.
  
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• Kosovo: Possible land swap with Serbia sparks protest

  29-09-2018 17:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Tension flared in a familiar section of the Balkans as thousands of people marched Saturday in Kosovo's capital against a possible territory swap with former war foe Serbia, while the Serbian government put its troops on alert after special police were deployed to Kosovo's Serb-dominated north.
  
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• The suffering millions of Yemen find a chance of hope on Capitol Hill | Simon Tisdall

  29-09-2018 17:00
  A House resolution and a vote on arms sales in the Senate could affect US backing for the Saudi-led coalitionThe civil war in Yemen is one of those obscure conflicts that feels as though it has been going on for ever. In the space of little more than three years, the conflict has become what the UN and aid agencies agree is the world’s worst man-made humanitarian disaster, with 16,700 civilians killed or wounded, 8.4 million people facing famine, a nation torn apart and an economy destroye
  
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