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• Pilots' union threatens to strike against Virgin Atlantic right before Christmas

  08-12-2018 23:52
  A small pilots' union is threatening to strike against Virgin Atlantic right before Christmas, demanding the airline recognize it at the negotiating table.
  
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• Women's World Cup: See the full draw

  08-12-2018 23:43 via cnn.com
  Host squad France will face South Korea in the first match of the Women's World Cup when the tournament kicks off June 7 in Paris.
  
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• Sen. Cory Booker visits New Hampshire in preview for 2020

  08-12-2018 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Cory Booker, returning to the first-in-the-nation primary state Saturday for a two-day trip that could turn out to be a tuneup for the New Jersey Democrat's potential presidential campaign, said the visit leaves him "a lot more confident in making decisions going forward."
  
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• Virginia city seeks healing after man's murder conviction

  08-12-2018 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Civil rights activists in this Virginia city say they hope the first-degree-murder conviction of a man who drove into a group of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in 2017 will help with healing their violence-scarred community.
  
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• The Latest: Booker speaks at Democrat victory celebration

  08-12-2018 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on Sen. Cory Booker's visit to New Hampshire (all times local):
  
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• 'The players are absolutely buzzing' - England to play Scotland at Women's World Cup

  08-12-2018 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Scotland's Jenny Beattie and ex-England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis explain why their Women's World Cup opener next year will be "full of emotion".
  
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• Giant collisions shake the cosmos

  08-12-2018 23:21 via cnn.com
  In 1608, the German-Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey became the first person to apply for a patent for what we now call the telescope. By combining two lenses, he found that he could make distant objects appear closer than they are. While some lauded the invention for its military applications, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei turned the telescope to the heavens and opened a new eye on the cosmos. His observations overturned the existing astronomical beliefs of his time.
  
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• Cabinet splits over second referendum on Brexit deal

  08-12-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  May’s plan heading for huge defeat as senior Tory suggests second referendum could be ‘PM’s only chance’A deep cabinet split has opened up over whether Theresa May should back a second referendum in a final attempt to end the political deadlock over Brexit, as senior Conservatives predicted on Saturday night that her blueprint for leaving the EU was heading for a crushing House of Commons defeat. Related: No hope of success and no plan B – but the PM won’t bli
  
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• Chelsea investigate racism claim

  08-12-2018 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Chelsea and the Metropolitan Police are investigating allegations Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling was racially abused.
  
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• Who are France's 'yellow vest' protesters?

  08-12-2018 22:55 via cnn.com
  The gilets jaunes, or yellow vests, are part of a grassroots citizens' movement that began over rising fuel prices, but has since grown into something larger.
  
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• Who are France's 'gilets jaunes' protesters?

  08-12-2018 22:55 via cnn.com
  The gilets jaunes, or yellow vests, are part of a grassroots citizens' movement that began over rising fuel prices, but has since grown into something larger.
  
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• 22-year-old employee found dead at Google's NYC office

  08-12-2018 22:54
  Software engineer was found dead at the company's New York City headquarters.
  
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• Trump chief of staff John Kelly to leave White House job

  08-12-2018 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The announcement comes after persistent reports that the chief of staff was under pressure to go.
  
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• Rep. Joaquín Castro: If Trump Weren't President, 'He'd Be In Court Right Now'

  08-12-2018 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  With the release of court filings Friday that seemed to further implicate
  
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• Lyudmila Alexeyeva: Russian human rights activist dies aged 91

  08-12-2018 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Prominent Russian human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva died in a Moscow hospital.
  
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• Elon Musk wants the world to embrace electric car

  08-12-2018 21:44 via cnn.com
  Elon Musk wants electric vehicles to be successful — even if Tesla goes under trying.
  
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• Trump directed Cohen to make hush money payments during 2016 campaign: Prosecutors

  08-12-2018 21:36
  Federal prosecutors in New York are suggesting that Michael Cohen, the president’s longtime personal attorney and fixer, serve a “substantial term of imprisonment.”
  
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• PHOTOS: 4th consecutive Saturday of anti-government protests in Paris

  08-12-2018 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Anti-government protesters faced off with French riot police in Paris on Saturday, hurling projectiles, torching cars and vandalizing shops and restaurants in a fourth weekend of unrest that has shaken President Emmanuel Macron’s authority.
  
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• Climate change: COP24 fails to adopt key scientific report

  08-12-2018 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  A major climate conference in Poland has failed to adopt a key report after a dispute over a form of words.
  
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• Zuckerberg must end far right's fundraising on Facebook – Tom Watson

  08-12-2018 21:23 via theguardian.com
  Labour’s deputy leader demands action after the Guardian’s investigationRevealed: the hidden global network behind Tommy Robinson
  The deputy Labour leader, Tom Watson, has demanded that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg never again allows far-right activists to fundraise on the network, criticising him for having a “contempt for social responsibility”.A Guardian investigation on Friday found that a hidden global network of US thinktanks, rightwing Australians and Russian t
  
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• Russia's most famous human rights activist dies at 91

  08-12-2018 21:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political prisoners and establish democratic rights, died Saturday in a Moscow hospital, a Russian official said.
  
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• France's 'yellow vests' clash with police in Paris

  08-12-2018 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  As night fell and many demonstrators started returning home, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said there had been about 10,000 protesters in Paris by early evening and some 125,000 across the country."The situation is now under control," Castaner said at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.Nearly 1,000 people had been arrested, 620 of them in Paris, after police found potential weapons such as hammers and baseball bats on them.
  
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• If Kevin Hart Were Really Sorry, He’d Prove It.

  08-12-2018 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Apparently, being Kevin Hart means never having to say you're sorry.
  
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• Egypt lawyer files case to change president's 2-term limit

  08-12-2018 21:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  An Egyptian lawyer said Saturday he and others have filed a court case to force the country's parliament to debate amending a constitutional clause that bars President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi from running for a third term in 2022.
  
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• China angrily denounces the arrest of Huawei’s CFO, calls the US a ‘despicable rogue’

  08-12-2018 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Two state-run media outlets in China have come out with blistering attacks on the US related to the arrest in recent days of Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou, who faces extradition here, saying the arrest is just a backdoor way for the US to try to hobble the company.The arrest happened on December 1st, the same day President Trump met with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Argentina to discuss the continuing trade flap between the two countries, and the new editorials certainly ramp up the tension even
  
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• Trump attacks Paris climate agreement, cites France protests

  08-12-2018 20:28 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Saturday once again attacked the Paris agreement on fighting climate change, citing ongoing protests in the French capital as proof that he was right to reject the pact."Very sad day & night in Paris," he said on Twitter, after demonstrators clashed with riot police in the French capital.
  
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• Israel uncovers another Hezbollah tunnel dug from Lebanon

  08-12-2018 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces said Saturday they uncovered another Hezbollah tunnel dug from Lebanon, an announcement that came shortly after troops fired at suspected members of the Lebanese militant group who approached the site of Israeli army engineering working to thwart tunnels.
  
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• Only Trump can hear Paris mobs chanting his name

  08-12-2018 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters took to the streets here Saturday, calling for the resignation of French President Emmanuel Macron — and, in Trump's imagination at least,  wildly cheering the American president.
  
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• A Look Back At John Kelly's Turbulent Time In The White House

  08-12-2018 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  John Kelly will leave his post as White House chief of staff by the end of the
  
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• John Kelly to leave the White House at the end of year

  08-12-2018 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  John Kelly will leave his job as chief of staff at the end of the year, Donald Trump announced on Saturday, describing him as "a great guy". Mr Kelly, 68, took over from Reince Priebus in July 2017, and was brought in to try and instill some discipline in the White House. However, his departure had long been rumoured, with Mr Kelly, a retired Marine general, reportedly frustrated at Mr Trump's freewheeling style. Last month Melania Trump, the first lady, reportedly demanded Mr Kelly be fired. "J
  
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• Trump says chief of staff John Kelly will leave at the end of the year

  08-12-2018 19:56
  President Donald Trump said his chief of staff, John Kelly, will leave at the end of the year.
  
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• Trump announces John Kelly is leaving

  08-12-2018 19:53 via cnn.com
  White House chief of staff John Kelly will be leaving his position at the end of the year, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Police flood into Paris to contain gilets jaunes

  08-12-2018 19:41 via theguardian.com
  Security forces put 8,000 on the streets of the capital to quell fears of riotingFrench security forces contained fears of a fourth weekend of rioting by extremist gilets jaunes in Paris with a change of tactics including a massive show of strength.About 8,000 police and gendarmes refused to allow the gilets jaunes to gain the upper hand, as they had the previous week, by attempting to filter out troublemakers before they could act. They put parts of the city into lockdown before dawn and carrie
  
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• PHOTOS: Haunting images of abandoned places across Northern Ireland

  08-12-2018 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  These haunting images capture abandoned homes across Northern Ireland — complete with old prams, unopened food tins, toys and dusty wedding photographs.
  
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• China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences

  08-12-2018 19:31 via news.yahoo.com
  If extradited to the United States, Meng would face charges of conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions, a Canadian court heard on Friday, with a maximum sentence of 30 years for each charge.In a short statement, China's Foreign Ministry said that Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng had issued the warning to release Meng to Canada's ambassador in Beijing, summoning him to lodge a "strong protest."Adam Austen, a spokesman for Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, said Saturday th
  
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• Riot police use teargas and water cannon in clashes with gilets jaunes in Paris – video report

  08-12-2018 19:27 via theguardian.com
  French police have clamped down on thousands of yellow-vested protesters in Paris on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannon at projectile-hurling demonstrators angry at Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes. At least 55 people were injured in protests across the countryParis under siege as gilets jaunes open 'Act IV' - a fourth weekend of protest Continue reading...
  
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• Israel says fired at Hezbollah operatives on Lebanon border

  08-12-2018 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese border opened fire at suspected Hezbollah activists on Saturday, the military said, the first such incident since Israel launched a crackdown on cross-border tunnels into its territory.Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, however, said the Israeli soldiers shot into the air when they saw a Lebanese army patrol near the border demarcation, known as the "Blue Line".Israel said the suspects approached an area on the Israeli side of the border where its forces w
  
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• China summons Canada envoy over detained Huawei exec: state media

  08-12-2018 18:58 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Saturday summoned the Canadian ambassador over the "unconscionable and vile" detention of telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer in Vancouver, state media reported, in Beijing's latest angry response to the hot-button case.Meng Wanzhou has been held since December 1 in Canada on an American extradition request and faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking business dealings with Iran.The 46-year-old executive was arrested in Vancouver while changing planes, ratcheting
  
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• Paris under siege as gilets jaunes open ‘Act IV’ – a fourth weekend of protest

  08-12-2018 18:48 via theguardian.com
  The Eiffel tower is closed, stores are boarded up and the Christmas lights are off. But the government’s show of force seems to be paying offEven before the sun had risen on Place de la Bastille, the enduring symbol of the revolution, France’s security forces were taking no chances.As members of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protest movement enjoyed an early morning coffee in a cafe on the square, police and gendarmes deployed. In the middle of a long line of vans filled with CRS
  
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• Thousands march for climate in Paris despite 'yellow vest' unrest

  08-12-2018 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Up to 25,000 people marched through Paris on Saturday urging greater action on climate change, despite fears that their protest would be scuppered by "yellow vest" demonstrations.The numbers were similar to previous climate marches in Paris, despite sporadic violence in the city on Saturday among thousands of "yellow vest" demonstrators who want more help for France's poor.Organisers had to change the route of the climate march, marching instead from Place de la Nation to Place de la Republique,
  
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• Priyanka Chopra: US writer sorry for 'scam artist' comment

  08-12-2018 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Mariah Smith apologises for calling the Bollywood actress a "scam artist", which outraged Indians.
  
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• After defeat in Iraq, IS fights on in last enclave in Syria

  08-12-2018 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — A year after it was routed from Iraq in a devastating war that left entire neighborhoods and towns in ruins, the Islamic State group is fighting to hang on to its last enclave in eastern Syria, engaging in deadly battles with U.S.-backed forces.
  
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• Dog waits weeks for family to return after Camp Fire destroyed home

  08-12-2018 18:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Weeks after the deadly Camp Fire in Paradise, California, Andrea Gaylord arrived back to her burned down home. To her surprise, she found her beloved dog, Madison, waiting patiently for her.
  
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• These are the 5 best holiday deals of the weekend

  08-12-2018 18:17 via news.yahoo.com
  You've still got time to get your holiday gifts, and you can still find loads of sales.
  
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• Brussels police arrest hundreds in 'yellow vest' riot

  08-12-2018 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Belgian police detained more than 400 people on Saturday after "yellow vest" protesters inspired by riots in France threw rocks and firecrackers and damaged shops and cars as they tried to reach official buildings in Brussels.In the second violence of its kind in the capital in eight days, a crowd which police estimated at around 1,000 faced riot squads who used water cannon and tear gas to keep people away from the European Union headquarters and the nearby Belgian government quarter.The moveme
  
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• China warns Canada there will be 'severe consequences' over Huawei chief's arrest

  08-12-2018 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  China has warned Canada there will be “severe consequences” if the country’s authorities did not immediately release the chief financial officer of telecoms giant Huawei who was arrested at Vancouver airport earlier this month.Meng Wanzhou was detained on 1 December and faces extradition to the United States to face fraud charges.China’s foreign ministry said that vice foreign minister Le Yucheng had issued the warning to Canada’s ambassador in Beijing, summoning hi
  
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• 'We are unbreakable': Charlottesville survivors applaud guilty verdict

  08-12-2018 17:48 via theguardian.com
  Survivors returned to the spot where James Fields, convicted of first-degree murder, drove into a crowd in August 2017Survivors of a fatal vehicle attack during the August 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, made a triumphant return to the scene of the incident on Friday, after their attacker was found guilty of murder. Related: Charlottesville: James Fields guilty of murder for driving car into crowdContinue reading...
  
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• Paris on lockdown for gilets jaunes protests – as it happened

  08-12-2018 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Armoured vehicles and 8,000 police officers in French capital to contain violent fringe of gilets jaunes movement. Follow the latest developments• Paris under siege as gilets jaunes open ‘Act IV’
  • Gilets jaunes in court over violent protests
  • Who are the gilets jaunes and what do they want?4.43pm GMT We’re going to wind this live blog up now. Police and a hard core of rioters on the fringes of the gilets jaunes movement continue to play games of cat-and-mouse i
  
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• French capital on lockdown as police clash with protesters and detain hundreds

  08-12-2018 17:43 via cnn.com
  French police detained more than 340 people in Paris on Saturday as the city locked down ahead of another weekend of violence during protests by the "gilets jaunes" or "yellow vests" anti-government movement.
  
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• Salvini holds 'Italians first' rally in Rome

  08-12-2018 17:38 via cnn.com
  Far-right Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini attacked same-sex unions and promised to put "Italians first" during a rally in Rome on Saturday, as his government remained locked in deadlock with the EU over its proposed budget.
  
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