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• New York man who acted as ISIS recruiter sentenced to life in prison

  14-07-2023 23:50 via foxnews.com
  
  An ISIS recruiter who spread the terror group's propaganda online and fought alongside its members in an effort to wage a global jihad was sentenced Friday to life in prison, federal prosecutors said.  Mirsad Kandic, 41, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted by a federal jury in May 2022, after his 2017 arrest in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was charged with conspiracy and providing and attempting to provide support to the Islamic State. "Serving ISIS’s deadly terror campaign,
  
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• Stare at smokers to stop them, Hong Kong health chief urges public

  14-07-2023 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Hong Kong official suggests those who light up in restaurants should be met with disapproving looks.
  
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• Troubled teen facility in Utah ordered to shut down after child’s death

  14-07-2023 23:33
  
  Diamond Ranch Academy, a facility for troubled teens in Hurricane, Utah, was ordered to close after 17-year-old Taylor Goodridge's death.
  
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• DeSantis visits Dairy Queen in Iowa after Trump’s ‘Blizzard’ flub

  14-07-2023 23:04
  
  BOONE, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped at a Dairy Queen north of Des Moines on Friday afternoon, flexing his familiarity with the fast food chain’s menu just one week after former President Donald Trump stumbled during a similar stop in the state.
  
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• Comfort women: Last of Japan's WW2 sex slaves sing 'forget us not'

  14-07-2023 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Their own memories fading, former World War Two sex slaves seek justice in their twilight years.
  
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• Consumers are starting to feel better about the U.S. economy

  14-07-2023 22:31
  
  There's still a long way to go — but U.S. consumers are starting to feel better about the economy.
  
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• Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a 6-week abortion ban at conservative summit

  14-07-2023 22:29
  
  Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a six-week abortion ban into law at the conservative Family Leadership Summit.
  
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• UFO legislation to usher in new age of transparency: 'Long past time'

  14-07-2023 22:17 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. could enter a new age of UFO transparency with the passage of new legislation that's expected to be included in national defense policy bill. The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act will declassify documents and records about publicly known sightings of UAPs, the U.S. government's preferred term for UFOs. Specifically, records of "any program or activity was protected by restricted access that has not been explicitly and clearly reported to Congress" and efforts to "ob
  
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• In unrelenting heat, this small Arkansas town hasn’t had clean water for 3 weeks

  14-07-2023 21:53
  
  Helena-West Helena, a small town in east central Arkansas, is set to hit 98 degrees next week after several days of temperatures stretching into the 90s.
  
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• Susan Sarandon on the dangers of AI in film industry

  14-07-2023 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Thelma and Louise actress joins the picket line along with other SAG-AFTRA members.
  
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• Trudeau pays tribute to firefighter, 19, killed battling Canada wildfires

  14-07-2023 21:36
  
  Devyn Gale killed while tackling British Columbia blaze as wildfires continue to rage across country with little reprieveCanada faces ‘long, tough summer’ of wildfires with even hotter temperaturesCanada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has paid tribute to a young firefighter who was killed while battling a forest blaze in British Columbia, as wildfires continue to rage across the country and the western province requested an extra 1,000 international firefighters.Devyn Gale,
  
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• David Cameron’s appointment to investment fund ‘part engineered by China’

  14-07-2023 21:08
  
  The hiring of former PM and Treasury chief was to lend credibility to broader Beijing brand, intelligence watchdog toldDavid Cameron’s appointment as vice-chair of the £1bn China-UK investment fund and Sir Danny Alexander’s appointment as vice-president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank were in part engineered by the Chinese state, parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC) found.Their appointment was to lend credibility to Chinese investment as well
  
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• Why the Secret Service closed its investigation of cocaine found at the White House without conducting interviews

  14-07-2023 20:43
  
  The Secret Service said it had closed an investigation of who left a small packet of cocaine in the White House without finding a culprit or conducting interviews.
  
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• Italy bear attacks: Animals behind Alpine attacks spared slaughter

  14-07-2023 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A top Italian court rules a culling order for two bears should be suspended, backing activists.
  
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• Twitter has started paying some creators like Andrew Tate and the Krassenstein brothers for generating ad revenue

  14-07-2023 20:17
  
  Elon Musk’s Twitter has been accused of failing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in severance to laid-off workers.
  
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• Christopher Nolan: After Oppenheimer, no more films during strike action

  14-07-2023 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Oppenheimer director says fully supports the "jobbing actors and staff writers" on strike.
  
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• Ex-diplomat jailed for 2012 murder of Venezuelan ambassador in Kenya

  14-07-2023 19:34
  
  Dwight Sagaray was given 20-year sentence after being stripped of diplomatic immunity following the crimeA Kenyan court has sentenced a former Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood.Dwight Sagaray, who was the first secretary at the embassy, was convicted in January, along with three Kenyan nationals, over the murder of the ambassador Olga Fonseca. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Idiot' Jan. 6 rioter who stole John Lewis photo from Nancy Pelosi's office gets 4 years

  14-07-2023 19:14
  
  Kevin Lyons, who stole a wallet and a photo of the late Rep. John Lewis from then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Jan. 6, was sentenced to prison Friday.
  
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• Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong’s iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short

  14-07-2023 18:43
  
  As frustrated fans continue to face store shelves missing the Huy Fong name, third-party resellers are punching up prices.
  
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• The Black Mirror plot about AI that worries actors

  14-07-2023 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As actors strike in Hollywood, unions say they want more protection from artificial intelligence.
  
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• EU to give Tunisia €1bn to fight trafficking and prop up ailing economy

  14-07-2023 17:34
  
  Von der Leyen to return with Italian and Dutch PMs despite warnings over ‘breakdown’ of democracy under SaiedThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is to return to Tunisia on Sunday with the prime ministers of Italy and the Netherlands to sign off the details of a €1bn deal aimed at combating people smuggling and supporting the country’s collapsing economy.Sources have confirmed they are expecting to sign off on a memorandum of understanding only d
  
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• Facebook banned 'Boogaloo'-related groups — but new research suggests a 'boomerang' effect

  14-07-2023 17:29
  
  Eighteen months after Facebook banned communities connected with the “Boogaloo” anti-government movement, the group’s extremist ideas were back, research found.
  
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• What is that? Rare animal sighting delights onlookers

  14-07-2023 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts in Hong Kong believe it to be a rarely-spotted whale mid-feed, filtering small fish into its mouth.
  
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• BBC News anchor hospitalized with mental health concerns after tabloid scandal divides U.K.

  14-07-2023 17:07
  
  BBC news anchor Huw Edwards is at the center of a media storm between The Sun tabloid newspaper and the BBC, raising questions about media standards and ethics.
  
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• No chance China will join Pacific trade pact in near term, Australia warns

  14-07-2023 17:00
  
  Assistant trade minister suggests consideration of China’s push to join CPTPP ‘some way off’ as UK becomes 12th memberFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina has no hope of being accepted into a major regional trade pact in the near term, the Australian government has signalled, as members prepare to welcome the UK into the fold this weekend.The assistant trade minister, Tim Ayres,
  
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• Deep-sea mining causes huge decreases in sealife across wide region, says study

  14-07-2023 17:00
  
  Scientists caution against rush to mine the seabed, and say it could be decades before the full impact on marine life is knownAnimal populations appear to decrease where the deep sea is being mined, and the impact on marine life of the controversial industry may involve a wider “footprint” than previously expected.According to analysis of seabed ecology undertaken after drilling tests in 2020 in Japan – the country’s first successful extraction of cobalt crusts from deep-
  
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• Sexual violence is junta’s ‘modus operandi’, Myanmar activist tells UN

  14-07-2023 16:45
  
  People are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser saysThe crisis in Myanmar should be referred to the international criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including widespread sexual violence, an open session at the UN security council will be told.Naw Hser Hser, the first Myanmar human rights defender to brief council members in an open session since the 2021 coup, will also call for greater action to cut crucial supplies of ar
  
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• Bob Dylan puts Highland mansion retreat up for sale

  14-07-2023 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 16-bedroom property, in the Cairngorm National Park, has gone on the market for offers over £3m.
  
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• Religious groups march in Malawi before court case on LGBTQ+ rights

  14-07-2023 15:39
  
  Faith leaders say the proceedings, brought by a transgender woman, are an attempt to legitimise ‘sinful acts’Scores of religious groups and churches took to the streets of several cities in Malawi on Thursday to denounce same-sex marriage before a constitutional court hearing next week.The court is expected to sit for two days from 17 July to consider a case brought by Jana Gonani, a transgender woman who was charged with “unnatural” behaviour. Continue reading...
  
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• Rocket explodes during Japan space agency test

  14-07-2023 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The blast is the latest in a series of failures in the country's space experiments.
  
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• AI resurrection of Brazilian singer for car ad sparks joy and ethical worries

  14-07-2023 15:01
  
  Beloved musician Elis Regina died aged 36 in 1982 but a new Volkswagen commercial shows her duetting with her daughterThe premature death in 1982 of one of Brazil’s most treasured musicians left her homeland reeling. “Brazil without Elis,” mourned one front page after the legendary singer Elis Regina unexpectedly died at the age of 36.So when Elis Regina recently re-emerged, performing a soul-stirring duet with her daughter, the Grammy-winning singer Maria Rita, there were simi
  
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• Arrest made in connection with drug death of Robert DeNiro's grandson

  14-07-2023 14:52
  
  A 20-year-old woman was arrested and will face federal drug charges in connection with the overdose death of actor Robert De Niro's grandson Leandro Anthony De Niro-Rodriguez, law enforcement sources said Thursday.
  
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• Former LSU basketball player Danielle Ballard, 29, dies after being struck by car

  14-07-2023 14:46
  
  Former Louisiana State University basketball player Danielle Ballard died early Thursday morning after she was struck by a vehicle in Memphis, Tennessee, police said.
  
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• Korean corn dogs are, frankly, a hit from N.Y. to Kansas

  14-07-2023 14:30
  
  Buoyed by the growing popularity of Korean culture — K-pop, K-dramas, K-beauty and K-food — nicknamed the Korean wave or “Hallyu,” Korean corn dogs rode a wave of popularity with influencers and trend-chasing diners.
  
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• Jacob Zuma in Russia for ‘health reasons’, spokesperson says

  14-07-2023 14:11
  
  Ex-president of South Africa receives medical treatment day after court rules he should return to prisonThe former South African president Jacob Zuma is receiving medical treatment in Russia, his spokesperson has said, a day after the country’s highest court upheld a ruling that he should return to prison.“Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons,” Mzwanele Manyi said on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Where is Wagner? Putin and the Pentagon shed light on mercenary group’s fate

  14-07-2023 14:07
  
  The location of Russia’s Wagner fighters remained a mystery on Friday after the Pentagon said the mercenary force was not participating in the war in Ukraine.
  
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• India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole

  14-07-2023 13:26
  
  An Indian spacecraft is blazing its way to the far side of the moon in a follow-up mission to a failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface
  
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• Ex-officers at women's prison in California plead guilty to multiple sex abuse counts

  14-07-2023 13:17
  
  Two former officers of a federal women’s prison in California have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse
  
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• Police questioned Matthew Nilo about sexual assault in 2008 arrest: DA's office

  14-07-2023 13:05
  
  Former Boston attorney Matthew Nilo was ordered to pay $50,000 in additional bail. He was formally charged with additional counts in connection with decades-old cases.
  
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• Woman arrested in connection with death of Robert De Niro's grandson, sources say

  14-07-2023 12:47
  
  A woman was arrested in New York City on Thursday night in a drug dealing investigation linked to the death of Robert De Niro's grandson, sources told ABC News.
  
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• Indian rocket blasts into space on historic moon mission

  14-07-2023 12:42
  
  Chandrayaan-3 launches from island in southern India in follow-up to failed effort four years agoAn Indian spacecraft has blazed its way towards the far side of the moon in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, India’s space agency said.Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, took off from a launch pad in Sriharikota, an island in southern India, with an orbiter, a lander and a rover, in a demon
  
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• India blasts rocket into space, aiming to be first country to land on moon's south pole

  14-07-2023 12:36
  
  India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that sent a spacecraft into orbit and toward a planned landing next month on the lunar south pole
  
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• Blackpink star Jennie Kim addresses 'low energy' performances

  14-07-2023 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The star was accused of laziness in the band's early days, but she was actually in physical pain.
  
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• UK invites Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to visit

  14-07-2023 12:21
  
  Saudi heir’s official visit would be first since he was accused of being behind killing of Jamal KhashoggiThe Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has been invited to the UK on an official visit in late autumn, the first such visit by the heir to the Saudi throne since he was accused of masterminding the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist and dissident.Numerous UK ministers have been to Saudi Arabia in the interim, and senior Saudi ministers have also come to the
  
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• India's Moon mission: Watch as Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft launches

  14-07-2023 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If successful, the spacecraft will be the first to land at the little-explored lunar south pole.
  
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• Fatality confirmed in Vermont flooding amid extreme weather nationwide

  14-07-2023 11:42
  
  The grim announcement came as extreme weather continued to batter the United States, with severe storms and heat waves across the country.
  
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• Target letter to Trump Organization staffer signals new push in classified docs probe

  14-07-2023 11:36
  
  Prosecutors probing Donald Trump's handling of classified documents are threatening charges against a Trump employee suspected of lying to investigators, sources say.
  
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• Nationals accuse Labor of ‘hypocrisy’ over response to scathing APVMA report – as it happened

  14-07-2023 11:05
  
  This blog is now closed‘Serious and systemic issues’: CEO and board chair resign amid scathing review of pesticides regulatorGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCabinet meeting to decide Lowe’s successor todayPhilip Lowe will be replaced as the Reserve Bank governor, with today’s cabinet meeting to decide his successor, Guardian Australia has confirmed.If I was asked to continue in the role, I would be honoured to do that and I would c
  
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• WATCH: Goat jumps on owner's back as he tries to fix broken fence

  14-07-2023 10:25
  
  Gizmo just wants to see what's going on!
  
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• India readies historic moon mission as it seeks to cement position as a space power

  14-07-2023 07:56
  
  The Chandrayaan-3 is set to blast off from a spaceport in the southern state of Andhra PradeshIndia’s space agency has made final preparations for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to land a rover on the moon and mark the country’s arrival as a power in space exploration.Only the United States, the former Soviet Union and China have made successful lunar landings. An attempt by a Japanese start-up earlier this year ended with the lander crashing. Continue reading...
  
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