| Jogger Detained For 2 Weeks After Accidentally Crossing Into U.S. From Canada Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:56 PM PDT  U.S. immigration officials arrested and detained for two weeks a 19-year-old
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| How Russia grapples with monuments from Soviet past Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:55 AM PDT  As Americans debate the proper placement of Confederate statues, Russians have found a unique solution to a similar issue.
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| Kind 15-Year-Old Helps Deaf and Blind Man on Alaska Airlines Flight Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:41 AM PDT  She made it easier for him to communicate.
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| Discarded napkin helps US police crack 32-year-old murder mystery Posted: 23 Jun 2018 11:53 AM PDT  The mystery of the sexual assault and murder of a US teenager in Washington state has been resolved 32 years after the crime thanks to a discarded napkin, DNA tests and genetic genealogy. Gary Hartman, 66, has been arrested and is scheduled to appear in court Monday on rape and murder charges in the case, which has long shocked the city of Tacoma, in the northwestern US state. It began on March 26, 1986, when 12-year-old Michella Welch disappeared while playing with her two young sisters at a park.
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| BNSF: Estimated 230,000 gallons of oil spilled in derailment Posted: 23 Jun 2018 02:57 PM PDT  DOON, Iowa (AP) — An estimated 230,000 gallons (870,619 liters) of crude oil spilled into floodwaters in the northwestern corner of Iowa following a train derailment, a railroad official said Saturday.
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| Turkey's Erdogan claims election victory, opposition wary Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:55 PM PDT  By Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party claimed victory in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary polls on Sunday, overcoming the biggest electoral challenge to their rule in a decade and a half. "Our people have given us the job of carrying out the presidential and executive posts," Erdogan said in a short national address as votes were still being counted. Sunday's vote ushers in a powerful new executive presidency long sought by Erdogan and backed by a small majority of Turks in a 2017 referendum.
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| Panel: After Sarah Sanders is kicked out of restaurant, are cultural wars getting worse? Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:08 AM PDT  Erick Erickson and Heather McGhee ask whether activists are right to protest people within the Trump Administration in their private lives.
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| Full King Interview: 'We had the votes' for border wall Posted: 23 Jun 2018 11:33 PM PDT  Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to talk about the stalled negotiations with the White House over immigration.
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| The Latest: Group: 'No magic bullet' to family reunification Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:55 PM PDT  MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents (all times local):
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| Suspect dead, 2 officers injured after shooting in San Diego Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:36 AM PDT  Two police officers in San Diego were shot Saturday night while responding to a disturbance call at an apartment complex.
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| Conservative Columnist George Will: Vote Against GOP In Midterms Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  Longtime conservative columnist George Will is making a case against voting
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| Cardi B Donates $8,000 to Family of 15-Year-Old Fatally Stabbed in the Bronx Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT  The murder was captured on surveillance footage.
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| 'Making Mistakes Was Not an Option.' Michelle Obama on the Pressure of Being 'The First' Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:53 AM PDT  'You're the one that's laying the red carpet down for others to follow'
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| Turkey's Erdogan, main rival stage final election rallies Posted: 23 Jun 2018 09:00 AM PDT  By Ezgi Erkoyun and Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger, Muharrem Ince, made a final push for support at rival rallies in Istanbul on Saturday, a day before presidential and parliamentary elections widely viewed as the most crucial in Turkey for decades. The winner of Sunday's presidential contest will acquire sweeping new executive powers under a constitutional overhaul backed by Erdogan and endorsed last year by a narrow majority of Turks in a referendum. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for 15 years, first as prime minister and since 2014 as president, praised the executive presidency that comes into force after the election.
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| In Central America, parents deported from US vow to return for children Posted: 23 Jun 2018 04:57 PM PDT  When Ever Sierra arrived back in his native Honduras, deported after trying to enter the US, his eight-month-old daughter's shoes were hanging from his backpack. Sierra planned to try again in a few days. Sierra had left the northern city of El Progreso on January 2 to pursue the American dream.
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| Why the United States Needs North Korea to Stay Nuclear Posted: 24 Jun 2018 05:08 PM PDT  A nuclear North Korea is not a threat, but an ideal stabilizer. Many are hopeful that the June 12 summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will lead to denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula. First, possessing nuclear weapons is the best way to pacify North Korea and constrain its aggression.
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| Trump's Trade Fight With Canada Highlights Two Approaches To Capitalism Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:09 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's savaging of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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| Police: 25 injured in building explosion in Germany Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:50 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Twenty-five people were injured, four of them severely, during an explosion that destroyed an apartment building in the western German city of Wuppertal, police said Sunday.
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| 1 dead after attack at huge rally for Ethiopia's new PM Posted: 23 Jun 2018 11:16 AM PDT  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A thwarted attempt to hurl a grenade at Ethiopia's reformist new prime minister led to a deadly explosion Saturday at a massive rally in support of sweeping changes in Africa's second most populous country. Nine police officials were arrested, state media reported.
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| Woman Seen Allegedly Calling Cops on 8-Year-Old Selling Water in Viral Video Posted: 24 Jun 2018 08:53 AM PDT  The woman said she is "against unlawful behavior."
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| Police: Backup Driver in Fatal Autonomous Uber Crash Was Watching 'The Voice' Posted: 23 Jun 2018 01:44 PM PDT  The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show "The Voice" on her phone and looking downward.
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| NZ Prime Minister Ardern names new-born daughter Neve Te Aroha Posted: 23 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT  By Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Sunday she had named her new-born daughter Neve Te Aroha as she prepared to leave hospital amidst an outpouring of public excitement. Ardern appeared before dozens of reporters and a flurry of camera flashes at Auckland City Hospital in her first appearance since giving birth, thanking the public for their support as her three-day-old daughter slept in her arms. Sleep deprived, but really well," Ardern said.
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| France calls for sanctions as Italy defiant on stranded migrant ship Posted: 23 Jun 2018 12:43 PM PDT  EU states that refuse to accept migrants should face financial penalties, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, prompting a furious response from Rome on the eve of an emergency mini-summit in Brussels about the escalating crisis dividing Europe. Macron's comments came after Italy's new populist government defiantly declared that its ports were closed to foreign-flagged rescue ships, after accusing fellow EU members of failing to share the burden of migrant arrivals.
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| Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends Posted: 23 Jun 2018 05:02 AM PDT  By Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) - Women will hit the roads in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with the lifting of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the conservative kingdom. The move, ordered last September by King Salman, is part of sweeping reforms pushed by his powerful young son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who aims to transform the economy of the world's top oil exporter and open up its cloistered society. "We are ready, and it will totally change our life," said Samira al-Ghamdi, a 47-year-old psychologist from Jeddah, one of the first Saudi women to be issued with a driving license.
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| Trump Attacks Immigration Laws, Calls For Deportations Without Trials Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:43 AM PDT  President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on the United States' immigration
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| XXXTentacion murder: Police reveal how killers tracked rapper in final moments before fatal shooting Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:17 AM PDT  The killers of rapper XXXTentacion tracked his movements before shooting him dead in a robbery, police have revealed. CCTV footage studied by detectives showed two men, one in orange sandals, following XXXTentacion into a motorbike dealership, where they bought a red mask, according to court documents. A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with murdering the rapper, real name Jahseh Onfroy, after he was ambushed and fatally shot in his BMW electric car in Florida.
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| Senior Netflix executive axed over use of the N-word Posted: 22 Jun 2018 06:34 PM PDT  Netflix sacked its chief spokesman Jonathan Friedland, he revealed on Friday, after he used the N-word twice in the space of a few days during meetings with staff. The head of communications announced his departure after being upbraided for a second time for using the racial slur, which is controversial for its ubiquity in hip-hop culture and completely taboo in almost every other context. Former journalist Friedland -- not to be confused with Jonathan Freedland, a prominent columnist at the London-based Guardian newspaper -- had served in communications roles for Disney.
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| Transgender rights battle returning to North Carolina court Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:12 AM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than a year after North Carolina undid its "bathroom bill," a legal battle is simmering over a law that replaced it.
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| The Latest: US prepares coffins for Korean War remains Posted: 23 Jun 2018 06:07 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on preparations for the return of the remains of U.S. soldiers who have been missing since the Korean War (all times local):
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 23 Jun 2018 06:00 AM PDT  From a new Volvo to an adorable Audi, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| Hyperloop: Engineers develop new high-speed form of travel Posted: 22 Jun 2018 10:07 PM PDT  Hyperloop, or tube travel, will allow humans to travel faster than the fastest high-speed train; Douglas Kennedy shares the details.
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| Zimbabwe rally blast injured 41: minister Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:45 AM PDT  A blast that rocked a rally in which Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa narrowly escaped unscathed injured at least 41 people, including his two deputies, the health minister told a state Sunday paper. Health Minister David Parirenyatwa, said wounded rallygoers had been treated at three main hospitals across the city and "a total of 41... have so far approached our health institutions complaining of injuries". Mnangagwa said he was the target of the attack, which also injured Vice-Presidents Kembo Mohadi and Constantino Chiwenga.
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| Fighting moves closer to center of Yemen's main port city, missiles fired at Riyadh Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:19 PM PDT  By Mohammed Ghobari ADEN (Reuters) - The Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missiles on the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, and reinforced Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah as an Arab coalition moved closer to the city center in the largest offensive of the war. Saudi Arabia's air defense forces intercepted two ballistic missiles over Riyadh, state media reported, in at least the sixth attack targeting the Saudi capital since December. The Saudi-led military alliance launched its assault on the heavily defended Yemeni Red Sea city of Hodeidah on June 12 to try to weaken the Houthis by cutting off a key supply line for the group, which controls the Yemeni capital Sanaa and most populated areas.
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| US Navy drafts plans to house tens of thousands of illegal immigrants at remote bases Posted: 22 Jun 2018 08:21 PM PDT  The US Navy is drawing up plans to house tens of thousands of immigrants on remote bases as the Trump administration scrambles to deal with people detained in its zero-tolerance border stance. Donald Trump has faced days of outrage over a policy that saw thousands of children separated from parents before he backed down and signed an executive order designed to keep families together. However, his administration is still struggling to reunite families and has signalled it will need more facilities to house detainees. According to a draft memo obtained by Time magazine, the navy is planning to build "temporary and austere" tent cities to house as many as 25,000 migrants at three abandoned air fields in Alabama, 47,000 at a facility near San Francisco, and another 47,000 at a training centre in southern California. The document estimates the navy would spend $233 million to run a facility for 25,000 over six-months. Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said: "The Department of Defence is conducting prudent planning and is looking nationwide at DoD installations should [Department of Homeland Security] ask for assistance in housing adult illegal immigrants. "At this time there has been no request from DHS for DoD support to house illegal migrants." The details emerged after Mr Trump on Friday hit back at global condemnation and instead turned the spotlight on Americans who have been killed by undocumented immigrants by hosting a group of what he called "angel families" at the White House. "Your loved ones have not died in vain," he told them. He has faced intense anger for an immigration policy that led to more than 2000 children being taken from their families after crossing the border with Mexico. Mr Trump made a rare U-turn this week, signing an executive order designed to keep families together. However, he has returned to his blistering rhetoric ever since. "We must maintain a Strong Southern Border," he tweeted on Friday. "We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants as the Democrats tell their phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections. The White House also launched an angry attack on opponents, accusing Democrats of exploiting a picture that showed a tearful two-year-old girl. Although many reports suggested she had been separated from her mother, it later emerged they had been kept together. The story behind photograph that revealed a scandal And later in the day, Mr Trump attempted to further turn the tables with the personal tales of people whose lives had been taken by illegal immigrants. "You hear the other side, you never hear this side," he said, explaining that families separated at the border would be reunited again. "These are the American citizens permanently separated from their loved ones. The word 'permanently' being the word that you have to think about. Permanently - they're not separated for a day or two days, these are permanently separated because they were killed by criminal illegal aliens." What is happening at the border? People detained at the border held in cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas Credit: US Customs and Border Protection Some 2300 children are believed to have been taken from their parents since April when Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, announced a crackdown. While the previous administration had used a case-by-case approach in deciding who should face prosecution, Mr Sessions declared a zero-tolerance approach". However, laws designed to protect children means they cannot be held indefinitely in jail and so they are taken away from their parents to be put in care elsewhere. Of course she cares. So why can't we see it? The result of Mr Trump's executive order is confusion within his administration about how to keep families together while at the same time prosecuting everyone who illegally crosses the border. "It's a big question. There have not been a lot of answers," is how Henry Lucero, a director of field operations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, put it during a forum in Texas. About 500 children have been reunited with their families since May, according to Homeland Security officials, but no one knows how long it will take the remaining children to be handed back to parents. What is the solution? Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November. Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2018 Republicans have been scrambling to find enough support for a compromise bill that would reunite families, but win enough Democratic support to toughen border protection - and fund Donald Trump's wall. Plans for a vote on Friday were shelved and finally pushed into next week. However, Mr Trump has thrown the whole exercise into doubt by offering little in the way of encouragement. More beds needed in the meantime On Friday Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a notice that it may seek up to 15,000 beds to detain immigrant families. Federal agencies have been searching for possible locations. The Department of Health and Human Services said the government was considering using a disused Department of Agriculture property in Arkansas, for example, as well as Little Rock Air Force base. The interest has sent shares in two private prison operators rising. Shares in CoreCivic have jumped 11.2 percent in the past four days while Geo marked its five straight day of gains, including a 6.6 percent rise since Mr Trump signed the executive order.
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| Details Emerge in Murder of Rapper XXXTentacion, Police Say He Was Targeted Posted: 23 Jun 2018 01:13 PM PDT  Two masked gunmen ambushed the rapper.
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| This moon blob meme was the one good thing on the internet this week Posted: 23 Jun 2018 10:38 AM PDT  This is One Good Thing , a weekly column where we tell you about the only nice thing that happened on the internet this week. First up: A very cute meme. It was a tough week. Between the reports of horrific conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border and Trump's bizarre anti-immigration event where he autographed photos of murder victims, keeping up with the news has been so emotionally taxing. Staying informed is part of being an active member of society, but it can be rough sometimes. The only good thing on the internet this week: the moon blob meme. SEE ALSO: Melania's tone deaf jacket instantly becomes a meme "What is a moon blob?" you wonder. We don't actually know what this meme's called — or where it came from, though it first began appearing on Twitter in mid-June — but the best way to describe it is, well, a moon blob. 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| Etihad to loan pilots to competing UAE airline Emirates Posted: 24 Jun 2018 06:27 AM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul airline Etihad Airways will loan pilots to competing Dubai-based carrier Emirates under a new program, officials acknowledged Sunday, marking a rare cooperation between the two state-owned carriers who operate only 115 kilometers (70 miles) apart.
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| Erdogan declared winner of Turkey presidential polls Posted: 24 Jun 2018 04:56 PM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said Monday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count. Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both president and parliament in the snap polls, with Erdogan looking for a first round knockout and an overall majority for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The stakes were particularly high as the new president will be the first to enjoy enhanced powers, without even a prime minister, under a new constitution agreed in an April 2017 referendum strongly backed by Erdogan but which opponents say grants autocratic powers.
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| Rep. DeSantis: Strzok's FBI conduct was connected to bias Posted: 23 Jun 2018 08:20 AM PDT  FBI agent Peter Strzok subpoenaed to testify before Congress; Rep. Ron DeSantis weighs in on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| U.S.-backed forces announce three-day curfew in Raqqa city Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:43 AM PDT  U.S.-backed forces in control of Syria's Raqqa city imposed a three-day curfew on Sunday and declared a state of emergency saying Islamic State militants had infiltrated the city and planned a bombing campaign. Witnesses say internal security forces affiliated to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who had announced late last night the surprise curfew from dawn in the former Islamic State stronghold until Tuesday, set up checkpoints across the devastated city. "Our intelligence apparatus has received information of the entry of terrorist groups tied to Daesh (acronym of IS) that are about to wage attacks to undermine secuity in the city," the statement read.
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| Trump advises GOP: Quit wasting time on immigration. Posted: 23 Jun 2018 02:03 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Just when House Republicans needed Donald Trump's backing the most — on their big immigration overhaul — he dashed off a presidential tweet saying they should quit wasting their time on it.
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| Suits you Sir! How Thomas Markle's royal wedding outfit was put to good use after he cancelled on Meghan Posted: 23 Jun 2018 06:26 AM PDT  It should have played centre stage at one of the most eagerly anticipated events of recent years; the wedding of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry at Windsor Castle. But after Thomas Markle was let unable to fly to Britain after suffering a heart attack, the suit he would have worn to lead his daughter up the aisle of St George's Chapel was left languishing in a tailor's wardrobe. And there it would have stayed, but for an unlikely twist of fate. When sports PR Johnno Spence decided to get himself kitted out with a new outfit for last week's Royal Ascot his Savile Row tailor said he had just the thing in mind - Mr Markle's tail suit. With both men being of similar shape and size the suit needed only minor alterations and Mr Spence was more than happy to put it to good use. Johnno Spence at Royal Ascot, in the suit made for Thomas Markle for the Royal wedding Credit: Geoff Pugh/Telegraph "It was a shame Mr Markle couldn't attend his daughter's wedding," Mr Spence told The Sunday Telegraph. "But you could say his misfortune was my good luck." As well as buying the wedding suit, he also bought the summer suit and three shirts that Mr Markle had ordered especially for his aborted visit to Britain. "I went into my tailors because I needed a new morning suit," said Mr Spence, whose clients have included the Jockey Club and the Epsom Derby. "His face lit up and he said 'Well, actually I've got the perfect thing for you, a tail suit, a summer suit and three shirts we made for Mr Markle, but unfortunately he couldn't take them'. Thomas Markle with his daughter Meghan Credit: Enterprise News and Pictures "I couldn't believe my luck, and they only needed a few tiny alterations." Mr Markle last week told how he had cried as he watched his daughter's wedding on television at a small rented hide-out. He admitted he had been "jealous" that he was left as a "footnote in history", but said "thank God" that the Prince of Wales, whom he has never spoken to, was there to step in. Royal wedding day pictures: Best photos from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's ceremony and reception
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| Rescuers pick up hundreds of migrants across Mediterranean ahead of EU talks Posted: 23 Jun 2018 07:43 AM PDT  BARCELONA/VALLETTA (Reuters) - Spanish coast guards rescued nearly 600 migrants trying to make the perilous crossing from Africa, authorities said on Saturday, while off the coast of Libya coastguards recovered bodies of five migrants and picked up 185 survivors. Elsewhere in the Mediterranean, Malta's army made a medical evacuation from a stranded rescue ship that Italy and Malta have refused to take in, while the container ship Alexander Maersk picked up 113 migrants from a boat off southern Italy on Friday, the ship owner said.
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| In about-face, Iraq's maverick al-Sadr moves closer to Iran Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:19 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Muqtada al-Sadr, the maverick Shiite cleric who emerged as the main winner in Iraq's parliamentary elections last month, campaigned on a platform to end sectarian politics and replace it with a government that puts Iraqis first.
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