| Trump Rips Harley-Davidson For Overseas Operation — Just Like His Own Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:55 PM PDT  Donald Trump is continuing to hammer Harley-Davidson over the motorcycle
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| Ohio Man Arrested In FBI Sting After Allegedly Plotting July 4th Attack Posted: 02 Jul 2018 11:33 AM PDT  An Ohio man is behind bars after being accused of plotting a terrorist attack
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| Voters in Mexico choose new president, thousands of officials in country’s largest election Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:02 AM PDT  Presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known by his initials, AMLO, leads in the polls. The election comes amid a U.S. border crisis as thousands travel through Mexico to the United States.
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| North Korea Kidnapped Her 13-Year-Old Daughter. She Spent Decades Trying To Get Her Back. Posted: 01 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  NIIGATA, Japan ― Megumi Yokota was just 13 when she disappeared. On her way
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| Kim Jong-un 'blasts workers at factories for not working hard enough' Posted: 01 Jul 2018 10:13 PM PDT  Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, has lambasted workers at two textile factories for not working hard enough, failing to take care of their buildings and moaning about shortages of money and materials, according to state-run media. Mr Kim expressed his fury at the failing of workers at two factories in the city of Sinuiju, close to the border with China, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday. At the Sinuiju Textile Mill, Mr Kim declared that the factory and its workers have supported the nation's light industry sector since it was established in the 1950s - before condemning its present-day workforce for failing to live up to that "proud tradition". Instead of complaining about a lack of funds and equipment, the workers should put more effort into modernising their facilities by themselves. He added that the employees needed to increase their productivity. Kim Jong-Un visits the Sinuiju Chemical Fibre Mill Credit: AFP On a subsequent visit to another nearby textile factory, Mr Kim criticised the staff for not making repairs to their crumbling buildings, saying the "precious" facilities looked more like a stable. Management of the two facilities appear to have got off lightly, however, as Mr Kim is notorious for a short temper and draconian punishments for those that displease him. Kim Jong-un inspects the Sinuiju Chemical Fibre Mill Credit: AFP In May 2015, the North Korean leader flew into a rage during a visit to the Taedonggang Terrapin Farm, which had been built on the orders of his father, after discovering a number of dead baby terrapins in the tanks. He was further incensed when managers admitted they had not been able to breed lobsters ahead of a national holiday marking the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects some textiles while visiting the Sinuiju Textile Mill Credit: AFP KCNA reported that Mr Kim accused officials of "incompetence, an outmoded way of thinking and an irresponsible work style". Despite the manager's explanation that the terrapins had died due to electricity shortages, Mr Kim insisted the failings were down to bad management and had the man summarily shot.
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| San Francisco skies turn orange as wildfires return to Northern California Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:58 PM PDT  San Francisco took on a post-apocalyptic shade of orange, after smoke from Northern Californian wildfires reached the city on Sunday. Just under a year since the deadliest firestorms in state history, intense wildfire has returned to the region, fanned by high winds and hot temperatures. SEE ALSO: Flames once again return to California's wine country Smoke and ash from fires burning in the Yolo and Lake counties filled the sky about 75 miles south in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday morning, giving the city a foreboding orange filter. San Francisco sky is bizarre right now. Rayleigh scattering through this cloud is depleting all the blues and leaving us with a sepia sky. pic.twitter.com/weUDCkulsN — Rick Zuzow (@RickZuzow) July 1, 2018 San Francisco Sky today. No filter. �� pic.twitter.com/0nfhFtq1yX — Alex Shyba (@alexshyba) July 1, 2018 San Francisco skies are scary looking from the Yolo County fire pic.twitter.com/SfYHQPtIaW — can (@can) July 1, 2018 Amber sky at dawn? There's a low cloud-layer/light fog in the air that's casting a very eerie light over San Francisco at the moment. Perhaps we're getting the smoke from a wildfire? Dust from Sahara?#TentOnTheRoof'InExile pic.twitter.com/gIfZHbjO1i — aHEMagain ❌ (@aHEM_again) July 1, 2018 @KarlTheFog pic.twitter.com/OwGLC7hh1I — Enrique Patino-Daly (@EP_Daly) July 1, 2018 Issuing a red flag warning, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire reports that mandatory evacuations have been ordered in Lake County, Napa County, and Yolo County, where California's famed Napa wine valley sits, since the blaze started on June 30. As of Sunday evening on July 1, the flames had spread to an area of 32,500 acres. On Sunday morning, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management tweeted a warning for city residents, announcing the air quality in the city had changed to "moderate," and that older adults, children, or people with heart or lung disease "should consider reducing prolonged/heavy exertion." Everyone else, you're ok. Advisory: San Francisco Air Quality is Yellow due to fires in the Lake and Yolo counties. People with heart/lung disease, older adults, and children should consider reducing prolonged/heavy exertion. #sf pic.twitter.com/QrrmaIAhSD — San Francisco DEM (@SF_emergency) July 1, 2018 The Pawnee Fire, located northeast of Clearlake Oaks within Lake County, has burned over 14,500 acres, but 73 percent has been contained at the time of writing. But across the Lake, Napa and Yolo counties, a total of just 2 percent of the 32,500 acre County Fire has been contained. A high-resolution look at the #CountyFire smoke plume flowing SW atop the marine stratus layer. Taken by MODIS this afternoon #cawx pic.twitter.com/eBkt7M9LZ0 — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) July 1, 2018 According to Cal Fire, shifting winds have created numerous active portions of the fire that have the potential to increase the spread. Stay safe, folks. Wildfire season is upon us. Additional reporting by Mark Kaufman. WATCH: A tiny satellite could be the key to cleaning up our space trash
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| Trump: I'm told I shouldn't ask my SCOTUS nominee about Roe v. Wade Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:20 AM PDT  President Trump said he probably won't ask potential Supreme Court candidates about their opinions on abortion before nominating Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's replacement. In a program that aired Sunday morning, Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo asked Trump if he would ask his nominees beforehand how they might vote on Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision affirming that the constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion. Trump responded that he's been advised not to ask such specific questions and that he plans to appoint another conservative justice like Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to replace Antonin Scalia.
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| French gangster escapes from prison using a helicopter Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT  Witnesses say several heavily-armed men landed a hijacked helicopter in the courtyard to free 46-year-old Redoine Faid, who was serving 25 years for murder.
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| Sharks drag woman who ignored warnings not to feed them into water Posted: 02 Jul 2018 07:09 AM PDT  A woman on vacation in western Australia says she decided to hand-feed the sharks while boating when she was pulled into the water.
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| Meet the 4 candidates vying to become Mexico's president Posted: 30 Jun 2018 09:06 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four candidates are in the race to become Mexico's next president in Sunday's election. Here's a glance at the hopefuls:
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| Crews scramble to protect homes from fierce California wildfire Posted: 02 Jul 2018 03:53 PM PDT  More than 1,200 firefighters aided by water-dropping helicopters battled a wind-driven wildfire raging out of control in Northern California on Monday, threatening homes and other structures as thick black smoke drifted across the San Francisco Bay Area. The so-called County Fire, which broke out on Saturday afternoon in rural Yolo County, west of Sacramento, has already blackened more than 50 square miles of grass, brush and dense scrub oak and was only 3 percent contained as of Monday afternoon. Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire protection said the job of hand crews and bulldozer operators trying to cut containment lines was made more difficult by high winds, which were blowing embers and starting new spot fires.
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| 'We'll Fix This': Some Americans Celebrated Canada Day By Apologizing For Trump Posted: 02 Jul 2018 02:13 AM PDT  There are running jokes about how often Canadians tend to say "sorry." But on
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| Ocasio-Cortez: Socialism is 'part of what I am, not all of what I am' Posted: 30 Jun 2018 11:59 PM PDT  Democratic House nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Chuck Todd that her brand of politics emphasizes access to housing, healthcare and education, during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.
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| Thai navy divers widen cave passage in search for missing boys Posted: 02 Jul 2018 03:25 AM PDT  By Panu Wongcha-um CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescuers in Thailand scrabbled to clear a constricted passageway for divers deep inside a flooded cave complex on Monday as the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach entered a ninth day. The divers from a Thai navy SEAL unit were within 500 meters of a chamber containing an elevated rock mound, nicknamed "Pattaya Beach" by cavers, which could have provided the boys with a refuge when rains flooded the cave, blocking the way out. Progress has been slow as divers need to widen parts of a narrow 100 meter stretch that they were unable to pass through without their air cylinders becoming jammed.
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| North Korea Mulls Ways To 'Conceal' Nuclear Weapons From U.S.: Reports Posted: 01 Jul 2018 06:28 AM PDT  North Korea has no intention of giving up its entire nuclear stockpile and is
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| Philippine mayor on Duterte's 'narco-list' slain by 'sniper' Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:52 AM PDT  A Philippine mayor on President Rodrigo Duterte's list of allegedly narcotics-linked officials was shot dead Monday by a "sniper" in a broad daylight attack at a town ceremony, police said. Antonio Halili was hit in the chest by a single shot fired from a distance, unleashing chaotic scenes during the weekly flag raising ceremony at the town hall in Tanauan, south of Manila. Town police chief Renato Mercado told AFP the shot was fired from about 150 metres (490 feet) away.
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| Angela Merkel's Future in Doubt as German Interior Minister Offers to Resign Over Migrant Policy Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:35 PM PDT  The standoff could spell the end of Merkel's fourth government
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| Iran's president is in Switzerland, nuclear deal in mind Posted: 02 Jul 2018 10:41 AM PDT  ZURICH (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani began a two-day visit to Switzerland on Monday that was expected to focus on salvaging progress from the nuclear deal the United States left.
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| Hero dog suffers swollen snout after saving owner from rattlesnake bite Posted: 02 Jul 2018 08:46 AM PDT  When his owner almost stepped on a rattlesnake during an early morning hike near their home in Arizona, Todd, the golden retriever, knew exactly what to do. The six-month old puppy jumped in front of Paula Godwin. Instead of Ms Godwin's legs, the venomous fangs sank into his snout. The grateful owner posted the story of their snake encounter on Facebook, alongside photographs of Todd's swollen features. "As we were walking down the hill I literally almost stepped on a rattlesnake. But my hero of a puppy Todd saved me," she wrote. Paula Godwin's post quickly went viral "He jumped right in front of my leg where I surely would have got bit. This is what a hero looks like." Her saviour was yelping in pain after the bite, so she scooped the dog up in her arms and set off to a nearby animal hospital with her other dog copper. Todd was given a shot of anti-venom and allowed home to recover after 12 hours. "Please say a little prayer for my sweet hero," wrote Ms Godwin. Todd is making a good recovery, even if he remains a little sore Credit: Paula Godwin/Facebook The result was an outpouring of love as the story went viral, along with more tales from dog owners of how man's best friend had warded off snake attacks. "What a little hero! Hoping for a speedy recovery for Todd," wrote BriAnne Gleason. Ms Godwin followed up the story by launching a GoFundMe appeal to help other owners who face vet's bills for dogs bitten by rattlesnakes. Snakes | How common are snake attacks in Britain? She said she knew the dangers of snakes but had not spotted the speckled white rattlesnake that was almost invisible as it lay in wait on the road. "This snake did not give any indication he was there," she told the BBC. "Usually if I hear that rattle I am alert and I am backing away." This is Todd. He saved his human from a rattlesnake yesterday. A true h*ckin hero. He's expected to make a full recovery and has been rewarded our fifth ever 15/10 pic.twitter.com/TsS6isI0Ew— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) 1 July 2018 And she reassured well-wishers that Todd was on the mend, posting a picture of the pup enjoying a romp in a rattlesnake-free park. "Thank you for all the sweet kind words," she wrote. "My sweet Todd for sure is my hero and I feel I have to say that the man up stairs surely is watching out for me too."
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| African Union chief says 'time to act' on South Sudan Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT  African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat called Saturday for measures against the key players in the conflict in South Sudan, saying "we are used to them not respecting their commitments". "The situation in South Sudan is serious. The humanitarian and security situation is increasingly difficult.
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| Rhode Island sues major oil companies over climate change Posted: 02 Jul 2018 11:01 AM PDT  Rhode Island on Monday sued several major oil companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp and BP plc, accusing them of contributing to climate change that is damaging infrastructure and coastal communities in the state. The lawsuit announced by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin was the first by a state seeking to hold oil companies responsible for costs associated with climate change and followed similar cases by several local governments nationally. The lawsuit alleged that various oil companies had created a public nuisance in the state and failed to adequately warn customers, consumers and regulators about the risks posed by their products.
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| North Korea, South Korea reopen maritime communication channel Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:30 PM PDT  North and South Korea reopened a maritime communication channel on Sunday, with vessels from the two countries making radio contact for the first time in a decade, South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement. A North Korean patrol boat responded immediately when the South Korean Navy contacted it via an international radio channel at 9 a.m. Sunday in the western sea, normalizing the maritime communication channel for the first time in 10 years, according to the ministry.
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| Drinking Coffee May Help You Live Longer, Study Says Posted: 02 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Whether it's caffeinated, decaf, ground or instant
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| Israel reinforces troops, steps up humanitarian aid to Syria Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:58 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it would be reinforcing troops along the frontier with Syria and stepping up its humanitarian efforts in the area amid a fierce Syrian government offensive that has displaced thousands of people.
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| Birth of a planet captured for first time as gas giant bigger than Jupiter swirls into existence Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:43 AM PDT  Even by astronomical standards it is a discovery that is out of this world. Scientists have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planet, a huge gas giant many times the size of Jupiter, swirling into existence 370 light years from Earth. The theory of how gas planets form from a vortex of hydrogen and helium molecules captivated by their own gravity, is now widely accepted by scientists. But it has never been seen before, until now. Today scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg and the SPHERE instrument consortium at the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, released a spectacular image of the birth The planet, currently known as PDS 70b, is shown orbiting within a huge spinning 'protoplanetary disc' of gas and dust, which proves it is continuing to accumulate matter, and so is not yet fully formed. The newborn sits within a 5.4 million year old solar system, orbiting a star called PDS 70 at a distance of 1.8 billion miles. The planet stands out clearly in the image, visible as a bright point to the right of the blackened centre. The dark region at the centre of the image is due to a coronagraph, a mask which blocks the blinding light of the central star and allows astronomers to detect the faint light from the planet. "For our study, we selected PDS 70, a star that was already suspected of having a young planet circling around it," says Miriam Keppler, doctoral student at MPIA. "These discs around young stars are the birthplaces of planets, but so far only a handful of observations have detected hints of baby planets in them. Space exploration | Recent exciting discoveries "The problem is that until now, most of these planet candidates could just have been features in the disc." This glimpse of the dust-shrouded birth of a planet was only possible because of ESO's SPHERE instrument, which studies exoplanets and discs around nearby stars using a technique known as high-contrast imaging. Using the instrument, astronomers were able measure the brightness of the planet at different wavelengths, and find out its composition. It is located roughly three billion kilometres from the central star, roughly equivalent to the distance between Uranus and the Sun. The planet takes about 120 years to orbit its host star. Spectral analysis shows PDS 70 b is a giant gas planet, with a mass a few times that of Jupiter and a surface temperature of around 1,000C, making it much hotter than any planet in our own solar system. Signs of life in our Solar System Thomas Henning, director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and leader of the teams, summarises the scientific adventure: "After more than a decade of enormous efforts to build this high-tech machine, now SPHERE enables us to reap the harvest with the discovery of baby planets." To date, astronomers have discovered around 3,800 exoplanets outside of the solar system but have never seen one being born. "The results give us a new window onto the complex and poorly-understood early stages of planetary evolution," said Dr André Müller, leader of the second team to investigate the young planet. "We needed to observe a planet in a young star's disc to really understand the processes behind planet formation."
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| Longest lunar eclipse of the century rises near July's end Posted: 01 Jul 2018 12:49 PM PDT  On July 27, a total lunar eclipse will rise over the night sky. At 1 hour and 43 minutes, it will be the longest lunar eclipse in the 21st century. Much of Africa, the Middle East and central Asia will be able to see the eclipse. Unfortunately, North America will miss out.
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| Gay activist attacked in Ukraine ahead of pride march Posted: 01 Jul 2018 08:03 AM PDT  Unidentified assailants have attacked a gay activist in central Ukraine ahead of a gay pride parade he was helping prepare, LGBT rights activists said on Sunday. Borys Zolotchenko was severely beaten by a group of around 10 men in the centre of the industrial city Kryvyi Rig late Saturday, Gay Alliance Ukraine said. As a result of the attack, Zolotchenko was hospitalised, with Gay Alliance Ukraine releasing a picture of him with scratches on his face.
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| Five more beaten to death in India lynchings Posted: 01 Jul 2018 05:19 PM PDT  Indian police said Monday they have arrested 23 people after five men were bludgeoned to death by a crazed mob in yet another horrific lynching to rock the country. Indian media estimate more than 25 people have been killed in recent months in similar cases sparked by false rumours spread on smartphones of child kidnapping or allegations of thievery or sexual harassment. The latest gruesome incident saw eight men set upon in Dhule district, 330 kilometres (205 miles) from India's financial capital Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra on Sunday.
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| MAPS: A look at the 'County Fire' burning in Yolo County Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:22 PM PDT  The County Fire burning in Yolo County has consumed 44,500 acres as of Sunday afternoon. It's just 3 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
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| Guggenheim accused of siphoning annuity unit's cash for LA Dodgers Posted: 02 Jul 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Guggenheim Partners, overseen by billionaire Mark Walter, is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded annuity investors by saddling an insurance affiliate with risky assets, and siphoning cash for purposes including Walter's purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. It came as Guggenheim, which said it has more than $305 billion of assets under management, tries to quell client concerns after a year of bad press over its corporate culture. Guggenheim in April said it was cooperating with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe into an asset management unit.
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| Mexicans Go to the Polls With Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the Brink of Historic Victory Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:17 PM PDT  The campaign has been marred by violence, with more than 120 politicians killed, including some 40 candidates
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| Japan's 84-year-old emperor has dizziness, advised to rest Posted: 01 Jul 2018 09:25 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Japan's 84-year-old Emperor Akihito was advised to rest after feeling nauseous and dizzy early Monday and canceled or postponed his duties.
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| 'Vilified too long': teachers' unions fight back after supreme court ruling Posted: 01 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  A supreme court decision puts unions' funding at risk. Gunshots ring out from the nearby hunting range across the railroad tracks in Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania, but Jason Davis is not easily deterred. "You never know what's going to happen when you knock on someone's door," says Davis as we get out of his car to start walking the hills of this blue-collar, Trump-supporting community in the foothills of the mountains of south-western Pennsylvania.
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| Correction: Shootings-Newspaper-The Latest story Posted: 02 Jul 2018 12:41 PM PDT  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In a June 28 story about an attack at a newspaper in Annapolis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the suspect arrested in the shooting had mutilated his fingers in an apparent attempt to make it harder for police to identify him. That report was based on initial information given to law enforcement authorities, which has since been corrected. While the suspect was identified using facial recognition technology, his fingers were not mutilated.
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| Hermits, marigolds and prayer: cave rescue triggers Thailand's spiritual reflex Posted: 02 Jul 2018 01:28 AM PDT  A hermit in tiger-print robes, animal sacrifice by hill-tribes and rounds of Buddhist prayer: the physical efforts to reach a teenage football team trapped in a flooded Thai cave are being matched by a surge of Thai spirituality. The fate of the young boys has drawn gospel-singing Christians to the teeming rescue site, while Muslims across the Buddhist-majority country were asked to dedicate Friday prayers to the missing footballers.
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| Leaked Trump Draft Bill Would Ditch WTO Trade Rules Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:51 AM PDT  The Trump administration has drafted legislation that would allow the U.S. to
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| South Sudan, rebels trade attacks as truce due to start Posted: 01 Jul 2018 01:50 AM PDT  By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese government forces and rebels launched attacks on each other's positions on Saturday, both sides said, the day a ceasefire that formed part of new peace agreement was due to take effect. The South Sudanese army, supported by pro-government militia, attacked rebel positions in the northwestern village of Mboro near the border with Sudan, said Lam Paul Gabriel, a spokesman for the SPLA-IO rebels. "The rebels wanted to gain more territory before a permanent ceasefire," comes into effect, Lul Ruai Koang said in a statement to Reuters on Saturday.
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| Is TooFaced about to launch a skincare line? Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:46 AM PDT  TooFaced could be set to double down on its debut into skincare by expanding its range. The makeup brand's co-founder and CEO, Jerrod Blandino, has hinted in an interview with HelloGiggles that a full skincare line could be on the way, following the label's debut in December, when it launched its cult "Glow Job" face mask. "I'm actually tip-toeing in skin care based on our Hangover line," Blandino told the publication.
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