| Zimbabwe's Mugabe backs opposition on eve of election Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:08 PM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Former president Robert Mugabe said he would vote for Zimbabwe's opposition in Monday's election, turning on one-time allies in the government ahead of the first vote since they ousted him in a de facto coup. The election will see 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state. "The choice is clear, you either vote for Mugabe under the guise of Chamisa or you vote for a new Zimbabwe under my leadership and ZANU-PF," Mnangagwa said in a video on his official Facebook page.
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| US government approves aid as California battles raging wildfires Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:31 PM PDT  The US federal government approved aid Saturday for California as thousands of firefighters battled to contain a series of deadly raging wildfires that have killed six people, including two young children and their great grandmother, and destroyed hundreds of buildings. The largest of the fires menacing the state has nearly doubled in size, while another pushed thousands of people to flee and a third forced the partial closure of the popular Yosemite National Park. Melody Bledsoe, 70, and her two great-grandchildren James and Emily Roberts -- aged just five and four respectively -- died as the fire consumed their rural trailer home.
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| Thousands bury 11-year-old, 2 others killed by Israeli fire Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:18 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands attended funerals Saturday of three Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in a border protest a day earlier, including an 11-year-old, a 17-year-old and a man on crutches.
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| Polar Bear Killed After Attacking Cruise Ship Worker In Arctic Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:40 AM PDT  A polar bear was killed on Saturday after it attacked a bear guard leading
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| Photos: The longest lunar eclipse of the century captured around the world Posted: 28 Jul 2018 10:27 AM PDT  Skywatchers from around the globe observed the longest total lunar eclipse of the century as the moon turned blood red on Friday night.
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| Lawmakers trying to stop the production of 3-D-printed guns. But it might be too late Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:58 AM PDT  US gun safety campaigners have expressed their anger over Congress' failure to regulate the manufacture of 3-D printed guns. Following a multi-year legal battle, the federal government last month entered into a settlement with Defense Distributed founder, Cody Wilson. Mr Wilson rose to fame after manufacturing the the first fully 3-D printed pistol in 2013, when he was just 25.
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| 3 Killed, 7 Injured in New Orleans Strip Mall Shooting, Police Say Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:27 AM PDT  No suspects have been taken into custody
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| Rudy Giuliani's puzzling unfinished tweet brings out the best in Snark Twitter Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:56 AM PDT  It's no "covfefe," but really, can anything ever beat that? Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump's perhaps overly talkative lawyer, sent out a tweet on Sunday morning that quickly went viral. SEE ALSO: The internet mocks Alex Jones' conspiracy theory with #SecondCivilWarLetters It was clearly a mistake, and may now be serving as a helpful distraction for the beleaguered Giuliani. But it's prompted some first-class responses. First, here's the tweet. You — Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) July 29, 2018 It's the kind of accidental posting any of us could share, and get roasted for. Twitter did exactly that. Since signing on to represent Trump, Giuliani has gone on TV again and again to reinforce the president's lies. This past week he's been getting hammered in the news for saying that former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen "has lied all his life," a sharp reversal from Giuliani's earlier claims dating all the way back to May that Cohen is "honest" and "going to tell the truth." That could be why "You" hasn't been deleted, especially after an unfinished Saturday night tweet from Giuliani also caught fire on social media. Tons of folks took "You" as a musical cue ...Make Me Feel Brand Newhttps://t.co/BEyl9x5f04 https://t.co/tcxIKzPk9S — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 29, 2018 .... you got what I neee-eeeed! �� cc: @BizMarkie https://t.co/QRflAaqhHb — Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) July 29, 2018 make me feel like a natural woman https://t.co/LCIs2PE43P — Alan McGuinness (@Alan_McGuinness) July 29, 2018 And IIIIIIIIIIIII-EEEEEE-IIIIIIII, will always love https://t.co/5dp9GRl8A6 — Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) July 29, 2018 *steel drums play*""Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!Soulja Boy up in this hoWatch me crank it, watch me rollWatch me crank that Soulja BoyThen Superman that hoNow watch me... https://t.co/irvaFkeiMz — ���������� (@papagronda) July 29, 2018 Others used it to rib Giuliani ....are not a very good lawyer https://t.co/dhZmb5sGR5 — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 29, 2018 In which Rudy makes a public statement without making things worsehttps://t.co/GN41iXYyby — WouldOrWouldn'tHat (@Popehat) July 29, 2018 "You" As in "you" over there have you seen any of my dignity? I can't find it since I started defending Trump https://t.co/Aq83t3x3Xt — (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 29, 2018 Even this is a lie. https://t.co/h971F15A1C — Twitic (@badshowbiz) July 29, 2018 And of course, some folks just took the opportunity to dunk on Trump ... know he's guilty. https://t.co/FuvBiQB5V4 — Smith (@WriteSmitty) July 29, 2018 Ah yes, the covfefe defense. https://t.co/gvOgoEolre — Resign in Disgrace! (@UsAgainstTrump) July 29, 2018 Trump: whose going to be indicted next? https://t.co/l7rWzKOAPo — David Hogg (@davidhogg111) July 29, 2018 But the best of the tweeting just got real weird about "You" Tfw the abyss stares back https://t.co/35mQjagS2O — Liz Charboneau (@lizchar) July 29, 2018 ...want fries with that? https://t.co/KIwR89uQKN — Grove Street (@Grove_Street2x) July 29, 2018 I learned it by watching https://t.co/hFBhYiTJnO — �� ANGRY NEW YEAR �� (@SweetieBirdR) July 29, 2018 never told my parents that I broke the microwave door https://t.co/h2UbQK9bR7 — ��������Ř ��υ��ñ��Ｎєş (@pjquinones) July 29, 2018 WATCH: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's an inflatable Trump baby flying around London
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| Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:49 PM PDT ![Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children]( "Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children") By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A judge on Friday urged the U.S. government to focus on finding deported immigrant parents so it could reunite them with their children who remain in the United States following separation by officials at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months. The government had declared it had met a court-ordered deadline to reunite families separated during the Trump administration's "zero tolerance policy" aimed at discouraging illegal immigration. U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw said at a court hearing in San Diego the government deserved credit for the 1,820 children released from custody to a parent or sponsor.
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| 'Erratic' winds, dry conditions fuel deadly California fires Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:07 PM PDT  Around 12,000 firefighters battled Sunday to contain wildfires in California that have killed six people -- but authorities warned "erratic" winds and dry conditions have caused the flames to grow and spread. "Very hot and dry conditions will continue over the West coast states through Sunday," the National Weather Service said early Sunday.
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| Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:40 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Revelations that a prominent U.S. cardinal sexually abused and harassed his adult seminarians have exposed an egregious abuse of power that has shocked Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic. But the Vatican has long been aware of its heterosexual equivalent — the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops — and done little to stop it, an Associated Press analysis has found.
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| Turkey planning summit with France, Germany, Russia: Erdogan Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:04 AM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is seeking to hold a summit in Istanbul with France, Germany and Russia on September 7 to discuss regional issues including the Syrian conflict, in comments published on Sunday. "We will discuss what we can do in the region together," Erdogan said, quoted by Hurriyet daily.
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| Former Milosevic defense lawyer killed in Belgrade Posted: 28 Jul 2018 01:52 PM PDT  A prominent Belgrade lawyer who in the past helped to defend late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was shot dead, gangland-style, in front of his home on Saturday, police said. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 57, was gunned down in front of his apartment building in the Novi Beograd neighborhood and his 26-year-old son was wounded in the right arm, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. As a prominent criminal lawyer, Ognjanovic served in the early 2000s on a legal team that helped to defend Milosevic at his war crimes trial before the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
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| US midterms set to be most expensive ever as advertising sales pass $1bn mark Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:21 PM PDT  The 2018 US elections are expected to be the most expensive midterms in history as advertising passes the $1bn (£760m) mark just 100 days before the election. Campaigns, political parties, and outside groups have purchased television advertising months before the November ballot casting which is hotly contested in several districts and states as Republicans hold a slim majority. The 2014 midterm elections hold the existing title as the most expensive, when candidates spent a collective $3.8bn in an effort to gain votes.
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| How Green Are Electric Lawn Mowers? Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  The performance of electric mowers has improved dramatically over the course of the decade that Consumer Reports has been testing them. And this year is no different. From the $500 Ego LM2101 pus...
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| Donald Trump threatens government shutdown if he doesn't get wall funding Posted: 29 Jul 2018 08:35 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to shut down the government if Democrats refuse to back Republican demands to fund a border wall with Mexico. Mr Trump has endured a series of setbacks in his efforts to tighten the US immigration system and deliver on his election pledge to build a wall along the southern border. His morning tweet represents a huge gamble. By tying the issue to funding the whole of government, which must be agreed by September 30, he risks a political showdown just ahead of November's crucial midterm elections. "I would be willing to 'shut down' government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall!" he wrote. "Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! "We need great people coming into our Country!" His comments stand in contrast to his own leaders in the House and Senate who both previously signalled the issue would have to wait until after the midterms. He made the same promise to close the government last year if his wall was blocked only to subsequently back down. Funding for the border wall so far falls far short of the $21 billion the Department of Homeland Security says it would cost, although Democratic estimates put the price as high as $70 billion. Mr Trump has also repeatedly demanded an end to the visa lottery programme, which allocates 50,000 green cards to applicants at random, and to move away from a system that prioritises visas for people with relatives in the US. But last month a Republican immigration bill failed to make it through Congress. At a glance | Donald Trump's border wall And Democratic opposition has hardened since earlier this year when party leaders suggested they would be willing to vote for $25 billion of wall funding in return for offering citizenship for young, undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. Meanwhile, Republicans this month unveiled a spending bill that would provide $5 billion next year to build Mr Trump's wall. It faces considerable hurdles in the Senate, where Mr Trump's party has a wafer thin majority and would need the support of 10 Democrats to pass the bill. Analysts suggested Mr Trump's brinkmanship might be designed to mobilise his base ahead of the November vote, while Democrats said shutting down government would only help their chances of picking up seats. I would be willing to "shut down" government if the Democrats do not give us the votes for Border Security, which includes the Wall! Must get rid of Lottery, Catch & Release etc. and finally go to system of Immigration based on MERIT! We need great people coming into our Country!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2018 Republicans sounded as if they had been blindsided by the threat. Ron Johnson, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security committee, said it would not be helpful for party hopes in the midterms. "So let's try to avoid it," he told CBS's Face the Nation. Steve Stivers, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said he didn't believe the shutdown would happen. "I think we're going to make sure we keep the government open, but we're going to get better policies on immigration," he said on ABC's This Week.
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| EU trying to 'swindle' UK in Brexit talks: report Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:28 AM PDT  Italy's far right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has accused the European Union of attempting to "swindle" the United Kingdom out of the Brexit people voted for in the landmark 2016 referendum, The Sunday Times reported. "My experience in the European parliament tells me you either impose yourself or they swindle you", Salvini told the weekly as he urged prime minister Theresa May to take a harder stance in negotiations to sever ties with the trading bloc. May and her ministers are scrambling to forge agreements with each of the EU's 27 member states after a week which saw her already fragile "Chequers plan" for Brexit knocked back by Brussels chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
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| Pakistan's Sharif falls sick in jail, moving to hospital Posted: 29 Jul 2018 04:04 AM PDT  Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, jailed earlier this month over graft charges, has fallen sick inside prison and is being moved to hospital, a minister said Sunday. Caretaker home minister for Punjab province Shaukat Javed said on state-run Pakistan Television that doctors had advised his transfer to hospital after an electrocardiogram had shown "variations". "How many days he stays in hospital depends on doctors," Javed said, adding that the former PM was being transferred to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad.
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| Massive Northern California fire gets even bigger Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:07 AM PDT  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling a huge wildfire in Northern California kept it from doing more damage to the city of Redding but three smaller communities were in danger as flames closed in and residents packed up to leave.
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| Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:51 PM PDT ![Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official]( "Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official") (Reuters) - Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said. Police in Robstown, Texas, outside Corpus Christi, responded to reports of an active shooter at a nursing home about 7 p.m. local time (midnight GMT), where they found two men and a woman dead, said Herman Rodriguez, city secretary, in a video interview with the Caller Times of Corpus Christi.
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| No, Bachelor Parties Are Not Why Millennials Can't Afford Houses Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:48 PM PDT  "Study: Bachelor, bachelorette parties are why millennials can't afford
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| Two Rare Bugatti Veyrons Come Up For Sale Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:04 AM PDT  Extra-special versions of an already incredible car.
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| New dolphin-whale hybrid sea creature is the spawn of an unholy union Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  While surveying whales and dolphins off the Hawaiian Islands, scientists spotted a creature they've never seen before: a peculiar hybrid between a dolphin and a small whale. In 2017, before future naval officers trained on submarines in the waters around Kauai — a place called the Pacific Missile Range Facility — the U.S. Navy hired marine researchers from the Cascadia Research Collective to study the native animals in these seas. After encountering a large pod of melon-headed whales, the researchers tagged two of them, to see where they might go. It was then that the researchers noticed something curious about one of the creatures. It wasn't quite a melon-headed whale. Nor was it exactly a rough-toothed dolphin, which are common to the area. They collected some tissue from the animal, and after returning to shore and performing genetic testing, discovered it wasn't either species, but both. SEE ALSO: Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here's why. Melon-headed whales swimming in tropical waters (not hybrids).Image: NoaaThe hybrid was especially rare because of its melon-headed genes: The toothed-whales are rarely seen in these Hawaiian waters, the researchers wrote. Both species belong to the Delphinidae (oceanic dolphin) family, but the report notes that cross-species unions between them are unusual: It's only the third recorded example in the Delphinidae family, and the first between these two species. The hybrid, however strange, certainly wasn't treated as an outcast. The marine scientists tagged the hybrid with satellite tracking GPS, along with a companion, to see where they might go. And it appears they stayed together, travelling some 475 miles over eight days, and diving thousands of feet beneath the surface. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?
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| Mike Pence Defends White House Banning CNN Reporter From Press Event Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence stood by the White House's decision to ban a CNN
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| Iran's rial hits record-low 100,000 to the dollar Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:48 AM PDT  Iran's currency hit a record low on Sunday of 100,000 rials to the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions. The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.
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| Sanctuary City Philadelphia to Limit Cooperation with ICE Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:03 AM PDT  Federal officials said the decision puts U.S. citizens in danger
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| Indonesia earthquake: At least 10 dead as tourist island of Lombok shaken by 6.4-magnitude tremor Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:10 PM PDT  A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the popular Indonesian tourist destination Lombok on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The strong tremor, which sent people running in panic from homes and hotels in the early morning, was followed by two strong secondary quakes and more than 60 aftershocks. "The earthquake killed at least 10 people, some 40 people are injured and dozens of houses were damaged," said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. "We estimate the number will keep rising because we are not done collecting data," Nugroho said. A 30-year old Malaysian woman was among the victims, he said, adding those hurt were hit by debris. An Indonesian person scrambles over the collapsed ruins of a house as others look on following an earthquake in Lombok Credit: AFP The jolt was felt some 100 km (60 miles) away in the bustling holiday island of Bali, although there were no immediate reports of damage there. As authorities scrambled to assess the damage to buildings and infrastructure, popular trekking trails on the remote Mount Rinjani were closed because of landslides, according to the disaster agency. "The earthquake was very strong... and everybody in my house panicked, we all ran outside," said Zulkifli, a resident of North Lombok, close to the epicentre. "All my neighbours also ran outside and the electricity was suddenly cut off," Zulkifli, who goes by one name, told AFP. The epicentre of the shallow earthquake struck 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Lombok's main city Mataram, the United States Geological Survey said, far from the main tourist spots on the south and west of the island. It said two of the aftershocks measured more than 5-magnitude. "People in East Lombok and Mataram felt the strong quake for 10 seconds, residents were panicking and running outside of their homes," Nugroho said earlier, adding people had run for open spaces like football fields. No tsunami alert was issued, according to Indonesia's geophysics and meteorology agency. At the holiday island's hotels, tourists raced outside as the quake struck soon after dawn. At the Katamaran Hotel & Resort in Senggigi beach, some 30 guests gathered in the hotel lobby for around half an hour before venturing back to their rooms. Wake up in the morning with the shaking bed ! Got called from farm and so many facility broke down..#agendafreetv#lombok#earthquakepic.twitter.com/GbANUMLpxW— Reyn (@suharja_reynard) July 28, 2018 "They calmed down and returned to their room once we explained the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami, everything is back to normal now," receptionist Ni Nyoman Suwarningsih told AFP. Indonesia, an archipelago of thousands of islands, sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismic activity hotspot. It is frequently hit by quakes, most of them harmless. However, the region remains acutely alert to tremors that might trigger tsunamis. In 2004, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, in western Indonesia, killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia.
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| India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia Posted: 28 Jul 2018 10:35 AM PDT ![India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia]( "India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia") India on Saturday said it hoped the new government of Pakistan would "work constructively" to end militancy in South Asia, in its first comments following this week's general election in Pakistan. Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, who won the disputed election, has called for better ties with India. "We hope that the new government of Pakistan will work constructively to build a safe, stable, secure and developed South Asia free of terror and violence," India's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.
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| CBS titan Moonves accused of sexual misconduct Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:08 PM PDT  A bombshell article published in The New Yorker on Friday accused CBS chairman and chief executive, Leslie Moonves, of sexual misconduct stretching back decades and painted a broader picture of similar behavior within the most watched US television network. The article makes Moonves, a distinguished executive who transformed CBS into a ratings winner, one of the most powerful American men implicated in the #MeToo era that ignited last year after the career implosion of Harvey Weinstein. Six women who had professional dealings with Moonves told the magazine that he sexually harassed them between the 1980s and late 2000s.
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| Best Dishwashers for $1,000 and Up Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  You don't have to spend $1,000 to get a really good dishwasher. But if you want a top-performer that's very quiet and stylish, you'll find the most number of options above this threshold. Dishwas...
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| Return of possible remains marks 1st step in Korea diplomacy Posted: 27 Jul 2018 06:49 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday for "fulfilling a promise" to return the remains of U.S. soldiers missing from the Korean War, as a U.S. military plane made a rare trip into North Korea to retrieve 55 cases said to contain remains.
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| What To Watch On Amazon Prime That’s New This Week Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:03 AM PDT  Streamline recommends "The Americans" as the thing you should watch on Amazon
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| The Tesla Model 3 Makes Me Wonder About the Future Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT  Tesla's small sport sedan isn't perfect, but it's undeniably a milestone.
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| Israel to build new settler homes after deadly knife attack Posted: 27 Jul 2018 07:55 PM PDT  Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, one fatally, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday. The announcement came as two Palestinians including a child were shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said, the latest deaths in the long-running conflict.
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| The Latest: California wildfire burns 500-plus structures Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:17 AM PDT  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California's devastating wildfires (all times local):
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| Cambodia's ruling party claims victory in much-criticized election Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:58 AM PDT  By Prak Chan Thul and Tom Allard PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said on Sunday that it had won a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor fair due to voter intimidation and the absence of any significant challenger to Prime Minister Hun Sen. With no real opposition to speak of, Hun Sen was widely expected to win. CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said the party won an estimated 100 out of 125 parliamentary seats.
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| New Ford Fiesta ST Drag Races The Old One Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  Three-cylinder 1.5-liter versus four-pot 1.6-liter – who you got on this one?
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| Google Celebrates Civil Rights Activist María Rebecca Latigo de Hernández With a Doodle Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:55 AM PDT  The Mexican American leader spoke against segregation
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| Honda vs. Toro: Who Makes the Best Push Mower? Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  Cub Cadet relinquished its long-held grip on the top slot in Consumer Reports' ratings for gas push mowers this year, yielding ground to both Honda and Toro. Models from these two well-establishe...
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| U.S.-Russia Summitry Is at Center Stage Again Posted: 29 Jul 2018 09:37 AM PDT  If the Kremlin wants a less hostile United States, then its leaders may do well to spend considerably more time assessing the predictable consequences of Russia's actions.
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| Congress For $400: This House Minority Leader Played Guest Host On 'Jeopardy' Posted: 27 Jul 2018 09:45 PM PDT  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will never be a threat to Alex
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| Burger chain apologises for using image of photojournalist beheaded by Isis in latest advert Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:53 AM PDT  Z-Burger had put an image of slain reporter James Foley, who was captured by Isis in 2012 while covering the conflict in Syria. Chain owner Peter Tabibian took the tweet down and said in a statement: "An apology has been sent to some of you from a contracted marketing company over an unfortunate incident, a post in very poor taste that was not approved by me before being uploaded to our Twitter account". On 21 July the company's Twitter account posted an advertisement with an image of Mr Foley wearing an orange jumpsuit and kneeling facing the camera with a member of Isis wearing a full mask over their face.
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| Life returns to Egypt's Sinai city despite anti-jihadist war Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:29 AM PDT  El-Arish (Egypt) (AFP) - With fruit and vegetables aplenty in the markets, public transport back on the roads and universities reopened, life is returning to El-Arish in North Sinai state where Egypt's army is at war with jihadists. During an army-organised visit for foreign media, the city's streets showed telltale signs of fighting in the "Sinai 2018" operation launched by the military on February 9. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered the operation, launched almost three months after more than 300 people died in a devastating attack on a Sinai mosque some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from El-Arish.
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| California fire 'tornado' kills two firefighters, thousands flee Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:35 PM PDT  By Alexandria Sage REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying 500 structures and threatening thousands of other dwellings and businesses, officials said. Flames raging in California's scenic Shasta-Trinity area erupted into a firestorm that jumped across the Sacramento River and swept into the western side of Redding, home to about 90,000 people, forcing residents to flee. Firefighters and police "went into life-safety mode," hustling door to door to usher civilians out of harm's way, said Scott McLean, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire).
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