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Trump and Kim Are Meeting One-on-One at This Historic Hanoi Hotel

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The $300 a night Metropole is redolent with colonial history from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EAJhid via IFTTT

The Latest: Pittenger doesn't plan to run again for old seat

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a new election being held for a North Carolina congressional seat after the state elections board reviewed evidence of ballot fraud (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tJ6Krw via IFTTT

Wells Fargo Sees ‘Possible’ Legal Losses Rising by $500 Million

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The higher estimate for “reasonably possible” legal losses -- essentially a worst-case scenario -- shows risks grew as the bank and authorities examined abuses in recent months and discussed potential penalties. The change stems from “a variety of matters,” including probes of its sales to retail customers, Wells Fargo wrote Wednesday in an annual regulatory report. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SwIna9 via IFTTT

Miami-Dade cop caught on tape slapping suspect

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Two Miami-Dade Police officers are facing charges after surveillance video appeared to show one sergeant slapping a teenager who was handcuffed and another trying to destroy evidence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GSKALU via IFTTT

Nuclear Nightmare: India and Pakistan are on the Brink

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Whatever happens next rests in the fates of political decisionmakers in India. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H77EFT via IFTTT

Justice Department loses appeal to block AT&T-Time Warner merger, won't appeal again

The Justice Department, which lost its latest attempt to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, will not appeal the U.S. District Court of Appeals ruling. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ViCz62 via IFTTT

La Tragicommedia è Finita

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Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a play in which two men sit around and wait for someone who never shows up, has been claimed by just about everyone: Freudians, Christians, existentialists.Who’s right? I haven’t a clue.But I have lived, all of us have lived, through a similar tragicomedy (a word Beckett added to the subtitle for the English version of his play). We’ve been waiting for Mueller. And waiting.For some, the waiting is the hardest part. But by historic standards, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been working at a blistering pace. Kenneth Starr’s investigation into the Whitewater scandal wasn’t fully closed down until 2001. It started in 1994. The average running time for special investigations is 904 days. Tuesday marked the 650th day since Mueller was appointed.Most independent counsels take a year to file their first criminal charges, if they file any at all. Mueller hit that milestone a little more than five months in, and he has racked up more than 30 other indictme...

Train swapping: North Korea's Kim reliant on Chinese for summit transport

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It was the second time Kim had arrived for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in transport provided by the Chinese, underscoring just how much the young leader's sudden flurry of international engagements has depended on his larger, more powerful neighbor. When Kim arrived in Singapore last year for his first, historic summit with Trump, it was in an Air China jumbo jet bearing the Chinese flag. With the exception of two summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the border between the two Koreas, every one of Kim's unprecedented summits with China's President Xi Jinping and now the second summit with Trump have depended on trains provided by the Chinese. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XnbkZW via IFTTT

At least 4,500 abuse complaints at migrant children shelters

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including scores directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GOuzGQ via IFTTT

Hollywood Madam: Want to stop human trafficking? Legalize consensual sex for money.

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Why would a wealthy and powerful man like Robert Kraft allegedly pay for sex from women at a Florida strip-mall massage parlor? Don't overthink it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VrmA5T via IFTTT

An All-Electric Un-SUV from Volvo? Sort of—Meet the Polestar 2

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Volvo's experimental arm builds a Tesla fighter loaded with tech. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Es8lqH via IFTTT

Boeing unveils unmanned combat jet developed in Australia

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Boeing Co on Wednesday unveiled an unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia and designed to fly alongside crewed aircraft in combat for a fraction of the cost. The U.S. manufacturer hopes to sell the multi-role aircraft, which is 38 feet long (11.6 meters) and has a 2,000 nautical mile (3,704 kilometer) range, to customers around the world, modifying it as requested. The prototype is Australia's first domestically developed combat aircraft since World War II and Boeing's biggest investment in unmanned systems outside the United States, although the company declined to specify the dollar amount. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2U5AUk6 via IFTTT

Nigeria's opposition to launch legal challenge after Buhari wins second term

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Nigeria’s opposition leader is to mount a legal challenge after President Muhammadu Buhari secured a second term in an election marked both by apathy and violence that claimed hundreds of lives. The electoral commission officially declared Mr Buhari the victor of Saturday’s poll, saying he had won 56 percent of the vote, against 41 percent secured by his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar. But Mr Abubakar insisted he had been cheated of the chance to lead Africa’s most populous state after a conspiracy between the commission and the president’s ruling party. “It is clear that there were manifest and premeditated malpractices in many states which negate the results announced,” Mr Abubakar, a former vice president, said as he announced that he would file a legal petition to overturn the vote. Mr Buhari, a former military dictator who returned to office as a civilian in 2015, insisted that the election was “free and fair”, claiming the vote was “another milestone in Nigeria’s democratic deve...

Detailed Photos of the 2019 McLaren 720S Spider

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Elon Musk tweets SEC is 'broken' after it says his tweets violate their deal

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War breaks out again between the two as he has to explain himself to a judge. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GPhflG via IFTTT

Key Asia-Europe Air Route Closed as India-Pakistan Tensions Rise

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A Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight to London was diverted to Dubai Wednesday to refuel before heading to its final destination, the carrier said in an email. Qantas Airways Ltd. had to change the flight path for its London-Singapore service, which is scheduled to arrive at the Asian city-state later Thursday, adding an extra 20 minutes to the journey. Thai Airways International Pcl scrapped all 10 flights from Europe to Bangkok as well as those to Pakistan that were due to depart late Wednesday and early Thursday, it said on its website. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NARvKk via IFTTT

Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy's credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EfRqHD via IFTTT

Woman brutally mauled to death by her own 2 dogs while playing in front yard

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A South Carolina woman died on Thursday night after her two dogs turned on herwhile she was playing with them in the front yard of her Greenville home from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TaT7Qf via IFTTT

Steven Avery attorney: 'We won!'; court to hear new evidence in 'Making a Murderer' case

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Kathleen Zellner, attorney for "Making A Murderer" subject Steven Avery, tweeted "We won!" after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Nwk6jM via IFTTT

U.S. disrupted Russian trolls on day of November election: report

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The U.S. military disrupted the internet access of a Russian troll farm accused of trying to influence American voters on Nov. 6, 2018, the day of the congressional elections, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The U.S. Cyber Command strike targeted the Internet Research Agency in the Russian port city of St. Petersburg, the Post reported, citing unidentified U.S. officials. The group is a Kremlin-backed outfit whose employees had posed as Americans and spread disinformation online in an attempt to also influence the 2016 election, according to U.S. officials. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2VmLCTu via IFTTT

Trump-Kim summit: North Korea leader arrives in Vietnam to red carpet reception ahead of talks

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Kim Jong-un has rolled into Hanoi in an armoured limousine ahead of talks with Donald Trump in the Vietnamese capital. The North Korean leader had earlier received a red-carpet reception amid tight security following a 65-hour, 2,500-mile journey from Pyongyang in a bulletproof train. After disembarking at Dong Dang rail station, close to Vietnam’s border with China, he walked past a guard of honour before climbing into his personal Mercedes limousine on Tuesday morning. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NvwFvy via IFTTT

Peugeot Is Officially Leading the Return of French Cars to the U.S.

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PSA will reportedly return to selling Peugeots here by 2026, for the first time since it exited the North American market in the early 1990s. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SYYRNz via IFTTT

Tokyo court says lawyers again seeking Ghosn release on bail

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A Japanese court says lawyers for Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman detained for more than three months in Tokyo, have requested his release on bail. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2GPOEfM via IFTTT

Israel awaits decision on Netanyahu corruption indictment

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Israel is awaiting the attorney general's decision on whether to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2UglBp2 via IFTTT

What US liaison office in North Korea could mean

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President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday both said they support the opening of a U.S. liaison office in Pyongyang. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2BV96YS via IFTTT

US envoy says US-Taliban talks in Qatar to resume Saturday

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The U.S. envoy leading the talks with the Taliban says the negotiations have been put on hold until this weekend. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2Ugls4Y via IFTTT

Russian choir draws criticism over performance describing nuclear attack on U.S.

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The Russian Orthodox Church expressed regret over a choir performance that featured a satirical Soviet-era song depicting a nuclear attack on the United States in the midst of heightened tension between Washington and Moscow. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2XvBZ79 via IFTTT

The Latest: Schools close in Pakistan-held Kashmir

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The Latest on escalating India-Pakistan tensions (all times local): 11:15 a.m. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2SwCGJi via IFTTT

Pakistan, India trade fire in Kashmir; villagers flee homes

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Pakistani police say troops deployed in the disputed region of Kashmir continued trading fire with India overnight, forcing villagers living near the contested frontier to move to safer places even as the two nuclear-armed nations appear to be stepping back from the brink. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2T4eTpf via IFTTT

In a summit first, Kim Jong Un takes US media questions

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So here's a bit of history made at President Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un: for what is almost certainly the first time, the North Korean leader actually answered an impromptu question from an American reporter. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2Xt7Xkg via IFTTT

South Korean president to announce new engagement plans

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement following the high-stakes nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Moon's announcement is planned for a ceremony on Friday marking the 100th anniversary of a 1919 uprising by Koreans against Japan's colonial rule and will likely include plans for economic cooperation between the rival Koreas. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2EhsFuF via IFTTT

Pakistan may have violated Geneva Conventions after posting video of captured pilot

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Pakistan’s release of a video showing a captured Indian pilot may have violated norms of the Geneva Conventions intended to protect prisoners from “insults and public curiosity,” according to experts. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2BSG8IU via IFTTT

Deaths from Indonesia mine collapse rise to 6, dozens buried

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Rescue workers are using makeshift stretchers to haul survivors of an Indonesian gold mine collapse through steep terrain to safety as the death toll rose to six and dozens remain trapped in the debris. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2UcVZZR via IFTTT

Chinese rights lawyer disappears on prison release date

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The wife of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer says he has disappeared on the day of his scheduled release from prison. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2tHkl2g via IFTTT

Hanoi Postcard: Vietnam tames media invasion but sees upside

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Journalists covering the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may want freedom to work and food to fuel them through the long days, and they won't hesitate to say so. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2H3ATcG via IFTTT

The Latest: Trump, Kim hold 1st formal bilateral meeting

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The Latest on the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local): 10 a.m. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2Vpiife via IFTTT

Dennis Rodman: Trump nears 'big, beautiful deal' with Kim, and Nobel Peace Prize could be next

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Dennis Rodman apparently see big things on the horizon for President Trump as far as North Korea is concerned. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2BXVhso via IFTTT

Trump, Kim begin talks with one-on-one meeting

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President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are beginning the second day of their high-stakes nuclear summit with a one-on-one discussion. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2tFaCcT via IFTTT

North Korea media tries slicker, quicker summit coverage

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North Koreans have been getting a quicker, more polished look at their leader as he meets with President Donald Trump in Vietnam in their second summit. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2GPRwt0 via IFTTT

UN welcomes Africa's goal of 'silencing the guns' by 2020

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The U.N. Security Council is welcoming Africa's goal of "silencing the guns" on the continent by 2020 and calling for international support to achieve peace in every country. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2HbkUt4 via IFTTT

Guatemala court: Candidate remains immune from prosecution

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Guatemala's supreme court has decided presidential candidate Sandra Torres Casanova will keep her legal immunity in spite of prosecutors' allegations of possible illegal campaign finance violations in 2015. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2TnqxuT via IFTTT

Trump, at North Korea summit, distracted by Cohen

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The moment was meant to be a grand diplomatic triumph, a headline-dominating spectacle that could lead to the disarmament of a dangerous nation while delivering a vital political victory. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2T2mfdd via IFTTT

Venezuela crisis: How much aid is getting in?

A large shipment of US humanitarian aid has been refused entry into Venezuela. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SyYtjC

Can Georgian wine win over global drinkers?

As Georgia aims to boost wine exports, can its unique but sometimes challenging bottles find more fans? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2BUcgMe

River flood swamps 2,000 buildings in Northern California

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A rain-swollen river in Northern California flooded about 2,000 homes and businesses on Wednesday along a valley famous for its wineries and left residents of one town stranded by high waters, officials said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2NyllPF via IFTTT

After public grilling, ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to testify on Russia in private

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President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen will talk behind closed doors on Thursday to a congressional panel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping an explosive week of testimony in which he leveled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2VjpFVw via IFTTT

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