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Monday 31 December 2018
Afghan Taliban arrived in Tehran, started negotiations: foreign ministry
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Akiem Hicks: We are approaching excellence on defense - Chicago Bears
- Akiem Hicks: We are approaching excellence on defense Chicago Bears
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- Bears vs. Vikings Week 17 Highlights | NFL 2018 NFL
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Cyber-attack hits US newspaper deliveries: report
A malware attack that appears to have originated outside the US delayed the hardcopy distribution of several major newspapers, according to a report. The LA Times said Saturday that the attack, which was first assumed to have been a server outage, hit a computer network at Tribune Publishing which is connected to the production and printing process of multiple newspapers around the country. As a result, the delivery of the Saturday editions of the LA Times and San Diego Union Tribune were delayed.
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No. 1 story of 2018 isn't anything Donald Trump has done. It's the death of John McCain.
Iraq hints at bigger role in Syria after U.S. withdrawal
Iraq's prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and hinted at a bigger Iraqi role fighting Islamic State militants as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria. "This issue has a lot of complications," Adel Abdul Mahdi told reporters, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement this month that he will withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq's neighbor. "If any negative development takes place in Syria it will affect us.
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Six Iranians cross English Channel in inflatable boat from France - Al Jazeera English
Number of migrants making the risky crossing from France to UK in small boats since October continues to rise.
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Galaxy S9 series reportedly experiences battery drain on Pie - Notebookcheck.net
- Galaxy S9 series reportedly experiences battery drain on Pie Notebookcheck.net
- Samsung Leak Suddenly 'Confirms' Radical Galaxy S10 Forbes
- Galaxy S9 and Note 9 PRICE CRASH - Ultimate Samsung deals make flagships more affordable Express
- Samsung Galaxy A8s to go on sale tomorrow for 2799 Yuan ($407) Gizchina.com
- The 8 best new phones we can’t wait to get our hands on in 2019 TrustedReviews
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‘Aquaman’ Leads Year-End Openers as ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soars - IndieWire
- ‘Aquaman’ Leads Year-End Openers as ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soars IndieWire
- 'Aquaman' is King of the Box Office Seas for a Second Weekend in a Row Box Office Mojo
- ‘Aquaman’ Still Rules, and Others See a Post-Christmas Bump KTXL FOX 40 Sacramento
- ‘Aquaman’ Keeps Its Box-Office Lead as ‘Mary Poppins’ Gets a Holiday Boost The New York Times
- 'Aquaman' Fan Theory Calls Out Arthur Curry For Being A Tyrant Heroic Hollywood
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In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic
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By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ROBERT GEBELOFF from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2F0FQSR
Armed Man in Tactical Clothing Headed to a Texas Church to ‘Fulfill a Prophecy,’ Police Say
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By SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2CH9f2G
Trump Digs In, Darkening Hopes for a Deal to End the Shutdown
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By MAGGIE HABERMAN and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Qdoeov
Obamacare, Ruled Invalid by Federal Judge, Will Remain in Effect During Appeal
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By SARAH MERVOSH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GQ7rIL
Lindsey Graham Suggests Syrian Troop Drawdown Will Take Longer Than 30 Days
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Kelly, on His Way Out, Says Administration Long Ago Abandoned Idea of Concrete Wall
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Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’
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Too Old to Be a Freshman in Congress? Donna Shalala Doesn’t Care
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By EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2VfxRH4
‘LoterĂa,’ a Beloved Latino Game, Gets Reimagined for Millennials
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Trump Blames Democrats Over Deaths of Migrant Children in U.S. Custody
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By MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2SsiDwL
Michelle Obama and Stacey Abrams, Models of Power for Black Women
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‘Medicare for All’ Gains Favor With Democrats Looking Ahead to 2020
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‘You Control Nothing’: House Republicans Brace for Life in the Minority
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Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Other Democrats Shift Into High Gear for 2020
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By LISA LERER and ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2SwFVSd
‘It’s Not Going Away’: 2 Years of Documenting Hate in America
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By LAURETTA CHARLTON from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2AiOadm
He Was a Gay Man on Staff at a Catholic Parish. Then the Threats Began Coming In.
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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2VkpnhN
Kansas Boy, 16, Is Set to Graduate in the Spring From High School — and Harvard
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With U.S. departure, Syria's Manbij braces for upheaval
U.S. forces have underpinned stability in Manbij since Islamic State's defeat here in 2016. Some 30 km (20 miles) from the Turkish border, it occupies a critical spot in the map of the Syrian conflict, near the junction of three separate blocks of territory that form spheres of Russian, Turkish and - for now - U.S. influence. While U.S. forces have yet to leave, the consequences of Trump's decision are already playing out in Manbij.
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California authorities seek motive in triple slaying
DHS chief blames Congress, courts for ‘humanitarian crisis’ at southern border
Bali's Agung volcano spews ash in fresh eruption
A volcano on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali erupted Sunday, belching ash high into the air and over nearby villages as officials warned tourists to keep clear of the area. Mount Agung has been erupting periodically since it rumbled back to life in 2017, when it grounded hundreds of flights and left 120,000 visitors stranded. "Residents near Mount Agung as well as climbers and tourists should not carry out any activity in the danger zone or within four-kilometre radius from the crater," the centre said in a statement.
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6 people injured in jetway collapse at Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Bangladesh opposition calls for fresh election as Sheikh Hasina wins amid violence and vote-rigging claims
Bangladesh's main opposition called for a fresh vote on Sunday as the country's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her ruling Awami League were declared the winners of an election tainted by violence and vote-rigging allegations. At least 17 people were said to have been killed in election day clashes, while reports flowed in of alleged vote manipulation and people being blocked from entering polling stations by ruling party supporters. As Mrs Hasina's alliance sailed past the 151 seats needed to form a government and headed for a landslide third consecutive term, the country's main opposition leader called for the "farcical" election to be declared void. Kamal Hossain, head of the Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF), the largest opposition alliance, told a press conference in Dhaka that votes had been "rigged on a massive scale across the country". He urged Bangladesh's election commission to dismiss the result and call "fresh elections under a non-partisan caretaker government as soon as possible". Salahuddin Ahmed, a candidate for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the largest single party in the opposition alliance, was stabbed in Dhaka as the election unfolded Credit: Reuters Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed finished delivering the results of the voting early on Monday. Ahmed said the ruling Awami League-led alliance won 288 seats while the JOF, led by former president H.M.Ershad, had 20 seats. An opposition alliance led by Mr Hossain had only seven and others got three out of 300 seats. The poll followed a campaign that had been marred by violence and a crackdown on freedom of speech. Human Rights Watch and other international groups had decried repressive measures which they said had created a climate of fear. Some 600,000 security personnel had been deployed for the election, while authorities ordered the shutdown of high speed internet to prevent the spread of "rumours" that might spark unrest. Vehicles in Dhaka burn after an opposition rally which ended with police using tear gas and batons after the election was announced Credit: AFP On Sunday, polling agents alleged that they had stayed away out of fear. Others claimed they had been beaten up and forced out of voting centres. Rumana Mahmood, a JOF candidate in Sirajganj, 68 miles northwest of Dhaka, claimed that 90 percent of her supporters had been prevented from voting for her. "In most cases they were not allowed to enter the voting centres. Police and the ruling Awami League party cadres blocked them,” she alleged to the Telegraph, claiming that supporters of the ruling party had stuffed ballot boxes in favour of the government. Supporters of Bangladesh Awami League march along a street as they take part in a rally ahead of December 30 general election vote Credit: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP One 65-year-old woman in Ms Mahmood’s constituency claimed that the police had not allowed her to vote freely. "We were around 20 or 25 women from the same locality. The policemen at the gate of the centre said that he would allow us inside if we voted for the boat (symbol of the Awami League),” she said."In my locality there are hundreds of people who have not been allowed in any voting centre today." Bangladesh has become increasingly authoritarian under Mrs Hasina’s rule, moving closer towards a de-facto one-party state while Begum Khaleda Zia, her arch-rival, and leader of the largest opposition party, the Bangladesh National Party, serves a lengthy prison sentence on corruption charges.
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UK to spend over $130 million on ferries to cope with no-deal Brexit
Just three months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the world's largest bloc, the risk of a no-deal Brexit is rising -- the nightmare scenario for many businesses, which are now planning for an economic shock. To ease a potential backlog, the government has awarded three contracts to provide additional freight capacity on routes from English south-coast ports including Poole, Portsmouth and Plymouth.
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Syria's Assad authorizes Iraqi forces to strike IS in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad authorized Iraqi forces on Sunday to attack the Islamic State group inside Syria without waiting for permission from authorities in Damascus, the state news agency SANA said, as the two allies coordinate their fight against extremists ahead of a planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria.
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Perris torture case: Home dubbed 'House of Horrors' up for auction
Egypt kills 40 'terrorists' in crackdown after Giza attack
Egyptian police killed 40 suspects in a crackdown on Saturday after a roadside bomb hit a tour bus claiming the lives of three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian guide. Thirty alleged "terrorists" were killed in separate raids in Giza governorate, home to Egypt's famed pyramids and the scene of Friday's deadly bombing, while 10 others were killed in the restive North Sinai, the interior ministry said without directly linking them to the attack. A security source said the raids took place early Saturday morning, hours after Friday evening's roadside bombing which officials said hit a tour bus in the Al-Haram district near the Giza pyramids killing the three Vietnamese holidaymakers and their Egyptian guide.
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Sherman, T-34 and Cromwell: These Three Allied Tanks Won World War II
Heads up: Israeli woman stumbles upon Roman busts
An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two Roman-era busts, archaeologists said Sunday. The life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of Beit Shean earlier this month, with the Israel Antiquities Authority dating them to the late Roman period, some 1,700 years ago. The well-preserved busts are of men, one of them bearded, sculpted in the Oriental style that was becoming fashionable at the end of the Roman period, according to Eitan Klein, deputy head of the IAA's theft prevention unit.
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Afghanistan to delay presidential election to July: election body
The announcement follows heavy criticism of October's chaotic parliamentary election, which saw problems ranging from roadside bomb attacks to malfunctioning biometric voter verification equipment, incomplete voter lists and huge delays at polling sites. The timing of the election has also been complicated by talks under way between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of the Taliban aimed at launching a full peace process to end the war in Afghanistan. The election was originally scheduled for April 20 but Gula Jan Abdul Bade Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said mounting problems had forced a delay.
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Brexit May Not Happen, Trade Secretary Says
“If we were not to vote for that, I’m not sure I would give it much more than 50-50,” the veteran campaigner for Brexit told the newspaper. Fox told his fellow lawmakers that it was a “matter of honor” to back May and he’d rather accept an agreement that falls short of the ideal than risk Brexit’s failure. “For me, the worst possible outcome of this process would be no Brexit,” he said in the interview.
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Blaming Fox for shutdown
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Gravely ill boy whose mother had to fight to visit from Yemen dies
A young boy whose mother had to fight for permission to visit him from Yemen as he lay gravely ill in a US hospital has died, a rights group said Saturday. Two-year-old Abdullah Hassan, who held American citizenship through his father, had been suffering from a rare genetic illness in its terminal phase. Despite her son's grave condition, Shaima Swileh had been repeatedly turned down when applying for a visa because of the travel restrictions ordered by President Donald Trump against six mostly Muslim majority countries including Yemen.
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Low mileage 1976 Subaru Brat sells for high dollar price
US winter storms kill seven: media
Parts of the United States were digging out Saturday from winter storms that media reports said led to at least seven deaths, while warmer regions braced for potential flooding during the New Year's travel period. As storm clouds moved east, they were set to bring heavy rain and probably flooding to the Gulf Coast, and both rain and freezing rain to New England. Flight tracker FlightAware reported more than 129 flight cancellations and 1,006 delays Saturday -- down from more than 500 cancelations and 5,700 delays on Friday -- as the winter storm hit north-central and Midwestern states with up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) of snow.
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Graham more upbeat on Syria troop withdrawal after Trump meeting
Senator Lindsey Graham had warned that removing all U.S. forces from Syria would hurt national security by allowing Islamic State to rebuild, betraying U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters of the YPG militia battling remnants of the militant group, and enhancing Iran's ability to threaten Israel. During a morning television interview, Graham said he would ask Trump to slow down the troop withdrawal, which was announced earlier this month and drew widespread criticism. An ally of Trump, although he has opposed some of his foreign policy decisions, Graham was more upbeat after the meeting.
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The Economists, Military, Moralists & Politicians Running Brazil
(Bloomberg) -- Traditionally, Brazilian presidents offered ministerial positions to politicians in return for their parties’ support in Congress. But with politics-as-usual deeply discredited in the wake of successive corruption scandals, Jair Bolsonaro is trying a different tack. The new government consists of roughly four separate groups, only one of which is explicitly political.
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China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses - The New York Times
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Trump: The country needs a 'slightly larger version' of the 'wall' around Obama's home - Washington Examiner
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More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking - Engadget
- More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking Engadget
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- Popular apps share data with Facebook without user consent Financial Times
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Former LSU CB Donte Jackson caps impressive rookie season with hometown win - NOLA.com
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- Teddy Bridgewater gets golden opportunity to start, and doesn't do much with it Yahoo Sports
- Panthers vs. Saints Week 17 Highlights | NFL 2018 NFL
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Oklahoma's most expensive home is right across from an art museum
Oklahoma's most expensive home is right across from an art museum
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Prince's purple estate and Elvis' honeymoon home: The most talked-about celebrity real-estate listings of 2018
Prince's purple estate and Elvis' honeymoon home: The most talked-about celebrity real-estate listings of 2018
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