| Rick Santorum: Kids Should Learn CPR Instead Of Rallying For Gun Laws Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:30 AM PDT  Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum suggested on
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| Who’s getting under Trump’s skin today? Lawyers. Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:24 AM PDT  Judging from his tweets, lawyers were very much on the president's mind Sunday morning. It's no surprise. Along with the ongoing Russia investigation, there's the matter of Stormy Daniels.
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| Pulse Nightclub Shooter's Father Revealed As Former FBI Informant Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:52 AM PDT  Lawyers for Noor Salman, the widow of Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub
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| David Hogg: We are going to make guns the voting issue Posted: 24 Mar 2018 10:59 AM PDT  Parkland, Florida school shooting survivor speaks out at the Washington D.C. March for Our Lives.
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| South L.A. Teen Gives Powerful Speech On Trauma Of Surviving Gun Violence Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:09 AM PDT  A teen from South Los Angeles who lost her brother to gun violence commanded
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| Saudi Arabia shoots down missiles from Yemen; one dead from debris Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:52 AM PDT  Saudi air defenses shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the Saudi-led coalition's three-year military campaign in Yemen. Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over northeastern Riyadh shortly before midnight, as well as others fired at the southern cities of Najran, Jizan and Khamis Mushait, the coalition said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. Debris from the missiles fell on a home in Riyadh, killing an Egyptian resident and wounding two other Egyptians, said coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki, according to SPA.
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| Russia fire: Scores of children feared among at least 64 killed as investigators reveal fire exits were blocked Posted: 26 Mar 2018 01:37 AM PDT  Investigators looking into a fire that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo said on Monday that a security guard had turned off the fire alarm system and that exits had been illegally blocked. The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union, swept through the upper floors of the Winter Cherry shopping centre on Sunday afternoon where a cinema complex and children's play area were located. As many as 41 children could be among the victims of the blaze in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, which started on Sunday. Around a dozen people are still believed to be missing. Video footage showed a group of people in a smoke-filled staircase trying to smash a fire exit door, which was jammed. Others were seen jumping from windows to escape the flames. Local media quoted two witnesses who said the fire alarm did not go off. A view of the smoldering shopping centre from above on Monday morning Credit: Kirill Kukhmar/ TASS Eyewitnesses quoted by Russian media described panic as the flames spread rapidly through the building and fire safety systems failed. "The flames engulfed everything in a moment. It was a question of seconds," said one mother whose son was in a play area in the shopping centre when the fire started, according to local news website Gazeta Kemerovo. "At that moment, my child was hanging one and a half metres up in the air on a zip wire and the man who had tied him on had disappeared… but a girl appeared from somewhere and got him down. Without her he would have died." One woman told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper that she got a phone call from her 12-year old niece who was trapped in a burning cinema on the top floor of the building. "Tell my mother that I love her," she said. Video shot by witnesses on their mobile phones showed people screaming and running amid a chaotic evacuation. One piece of footage aired on Russian television showed a man in a burning room desperately trying to break down a door. The Winter Cherry shopping centre, in Kemerovo, engulfed in flames on Sunday Credit: Danil Aikin/TASS via Getty "There was panic and chaos, people were running everywhere. It became very dark when the lights went off, the escalators were not working, the lifts were not working, people were running and falling over," Danila Plyut told Russia's Channel One. There were multiple reports from eyewitnesses that no fire alarms had been heard and that sprinkler systems were not activated. One parent of a child who was caught up in the blaze told Russian television that security guards had refused to allow her daughter to leave the burning building via a stairwell. Footage from the still smouldering wreckage of the shopping centre on Monday where hundreds of firefighters were still working showed that large sections of the roof had collapsed during the fire. Video showed people jumping from windows to escape the flames Credit: Danil Aikin /TASS/Getty Russian state investigators said four people had been detained over the fire, including the owners and leasers of outlets inside the shopping mall. President Vladimir Putin, re-elected last weekend, has yet to speak publicly about the tragedy, which has stirred deep anger in Kemerovo, a coal-producing region about 3,600 km (2,200 miles) east of Moscow. The Kremlin published a statement, saying Putin "expressed his deep condolences to the relatives and loved ones of those who died." The ceilings of two cinema theaters in the mall reportedly collapsed Russia's Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes, said it was trying to bring in the mall's owner for questioning and wanted to detain a security guard who had turned off the fire alarm system after learning of the blaze. "Serious violations (of the law) took place when the mall was being built and when it was functioning. The fire exits were blocked," Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for the committee, said in a statement. She said investigators, who have opened a criminal investigation into the blaze, were looking into other possible violations. Four people have already been detained, including the owners and lessees of outlets inside the mall. Flames lick a window frame at the shopping centre, where some witnesses said the fire alarm did not go off Credit: Danil Aikin/TASS/Barcroft Images It took emergency services hours to bring the fire under control. After it was extinguished, rescuers were struggling to reach the upper floors because the roof had collapsed. Images on Russian television showed thick black smoke pouring out of the building, which also houses a sauna, a bowling alley and a multiplex cinema. The shopping centre was converted from a former confectionery factory in 2013 and was popular with local residents for its facilities for children, which included a petting zoo. Eight children from the same class feared dead Details have emerged this morning about some of the children killed in an inferno and the efforts of their parents to save them. Alexander Lillyevyali told Russian news website Meduza that his three daughters, two aged 11 and one aged 5, were killed in the blaze. The girls were watching a film in a cinema on the fourth floor of the shopping centre, he said, when he got a call from one who told him there was a fire in the cinema but neither she nor her sisters could get out because the cinema doors were locked. Lillyevyali, who was waiting on the first floor, said he rushed to try and reach them. "When I got to the fourth floor, I broke a window so there would be an upwards draft. I started to crawl but I realised I had no strength, I had inhaled so much smoke that I was on the verge of fainting. My daughter was calling and calling me. I could only shout down the phone that she try to get out of the cinema but I couldn't do anything – there were flames in front of me," he said. Maya Yerokhina, a young girl who was reportedly on the list of people missing in the blaze, updated her status on her profile page on Russian social networking site Vkontakte on Sunday to read: "This is the end." The aunt of 12-year old Viktoriya Pochankina told Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper she got a phone call from her niece who was trapped by the blaze. "Tell my mother that I love her," she said down the phone. Pochankina was reportedly one of a group of eight children from Treschevsky village, 30 miles from Kemerovo, who had been taken to the cinema by their teacher as an end-of-term treat. Roof collapsed in two cinemas at shopping centre Preliminary findings of an inquiry said the fire started in one of the cinema halls and destroyed more than 10,700 square feet (1,000 square metres) of the centre, news agencies reported. "The roof collapsed in two theatres in the cinema," the Investigative Committee said. Hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze for hours Credit: Danil Aikin/TASS via Getty Around 120 people had been evacuated from the burning centre, rescuers said. "This shopping centre on several floors was packed with people mid-day Sunday," said Alexandre Eremeyev, an official with the local Russian emergency services ministry. Burnt debris outside the shopping centre Credit: Maxim Grigoryev /TASS/Getty He added: "No one knows exactly how many people there were inside when the fire broke out. "Where to look for people? How many are there? That has greatly complicated the work of the firefighters." Hundreds of firefighters spend hours tackling blaze Around 300 firefighters and rescue personnel rushed to the scene and tackled the blaze for more than 17 hours. Russia's minister of emergency services, Vladimir Putchkov has gone to Kemerovo, RIA Novosti said. Hundreds of firefighters were scrambled to the scene Credit: Danil Aikin /TASS/Getty Deadliest blaze in Russia for almost a decade The Winter Cherry shopping centre fire was the deadliest blaze in Russia in recent years: A shopping centre fire in March 2015 killed 11 people in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan some 500 miles east of Moscow. In April 2013, a fire ravaged a psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region, killing 38 people, most of them patients who were engulfed by flames as they slept behind barred windows. Just months later, in September 2013, 37 people were killed when a fire swept through a psychiatric hospital in the village of Luka in northwest Russia. In 2009, 156 were killed in a nightclub fire in the city of Perm, 745 miles east of Moscow in one of the deadliest accidents in Russia's modern history.
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| Warner on Facebook, Twitter: 'I Don't Want to Regulate These Companies into Oblivion' Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:50 PM PDT  Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) tells Chuck Todd that "social media companies" like Facebook and Twitter should start thinking of themselves as "media companies."
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| How D.C. protects rallies like the March for Our Lives Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:23 PM PDT  Representatives from more than 75 local, regional and federal agencies converged Saturday morning on the command center to coordinate the logistical and emergency response for the March for Our Lives.
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| Relatives Mourn the Loss of Family of 4 Who Died While on Vacation in Mexico Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:54 PM PDT  It s unclear what caused their deaths.
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| Designer Of Deadly Kansas Waterslide Has 'No Engineering Credentials': Lawsuit Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:32 PM PDT  The Kansas water park owner who helped design the waterslide that decapitated
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| As Uber bows out to Grab, drivers and riders bemoan loss of choice Posted: 26 Mar 2018 06:12 AM PDT  A mix of concern and disappointment met Uber Technologies Inc's deal to sell its Southeast Asian business to bigger regional rival Grab, as drivers and users of the ride-hailing firms took in the prospect of sharply reduced competition. Grab said the Uber acquisition accelerated its path to profitability in its core transport business, as it would become the most cost-efficient Southeast Asian platform. Rennu Mahajan, who has driven a combined three-and-a-half years for both companies in Singapore, said some of her driver friends were concerned because now they would not be able to switch to the other app.
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| Federal Trade Commission Begins Investigating Facebook Posted: 26 Mar 2018 08:16 AM PDT  The Federal Trade Commission said Monday it has opened an investigation into
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| Woman Sneaks In Anti-Ted Cruz Message During Photo With Ted Cruz Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:22 PM PDT  On Saturday, a Twitter user going by the name "Sukie," with the handle
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| Mass for French officer whose sacrifice 'saved the nation' Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:43 AM PDT  TREBES, France (AP) — A French bishop paid tribute Sunday to a police officer who lost his life after swapping himself with a supermarket employee held hostage by an Islamist extremist, saying his heroic sacrifice helped save the nation.
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| A "First Step": Trump Administration Expels 60 Russian Nationals Posted: 26 Mar 2018 06:52 AM PDT  The administration Monday also announced the shuttering of the Russian consulate in Seattle, and reserved the right for further action. The Trump administration on Monday ordered the expulsion, within the next seven days, of sixty Russian nationals assessed to be "spies" and "intelligence officers." Said one senior administration official: "These individuals who are being sent back to Russia . . . Monday marks the latest round of censure of Moscow from Washington, following the chemical attack in London in early March, for which Western allies have roundly blamed the Russian government, although the Kremlin vociferously denies involvement.
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| Trump's best defense team for the Mueller investigation? Fox News Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:48 AM PDT  The president has doubled down on his strategy of undermining the Mueller investigation. If his tweets last weekend attacking Mueller by name didn't make that clear enough, now comes the news of the resignation of John Dowd, the president's lawyer who had urged cooperation with the special counsel.
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| Parents Threw Hot Oil On Teen For Refusing Forced Marriage, Cops Say Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:51 AM PDT  A teenager whose disappearance from her San Antonio, Texas, high school
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| March For Our Lives got an extra boost from an army of celebrities Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:37 PM PDT  Make no mistake: March For Our Lives is about curbing gun violence, and the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School made it happen. But having a few famous faces around never hurts. It wasn't just "a few," however. Celebrities were out in full force, and in a variety of locations, to support stricter gun controls and other legislative efforts meant to ensure that incidents like the school shooting in Parkland never occur again. SEE ALSO: Emma Gonzalez's March For Our Lives speech will go down in history To their credit, attending celebrities didn't try to steal the moment or make it about themselves. Some showed up to put their familiar face behind a powerful movement. Others pointed back at the brave teens who turned their grief into something positive. What stands out most is how many of these well-known public figures opted to add their voice to the mix. Even in this era of Trump, when it feels like there are important, meaningful public demonstrations on a weekly basis, the turnout of famous faces supporting March For Our Lives felt like a lot. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dear Evan Hansen star Ben Platt performed "Found/Tonight" together at the main march, in Washington, D.C. The song amounts to a medley, featuring Hamilton's "Story of Tonight" and Dear Evan Hansen's "You Will Be Found." Miley Cyrus also performed one of her own songs, "The Climb," at the D.C. march. That song was said to be a favorite of Alyssa Alhadeff, a freshman who was killed in the Parkland shooting. Miley Cyrus just performed "The Climb" at March for Our Lives. The song was a favorite of Alyssa Alhadeff, a freshman who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month. pic.twitter.com/hWl7LdXMYi — julia reinstein (@juliareinstein) March 24, 2018 Former Beatle Paul McCartney joined the New York City march. He indirectly invoked the murder of John Lennon, who was shot outside his NYC apartment in 1980, as a reason for his supporting the movement. Paul McCartney, who is marching in NYC, tells CNN: "One of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here, so it's important to me.." It's been 37 years since John Lennon was gunned down outside of his apartment in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/DH0WRc3aY0 — Yashar Ali �� (@yashar) March 24, 2018 Plenty of celebs also attended just to be there. A vast range of famous figures, from comedian Billy Crystal to a large portion of the Parks and Recreation cast, turned out to stand with everyone else in support of stricter gun controls. George Clooney to @mic about why he's excited today: "I'm excited for the kids, for these youngins." George and Amal donated a reported $500,000 to #March4OurLives pic.twitter.com/ggZxWmFXHU — Kendall Ciesemier (@kciesemier) March 24, 2018 Nothing but respect for my #ParksAndRec family #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/sjcOHCDebB — Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 24, 2018 Heading to #MarchForOurLives in this charismatic blouse thanks to @ChrisAblesArt #LosAngeles LET'S DO THIS ���� pic.twitter.com/29jIdvwlKn — Nick Offerman (@Nick_Offerman) March 24, 2018 So ready to March today! Landed in DC w North & Kanye. We stand in solidarity with the survivors of gun violence & students who are calling for action on common sense gun safety laws at #MarchForOurLives around the country @AMarch4OurLives @Everytown — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 24, 2018 Arms are for hugging! This morning we are joining millions of people across the country to #MarchForOurLives and demand stronger gun safety laws. pic.twitter.com/FWQ096FsXu — Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) March 24, 2018 NEVER AGAIN! We call BS! Love Wins! pic.twitter.com/cfA91u5tm8 — Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) March 24, 2018 Proud to march in solidarity. pic.twitter.com/S7nikUz6km — Billy Crystal (@BillyCrystal) March 24, 2018 #marchforourlives London. Let's do this!!! pic.twitter.com/hQAyDuB2kK — Josh Gad (@joshgad) March 24, 2018 I AM DECEASED pic.twitter.com/uhZLvFpIaI — Alyssa Vingan Klein (@alyssavingan) March 24, 2018 NYC, #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/sXGwsPNi9u — Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) March 24, 2018 I'll always stand for open dialogue and action - it's the only way to ensure bad history doesn't repeat itself. When it comes to protecting our children, all bets are off and the responsibility lies with us adults and lawmakers to listen and do. Very strong day. #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/4gJ0QKdMYw — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 24, 2018 UPDATED March 25, 2018, 7:07 a.m. ET An earlier version of this story included a tweet from the Verified account belonging to A Wrinkle in Time author Madeleine L'Engle. In fact, Ms. L'Engle passed away in 2007 and the Twitter account is curated by her granddaughter. Mashable regrets the error. WATCH: These celebrities are getting behind March for Our Lives
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| Russia denies aiding Afghan Taliban in wake of U.S. general's comments Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:46 PM PDT  Russia has rejected comments by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in a clash of words that underlines growing tension over Moscow's involvement in the conflict. In an interview with the BBC last week, General John Nicholson said that Russia had been acting to undermine U.S. efforts in Afghanistan despite shared interests in fighting terrorism and narcotics, with indications that Moscow was providing financial support and even arms. "We've had weapons brought to this headquarters and given to us by Afghan leaders and said this was given by the Russians to the Taliban," he said.
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| 6.4 quake off eastern Indonesia, tsunami alert lifted: seismic monitors Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:32 PM PDT  A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, according to seismic monitoring organisations. The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometres (106 miles) below the surface of the earth in the Banda Sea, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami alert was initially triggered by the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS).
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| Elon Musk's father has baby with step-daughter he has known since she was four Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:49 AM PDT  The father of Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, says it was "God's plan" for him to have a baby with his own stepdaughter. Errol Musk, 72, described the 10-month-old baby boy he had with Jana Bezuidenhout, 30, as "exquisite". He married her mother Heide when Jana was four but told The Sunday Times he did not consider her to be his stepdaughter because she had been raised away from the family for long periods of time. Jana Bezuidenhout, 30, who had a child with her stepfather Errol Musk He had two children with Ms Bezuidenhout's mother before divorcing after 18 years of marriage. He said Jana had contacted him last year after splitting up with a boyfriend. "We were lonely, lost people," he said from his home in South Africa. "One thing led to another — you can call it God's plan or nature's plan." Two months later Jana told him she was pregnant. After assuming the father was her ex-boyfriend, Mr Musk demanded a paternity test only to discover it was his baby. "Jana is a delightful girl and a wonderful mother. She said I had changed her life," he added. Elon Musk railed against his father in a recent interview Credit: Reuters His story may explain months of hostility between father and son, who have reportedly not spoken in more than a year. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Elon Musk – who is though to be worth about $20 billion – described his father as a "terrible human being" but stopped short of talking about specific examples. In quotes | Elon Musk "You have no idea about how bad," he said. "Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done." Mr Musk senior, who is a millionaire and made his fortune through engineering, disputed that characterisation but has admitted shooting dead three intruders in his home in South Africa. He was charged with manslaughter but said he was acting in self-defence and was acquitted.
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| 'Black Panther' The U.S.'s Highest Grossing Superhero Film Of All Time Posted: 24 Mar 2018 02:28 PM PDT  In the U.S., "Black Panther" is officially the king of superhero films.
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| Paul McCartney attends March for our Lives Rally in New York City Posted: 24 Mar 2018 12:56 PM PDT  Paul McCartney attends the March for Our Lives rally in New York City, not far from where Beatles bandmate John Lennon was fatally shot.
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| Turkish army and allies in 'total control' of Syria's Afrin Posted: 24 Mar 2018 11:19 AM PDT  AFRIN, Syria (AP) — The Turkish army and Syrian opposition fighters it backs have "total control" of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria, according to the country's official news agency on Saturday, nearly a week after they captured the main town that carries the same name.
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| Dozens arrested as Belarus opposition marks 'Freedom Day' Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:22 AM PDT  Belarusian authorities on Sunday arrested around 30 protesters in Minsk ahead of a banned opposition march while detaining activists across the country, human rights group Viasna said. The Belarusian opposition is marking the 100th anniversary of the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic of 1918-19 that it sees as the foundation of an independent Belarus. It accuses President Alexander Lukashenko of consciously erasing Belarusian identity and "russifying" the former Soviet republic.
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| At a relatively brisk 17 hours, Qantas debuts non-stop flight between Australia and UK Posted: 25 Mar 2018 08:48 PM PDT  Flying to the UK from Australia has always been an exceptionally long trip. Australian airline Qantas has made that trek less arduous with the debut of its non-stop Perth to London flight on Saturday — its travel time has been shaved down to a somewhat brisk 17 hours. SEE ALSO: You're more likely to get the flu from a sick flight attendant than a sick passenger: study It's the first time Europe and Australia have been connected with a direct commercial flight. A momentous occasion on the flight deck of #QF9#QantasDreamliner pic.twitter.com/dRTh79ZxUb — Qantas (@Qantas) March 24, 2018 Previously, flights stopped in Singapore or Dubai before continuing on. Qantas said it is able to reduce the time of the 9,000 mile (14,498km) flight by eliminating stopovers and picking paths based on the best winds for efficiency and speed. Flight QF9 flew over the Indian Ocean, where it traversed India's southern tip, then passed Oman, Iran, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Belgium before landing at London's Heathrow Airport. "This is a truly historic flight that opens up a new era of travel. For the first time, Australia and Europe have a direct air link," Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said in a statement. "The original Kangaroo Route from Australia to London was named for the seven stops it made over four days back in 1947. Now we can do it in a single leap." Carrying 236 passengers, the fuel efficient Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Qantas uses for the route has a smaller capacity than the 484 seats it has on the Airbus A380, a comparable aircraft. To boost passenger comfort, Qantas said it has designed a menu that includes "poke bowls as well as home style comfort food" which "helps the body cope better with jetlag." Boeing has also cut the cabin air pressure from the equivalent of 8,000 feet to 6,000 feet, meaning inside the plane it's "closer to conditions on the ground." OK, but what is it actually like flying for that long? Reviews appeared to be mostly positive, with passenger Mark Beasley telling to Traveller that he found the economy seat "very comfortable" despite his 188 centimetre (6 foot 1) frame. Expat Sarah Fry said the flight was "much better" than her usual route to London from Brisbane, which stopped over in Sydney then Dubai. Peter Robinson, a builder from the UK, told The Independent he found the food "ordinary," even if the flight was quicker than he expected. On Twitter, other passengers noted the issue-free flight, and the self-serve snack bar. #QF9 touchdown @londonheathrow direct from @PerthAirport after a great flight with no issues. The game has changed. Had the pleasure of sitting with @Qantas Chairman Leigh Clifford an old mining colleague pic.twitter.com/zs1ilJaujW — Rob Williamson (@RedRiverRob) March 25, 2018 Self Serve pantry by rear galley. A very popular inflight meeting place for all! #QF9 @Qantas pic.twitter.com/wNZg8PhAs9 — Wayne Kwong (@waynewykwong) March 25, 2018 Qantas said its Perth to London service is the third longest commercial flight in the world. For those who like long haul travel, Qatar Airways' 9,032 mile (14,535 kilometre) Auckland to Doha route will have you sitting around for 17 and half hours. WATCH: This iPhone case reminds you why the Game Boy will always be awesome
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| Remove barriers to membership talks, Turkey tells EU before summit Posted: 26 Mar 2018 06:36 AM PDT  By Alissa de Carbonnel and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA/VARNA, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said he will seek the removal at a summit with the EU on Monday of all obstacles to a stalled membership bid, which the bloc however believes are of Ankara's own making. Criticism from European Union governments of what many view as Erdogan's growing authoritarianism at home and his intervention in Syria's war has created an uneasy backdrop to the gathering in the Black Sea port of Varna. "EU membership continues to be our strategic goal," Erdogan told reporters before departing for the summit.
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| Mugabe's wife Grace under probe for ivory smuggling Posted: 25 Mar 2018 03:59 AM PDT  Zimbabwean police are investigating former ruler Robert Mugabe's wife Grace, accused of smuggling ivory worth millions to underground foreign markets, a state-owned weekly reported Sunday. Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba confirmed receiving a report but declined to elaborate when questioned by AFP. The Sunday Mail said the report accused Grace Mugabe of ordering officials to grant her permits to export the ivory as gifts to the leaders of various countries.
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| China in military drills to ‘prepare for war’ as British frigate due to sail through contested South China Sea Posted: 26 Mar 2018 01:26 AM PDT  China's air force and navy have announced drills in the South China Sea to help develop preparedness for war, military leaders said, after the British defence secretary indicated the UK would sail a warship through the disputed region. The Chinese military's latest fighters and bombers were involved in the exercises over the disputed region, as China continues to flex its muscles on the world stage. The drills come after Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, gave a nationalist speech last week when he warned of Beijing's willingness to fight a "bloody battle" against its enemies. They also come after Gavin Williamson, British Defence Secretary, said last month that the HMS Sutherland, an anti-submarine frigate, would sail through the South China Sea to assert freedom of navigation rights. The drills took place over the weekend Credit: Barcroft/Xinhua The warship was expected to make the patrol during March. However, Chinese military officials said its recently announced drills were not aimed towards any country. China's airforce carried out a "high-sea training mission" in the West Pacific and a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea, according to the airforce's social media account, which did not say when the drills took place. The exercises tested China's latest military hardware, such as its H-6K bombers and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters. Meanwhile, the PLA Navy also said last Friday it was planning to hold drills in the South China Sea to test the navy's "combat readiness". The Air Force said on its social media account that the exercises were "rehearsals for future wars and are the most direct preparation for combat." Meanwhile, Chen Liang, commander of a naval air force, said: "Pilots will all march ahead without fear, no matter how complicated the drill environments are and how unfamiliar the drill regions are. "They always maintain mentally prepared for wars," he told the Chinese language website of the Global Times newspaper. The exercises tested China's latest military hardware, such as its H-6K bombers and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters Credit: Barcroft/Xinhua China claims nearly all of the strategic South China Sea, despite partial counter-claims from Taiwan and several south-east Asian nations including the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Observers say China is developing its military capabilities by fortifying and building infrastructure on what were previously reefs and partially-submerged islets in the sea, where more than $5 trillion (£3.8 trillion) of trade passes every year. The US Navy has conducted a series of freedom of navigation patrols in the region. The latest, last Friday, saw a US Navy destroyer come within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island China has built in the South China Sea, sparking anger from Beijing. Additional reporting by Christine Wei
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| Mid-term battle at U.S. anti-gun marches: thousands register to vote Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:59 PM PDT  By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voter registration activists fanned out among throngs of young Americans who marched for tighter gun laws on Saturday, signing up thousands of first-time voters who want to eject lawmakers who oppose gun control. With mid-term Congressional elections eight months away, the activists flocked to some 800 marches across the country to register young voters likely to back Democratic and independent candidates who tend to favor tougher firearms laws. In Washington, volunteers for the HeadCount voter-registration effort raised their fists and chanted "demonstration without registration leads to frustration" before heading out with clipboards to sign up some of the nation's newest voters.
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| Ride-hailing firm Grab buys Uber's SE Asia operations Posted: 25 Mar 2018 07:38 PM PDT  Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab announced Monday it has bought US rival Uber's business in Southeast Asia, ending a fierce battle for market share in the region. Grab said in a statement it is buying Uber's ride-sharing and food delivery operations in the region. In exchange, Uber will receive a 27.5 percent stake in Grab.
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| 2018 Hyundai Kona Wants to Inject Caffeine Into the Subcompact SUV Market Posted: 25 Mar 2018 09:01 PM PDT   Hyundai is jumping into the popular, ever-expanding subcompact SUV segment with its all-new Kona. At 164 inches long, the Kona is tiny even for this diminutive category. It's a foot shorter than ...
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| March For Our Lives crowd estimates trump Trump's inauguration Posted: 24 Mar 2018 03:32 PM PDT  Facts don't lie. That's as true now as it was at Donald Trump's January 2017 inauguration. The estimated turnout at the March For Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C. falls at around 800,000. That data point comes from official connected to the demonstration's organizers, speaking to NBC. SEE ALSO: Emma Gonzalez's March For Our Lives speech will go down in history It's also a significantly higher number than earlier forecasts had predicted. Officials connected with today's #MarchForOurLives here in D.C. tell @NBCNews that they are estimating a crowd size of *800,000* after forecasts of 500,000. Sure feels likes that from our vantage point on the ground. — Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) March 24, 2018 Not to take the focus of the day away from what's important — gun control, and sending a message to politicians who accept NRA dollars — but it's worth noting: The estimated D.C. turnout for March For Our Lives is a great deal larger than popular estimates of the crowd size at Trump's inauguration. Days after the inauguration, an expert in crowd science compared photos of Trump's with Barack Obama's and deduced that the former attracted roughly one-third the crowd of the latter. It's hard to be exact when dealing with such massive numbers of people, but with Obama's estimated inauguration attendance 1.8 million, Trump's total falls somewhere in the realm of 600,000. We point this out only because Trump infamously made such a big deal out of his inauguration crowd. He sent his then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer out to proclaim that Trump's crowd "was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period." Despite the fact that Spicer's statement was provably false, Trump has never backtracked the claim or publicly backed off his contention. March For Our Lives isn't the first demonstration to draw a larger crowd than Trump's inauguration — that distinction inarguably goes to the Women's March on Washington, staged one day after the new president was sworn in. But it is the latest, and it should warm your heart to know how much Americans care about putting a stop to gun violence. WATCH: These celebrities are getting behind March for Our Lives
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| U.S. travel ban hits foreign attendance figures for North Korea marathon Posted: 26 Mar 2018 02:25 AM PDT  By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Described as North Korea's "biggest hit of the year," next month's Pyongyang Marathon is expected to have half as many foreign participants as last year, tour operators say, as political tensions and a ban on U.S. visitors take their toll. International tourism to North Korea dropped last year as tension increased over the county's testing and development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. In July last year, the United States banned its citizens from visiting North Korea after the death of Otto Warmbier, an American university student who died after being released from 17 months of detention in North Korean.
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| "Orange" avalanche blankets cars in Russia Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:58 AM PDT  A massive avalanche of slightly orange-colored snow buried more than a dozen cars at a popular ski resort in Russia. The snow's unusual orange tint is from Sahara desert sandstorms mixing with snow and rain.
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| Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea Posted: 25 Mar 2018 09:54 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves:
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| Oven Baked Jerk Spareribs are tender and succulent Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:59 AM PDT  Why wait for summer to enjoy pork ribs cooked slow and low on the grill? If you cook them in the oven, you can enjoy them right now. They won't boast the trademark smokiness produced by grilling, but otherwise they'll be as tender, succulent and finger-licking good as ever.
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| France mourns 'hero' officer who took place of hostage in attack Posted: 24 Mar 2018 01:00 PM PDT  By Brian Love and Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - France will pay a national tribute to a security officer who died from gunshot wounds after voluntarily taking the place of a female hostage during a supermarket siege by an Islamist militant, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, a gendarme who once served in Iraq, had been raced to hospital fighting for his life after being shot by the gunman during the siege at the Super U store in the southwestern town of Trebes near the Pyrenees mountains.
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| Millie Bobby Brown Honors Parkland Victims, March For Our Lives At Kids' Choice Awards Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:34 AM PDT  Millie Bobby Brown used her appearance at the Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday
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| Ruger's New PC Carbine: The Ultimate Hybrid Firearm? Posted: 25 Mar 2018 05:54 AM PDT  You make the call. Ruger's New PC Carbine: The Ultimate Hybrid Firearm? Ruger's new Pistol Caliber Carbine (PC Carbine) is an excellent example of a compact, firearm that can be packed at home in a backpack, the back of a truck, or anywhere space is limited, ready to provide protection, hunting small game, or impromptu target practice.
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