| Iran's Zarif in Iraq ahead of president's visit Posted: 10 Mar 2019 01:53 PM PDT  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Baghdad to prepare the ground for his country's president, Hassan Rouhani, who will begin his first official visit to Iraq on Monday. Baghdad has been under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour, particularly after the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and hit Tehran with sanctions. Speaking in a joint press conference with Iraq's top diplomat Mohammed Ali al-Hakim, Zarif said Sunday they had held "very good discussions".
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| Wildlife World Zoo says it won't put down jaguar that attacked a woman taking a photo Posted: 10 Mar 2019 02:27 PM PDT ![Wildlife World Zoo says it won't put down jaguar that attacked a woman taking a photo]( "Wildlife World Zoo says it won't put down jaguar that attacked a woman taking a photo") The attack reportedly took place about 6:40 p.m. Saturday at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims capitalism is ‘irredeemable’ Posted: 10 Mar 2019 02:47 PM PDT  Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that she thinks capitalism is "irredeemable". Ms Ocasio-Cortez made the comment during an interview at South by Southwest in Austin, where she said that the US should be "scared" that corporations had taken over the country. "Capitalism is an ideology of capital — the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and maximise profit," Ms Ocasio-Cortez said during a question and answer session with Bloomberg News.
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| Tank Terror: Why the U.S. Army's 'New' M1 Abrams Tank Is A Monster on the Battlefield Posted: 11 Mar 2019 12:55 AM PDT  Russia and China won't like this one bit.
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| California man arrested after dousing neighbor’s door in diesel Posted: 10 Mar 2019 11:45 AM PDT  A California man was arrested after dousing his neighbor's door in diesel because he 'saw a ghost.'
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| Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren calls for break up of Apple Posted: 10 Mar 2019 07:05 AM PDT  Elizabeth Warren, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has added Apple to her hit list of technology giants that should be broken up to curb Silicon Valley's growing power. Warren, an early favourite to challenge Donald Trump for the White House in the 2020 US presidential elections, said Apple should spin off its App Store, which is used for downloads of iPhone and iPad apps. The Massachusetts senator has trained her sights on Silicon Valley companies, saying she would call for the break up of Amazon, Google and Facebook as a global "tech lash" against the US companies grows. On Saturday, she added Apple to her list of targets. Warren told tech website The Verge: "You've got to break it apart from their App Store. It's got to be one or the other. Either they run the platform or they play in the store. They don't get to do both at the same time." The iPhone maker has increasingly talked up the potential of its "services" business, which includes the App Store. Technology intelligence - newsletter promo - EOA Apple takes a 30pc commission from sales on the store, which lets users download new apps from social media sites like Facebook to banking apps like Monzo. SensorTower, an app analyst firm, estimated that App Store apps generated in the region of $12bn (£9.2bn) per quarter in 2018, of which Apple takes just under a third. Apple has faced a rebellion from some major app makers on iOS. Netflix pulled its service from the App Store in protest over the fees. Epic Games, the maker of hit video game Fortnite, followed suit earlier this year. Warren last week called for tech companies with annual revenues of more than $25bn to have their online marketplaces designated as utilities, making them unable to compete with other participates. Amazon, for example, would be prevented from selling its own products alongside competitors on its shopping website. "These big companies exert enormous influence in the economy and in Washington DC," Warren told the website. "We break them apart, that backs up the influence a little bit, and it makes absolutely sure that they're not engaged in these unfair practices that stomp out every little business that's trying to get a start."
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| Inside India's Colossal, Colorful, Tough-to-Predict Election Posted: 10 Mar 2019 10:42 PM PDT  The South Asian nation is preparing to hold general elections in April and May, in which about 900 million Indians -- more than the population of all the countries of Europe combined -- will cast their votes to select a new federal government. India's elections have been notoriously difficult to predict because of the endless possibilities of coalitions. It will be no walk in the park for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain power -- after five years in office his popularity is receding over concerns about his government's failure to create the promised millions of jobs and as well as a lag in economic development.
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| Planes grounded after deadly Ethiopia crash Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:55 AM PDT  Safety doubts over Boeing's best-selling 737 MAX 8 drove several carriers to ground the aircraft Monday after a new jet crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. Investigators recovered the black-box flight recorders from the Nairobi-bound jet that crashed early Sunday near Addis Ababa, the carrier Ethiopia Airlines said. Ethiopia decreed a day of mourning.
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| Modi government advertising blitz dries up as Indian poll rules kick in Posted: 11 Mar 2019 07:49 AM PDT  The election will be held over seven stages from April 11, the Election Commission said on Sunday, when the code of conduct on election campaigning came into force. Leading English-language national dailies including the Times of India, the Hindustan Times and the Indian Express carried no government ads on Monday. The New Delhi editions of those three newspapers had 162 government ads between March 1 and March 10, according to Reuters calculations.
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| Southern storms, apparent tornadoes cause damages; none hurt Posted: 09 Mar 2019 05:50 PM PST  Two apparent tornadoes touched down Saturday in central Arkansas, destroying shops as severe storms raking the South damaged some buildings and tore away roofs in northeast Mississippi.
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| Maga hat boy’s lawyer to sue CNN over ‘vicious attacks’ Posted: 10 Mar 2019 07:00 AM PDT  Lawyer L Lin Wood, representing Covington Catholic High School pupil Nick Sandmann, announced during an interview with Fox News that the lawsuit was being launched. The latest litigation comes just weeks after the 16-year-old's legal team filed a lawsuit in federal court against major US daily newspaper The Washington Post. "CNN was probably more vicious in its direct attacks on Nicholas than The Washington Post, and CNN goes into millions of individuals' homes," Mr Wood told Fox News host Mark Levin.
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| Mic Drop, Nuclear Submarine Style: The U.S. Navy Surfaced Three of These Subs To Warn China Posted: 10 Mar 2019 07:00 AM PDT  "In July 2010, three SSGNs surfaced nearly simultaneously in Western Pacific and Indian Ocean waters, allegedly to signal U.S. displeasure over Chinese missile tests in the East China Sea."
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| Push to retake last IS scrap on hold as civilian exodus slows Posted: 09 Mar 2019 04:45 PM PST  US-backed Syrian forces awaited orders Sunday to relaunch their push against the Islamic State group's final scrap of territory as an earlier exodus of civilians from the redoubt slowed to a trickle. The Syrian Democratic Forces renewed their offensive against the jihadists on March 1 after a weeks-long pause to empty the bombed-out bastion of non-combattants. "Yesterday only about 100 people left, including three Chinese Uighurs and three Moroccan women," SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali told AFP.
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| Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Caracas amid nationwide Venezuela power outage Posted: 09 Mar 2019 04:31 PM PST  Thousands of people took to the streets of Caracas on Saturday amid a nationwide power cut that has plunged crisis-hit Venezuela into further chaos and desperation for two days. The capital bristled with the security forces of Nicolás Maduro as supporters of Juan Guaidó, the National Assembly leader recognised as the legitimate interim president by more than 50 countries, poured into the city centre. It was a daring move by opponents of the Maduro government, both for the march's unusual proximity to state installations and for it taking place amid the blackout that has almost entirely brought down the country's communications. The National Guard and riot police were out in force across the city, in some areas blocking the demonstrators' passage. The Telegraph counted eight army trucks full of soldiers and nine armoured vehicles and tanks in a convoy approaching the protest route. A supporter of Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido, holds a policeman's face during a demonstration in Caracas Credit: AFP On Avenida Victoria, the march's destination, protesters faced off with riot police before the rally even officially began, following an early morning confrontation that had seen security forces fire tear gas at locals as they tried to detain those erecting a platform for speeches. The atmosphere simmered as protesters, their anger heightened by the blackout, shouted at riot police with their shields raised. "You are killers!" one woman shouted. "There is still no electricity, people are dying, and you are going to pay for this!" "Soldiers, friends, the fight depends on you!" chanted others in the crowd, urging the security forces to come over to their side. Once again, it was almost impossible to communicate in Caracas or across most of the country. Power had been restored in some areas of the capital and elsewhere for a few hours on Friday afternoon, before cutting out in the early evening. The grid began to partially function again on Saturday morning, but by midday the blackout had resumed. Mr Maduro and his ministers have pinned the outage on "sabotage" at the Guri hydroelectric dam, accusing the US of waging an "electric war" against Venezuela. Jorge Rodriguez, the communications minister, has singled out Florida senator Marco Rubio for blame. A police officer tries to put out a fire during a demonstration in Caracas Credit: AFP But at the march in support of Mr Guaidó, such claims were ridiculed. "They always have an excuse to blame others," Miguel Useche, a 72-year-old pensioner, told The Telegraph. "They have taken everything, I don't know how many millions of millions they have looted," he said, attributing the electrical collapse to corruption and lack of maintenance. The outage has brought further hardship to a country where many are already struggling to survive amid punishing shortages of food and medicine. As well as communications, water pumps have failed, food is rotting in fridges, businesses are shuttered and transport is virtually non existent. Petrol stations and grocery shops are running dry, with huge queues snaking around the few still operating. At hospitals across the country, back up generators have failed or been insufficient to power life saving equipment. At a number, medical staff have been left ventilating premature babies or patients in critical condition by hand. On Saturday an NGO reported that fifteen Venezuelans with advanced kidney disease had died after being unable to get dialysis during the country's extended power outage. "Between yesterday and today, there were 15 deaths for lack of dialysis," said Francisco Valencia, director of the Codevida health rights group. Carmen Yagres, a 38-year-old engineer, said Mr Maduro's government must go. "We are here because people are dying," she told the Telegraph. "It seems it doesn't matter to them." She implored the US to intervene to end the crisis. "We need international help," she told The Telegraph. Mr Maduro, too, called supporters to the streets of Caracas on Saturday. The hardcore militants of his Socialist PSUV turned out, chanting patriotic slogans in defence of the fatherland against "imperialist aggression". But away from the rank and file, the mood was subdued, the thronging crowds of fervent supporters he has in the past commanded nowhere to be seen.
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| Thirty injured as turbulence hits Turkish Airlines flight to New York Posted: 09 Mar 2019 08:42 PM PST  A Turkish Airlines passenger jet traveling from Istanbul to New York hit severe turbulence Saturday as it approached its destination, with 30 people suffering injuries before it landed safely, officials said. The injured were taken from New York's John F Kennedy International Airport to local hospitals, mainly for treatment of bumps, cuts and bruises. One flight attendant suffered a broken leg, according to Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the area's airports, bus terminals, bridges and tunnels.
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| Modern policing: Algorithm helps NYPD spot crime patterns Posted: 10 Mar 2019 11:24 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — When a syringe-wielding drill thief tried sticking up a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium, police figured out quickly that it wasn't a one-off. A man had also used a syringe a few weeks earlier while stealing a drill at another Home Depot 7 miles (11 kilometers) south in Manhattan.
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| Kremlin says it's not Putin's place to answer Briton whose mother died in poisoning Posted: 11 Mar 2019 05:03 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin will not reply to a letter from the son of a woman killed by a suspected Russian nerve agent near the English city of Salisbury last year because Russia's ambassador to Britain has already done so, the Kremlin said on Monday. Ewan Hope called on Putin in a letter publicized by the Daily Mirror earlier this month to allow Britain to question two Russian nationals London suspects of trying to murder former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter last year. Hope's mother, Dawn Sturgess, died after coming into contact with the same nerve agent used in the attack, which her partner found in a discarded perfume bottle, police said.
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| The Philippines Faces Budget Delays That Threaten Growth Posted: 10 Mar 2019 09:07 PM PDT  Approval of the 3.76-trillion peso ($71.9 billion) budget may be delayed to August, Senate President Vicente Sotto said. "This budget will be delayed unless the House goes back to the version we agreed upon," Sotto said in a mobile-phone message Monday. HighlightsEconomic managers have warned that failure to pass this year's budget will cut the nation's economic growth by as much as 2.3 percentage points this year, partly due to spending delays for major projects.
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| Guess Who’s Hurt by U.S. Sanctions? Russia’s Gun Makers Posted: 09 Mar 2019 07:00 PM PST  U.S. sanctions against Russia have claimed an unlikely victim: Russia's gun and ammo industries.
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| Trump signed Bibles. Heresy? Many religious leaders say no Posted: 09 Mar 2019 08:50 PM PST  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump was just doing what he could to raise spirits when he signed Bibles at an Alabama church for survivors of a tornado outbreak, many religious leaders say, though some are offended and others say he could have handled it differently.
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| Tesla's Elon Musk faces deadline to explain himself to a judge in SEC case Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:30 AM PDT  Contempt bid over his tweeting lands in federal court today
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| Assad says Syria facing 'economic siege' Posted: 10 Mar 2019 08:01 AM PDT  President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday Syria was suffering an "economic siege" as his regime faces a raft of international sanctions over the eight-year civil war. "The war on Syria has taken on a new form that is basically siege and economic war," he said, according to a statement released by the presidency. "International political tools have changed," he said, as he met Chinese assistant foreign minister Chen Xiaodong in Damascus.
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| Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashes killing all 157 on board Posted: 10 Mar 2019 02:12 PM PDT  A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers and UN staff. Ethiopia declared a national day of mourning for Monday amid a global stream of condolences for loved ones, many of whom gathered in tears at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
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| Google sifting through one billion health questions each day Posted: 10 Mar 2019 11:01 AM PDT  Google wants to harness the billion health-related questions people ask it every day to provide better healthcare, despite criticism that the Search giant has played a role in spreading dangerous misinformation about measles vaccinations. Google Health boss David Feinberg said that around 7 per cent of Google's daily searches were health related, equivalent to 70,000 every minute. "People are asking us about conditions, medication, symptoms and insurance questions," he said during a technology conference in Austin, Texas. "In this case we are organising the world's health information and making it accessible to everyone." The former chief executive of major American healthcare provider, Geisinger Health, said that Google was trying to correct its fake news problem and "teams" of doctors and nurses analysing search results following public uproar over the appearance of conspiracy theories relating vaccinations to health problems. "If you Google 'how am I going to kill myself', the first thing that comes up is a suicide prevention note...If you Google 'holocaust' and 'myth' the information that comes up is authoritative advice. If you Google 'vaccines and autism' it comes up with the original study that says [the study] was flawed and not appropriate," he insisted. Some of the company's most popular services, like YouTube or Maps, have more than one billion users per day. Mr Feinberg said Google hopes that the same will be true of its health products. "We can streamline care, and the purpose for that is we want your nurse to look you in the eye and not at the computer," he said. "We want the person on the end of the phone to say 'we have been expecting you'. We want to know everything about you". Technology intelligence - newsletter promo - EOA GPs have for years warned against "Dr Google", claiming that patients checking symptoms online has increased pressure on already stretched doctors in the National Health Service. Google has made some impressive moves in healthcare, applying artificial intelligence to traditional roles of radiologists to diagnose. DeepMind, part of Google parent company Alphabet, introduced a Streams app to the Royal Free London hospital in January 2017, which could diagnose acute kidney injuries - which can lead to a patient depending on dialysis - in 14 minutes, almost four hours quicker than a human doctor. When it used complex algorithms to crunch the patient data, it was able to predict injury two days prior. I feel this urgency this need to move fast," added Mr Feinberg. "But then we have to be super careful because we do not want to erode trust if people stop coming to Google it is game over. At the same time, we have tools to make care better and we need to get them out." Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "The internet is a key source of information for many people who want to find out more about their health - but it's important for everyone to be aware that there is a huge amount of fake or dubious health news out there, so it's encouraging to hear that senior representatives at Google now recognise this and want to address it. "It's a good thing for patients to take an interest in their health, but we would recommend that they use reputable, unbiased UK websites, such as NHS.uk, as a source of safe reliable health advice."
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| Emily Ratajkowski and husband are apparently rent deadbeats and nightmare neighbors, according to their landlord Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:00 AM PDT  Millionaire movie-maker Sebastian Bear-McClard and model Emily Ratajkowski are apparently rent deadbeats and nightmare neighbors, according to their landlord Antoni Ghosh.
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| Jana Kramer to daughter: No 'drunken, one-night-stand first-time sex' Posted: 10 Mar 2019 02:11 PM PDT  The "One Tree Hill" alum talked how she'll tell her daughter, now 3, about first-time sex and sharing her own first time. She also shared fertility woes.
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| With shrouded faces, Islamic State fighters stand guard over final enclave Posted: 10 Mar 2019 10:19 AM PDT  Thousands of people - many of them the wives of Islamic State fighters and their children - have been streaming out of the besieged enclave at Baghouz for weeks, forcing the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to delay an assault on the last vestige of the jihadists' territorial rule. Reuters TV footage of the Islamic State-controlled frontline shows armed militants, most with only their eyes visible, supervising the evacuations from a scrubby patch of agricultural land scattered with vehicles and a few buildings. The SDF has said the fighters staying put through waves of evacuations are the most hardened foreign militants, wanted by governments around the world, who are likely to fight to the death.
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| For Jussie Smollett, 1 story equals 16 felony counts Posted: 09 Mar 2019 06:13 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — News that a grand jury had indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for one thing: The lone felony count that Smollett had been arrested on last month had turned into 16.
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| Venezuela's Guaido calls for massive protest as blackout drags on Posted: 09 Mar 2019 03:03 PM PST  Addressing supporters while standing atop a bridge in Caracas, Guaido - the leader of the opposition-run congress who invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency in January - said Maduro's government "has no way to solve the electricity crisis that they themselves created." "All of Venezuela, to Caracas!" Guaido yelled while standing atop a bridge in southwestern Caracas, without saying when the planned protest would be held. "The days ahead will be difficult, thanks to the regime." Activists had scuffled with police and troops ahead of the rally, meant to pressure Maduro amid the blackout, which the governing Socialist Party called an act of U.S.-sponsored sabotage but opposition critics derided as the result of two decades of mismanagement and corruption.
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| Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds election Posted: 09 Mar 2019 05:40 PM PST  North Koreans go to the polls Sunday for an election in which there can be only one winner. Leader Kim Jong Un's ruling Workers' Party has an iron grip on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the isolated, nuclear-armed country is officially known. Turnout last time was 99.97 percent, according to the official KCNA news agency –- only those who were abroad or "working in oceans" did not take part.
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| Tibet supporters in India mark 60 years since uprising Posted: 10 Mar 2019 10:10 AM PDT  Huge crowds gathered at the Dalai Lama's temple in India Sunday to commemorate 60 years since the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that drove the spiritual leader into exile. Supporters of the 83-year-old peace icon chanted and prayed at the Buddhist shrine in mountainous Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama established a government-in-exile after fleeing a deadly Chinese crackdown in Tibet in 1959. Devotees in the Indian hill station the Dalai Lama has called home for six decades waved Tibet's colourful "snow lion" flag, which China has outlawed as a symbol of separatism.
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| Today’s top deals: $20 off the hottest new Switch game, $17 wireless charger, Instant Pot deals, more Posted: 10 Mar 2019 05:29 AM PDT ![Today's top deals: $20 off the hottest new Switch game, $17 wireless charger, Instant Pot deals, more]( "Today's top deals: $20 off the hottest new Switch game, $17 wireless charger, Instant Pot deals, more") Before you slink down into your couch to enjoy a nice relaxing Sunday, check out our roundup of the best daily deals on the web. Highlights include Anker's best fast wireless charger for just $16.79 (the lowest price ever), a $20 discount on the hottest new Nintendo Switch game out there, $30 off Amazon's waterproof Kindle Paperwhite, Anker's Eufy Lumos smart LED bulbs for just $13 each, blazing-fast Samsung EVO 128GB microSD cards for $21 a piece, two killer Instant Pot deals, $40 off the best-selling DNA test on Amazon, Alexa and Google enabled smart plugs for $7.99 a piece when you buy a 4-pack, and more. See all of today's best deals below.
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| Two more Isil brides stripped of British citizenship Posted: 09 Mar 2019 12:13 PM PST  Two more jihadi brides who joined Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are believed to have been stripped of their UK citizenship while living in a refugee camp in Syria. The disclosure came as a row intensified over the death of a three-week-old baby whose mother Shamima Begum had been stripped of her British citizenship. Reema Iqbal, 30, along with her sister Zara Iqbal, 28, are mothers of five children between them, and are also in a camp. Legal sources told the Sunday Times that the sisters have had their citizenship removed after marrying into a terror cell linked to the execution of western hostages. A decision to remove their citizenship will fuel fears over what happens to the children of jihadi brides. The two women left Newham in London in 2013 for the co-called Isil caliphate. At least one of their sons was born in the UK and was taken to Syria. The women's parents are originally from Pakistan, and the Home Office could pursue the argument that they are Pakistani nationals. Last month Reema Iqbal told The Telegraph she was hopeful of returning to the UK. She said: "The security services came to speak to me and I was honest, I told them my whole story so now it's up to them to judge. I don't know if my Mum ever got me a Pakistani passport or not, I've never been to Pakistan. "There's not enough food for bigger families. It's a prison here, but we're serving no sentence. If I face court, fine, but take me back to the UK, that's where I'm from." Sajid Javid, the home secretary, was facing cross-party criticism after Kurdish officials confirmed that the three-week-old baby of Shamima Begum, 19, had died this week. Shamima Begum Credit: MetropolitanPpolice Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, blamed Mr Javid's decision to remove Ms Begum's citizenship for the child's death, accusing him of breaking international law and condemning the decision as "callous and inhumane". Phillip Lee, a Tory MP said the decision had been driven by populism and that the British government had failed in its moral responsibility to both mother and child. "I was just troubled by the decision. It seemed driven by a sort of populism, not any principle I recognise," he told the BBC's Today programme. The news of the death came as Ms Begum's father Ahmed Ali offered an apology to the British public for his daughter's decision to flee the country and join the terror group. Speaking from his home in the village of Dovroy, in north-eastern Bangladesh, he told the BBC: "She has done wrong, I apologise to everyone as her father, to the British people, I am sorry for Shamima's doing. I request to the British people, please forgive her." Mr Ali said added he only visited London three or four months at a time and had no idea how his daughter had become radicalised. He urged the British government and public to "take her back and punish her if she had done any mistake".
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| Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to 'break up big tech,' including Amazon, Google, Facebook Posted: 11 Mar 2019 09:18 AM PDT ![Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to 'break up big tech,' including Amazon, Google, Facebook]( "Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to 'break up big tech,' including Amazon, Google, Facebook") In a post on Medium, Elizabeth Warren says plan would nix Facebook's owning of Instagram, Amazon's deal for Whole Foods and Google owning Doubleclick.
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| Tesla throws it in reverse: Now it'll keep stores open and raise car prices Posted: 11 Mar 2019 05:19 AM PDT  Less than two weeks ago it announced it was closing stores and selling online only.
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| R. Kelly released from jail after paying child support Posted: 09 Mar 2019 11:45 AM PST  Singer R. Kelly was released from jail Saturday after paying child support following a previous detention on sex abuse charges. The R&B superstar was taken into custody Wednesday after failing to come up with the $161,000 he owed in payments to his ex-wife and their three children. "I promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out," Kelly, 52, told journalists as he left prison.
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| Man found dead inside trunk of parked car in Stanton identified Posted: 10 Mar 2019 12:08 AM PST  The man who was found dead inside the trunk of a car in Stanton was identified on Saturday, Orange County sheriff's officials said.
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| US-backed fighters could soon resume offensive against IS Posted: 09 Mar 2019 09:34 AM PST  BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed fighters could soon resume an offensive against the Islamic State group in the last area they control in Syria, an official said Saturday, adding that the battle against the extremists is expected to take three days.
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| No majority in British parliament for second Brexit referendum: Reuters analysis Posted: 11 Mar 2019 01:07 AM PDT  Britain is due to leave the European Union at the end of this month, and with parliament yet to approve Prime Minister Theresa May's exit deal, calls for a second referendum to break the deadlock, often dubbed a 'people's vote', have intensified. Last month, the opposition Labour Party broke new ground for one of the major parties by saying it would support a new referendum on May's deal after parliament defeated its alternative Brexit plan. Labour's position could face its first test on Tuesday when May's deal is brought back to parliament.
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| If you’re getting a Galaxy S10+, you need this free app Posted: 11 Mar 2019 05:17 AM PDT  Samsung's new Galaxy S10 handsets are probably the most exciting new phones I've reviewed in years. Following the company's horribly boring Galaxy S9 series that recycled the S8's design and added no compelling new features at all, Samsung kicked off 2019 on the right foot. The Galaxy S10 features a novel new design, plenty of power, and a number of nifty new features you won't find on any rival phones outside of China right now. It's a breath of fresh air in a smartphone market that was definitely starting to get a bit stagnant.The Galaxy S10+ may end up being the most popular new model despite its hefty price tag, especially among avid gadget fans. It's packed full of all the same new features as the Galaxy S10, but it also sports a large 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED screen while the smaller Galaxy S10 features a 6.1-inch display. Whether you plan to pick up an S10+ or you've already bought one, there's a free app that you're definitely going to want to download because it dramatically improves the user experience. And best of all, it's free.The app is called One Hand Operation +, and it's made by none other than Samsung. As the name of the app might suggest, it makes it much easier to use the Galaxy S10+ -- or any large Samsung phone, for that matter -- with one hand.Android Pie introduced optional new navigation gestures similar to what Apple did on the iPhone X from 2017, and we recommend that everyone uses them. Why? Mainly because enabling gestures means ditching the Android navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen, which frees up additional real estate for more important things. Some gestures are difficult to perform with one hand on a large phone, however, so One Hand Operation + addresses that by letting you configure custom swipes that can be performed anywhere you want.You'll find the full description from the Play Store page below, followed by a link where you can download it for free. Whether you're getting a brand new Galaxy S10+ or you already have a Samsung phone and you'd like it to be easier to use with one hand, this is the app for you. One important note, though: it only works on Samsung phones. If you'd like something that offers similar functionality on handsets from other brands, check out Edge Gestures.> With this app, you can use your device easily with only thumb.> > When the function is set, thin gesture handles are added to the left / right side of the screen. > By swiping this handle, defined functions will be executed. the default function is the Back button which most frequently used.> > You can set various functions on horizontal / diagonal up / diagonal down direction gestures. As you become accustomed to using short gestures, you can set up more functions on long gestures.> > Currently available functions are as follows, and we plan to provide additional function upgrades.> > \- Back key > \- Home key > \- Recent key > \- Menu key > \- Previous app > \- Forward ( web browser ) > \- Open notification panel > \- Open quick panel > \- Screen off > \- Assistance app > \- Screenshot > \- Floating navigation buttons > \- Pull screen down > \- One-handed mode > \- Task switcher> > Depending on the size of hand, the thickness of thumb, or the shape of the bumper case being used, various handle settings are provided to optimize gesture recognition.> > The handle will receive user's touch above the running app. So, as long as the gesture recognition is possible, it is recommended to set handle to be thin.> > And once you are fully familiar with the use of gestures, It is recommended that set max transparency.> > In addition, when the touch interference is severe with running application such as game, you can set [App exceptions] in [Advanced Settings], then the gesture handles will not work when the app is running.> > Experience the convenience of gestures on your phone and tablet with One Hand Operation +.> > Thank you.Download One Hand Operation +
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| Parisian taxi driver charged over Manchester United fan stabbing Posted: 10 Mar 2019 07:58 AM PDT  A Paris taxi driver who allegedly stabbed a Manchester United fan in the chest after the club's victory over Paris Saint-Germain last week has been charged with attempted murder, a judicial source said on Sunday. Mike Jackson, 44, from Bolton, said in a Facebook post that he is slowly recovering after a "traumatic four days". He was travelling in a taxi with friends to central Paris after watching his team's dramatic Champions League victory over PSG on Wednesday evening when the driver reportedly took offence at their boisterous celebrations. After they started singing loudly, the driver stopped the car and ordered the four passengers to get out. He then allegedly pulled out a knife, threatening the woman in the group and stabbing Mr Jackson in the chest when he stepped in to try to protect her. He was left lying on the pavement fighting for his life. His friends managed to flag down a passing car to rush him to hospital. He required emergency surgery to remove blood on his lung at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris. On Saturday, Mr Jackson put up a statement on Facebook: "From going from [a] jubilant evening watching Manchester United pulling off the unthinkable result against PSG to one hour or so later to be fighting for my life these have been a traumatic four days. "I'm slowly recovering in a hospital in Paris. Your support, well wishes have been truly amazing, each and every message means more than you could ever imagine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Manchester United sent their support to the fan. "We were shocked to hear about the incident with one of our fans who was stabbed while in Paris for the Champions League game," United said in a statement. "Everyone at the club wishes him well during his recovery".
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| Get paid for your data? California governor wants tech companies to show you the money Posted: 10 Mar 2019 01:18 PM PDT  Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering a bill that would compensate users for their data, but critics warn it could be complicated.
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| Alibaba invests $693 million for stake in Chinese courier STO Express Posted: 10 Mar 2019 09:55 PM PDT  Shares in STO Express shot up when trading opened and immediately hit the upper 10 percent limit on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, according to Refinitiv data. STO Express said in a statement on Monday its controlling shareholder planned to set up a new subsidiary that will own a 29.9 percent stake in the courier firm. Alibaba will in turn invest 4.66 billion yuan ($693.44 million) for a 49 percent stake in the new subsidiary, and by extension hold more than 14 percent of STO Express, the statement said.
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| Turkey's Erdogan stands by Russia missile deal Posted: 09 Mar 2019 01:29 PM PST  Turkey's deal to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems had "nothing to do" with the security of the US, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday after a Pentagon warning. "It is very clear why Turkey has bought this air defence system, under what conditions it has bought them and how it will be used," Erdogan said in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The "issue was not about the S-400s" but about Turkey "taking actions on its own accord", especially in Syria, he added.
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| The Latest: Siti Aisyah back in Indonesia, thanks president Posted: 11 Mar 2019 04:22 AM PDT  SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — The Latest on the dropping of a murder charge against the Indonesian suspect in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother (all times local):
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