Senator Seeks to Bar Chinese Bid for U.S. Chip Maker

Senator Seeks to Bar Chinese Bid for U.S. Chip Maker

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China’s efforts to expand its reach into advanced semiconductors in the U.S. drew fire on Capitol Hill as Sen. Chuck Schumer called on officials to block Tsinghua Unigroup’s effort to buy Micron Technology.

Scores Killed in Baghdad Truck Bomb

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A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, killing at least 62 people, police officials said.

Sudan's Split With Iran Boosts Saudi Camp

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For more than two decades, Sudan was the Iranian regime’s best friend in the Sunni Arab world, but the friendship has unraveled.

Sweden Runs Out of Time on Assange Probe

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Swedish prosecutors have run out of time to pursue two of four probes into allegations of sexual assault against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Tensions with China loom larger as Obama prepares to welcome Xi Jinping 

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Finally, something Democrats and Republicans agree on in the 2016 election cycle: China's economic foul play.A day after Beijing slashed the value of its currency, U.S. politicians were united in their outrage. Donald Trump, the GOP presidential hopeful, used a campaign stop in Michigan to accuse China of trying to "suck the blood out of the U.S." Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) praised his comments as "spot on."Read full article >>









North Korea is stepping uranium production — but for power or nukes? 

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TOKYO — North Korea has been stepping up its capacity to mine and mill uranium, new satellite imagery shows, raising fears that Kim Jong Un’s regime is trying to expand its stockpile of nuclear weapons.Read full article >>









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Firm Agrees $6m Settlement Over Tuna Oven Death

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Jose Melena was cooked alive after a co-worker loaded six tons of canned tuna into an oven he had stepped inside.

Deadly blasts rock Chinese port

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At least 13 killed and hundreds injured in Tianjin as shipment of explosives erupts

Heroin smugglers turn to drones 

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Two men plead guilty to using unmanned aerial vehicle in attempt to transport almost 30lb of heroin from Mexico to USA











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Top general: US boots on the ground may be needed to defeat Isil 

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Raymond Odierno, American army chief of staff, says proposal should be put to Barack Obama if progress is not made soon











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Tuna company ordered to pay $6m after employee cooked to death in oven 

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Jose Melena died in 2012 when giant cooker was loaded with fish and turned on by workers who did not realise he had climbed inside to clean it











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British troops learn what it's like to face Russian forces as they train Ukrainians 

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British troops sent to train Ukrainian forces fighting battling Russian-backed separatists are also learning from their pupils









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Tianjin explosion: drone footage shows aftermath of blast site

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Chinese state broadcaster has released footage showing the warehouse where the explosive blasts came from









Three more women accuse Bill Cosby of decades-old assaults

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Colleen Hughes and Linda Ridgeway Whitedeer say Cosby, 78, sexually assaulted them in the early 1970s, while Eden Tirl said he sexually harassed her on "The Cosby Show" set











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The moment Australian eagle punches a drone out of the sky – video 

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A wedge-tailed eagle, also known as an eaglehawk, takes down a drone as it is flown over grassland in Victoria, Australia. Melbourne Aerial Video, the company which captured the footage, says the eagle – Australia’s largest bird of prey, highly-territorial and known to fly at 6,000ft – escaped unharmed
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U.S. Says Iranian Military Figure’s Visit to Russia Violates U.N. Ban 

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Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the head of Iran’s paramilitary Quds force, has been subject to a travel ban since 2007. The visit may provide fuel to opponents of a nuclear agreement with Iran.

World Briefing: Ukraine: Cease-Fire Is Imperiled as Fighting Erupts 

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The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday accused each other of attempting to break a six-month-old peace agreement.

In Crimea, a Disputed Beach Is a Symbol of Corruption

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Sunbathers at Gurovskiye Kamni beach on the Black Sea in Gurzuf, on the southern coast of Crimea. Access to the beach has become a matter of dispute, with the nearby Kremlin-backed children's camp of Artek seeking to take the beach for its visitors and local residents fighting to keep it open to the public.
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ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape 

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Claiming the Quran’s support, the Islamic State codifies sex slavery in conquered regions of Iraq and Syria and uses the practice as a recruiting tool.

Hong Kong Convicts 2 in 2014 Cleaver Attack on Journalist

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Kevin Lau Chun-to sustained severe cuts in the attack, which heightened concerns about threats to press freedom in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

Abadi Seeks To Seal Sweeping Reforms With Constitutional Change 

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, after winning quick approval of his sweeping government reform legislation in Parliament, said he wants to correct what he called "mistakes" in the country's constitution.

Iran Deal Has Fallen Victim To Washington Politics, Expert Says

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The Iran nuclear deal has fallen victim to a long-running political war between the White House and Republican-led Congress, a former top White House aide and nuclear expert says.

IS Blast Kills At Least 62 In Baghdad Shi'ite Neighborhood

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Iraqi officials say a massive truck bomb has ripped through a crowded Baghdad food market shortly after dawn, killing at least 62 people.

Moderate Syrian Opposition Leader Rejects Russian-Iranian Peace Plan

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The leader of a political coalition of moderate Syrian opposition forces has told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that a Russian-Iranian proposal to end Syria's four-year-old civil war is unworkable.
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U.S. Protests Blacklisted Iranian General's Visit To Moscow

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The United States says it will raise the issue at the United Nations of a recent visit to Moscow by a senior Iranian general who is targeted by a UN travel ban.

Hard Times In Luhansk

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For almost a year, areas of eastern Ukraine under the control of Russia-backed separatists have been cut off from the rest of the country. The economic price is enormous. Much of Ukraine's 17 percent fall in GDP is due to the collapse in economic activity in these areas. At the market in Luhansk, money is scarce and prices are soaring. The common refrain: ''Somehow, we're surviving." (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)

U.S. begins air strikes against Islamic State from Turkish base

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States launched its first manned air strikes against Islamic State targets from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
  

Argentine front-runner Scioli would seek bond holdout deal: advisor

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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's presidential front-runner wants to settle a financially hobbling suit with bondholders, woo new investors, cut inflation and could revise energy subsidies to put the country's fiscal house in order, his economic advisor said.









  

Knife attacker kills woman in prime Beijing shopping complex

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A lone attacker stabbed a French man and a Chinese woman in a popular Beijing shopping complex on Thursday, killing the woman, the city's public security department said.
  

Two found guilty of knife attack on Hong Kong editor

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two men charged with attacking a former chief editor of a major Hong Kong newspaper with a meat cleaver last year were found guilty by a jury on Thursday.









  
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Turkey does not plan to send ground forces to Syria: foreign minister

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey does not expect to deploy ground forces in Syria to fight Islamic State, although that option should remain on the table, Foreign Minister Mevult Cavusoglu said in a television interview on Thursday.
  

Islamic State says in broadcast that it killed Croatian hostage

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The militant group Islamic State said in an audio broadcast on Thursday that its Egyptian affiliate had killed a Croatian hostage, a day after a photograph of a beheaded corpse purported to be that of the Croat was circulated by the group's supporters.









  

Kurdish militants attack Turkish security outposts, seven killed

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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants launched attacks on military outposts in eastern Turkey overnight and seven of their fighters were killed in ensuing clashes with security forces, the Turkish armed forces said on Thursday.
  

Swedish prosecutor drops three Assange cases, rape investigation continues

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they had dropped investigations into allegations of sexual assault made in 2010 against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because they had run out of time to bring charges.









  

Russia adds four new countries to food import ban list

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has added Albania, Montenegro, Liechtenstein and Iceland to a list of countries from which it has banned most food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.
  

Lawyer: Chelsea Manning faces possible solitary confinement

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning could be placed in solitary confinement indefinitely for allegedly violating prison rules by having a copy of Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover and an expired tube of toothpaste, among other things, her lawyer said Wednesday....
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The Latest: Tianjin explosions destroy vehicles, buildings

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TIANJIN, China (AP) -- The latest on the explosions in China's port city of Tianjin (all times local):...

Bills claim Enemkpali, day after he punched Jets QB Smith

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PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Rex Ryan won't excuse linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali for a sucker punch that broke quarterback Geno Smith's jaw in the New York Jets' locker room....

US F-16 fighters fly first missions from Turkey

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively cautious....

US culture already widespread in Cuba as ties resume

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HAVANA (AP) -- Even Cubans who don't speak a word of English eat "un cake" on their birthdays....

What is Propaganda? CIA and Hollywood Are Offering Perfect Examples - Top Secret Writers

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What is Propaganda? CIA and Hollywood Are Offering Perfect Examples
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In its appraisal of how the CIA has “manufactured” history, the Institute for Historical Review (IHR), talks of how the CIA uses clandestine propaganda and disinformation programs, to “keep you, the American public from knowing what is going on,” as ...

The Google Search That Made the CIA Spy on the US Senate - VICE News

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The Google Search That Made the CIA Spy on the US Senate
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On July 28, 2014, the CIA director wrote a letter to senators Dianne Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss — the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee (SSCI) and the panel's ranking Republican, respectively. In it, he admitted that the CIA's ...
Report: John Brennan drafted apology to senators for CIA hackingPolitico

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