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UK Labour Brexit spokesman says he wants talks with PM May to continue

Britain’s opposition Labour party wants talks with Prime Minister Theresa May to continue, its Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said on Friday after Labour urged May to offer genuine changes to her EU withdrawal deal.

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World Bank Appoints Trump Nominee David Malpass As President

(Bloomberg) — Senior U.S. Treasury official David Malpass was appointed president of the World Bank Group, placing a loyalist of President Donald Trump at the helm of the development lender. Malpass was unanimously selected to serve a five-year term from

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Washington state man accused of posing as Uber driver, raping Seattle woman – NBC News

Washington state man accused of posing as Uber driver, raping Seattle woman  NBC News Boyfriend of slain South Carolina student says he was tracking her whereabouts by phone during abduction  Fox News UM police offer ride-share tips in wake of South Carolina

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Supreme Court rejects gun rights advocates over bump stocks

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed another setback to gun rights advocates challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly.

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An American Tourist Has Been Kidnapped and Held for Ransom in Uganda. Here’s What to Know

An American woman and a local guide were kidnapped from a popular tourist destination in Uganda on Tuesday evening by unknown gunmen who have demanded a $500,000 ransom, according to police. The woman was identified by Reuters as Kimberley Sue

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Columbia University professor says Israel almost identical to Islamic State

Hamid Dabashi claims only difference between the two is that the Jewish state has columnists at NY Times to defend its ‘terrorist cause’

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Coast Guard intercepts 10 Cuban migrants off the Florida Keys

The United States Coast Guard stopped 10 Cuban men at sea trying to enter the country about 20 miles south of Lower Matecumbe Key earlier this week. A boater called … Click to Continue »

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Another Parent to Plead Guilty in College Admissions Bribery Case

(BOSTON) — A lawyer who is among the wealthy parents charged with cheating the admissions process to get their children into prestigious universities says he will plead guilty and is apologizing for his actions. Gordon Caplan, of Greenwich, Connecticut, also

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The Roku Channel adds support for HBO just in time for ‘Game of Thrones’

Just days ahead of the return of “Game of Thrones,” Roku has forged a deal with HBO that now gives the media device maker the ability to sell the premium channel as a subscription through its dedicated content hub, The

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Boomplay, a Spotify-style music and video streaming service for African music and Africa, raises $20M

While Spotify dukes it out with Apple and other big tech names to target high-end users in mostly developed markets, a startup out of China has raised some money to expand its music streaming business in the massive but still

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