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Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Saturday ordered telecommunications providers to cut internet and SMS services across the country ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations. Grassroots Catholic activists have called for marches in major cities on Sunday to demand that President Joseph Kabila commit to not changing the constitution to stand for a third term and release political prisoners. Kabila was required by the constitution to step down in December last year when his mandate expired but an election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed and is now scheduled for December 2018. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CdqrhJ via Latest News

By James Mackenzie and Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi KABUL (Reuters) - Hours after the explosion that tore through a Shi'ite cultural center in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, desperate families were still searching for news, as burned bodies were brought in and wards at the nearby Istiqlal hospital filled up. "Everyone was at the hospital but at first nobody knew where they were, they were lost," said Hasan Jan, whose nephews, Abdul Saboor Maqsoudi, 24, and brother Ali Paiman, 18, were among the dead. "Finally they recognized him because of a ring on his finger and his shirt and belt and his watch." The attack, claimed by Islamic State, was the latest in at least two dozen bombings on Shi'ite targets in the Sunni-majority country over the past two years in a brutal campaign by the movement that has killed and wounded hundreds. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EkdLTM via Latest News

Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a “swatting” prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zPruhD via Latest News

Investigators were also looking into allegations Michael Hamill had consensual sex while on the job. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zRVLwg via Latest News

A leading Russian environmental activist said on Friday he had been hospitalized after being severely beaten by unknown assailants in the southern city of Krasnodar. Andrei Rudomakha, head of the Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus NGO, told Reuters he and a group of activists were assaulted late on Thursday upon returning from the Black Sea coastal city of Gelendzhik where they were documenting the illegal construction of a mansion for high-ranking officials. The regional branch of the Russian Interior Ministry, in a statement sent to Reuters, said authorities were investigating the attack by what it said were three assailants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cbcjpg via Latest News

thanked his supporters and friends during a speech in Minneapolis Thursday night, in what is expected to be one of his final public appearances as a senator. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BV8yQm via Latest News

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on New York City's deadliest residential fire in decades (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Dy9QkW via Latest News

By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cm6S5Z via Latest News

USPS has its problems, but Amazon isn't one of them. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2q1ZNm2 via Latest News

On a seven-acre plot of land in upstate New York, an expansive lawn juts up behind a brown cottage, gently sloping down into the woods. “It’s like a desert,” Guillaume Gauthereau, the founder and executive director of the New York Bee Sanctuary, said this past August, gesturing to the lush grass as those same bees swirled around. The difference at the sanctuary, however, is that Gauthereau has carefully cultivated a habitat full of vegetation around that grass that gives bees the opportunity to thrive. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BWeTex via Latest News

US officials told the NYT it was Papadopoulos’s revelation, not the infamous Steele dossier, that lead to Russia inquiry. The FBI reportedly launched its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election after George Papadopoulos, then a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump, told an Australian diplomat that Moscow had damaging information about Hillary Clinton. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2q5ZAyx via Latest News

PlayStation 4 Sales To Reach 100 Million In 2019 And PlayStation 5 Release Date In 2021, Analyst Predicts    Tech Times The 10 Best Xbox 'Games with Gold' Games of 2017    HD Report Best PlayStation 4 Accessories as of December 2017    Android Central 8 Awesome Things to Try on Your PS4 Right Now    WIRED Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2DCupMY via Technology

GOTY 17 Countdown: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild    Gamereactor UK Why Collecting 900 Korok Seeds in Zelda: Breath of the Wild Gets You a Giant Poop    IGN Shacknews Best Open World Game of 2017: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild    Shacknews Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2CoCPKQ via Technology

President Donald Trump reportedly fired the sixteen remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday via a letter FedExed from the White House. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ClWVpm via Latest News

A man has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a hoax phone call that led to the death of an unarmed man in Wichita, Kansas, according to multiple reports from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DBZErr via Latest News

From "Rocket Man" to glowing orbs and all the awkward handshakes in between, take a look back at all the ways President Trump shook up global diplomacy in his first year in office. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EcUtiX via Latest News

Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across Turkey a day earlier, tightening security ahead of the New Year. Some 500 police officers took part in simultaneous raids across Ankara, and many of those detained were foreign nationals, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Materials seized in the raids indicated some of the suspects had made preparations for an attack over New Year, it added. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ct1lZc via Latest News

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Friday sentenced the financier who has advocated for a U.S. law targeting Russian officials over human rights abuses to nine years in prison in absentia over tax evasion and funneling money overseas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EfnHO5 via Latest News

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Will we get a sad poop emoji? Well, there's a process    Worcester Telegram Will we get a sad poop emoji in 2018? Or a frowny one? Here's how emojis make the cut    Hindustan Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2zSpZQ0 via Technology

Google Home: 12 Things You Need To Know    Forbes How to keep your smartened-up home safe from hackers    The Sentinel Smart Home: Voice Control & Mesh WiFi Will Be Huge in 2018    Android Headlines Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Clf7zv via Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it will look at revving up water deliveries to farmers from California's Central Valley Project, the largest federal water project in the United States, in what environmental groups called a threat to protections for struggling native salmon and other endangered species. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Cox5kv via Latest News

Russian President Vladimir Putin called for "pragmatic cooperation" in his New Year wishes to US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Saturday. In a statement on the Russian president's New Year wishes to world leaders, the Kremlin said Putin told Trump that "a constructive Russian-American dialogue is especially needed to strengthen strategic stability in the world". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ct7Vin via Latest News

What to Expect from Nintendo Switch in 2018    Tom's Guide Top 5 Switch Games of December 2017    IGN The Most Shocking, Surprising, and Awesome Gaming Moments of 2017    Geek Nintendo's Switch Brings Some Magic Back    New York Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2CrzwQS via Technology

How Sony Could Meet The Challenge Presented By The Xbox One X    Forbes Kodi media player might be the best Xbox One exclusive of the year    BGR PlayStation 5 Launch Date Set For 2021, Says IDC Analyst    ValueWalk Kodi for the Xbox One | Kodi | Open Source Home Theater Software    Kodi Xbox news and reviews | TechRadar    TechRadar Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2Eh5f7K via Technology

Will we get a sad poop emoji? Well, there's a process    89.3 KPCC Will we get a sad poop emoji in 2018? Or a frowny one? Here's how emojis make the cut    Hindustan Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2lpcDq5 via Technology

The Iranian government denounced President Donald Trump on Saturday after he escalated his support for the anti-government protesters who have been holding demonstrations in the country for three days. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2pZogIR via Latest News

A man has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a hoax phone call that led to the death of an unarmed man in Wichita, Kansas, according to multiple reports from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DBZErr via Latest News

A Gazan died on Saturday after being wounded by Israeli fire during a protest on the border over US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a Palestinian health official said. Jamal Muslih, 20, of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, had been seriously wounded by live fire on Friday, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said. He was buried on Saturday afternoon. Muslih’s death brings to 13 the number of Palestinians killed since US President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. Mourners at the funeral of Jamal Muslih, who died after being wounded by Israeli fire Credit: Mahmud Hams/AFP Eleven protesters died after clashes with Israeli troops, and two others were killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza earlier in the month. More than 50 Palestinians were wounded in the Friday clashes on the Gaza-Israel border as part of a "day of rage" over the US declaration, calle...

Germany's constitutional court has ruled that a 96-year-old German must go to jail over his role in mass murders committed at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War Two, refusing to overturn a lower court ruling. Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" for his job counting cash taken from the camp's victims, was sentenced to four years' jail in 2015, but wrangling over his health and age have delayed the start of his sentence. The constitutional court rejected the argument by Groening's lawyers that imprisonment at his advanced age would violate his right to life, adding that the gravity of his crimes meant there was a particular need for him to be seen to be punished. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EcV18B via Latest News

Unverified videos on social media appeared to show thousands marching through the western cities of Khorramabad, Zanjan and Ahvaz and many smaller towns, while reports spread rapidly that several people had been shot dead by police in the town of Dorud. Several Iranian news agencies warned Telegram, the most popular social media service in the country, might soon be shut down after communications minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi accused one channel, Amadnews, of encouraging an "armed uprising". Annual rallies marking the defeat of the last major protest movement in 2009 had already been scheduled for Saturday morning and brought thousands of regime supporters to the streets across the country. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EiUO3P via Latest News

A Connecticut court has refused to free three elephants from a zoo after an animal rights group asked it to do so. The court ruled that Minnie, Beulah, and Karen do not qualify as “persons entitled to liberty and equality” under state law. Judge James Bentivegna wrote in the decision that “the petition is wholly frivolous on its face” because it relied on applying “human rights of freedom and equality” to the animals. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ce8yPD via Latest News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Turkish journalists face possible life sentences on charges they sent "subliminal messages" on television encouraging a government coup. In Hungary, oligarchs loyal to the prime minister have gained control of much of the media after the leading independent newspaper was shut down. And in Poland, a reporter is being threatened with a military trial for writing a book critical of the defense minister. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DuLBnx via Latest News

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The Xiaomi Redmi 5 phones, announced at the beginning of December, are among the first in the company portfolio to have 18:9 ratio screens (along with the flagship Mi Mix 2). Xiaomi fans commented after the launch that they will hold back purchases until the Redmi Note 5 arrives, but surprisingly it is already in for review with a different name - Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus. When preparing for the successor of the Redmi Note 4, Xiaomi went with the saying "If it ain't broken, don't fix it" motto. The Redmi 5 Plus has similar looking specs - a power-efficient Snapdragon 625 chipset inside,... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://ift.tt/2lrV74g via IFTTT

Global Motorsports Car of the Week: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ    Williamson Source 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Colors    GM Authority (blog) Full coverage from Technology - Google News http://ift.tt/2zUmbxK via Technology

Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man in California for a “swatting” prank emergency call that led to the death of an innocent 28-year-old Kansas man who was shot by police responders on Thursday evening as he stood on his front doorstep. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zPruhD via Latest News

Speaking with the New York Times, the president acknowledged he’s “been soft” on China on trade, and decried the Russia investigation, but said he thinks Robert Mueller is “going to be fair.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Ehfclw via Latest News

For the New Year, former President Barack Obama shared three uplifting news stories from 2017, encouraging Americans to look beyond the negativity that has seemed to dominate the news this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BUITHx via Latest News

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A shooter opened fire at a southern California law firm Friday, killing one man and injuring another before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zR1mTB via Latest News

Investigators were also looking into allegations Michael Hamill had consensual sex while on the job. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2zRVLwg via Latest News

California adults not content to ring in the New Year with the traditional fizz of champagne can look forward to celebrating with the buzz of marijuana, purchased for the first time from state-licensed retailers of recreational pot. Dozens of newly authorized marijuana stores are due to open for business across California on Jan. 1, launching yet another chapter in America's drug culture and the largest regulated commercial market for cannabis in the United States - one valued at several billion dollars. Newly permitted retailers will rely on a hodge-podge of marijuana producers in the state's illicit "gray market" to stock their shelves for the next six months, until state-licensed growers can harvest their first crops. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CaqsDa via Latest News

The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! Check back in as we’ll be counting down the top 10 until New Year’s Eve. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2l0ZjYz via Latest News

Days after her headline-making arrest, Luann de Lesseps is heading to rehab from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ChvgWz via Latest News

On Dec. 23, 2016, school psychologist Heather Lindsay was diagnosed with the breast cancer that would eventually take her life. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DCyjFO via Latest News

A White House intern appeared to flash a white power hand gesture in a photo with President Donald Trump, a signal that some far-right groups have adopted in recent months. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CkJ8iw via Latest News

We spoke with Americans on their hopes for the U.S. in 2018. Here’s what they had to say. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2CfEWSe via Latest News

Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in “Nigerian prince”-style email schemes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2q5YPFG via Latest News

Clips show the gunman who killed nine walking away unchallenged for 10 minutes from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2lumbPO via Latest News