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Theresa May's cabinet has agreed on the need to "take action" to deter use of chemical weapons following an emergency meeting at Downing Street. President Donald Trump had warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria, declaring missiles “will be coming” and denouncing Moscow for standing by Syria’s president, but on Thursday night the White House said that "no final decision" had been made about what Washington will do. Mr Trump, Ms May and French President Emmanuel Macron have been in regular contact as they plot a course of action, with Mr Macron saying France has "proof" the Syrian government carried out the chemical attack which killed potentially doxens. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IP220Q via Latest News

European Commission may slap Google with a serious fine over Android    Digital Trends EU's Android antitrust fine reportedly won't dent Google power    CNET Google AI can pick out voices in a crowd    Engadget Google to launch new Gmail design in the coming weeks    The Verge Google may not be affected by EU's multibillion dollar penalty: Here's why    Hindustan Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2HwJwLe via Technology

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ISIS has nearly been defeated in Syria, and the Assad regime, backed by Russia and Iran, is close to winning the civil war. But the situation there is as dangerous as ever, and President Trump may be making things worse by tweeting out a belligerent threat to Russia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HvmnZw via Latest News

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) tweeted on Thursday that Gov. Eric Greitens (R) is from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qv9nej via Latest News

The dispatcher who received 16-year-old Kyle Plush’s second call never conveyed the detailed information to officers who may have believed the call was a prank. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JIje9u via Latest News

A Michigan teen, Mujey Dumbuya, was scheduled to testify against her alleged from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HfEJzZ via Latest News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed the suggestion by several Republican lawmakers on Wednesday that the social media network is biased against conservative content — but admitted that he is worried about the issue of censorship on the platform in general. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qnponq via Latest News

Should you let your child eat peanut butter in public? That is a question that many moms have weighed in on a public forum dedicated to parenting tips. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GUmPnf via Latest News

By Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - More than 250 people including Western Sahara refugees were killed when a military plane crashed near Algeria's capital on Wednesday, state media said, with witnesses saying they saw a wing catch fire shortly after the plane took off. Dozens of firefighters, rescue workers and military officials worked around the blackened fuselage of the aircraft, which had been ripped open near its wings. "This morning at around 8:00 an Ilyushin model military transport plane ... crashed directly after takeoff in an agricultural field that was clear of residents," Major General Boualem Madi told state TV. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qnvrre via Latest News

Five wildlife rangers and a driver were killed in a militant attack on the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GU1jL9 via Latest News

A Chicago-area pastor is stepping down from the leadership of one of America's from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EEUYkY via Latest News

“Never said when an attack on Syria would take place,” Trump tweeted early Thursday. “Could be very soon or not so soon at all!" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HlEKlW via Latest News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis stood still on Thursday for a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, as a two-minute siren wailed across the country and the nation paid respects to those systematically killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IP4LXX via Latest News

Life is considerably crazier with a toddler in tow. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EHK5yG via Latest News

A former Chinese political high-flyer who was once tipped for leadership before being accused of seeking to 'usurp' Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, has pleaded guilty to accepting huge bribes. Sun Zhengcai's fall from grace saw seen him being named as a co-conspirator who sought to topple the president by the chairman of China's securities regulator last October. Sun was a former party leader of the western megacity of Chongqing, and a member of the Communist Party's elite 25-member Politburo. He was also seen as a candidate to be elevated to the Politburo Standing Committee, several officials who represent the apex of political power in China. However, he is now the latest senior official be ensnared in a wide-ranging corruption clampdown launched by Mr Xi when he assumed power five years ago. Sun Zhengcai's bribery trial opened on Thursday Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP On the first day of his bribery trial on Thursday, Sun was accused of taking advantage of his po

"Roseanne" star Emma Kenney is seeking treatment to address her "battles." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GX7UIL via Latest News

Walter Huang died in a crash and vehicle fire in a Tesla Inc Model X near Mountain View, California, last month, prompting investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The agencies are also investigating the battery fire that followed the crash. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HvaXVB via Latest News

The Tomahawk cruise missile is one of the most successful weapons of the postwar era. The Tomahawk has been adapted to a variety of missions, from tactical nuclear missile to ship-killer, and with upgrades will serve the U.S. military for the foreseeable future. The Tomahawk was originally developed in the early 1970s as a nuclear-tipped cruise missile to be carried on B-52 strategic bombers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qvE6Yy via Latest News

Weekly church attendance by American Catholics continues its decadeslong from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GTIufd via Latest News

When Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday that he would not seek reelection this fall, some on both the left and the anti-Trump right expressed hope that Ryan would now be free to stand up against President Trump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GUvXnA via Latest News

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Britain (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HsFl2R via Latest News

The Florida school shooting suspect has offered to donate any inheritance money he is eligible for to the victims and families of the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School, which left 17 dead. Nikolas Cruz’s lawyer said the 19-year-old, who is alleged to have opened fire at the school in the small city of Parkland, does not want any money from his mother’s life insurance policy or any other source of income after reports surfaced he could potentially inherit $800,000 (£648,600) from his parents. Melissa McNeill, his lawyer, said: “Mr Cruz does not want those funds, whatever money that he is entitled to. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2v7A2Ua via Latest News

A system of Atlantic Ocean currents that regulates global weather is at its feeblest in 1,600 years, weakened partly by climate change, said researchers Wednesday, warning of trouble ahead. Two studies in the journal Nature concluded the system, dubbed the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is in decline -- validating a long-held scientific suspicion. The weakening, agreed the teams, was the result of melting sea ice, glaciers, and ice-shelves gushing freshwater -- less dense than salty ocean water -- into the North Atlantic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qoWJ0m via Latest News

The revived ‘Jersey Shore’ features the same familiar faces, just a few years older, and wiser. Everyone’s favorite fist-pumping crew share their thoughts on heading back to the shore. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HfCcG2 via Latest News

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced Wednesday that he's the target of a from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HmqE3I via Latest News

CIA Director Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s pick for secretary of state, confirmed on Thursday that he has been interviewed by Robert Mueller in the special counsel's investigation into the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IQQzhb via Latest News

House Speaker Paul Ryan's decision not to seek re-election has dramatically from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GQ2ijn via Latest News

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Women who say comedian Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them decades ago are finally getting a chance to confront him — and they aren't holding back. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JEBm43 via Latest News

More than 250 people including Western Sahara refugees were killed when a military plane crashed near Algeria's capital on Wednesday, state media said, with witnesses saying they saw a wing catch fire shortly after the plane took off. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EGM8Tx via Latest News

David Schwimmer will replace Xavier Rolet, who stepped down last November amid a boardroom row. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GWOBeN via Online Shopping

Legal costs for package holiday sickness cases will be fixed in a bid to deter false claims. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GXAZEc via Online Shopping

Study says 40% of apprenticeship standards do not meet traditional on-the-job training definition. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2INH3LI via Online Shopping

German car giant replaces Matthias Mueller with Herbert Diess as part of a sweeping reorganisation. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2HgBCrv via Online Shopping

The firm has 5,000 independent distributors who make money selling Kleeneze products door-to-door. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2qtNYD9 via Online Shopping

PM Jacinda Ardern says the decision was about climate change, but it has stunned industry groups. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GW60IA via Online Shopping

The US president has previously slammed the deal with mostly Asia-Pacific nations as a potential "disaster". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2IP9Gbp via Online Shopping

Shares in Norwegian Air soar as IAG says it is considering a takeover bid. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2JEaO2V via Online Shopping

Citizens Advice says a bad month of self-employment income will not be rescued by the new benefit. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2qwElUr via Online Shopping

The increase follows that imposed by British Gas this week and will affect 1.3 million customers. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2HuUHUN via Online Shopping

Eastern Europeans complained that some Western brands in their shops were of inferior quality. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2JCKkPr via Online Shopping

It's good to grow up in China, Didi Chuxing boss tells the BBC, but it's now time to go global. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GZD5PS via Online Shopping

UK dairy firms say they've seen an increase in demand for glass milk bottles, amid concern over plastic waste. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2v7NHdV via Online Shopping

The Children's Commissioner has criticised Amazon over child sex dolls being sold on its website. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2v74Ynr via Online Shopping

The proposal would only apply in areas where bus services are back in public ownership, the party says. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Hi4HTE via Online Shopping

Big rewards are available for hackers who can spot when websites have got their coding wrong. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GU66R1 via Online Shopping

Motorola is launching its G6 series on Thursday, but the three phones surfaced with press renders in all colors. The Moto G6 Play, Moto G6, and Moto G6 Plus will arrive on Thursday in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a tall screen and are also expected to have Android Oreo and quick charging support. Moto G6 Play The most affordable of the three phones is the Play variant. According to Geekbench, it should have a Snapdragon 430 chipset with octa-core CPU running at 1.4 GHz. The display panel is 5.7" in diagonal with HD+ resolution. There will be 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage on board, microSD... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2HgIQvF via IFTTT

Xiaomi-backed Black Shark is getting ready to unveil its first smartphone. The eponymous device will be all about gaming, as Black Shark is meant to be a gaming-focused offshoot of the Chinese handset maker. We've already seen the Black Shark in a couple of benchmarks, a live image, and not one, but two teasers. Now though a hands-on video of the phone has been outed, and you can see it embedded below. Sure, it's not the longest of videos - by any stretch of the imagination. Yet it does give us our first 360-degree view of the smartphone. It looks pretty big and bulky, as you can... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2EG9x7S via IFTTT

As OnePlus continues its teaser campaign for its next smartphone, a case maker has decided to fully reveal the device's design. You can see both the front and the rear of the OnePlus 6 in the renders below, which come from Olixar. All of these cases are already up for pre-order at MobileFun, with prices ranging from $7.49 for the gel cases and all the way up to $35.49 for a combo of the toughest-looking one and a glass screen protector. OnePlus 6 inside various cases Once again the notch is unsurprisingly present on the front. You have surely also noticed how the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2vexyU4 via IFTTT

Apple's HomePod smart speaker is more speaker than smart. All early reviews praised its audio prowess but griped with its iPhone-reliance and many limitations. This plus the high asking price led to lower-than-expected sales from Apple's first speaker. Apple has reportedly even gone as far as to cut orders from one of its manufacturers. During the HomePod's first three months in the market it managed to claw itself a 10% stake of the sales, trailing behind Google's 14%. But it's undoubtedly Amazon that's dominating as the affordable Echo accounts for 73%. Still the HomePod is an... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2JF3dkF via IFTTT

The industrious folks over at XDA-Developers have dug up info on two upcoming Xiaomi phones code named Comet and Sirius. And they will use a Snapdragon 710 chipset - part of Qualcomm's AI-focused 700 series - that appears to be a rebranded Snapdragon 670. The two phones are mostly the same. Both have OLED screens with Always On Display, both run Android 8.1 Oreo with MIUI, both are dual-SIM phones with 3,100 mAh battery (or so), an IR blaster but no NFC. The major difference between them is that the Sirius model is set to have a notch on its screen and its selfie camera will offer... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Hw4KIW via IFTTT

The Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design is a beautiful phone - some like it better than the P20 Pro that it was based on what with the lack of a notch and the addition of an under display fingerprint reader. But beauty comes at a price, specifically a high one. Clove UK has started taking pre-orders at £1,692. As you can probably tell, this is for the reasonable 256 GB version, the 512 GB one is not available (which would be over £2,000). Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design And it's only coming in Black, the Red version is exclusive to China. Units will be available in two weeks (starting... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Hh4rUH via IFTTT

OnePlus just announced in an that the 5T is out of stock in the UK and the rest of Europe. The phone is currently unavailable to be purchased from the company website oneplus.com, but units can still be found at various retailers, including O2. The OnePlus 5T being sold out in Europe is a good thing, the company says as it helped it double its YoY revenue to $1.4 billion. OnePlus said the 5T was the best selling device up to date. OnePlus 5T Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, thanked in the press release to the OP community for always communicating and constantly improving the phones. In... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2GX8hyT via IFTTT

It's no coincidence that rumors of the Xiaomi Mi A2 / Mi 6X are intensifying - there's a good chance that the phone will be unveiled a couple of weeks from now. Xiaomi posted an invite for an April 25 event, which unfortunately doesn't give away much. Not that rumors didn't spoil the plot - we're in for an 18:9 refresh of Xiaomi's Android One phone (which, will also run MIUI under the Mi 6X name). Yesterday it came to light that the Mi A2 will be powered by Helio P60 and will have an upgraded dual camera compared to the Redmi Note 5 Pro. The invite for Xiaomi's April 25 event The... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2v40WMy via IFTTT

Samsung's product strategy not so gently steers you towards a Galaxy S9+ - without the new camera or extra RAM, the Galaxy S9 isn't a huge upgrade over the S8. So, if you want a compact Galaxy flagship, you're out of luck. Unless the SM-G8850 is what TENAA says it is - basically an S9 with a dual camera. But there's a catch. Two, in fact. The phone has a 5.8" Super AMOLED screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 845 with 4 GB to 6 GB of RAM and has a dual 12 MP camera on the back. What more could you want? Well, the truth for one. @IceUniverse posted on Weibo that this is actually a new... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2HgNDx5 via IFTTT

LG just recently refreshed last year's LG V30 with more AI camera capabilities as the LG V30S ThinQ. Now new intel suggests the phone will get a hardware update with the LG V35 ThinQ. LG V30S ThinQ According to Android Headlines, the phone will stick to a 6" OLED FullVision panel with QHD+ resolution. However it will up the resolution of its wide-angle from 13 MP to 16 MP keeping the f/1.9 aperture lens in front of it. Google Lens support and the AI capabilities for scene recognition that got introduced at MWC 2018 will naturally be on board too. There is no info if memory will... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2ECDS7f via IFTTT

LG has announced that it is opening a global Software Upgrade Center in South Korea. The facility will be located in LG's new research and development campus in Magok-dong, western Seoul. According to LG: "The Software Upgrade Center will not only be charged with developing and delivering regular OS updates for LG smartphones, it will also be responsible for ensuring a consistent user experience on LG devices by continuously testing the stability and compatibility between hardware and software after updates". LG says this facility will enable rolling out updates to countries where its... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Hgvdge via IFTTT

Apple Music has reached 40 million paying subscribers and has gained a new Vice President - Oliver Schusser. Schusser has worked at Apple for 14 years now and has been involved in App Store, iTunes' movies and TV sections, iBooks and Podcasts among others and will now move from Europe to California to head Apple Music and International Content, reporting directly to Eddie Cue. Apple Music's 40 million milestone is very impressive but the earlier predictions that it could surpass Spotify in the US by the summer of 2018 were highly exaggerated. Spotify has some 70 million paying users... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2HvDZEO via IFTTT

Huawei keeps announcing affordable devices in its Y series - the latest addition is the Y6 (2018) that already started arriving in markets like the Philippines and Russia. The setup on the back might look like dual cameras, but in reality, there is only one sensor - 13 MP. Huawei Y6 (2018) The display panel is 5.7" in diagonal with a tall 18:9 ratio and HD+ resolution (1440 x 720 pixels). The chipset is Snapdragon 450 that comes with octa-core CPU, clocked at 1.8 GHz and Adreno 506 GPU. Huawei equipped the Y6 (2018) with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage, but there is a... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2v5De2q via IFTTT