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An entire floor at the hospital has been reserved to treat the rescued members of the soccer team. Days before the mission began, the boys wrote letters to their families about what they would want once they get out. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MY0Aew via Latest News

While the eight boys are now safe, four others and their coach are still trapped in the flooded Thailand cave, where they’ve been for more than two weeks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L0fznE via Latest News

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Divers have begun the third phase of the rescue of a youth soccer team trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave in northern Thailand and aim to bring out the last four boys and their coach Tuesday, the top rescue official said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2znxAed via Latest News

The second day of a harrowing mission to rescue a junior soccer team and their from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2u2Y5ki via Latest News

The Turkish government on Sunday sacked more than  18,000 civil servants for alleged links to terror groups, as it prepared to lift the state of emergency in the wake of the 2016 failed coup.  Nearly 9,000 police officers, 6,000 members of the military and 199 academics from across Turkey are among the people summarily dismissed in a decree published in the Official Gazette. Their passports will be cancelled. The dismissals came the day before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to be sworn in for his second term, following his victory in last month’s presidential election. Mr Erdogan has overseen a series of purges since the July 2016 attempted coup, which saw parts of the Turkish military launch an operation to topple the government and oust its leader. Turkey blames exiled preacher and businessmen Fethullah Gulen for the attempted power grab and cracked down decisively, implementing a state of emergency and using enhanced powers to sack scores of civil servants. After t...

The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debates current politics, including President Trump's upcoming Supreme Court announcement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KJgKvJ via Latest News

President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani joins George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" to talk about Mueller investigation and Trump's former longtime attorney Michael Cohen. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ucDEAD via Latest News

Britain must be free to protect its leading position in the services sector, including finance, after it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit on Monday over May's plan for Brexit, which includes a free-trade area for goods but little detail on the approach to services. "On services, we want to be free to ensure that we are able to put in place what we believe is necessary to maintain our key position in services, not least on the financial services." May told parliament in a heated session that her plan was "not a betrayal" of the referendum vote. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2m6D2sq via Latest News

Firefighters continued to contain around destructive wildfires in California, though one blaze grew significantly and crossed into Oregon from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2J9h5SD via Latest News

Boris Johnson warned Monday as he quit as foreign secretary that the Brexit "dream is dying" and Britain is "headed for the status of colony" with its plan to stay close to the EU. "Brexit should be about opportunity and hope. "In that respect we are truly headed for the status of colony -- and many will struggle to see the economic or political advantages of that particular arrangement," he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2u8FrXY via Latest News

Huawei is among the top-selling manufacturers for a very simple reason - the company has a device for every price segment. After the unveiling of Huawei P20 and Huawei P20 Lite, now it is time for the Huawei nova 3 series that are offering a middle ground between the two P20 devices. According to a post on Weibo, the new phone will be unveiled on July 18 in Shenzhen with dual AI cameras and a notched screen, as previously expected. It could launch in the Philippines 10 days later. Huawei nova 3 official posters The Huawei nova 3 looks like the Huawei P20 Lite but will... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2J99Slq via IFTTT

The guys over at XDA-Developers have performed an APK teardown of the latest Google Phone APK (version 22). This is the default telephony app that is used on Google's Nexus and Pixel devices. The latest feature slated for this dialer is a call-screening feature that would keep spam calls from interrupting you. According to the teardown, the Phone app's new feature is called "Call Screen" and it will apparently work without the need for an active WI-Fi or data connection - to do this, it will use a real-time audio transcription of the incoming call to warn you if the call has a robot at the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2zm1lMo via IFTTT

Google requires OEMs to comply with certain requirements in order to qualify to run the Google Play Store. Among these requirements is one that the EU's chief competition regulator doesn't agree with. This is the requirement that OEMs have to have Google Chrome and Google Search preinstalled. This means if OEMs don't comply to pre-install Google apps, they will not be allowed to run the Google Play Store. Margerethe Vestager is the EU's competition chief and she argues that Google's requirement ensures its own dominance in its own internet ecosystem of services. Surely, Google has an... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2L6kkfH via IFTTT

Apple has released a new video ad for the iPhone X, and specifically its Face ID biometric feature that replaces the Touch ID fingerprint sensor seen on older iPhones. As you can see, it has a fun gameshow vibe, and it's basically all about a man trying to remember the password he set for an online account. Spoiler alert: he doesn't actually need to remember the password because he has an iPhone X, and, to quote Apple in the ad, "your face is your password" in that case. from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2u7sZIc via IFTTT

Cricket has released a new Samsung mid-range smartphone, the Galaxy Amp Prime 3. Despite the very different name, this is actually just a rebranded Galaxy J3 (2018), a handset that became official last month. The Galaxy Amp Prime 3 is already available to purchase from Cricket's website, and can be yours if you have nothing against parting with $129.99 of your hard earned cash. Note that the price is available with qualifying service only. You can pair the Amp Prime 3 with Cricket's 2GB, 5GB, Unlimited, and Unlimited Max plans. The phone has a 5-inch 720p display, an 8 MP main... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2u96jqO via IFTTT

Right on schedule, Amazon has started taking pre-orders for the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium in the US today. The top of the line device which was announced back in April can be yours for a whopping $999.99. To sweeten that financial blow somewhat, the retailer is bundling a free Xperia Ear Duo true wireless headset with every pre-order of the phone. The Xperia XZ2 Premium will be released in the US on July 30. You can get one in Chrome Black only at the moment, while the Chrome Silver color version should become available at some point in the future. The handset is the first to... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2m3ne9P via IFTTT

Today OnePlus has released the final open beta builds for the 3 and 3T. They arrive as Open Beta 39 for the OnePlus 3 and Open Beta 30 for the 3T. They're the last ones because a stable update will be sent over by the Chinese company by the end of this month. The newest beta builds come with optimized switching between the front and rear camera, an added capability to scrub/seek through AAC audio file timelines, as well as some improvements to the launcher - better search tags in App drawer, a New Installs category tab, and an enhanced app list for hidden space and toolbox. That's... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2J8HgJf via IFTTT

Earlier today Huawei teased that it's getting closer to unveiling the Honor Note 10 so it was only logical that it would show up on a benchmarking website, such as Geekbench sooner rather than later. The phone, codenamed HUAWEI RVL-AL09 is most likely the Honor Note 10 as it's codenamed Ravel. The system information in the benchmark run reveals the software is Android 8.1 and that the RAM is 6GB. The processor listed has 8 cores and its base clock is 1.84GHz. This is the Kirin 970 inside the Honor 10. All that is left now is for Huawei to announce the 6.9-inch phablet. Source... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2NByHtT via IFTTT

A couple of images taken by regulatory organizations have surfaced, showing two new Samsung tablets - the higher-end Galaxy Tab A2 10.5 and the Galaxy Tab Advanced2. Both seem to be successors to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (2016). Samsung Galaxy Tab A2 10.5 (SM-T590/SM-T595) The Samsung Galaxy Tab A2 10.5 has a 10.5-inch 1920x1200px display with thin bezels. It will likely be positioned just under the upcoming flagship Galaxy Tab S4 in terms of specs. It measures 259.9x161.1mm (compared to the Galaxy Tab S4's 249.3x164.3mm) and will come in a Wi-Fi only model and an LTE model. The... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2NEILSL via IFTTT

The researchers from Canalys have just published their report on the smart speakers' market. According to the analysts, over 100 million devices will be in use by the end of 2018, compared to less than 40 million just a year ago. The interest in home assistants will keep rising, eventually reaching 225 million homes by the end of 2020. Canalys Research Analyst Vincent Thielke said by the end of the year, Amazon Echo is expected to amass over 50% of the installed devices, while Google Home will trail with 30%. 4% of the devices will be the Siri-based Apple HomePod. The most... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2J4cMId via IFTTT

The impressive vivo NEX phone with a pop-up selfie camera and minuscule bezels was unveiled on June 12 in Shanghai, China and today the company announced in a press release the device is hitting stores around the globe. The first five international markets that will see the vivo NEX are Russia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan where the phone will appear by the end of July. The vivo NEX arrives in two versions - the vivo NEX S with an under-display fingerprint scanner and Snapdragon 845 chipset and the vivo NEX A with a regular sensor on the back and Snapdragon 710. Both of them... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2J6C6gN via IFTTT

Huawei is advertising a new smartphone in the Philippines as Coming Soon with the date of July 28 stamped on the teaser. So far such a teaser has been spotted in the Glorietta Mall in the capital of Manila. The teaser likely refers to the Huawei Nova 3, which will be announced on July 18. Image courtesy of JamOnline.ph The Huawei Nova 3 shares the design of the Huawei P20 Lite but is an improvement on its specs. It will have a bigger 6.3-inch 2340x1080px display, faster Kirin 710 chipset paired with 6GB of RAM, an ample 3,650mAh battery and four cameras. The dual camera on the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2N2kRjl via IFTTT

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S10 lineup is becoming an ever more interesting device with each new bit unveiled. Currently we expect there to be three devices. The Galaxy S10 (codenamed Beyond 0) with a 5.8-inch regular (read non-curved) Super AMOLED screen, side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and a dual 12MP wide + 12MP tele camera. The Galaxy S10+ (Beyond 1) with a 6.2-inch curved Super AMOLED, under the display fingerprint scanner, triple rear camera 12MP wide + 12MP tele + 16MP fixed-focus 120-degree super wide angle, and single front-facing camera. And finally a Galaxy S10+ (Beyond... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2m3dwEs via IFTTT

Nokia X5 is arriving on July 11, as the company confirmed earlier today. After it appeared on TENAA with images and specs and in a Bluetooth certification listing, now the phone shined in leaked press renders on Baidu. Leaked Nokia X5 press renders Just like the X6, the Nokia X5 will also have a dual camera on the back and a notched screen, with the P20 series, while the latter can be compared to the Xiaomi Mi 8 and Apple iPhone X. Both phones might be similar on the outside, but the Nokia X5 clearly lacks metal bezels around the camera setup and the fingerprint sensor. It... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2ziN2Z4 via IFTTT

The South Korean president Moon Jae-in is on an official visit in India. Part of the trip included the official opening of the biggest smartphone factory in the world, based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The plant spans 35 acres (141 thousand sq.m.) and aims to increase overall production of devices in India by 50%. The new factory is part of a $700 million expansion plan. It is on the set of a former plant that used to make refrigerators and TVs, with smartphones joining the production line in 2007. Before the launch of the Noida plant Samsung was manufacturing 67 million phones in... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2KRTue5 via IFTTT

Today Xiaomi marks its market trading debut. The company opened on the Hong Kong Exchanges Market at HKD16.60, although it expected stock to be between HKD17 and HKD22. To celebrate the new beginning, Xiaomi is giving coupons worth CNY100 (around $15) that can be used for a new smartphone purchase via its website. The CNY100 vouchers are available only for registered users on the official Xiaomi website, but they can't be applied for the latest Redmi 6 devices and the Mi 8 flagship series. The voucher has 24 hours availability, so act fast if you want to purchase a phone. In... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2ugnxlD via IFTTT

Four children and their soccer coach remain in the cave. from CNET https://ift.tt/2J9U7uV via Mobiles

China bumped up its tariff on electric cars by 40 percent in retaliation to US tariffs on Chinese imports. from CNET https://ift.tt/2m4Wfe8 via Mobiles

With its 24-3,000mm lens, there's no doubt you'll have the biggest zoom in the room. from CNET https://ift.tt/2KJyOFY via Mobiles

Skins get wins. from CNET https://ift.tt/2N1Dy6t via Mobiles

The universe is becoming balanced. from CNET https://ift.tt/2zol1zv via Mobiles

Is the original, older Lando Calrissian headed back to a galaxy far, far away? from CNET https://ift.tt/2KMQPmM via Mobiles

Huawei's Honor sub brand will soon launch the Note 10 flagship. No date has been announced yet but it will be shortly, as per Honor's official Weibo account. Honor posted a teaser to reiterate that it will skip the Honor Note 9 and instead launch the Note 10, soon. It will be unveiled in Beijing. Honor Note 10 is coming soon We know very little of the Honor Note 10 yet outside of the fact that it will have a large 6.9-inch display - Samsung-made - and that it's coming soon. A recent rumor popped up suggesting the Honor Note 10 will have a 6,000mAh battery, but it turned out to... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2KZc7JQ via IFTTT

Charles Wilson is stepping down from the company board after being diagnosed with throat cancer. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2L2Yb1L via Online Shopping

Five things that are flying off the shelves thanks to England's World Cup success. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KO7jLG via Online Shopping

S4 Capital, controlled by Sir Martin Sorrell, purchases digital production company MediaMonks. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zvePG2 via Online Shopping

Timetable changes for eight franchises, including Govia Thameslink Railway, have been postponed. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KV9uMB via Online Shopping

The deal with Uber means users will be able to hire scooters via the ride-hailing company's app from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2L1xtcO via Online Shopping

Ryanair pilots in the Republic of Ireland had voted to strike for 24 hours on Thursday from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2ukFhvU via Online Shopping

A backlog of payments is being cleared after a problem with a major system for transferring money. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2ukhhci via Online Shopping

The firm says tests at Japanese factories had "deviated from the prescribed testing environment". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2m1YcrD via Online Shopping

Analysts say sterling's fall will deepen if Mr Johnson launches a leadership challenge to Theresa May. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KYWrJS via Online Shopping

Parents are complaining that the new version of Aptamil formula is making their babies ill. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2J78oIA via Online Shopping

Kevin McCabe and Prince Abdullah's relationship has so deteriorated, Mr McCabe is "willing" to give up involvement. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2u7GpUv via Online Shopping

Mums say their babies have been sick after the recipe of a popular formula milk was changed. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2m2QEF2 via Online Shopping

Virtual reality, drones and automation are making mining safer and more productive. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KSGaq5 via Online Shopping

A Richmond, Virginia, bookstore owner called the police on a customer for from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zqxbb6 via Latest News

“If those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, brushing off North Korea’s charge that his disarmament demands were “gangster-like.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2N2W4eZ via Latest News

A man struck a subway rider in the face with a metal pipe, fracturing the man's skull during an apparent argument over money late Saturday, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2J9mER8 via Latest News

The four boys who came out on Saturday are now eating normal foods, but divers involved in the rescue say the eight kids are cold and at risk for hypothermia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zwmDaa via Latest News

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Four of 12 Thai schoolboys were rescued from a flooded cave on Sunday in a daring and dangerous operation to save the children and their soccer coach who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks. Thirteen foreign divers and five members of Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit guided the boys to safety through narrow, submerged passageways that claimed the life of a former Thai navy diver on Friday. "Today was the best day, the best situation in terms of the weather, the health of the boys, our water management for our rescue effort," the head of the rescue operation, Narongsak Osottanakorn, told a news conference. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2u0Dn4w via Latest News

She remains in the hospital. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NAklKi via Latest News

Italy wants to prevent ships operating for "international missions" from bringing migrants rescued off Libya to Italian ports, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday. "On Thursday, I will put on the European table at Innsbruck a demand to close Italian ports to ships of international missions," Salvini said on his Twitter account, referring to a meeting with his EU counterparts in the Austrian town next week. "Unfortunately, Italy's governments over the past five years signed accords allowing all boats to bring their migrants in Italy," he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L1ZZYI via Latest News

A 1-year-old boy in federal custody who appeared in immigration court without from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NzgwVI via Latest News

Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18-year-old gymnast, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention, and that she was only trying to gain more followers. It was unclear whether her statement was made under duress. Shabooneh, a local news website, said Hojabri and three other individuals were detained on similar charges in recent weeks before being released on bail. She had posted around 300 videos on her account, many of which showed her dancing in both Iranian and Western styles. She also appeared in videos without wearing the obligatory Islamic headscarf. Her performances had thousands of followers on various accounts with her name on them, ranging from 12,000 to 66,000 followers. None of the accounts were verified. چیو باید اعتراف کرد؟ بابت لرزوندن سینه از کی خط گرفتی؟؟ چگونه قر کمر رو وارد کشور میکرد...

A contestant in the Miss Massachusetts competition has resigned in protest from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KSef9L via Latest News

Another former college wrestler has come forward alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, telling the Washington Post that former assistant coach Jordan had to know about it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2udqKmP via Latest News

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reportedly worried about the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MZCe3Y via Latest News

By Andres Martinez Casares PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Protesters blocked streets in Haiti on Sunday while many damaged or looted stores stayed closed for a third day following anger over steep fuel price increases in the Caribbean nation. The U.S. embassy warned its citizens to avoid the unrest in the capital Port-au-Prince and reschedule travel plans as several airlines canceled flights. At the Toussaint Louverture international airport, dozens of stranded travelers camped out waiting for flights to resume, lounging on suitcases. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zjWLOI via Latest News

The Kremlin said on Monday it was sorry to hear that a British woman, Dawn Sturgess, had died after being poisoned by a nerve agent, but said any suggestion that Russia was involved would be "quite absurd." British authorities said Sturgess, 44, died on Sunday after being poisoned by the same nerve agent that struck a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in March, triggering a crisis in relations between Western capitals and Moscow. "We continue to be deeply worried by the continuing presence of these poisonous substances on British territory," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about the death of Sturgess. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Nzal3Q via Latest News

A passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, killing two dozen people and injuring more than 300 others, officials said Monday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KJ7Huz via Latest News

Authorities have highlighted the tiny passageway near T-Junction, or Sam Yak in Thai, as the most dangerous element of the journey for the "Wild Boars" team that began Sunday morning, but there are many other potential pitfalls. The rescue effort is likely to take two to three days to complete, Major General Chalongchai Chaiyakorn, an army commander, told reporters, adding it "depends on other factors like the weather". The difficulty of the journey was underscored when a former Thai Navy Seal diver died on Friday after running out of oxygen in the cave. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KV6A7c via Latest News

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on an anti-violence protest on a Chicago interstate (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NzZ1EW via Latest News

The boys were guided through the narrow passageways by expert divers, then taken to the hospital for examination. The rescue paused to resupply the divers with air tanks as they prepare to save the eight remaining boys and their coach. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KFffOY via Latest News

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in northern Thailand (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zljzhh via Latest News

He was Donald Trump's personal driver for 25 years ― and he's pretty sure from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KV6CiM via Latest News

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has become the latest Republican to face public protest over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, as demonstrators chanting “Vote you out!” and “Abolish ICE!” pursued him across a restaurant parking lot in his hometown. More than half a dozen protesters from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and other groups confronted Mr McConnell as he left the Bristol Bar & Grille in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend, according to the Louisville DSA. One of the protesters, DSA member Andrew Massie, told The Independent that he and several others were attending an immigration rally nearby when they learned of Mr McConnell’s location via social media. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ujB77F via Latest News

The European Union on Monday called on Myanmar to drop charges against two Reuters reporters after a court charged them with obtaining secret state documents. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar since December 2017. At the time of their arrest, they had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in Rakhine state. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L0MMmp via Latest News