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In Georgia, 11th-Hour Daggers Over Voting System

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's online voter database morphed into a last-minute from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PFrXPw via Latest News

Saudi readies to boost supplies over Iran oil sanctions

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With Washington poised to curtail Iran's oil exports, OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia and its partners stand ready to ramp up supplies even as market conditions remain uncertain, analysts say. The renewal of sanctions on the Islamic republic comes at a time of major supply disruptions in several producer nations and as US President Donald Trump aims to prevent an oil price hike. Analysts expect that Iran's oil exports, which reach around 2.5 million barrels per day in normal times, to plunge by one million to two million bpd when sanctions take effect on November 5. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AK1h7U via Latest News

US sanctions on Iran, 'toughest ever,' take force Monday

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The United States is reimposing punitive measures targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors in what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called "the toughest sanctions ever placed" against Iran. Taking effect Monday, the measures are the most concrete result yet of US President Donald Trump's controversial decision in May to abandon the multi-nation nuclear deal with Tehran. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the measures on Saturday, saying Trump had "disgraced" US prestige and would be the ultimate loser in the long-running quarrel between the countries. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2F1wbwM via Latest News

Pierre Thomas: Disinformation on social media still 'an ongoing threat'

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Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas joins a special edition of "This Week" with the latest on claims of voter suppression and the security of the 2018 midterm elections. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ALkiqJ via Latest News

Utah mayor, guard member killed by trainee in Afghanistan

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NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mayor who was also a Utah Army National Guard major training commandos in Afghanistan was fatally shot by one of his Afghan trainees, officials said Sunday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SFa2ai via Latest News

Diver dies in search for Indonesia jet crash dead

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An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said Saturday. Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java Sea. "He was a volunteer with the Search and Rescue Agency," Isswarto, commander of the Indonesian navy's search and rescue division, told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SJ4oEc via Latest News

Should You Get a Full-Sized Desktop or an All-in-One Computer?

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Q. Is there a downside to buying a full-sized desktop instead of an all-in-one model? A. A full-sized desktop computer, though bulkier than a sleek all-in-one model, can offer similar performance... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AKhAlb via Latest News

Business News Update BBC

A top policeman accuses petrol firms of making it too easy for motorists to drive off without paying. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2RAcMV0 via Online Shopping

The Latest: Trump, Obama give closing arguments for midterms

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2RA7Hfv via Latest News

Can these bots one day swarm in to rescue you?

The DelFly is a flying robot inspired by how insects achieve flight. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2PEZLfE via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T appears in official promo images

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Last Thursday we saw a Thunder Purple version of the OnePlus 6T appear on the company support page and briefly listed on Amazon Germany. During the weekend, official promo images surfaced, revealing the phone's color. OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T appears to have a gradient hue that goes all the way from violet to lilac to amaranth shade of pink, depending on how the back panel is reflecting the light. All previous gradient backgrounds arrived with a glass panel or another transparent solution, meaning the Thunder Purple version will be closer to the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2P7pMEZ via IFTTT

First nubia X flash sale ends with 100,000 devices sold in 57 seconds

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One way to remove the front-facing camera but still have selfies is to have a secondary screen on the back. That's what the ZTE subsidiary nubia did with their latest flagship Nubia X that was introduced last week. The phone was announced for sale in three colors and with three memory configurations and all 100,000 units were gone in under a minute. With a post on Weibo, nubia boasted about ending the first flash sale in just 57 seconds. It is planning to do a second one, scheduled for exactly at midnight on November 11, also known as Global Shopping Festival Day in China. The... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2yTQtmk via IFTTT

Top 10 trending phones of week 44

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The super busy October is now over, but the effects of all the new launches are still felt in our popularity chart. Not a single phone has managed to stay on top for two weeks in a row for nine straight weeks now. The OnePlus 6T debuted on Monday and immediately captured everybody's attention and ended up leading the chart. Meanwhile the Galaxy A7 (2018) leveraged on its expanding market presence and powerful marketing campaign to wrestle the second place away from the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Last week's leader Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is now down to fourth, just ahead of its stablemates Redmi Note... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2D36Csw via IFTTT

New devices of the week - the attack of the sliders

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October is over and November is upon us, but new smartphone releases don't seem to be slowing down. And we had some pretty interesting devices thrown our way this week. The week kicked off with the OnePlus 6T with its under-display fingerprint reader that seems to be the best one around. The notch and the bezels are also slimmed significantly and with the new and improved camera software, the phone won many Android fan's hearts, at least according to our daily interest ranking. On the next day, Apple dropped two new iPads with all new design, chipsets, Face ID and a multi-functional... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2P6TmKK via IFTTT

Why I won't be buying the new OnePlus 6T even though it's a great phone

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Let me get this straight. I'm a OnePlus fan ever since the OnePlus One came to be four years ago. Note that I'm a fan of the phones, not the company as in my eyes, those are two different things. And it's not that I dislike the OnePlus 6T per se, but I believe that it provides insufficient reasons to upgrade. And if you are here to read the usual stuff like the lack of 3.5mm audio jack, wireless charging, microSD card support and water and dust protection, move over. We've been through this too many times and I don't find any of those a deal-breaker for me. I stream my music and videos... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2OqpROO via IFTTT

Our Huawei Mate 20 Pro video review is up

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The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is the latest to come from Huawei and its shaping up to be the best phone of the year thus far. While that is a bold statement to make, the Mate 20 Pro checks all the right boxes: a large 6.39-inch dual-curved AMOLED screen with QHD resolution, in-display fingerprint scanner, a large 4,200 mAh battery, wireless charging, water proofing, and 3D face unlock. The camera is also really nice. It's a step above that on the Huawei P20 Pro, which was already a really beastly camera. With the Mate 20 Pro, Huawei swapped the monochrome sensor for an ultra-wide so... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2CZAMNs via IFTTT

Week 44 in review: OnePlus 6T, new iPad Pros, Honor Magic 2 announced

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We wrapped up the last week of what ended up the busiest month of the year. Since October began we saw the Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL become official, the Huawei Mate 20 family, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, the LG V40 ThinQ and now we can finalize the grand debuts with the OnePlus 6T. OnePlus waited until the very end of the month to make its 6T official but it wasted no time in bringing it to the market - it's already on sale in the US and India and it will hit Europe next week. Apple brought out its revamped iPad Pros - now in 11-inch and 12.9-inch flavors with reduced bezels and top notch... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2qrmo91 via IFTTT

Counterclockwise: extinct cable connectors for mobile phones

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The "U" in USB stands for "universal". The port has certainly lived up to its name, it's the default way to deliver data and power to electronic devices. In fact, USB-C is just about the only port used on new Macs (other than an ironic 3.5mm headphone jack) and it's definitely the only port on the new iPad Pros. The path to this wonderful land of "one port to rule them all" is littered with the remains of many proprietary standards. Today we'll be looking at a few of them. Nokia Pop-Port While it was officially standardized in 2002, Pop-Port like connectors have been on Nokia phones... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2P5TeLD via IFTTT

Weekly poll: are you getting a OnePlus 6T?

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This was a huge week for OnePlus - the young phone maker unveiled the OnePlus 6T, but more importantly it got a solid footing in the US market with support from T-Mobile and Qualcomm. The people crowded the streets to grab one, the launch went as well as the company could have possibly hoped. But is it a good phone? The new design reigned in the large notch of the OnePlus 6 and introduced an in-display fingerprint reader, which is among the best we've seen. The battery capacity was also increased to a respectable 3,700mAh. Also, the base storage was upped to 128GB to offset the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2PCuJVK via IFTTT

Price history of Apple's iPhones: how did we get to €1,600?

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The top-specced version of the Apple iPhone XS Max (with 512GB storage) costs €1,650 or even more in some markets - some would argue you'd be better off buying a car for that kind of money. Apple's phones have certainly gotten pricier over the years, a process that we though was gradual until we tried plotting the data on a chart. Looking at the results, the lines rise at a pretty steep angle. We start with the iPhone 4S in 2011 and here's why: the early iPhones heavily relied on carrier subsidies, so their true cost was hidden (and is difficult to calculate now). Instead, we're using the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2yPB0DQ via IFTTT

Black Friday 2018 Ad Preview: Walmart's Biggest Deals

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Black Friday 2018 Ad Preview: Walmart's Biggest Deals    Forbes Costco Black Friday 2018 deals arrive: $250 iPad, $300 Dyson and more    CNET Target Black Friday ad includes $250 iPad mini 4, $120 Chromebook deals    ZDNet Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2QoTmTa via Technology

Intel Goes For 48-Cores: Cascade-AP with Multi-Chip Package Coming Soon

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Intel Goes For 48-Cores: Cascade-AP with Multi-Chip Package Coming Soon    AnandTech Intel announces Cascade Lake Xeons: 48 cores and 12-channel memory per socket    Ars Technica Intel announces new Xeon chips, the Cascade Lake AP and Xeon E-2100    ZDNet Intel launches Xeon E-2100 series, previews Cascade Lake    VentureBeat Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2QoHsZv via Technology

Diablo Immortal Left Me Surprisingly Impressed, But Some Questions Remain

Diablo Immortal Left Me Surprisingly Impressed, But Some Questions Remain    GameSpot Blizzard Assures Diablo Fans There's More Coming After Backlash    Cinema Blend Blizzard Responds to Massive Fan Backlash Over Diablo Immortal Announcement    Twinfinite Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans To Be This Angry About Diablo Immortal    Kotaku Blizzard president on Diablo Immortal: "We want awesome mobile games and we think this could be one of them”    Telegraph.co.uk Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2EYPCpY via Technology

Motorola's notched Android One smartphone is coming to the US for $399

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Motorola's notched Android One smartphone is coming to the US for $399    The Verge Motorola One is a $399, 'pure' Android phone for Best Buy    CNET Motorola One Is An Android One Phone With A Notch For $399    Tech Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2P7x63j via Technology

Fortnite's Cube Explodes, Briefly Transports Players To New Dimension

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Fortnite's Cube Explodes, Briefly Transports Players To New Dimension    Kotaku The 'Fortnite' Cube Just Exploded And Transported All Players To Another Dimension    Forbes Fortnite's mysterious cube is gone, leaving behind a brand new location    The Verge Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2P5JEZ7 via Technology

Bethesda and Philadelphia 76ers Team Up To Offer Custom Fallout Xbox One X Console

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Bethesda and Philadelphia 76ers Team Up To Offer Custom Fallout Xbox One X Console    Comicbook.com Bethesda Is Giving Fallout 76 Beta Players Extra Beta Codes for Friends    Twinfinite Fallout 76 first impressions: how multiplayer and video game aggression mix    Quad Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2OqooIl via Technology

Pixel 3 vs. OnePlus 6T: Which Android should you get?

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Pixel 3 vs. OnePlus 6T: Which Android should you get?    CNET Google Pixel Slate FCC sighting hints at earlier launch    SlashGear Google Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL Spotted With Wi-Fi Sharing Feature    NDTV Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2PCzQFq via Technology

ROB is my favourite member of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, who is yours?

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ROB is my favourite member of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, who is yours?    Destructoid 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' Slammed For "Racist" Mr. Game & Watch Reference    Comicbook.com Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Does the Wii U GameCube Controller Adapter Work on Switch?    Game Rant Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2P7V0vR via Technology

Apple's new MacBook Air faces strong Windows and iPad competition

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Apple's new MacBook Air faces strong Windows and iPad competition    The Verge Is the MacBook Air a good laptop for students, enterprises, and non-power users?    9to5Mac The New MacBook Air Has a Looming Reliability Issue    Laptop Mag I'm not buying Apple's new iPad Pro, but will take its 'needful' MacBook Air    The Australian Financial Review Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2PCfImS via Technology

Apple is selling refurbished iPhone 8 smartphones for $500, and it's an amazing deal

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Apple is selling refurbished iPhone 8 smartphones for $500, and it's an amazing deal    Business Insider Apple starts selling refurbished iPhone 8 for $499; iPhone 8 Plus not in stock    Digital Trends Should You Buy Or Sell Apple For No Longer Disclosing iPhone Sales Numbers?    Seeking Alpha Refurbished iPhone 8 - Apple    Apple Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2zvQdJF via Technology

Microsoft Surface Pro Patent Envisions Second Rear Display With Pen Stylus Support

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Microsoft Surface Pro Patent Envisions Second Rear Display With Pen Stylus Support    Hot Hardware I've Done A Complete 180 On The Surface Pro    Kotaku Australia New Microsoft Patent Reveals Potential To Write On Both Sides Of The Surface Pro    Newsline Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2QjubRC via Technology

Deal: Samsung Galaxy Watch 42mm for $279, 46mm for $299 At Amazon - November 2018

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Deal: Samsung Galaxy Watch 42mm for $279, 46mm for $299 At Amazon - November 2018    Android Headlines iPhone XR Seen to Tie With Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in New Speed Test Video    NDTV Deal: Samsung Galaxy Watch price hits new low in the US    Phone Arena Samsung Galaxy A7: A solid performer    The Star Online Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2FcyZYe via Technology

Catherine: Full Body Will Not Allow PS4 Owners to Use the Share Button During the Story's Latter Half

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Catherine: Full Body Will Not Allow PS4 Owners to Use the Share Button During the Story's Latter Half    DualShockers Catherine: Full Body Footage Shows Persona 5's Joker in Action    Crunchyroll News Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2CZrnp7 via Technology

YouTube on Nintendo Switch may finally become reality on November 8

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YouTube on Nintendo Switch may finally become reality on November 8    Digital Trends Rumor: YouTube app coming to Nintendo Switch soon    Polygon YouTube For The Nintendo Switch Could Be In The Works    Ubergizmo Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2SKTDRQ via Technology

Ending the Qatar blockade might be the price Saudi Arabia pays for Khashoggi's murder

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Just one month after Jamal Khashoggi's death, and with his body still missing, his murder looks set to transform regional politics. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OozIEG via Latest News

Diver dies in search for Lion Air crash, main fuselage found

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All 189 people on board are believed to have lost their lives in the crash. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DgA1Aj via Latest News

Iran's Khamenei says the world opposes Trump's decisions: TV

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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also said Iran's arch-adversary the United States had failed to reassert its domination over Iran since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the U.S.-backed Shah. "The world opposes every decision made by Trump," Iranian state television quoted Khamenei, a Shi'ite cleric with ultimate authority in Iran, as saying during a meeting with thousands of students. America has been defeated by the Islamic Republic over the past 40 years." Washington will on Monday reintroduce far-reaching sanctions on Iran's vital oil sales and banking sectors to try to force the Islamic Republic into negotiations to scrap its nuclear energy and ballistic missile programs and end its support for proxies in conflicts across the Middle East. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QcQF6J via Latest News

Obama Draws Excited Crowds Ordering Tacos In Miami While Campaigning In Florida

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Former President Barack Obama stopped at a restaurant to order tacos while on from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SHJ7e5 via Latest News

Both sides battle to boost voter turnout as US midterms loom

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The midterms are coming -- and celebrities, business leaders and even smartphone apps are pitching in to get as many Americans as possible to the polls for a key test of Donald Trump's presidency. On Thursday, television icon Oprah Winfrey was the latest star to come out for the Democrats, campaigning door-to-door for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in an Atlanta suburb. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AMzlAk via Latest News

Trump Presidency Faces High Stakes In Midterm Elections

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has been acting like a candidate on from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qsCVtF via Latest News

Senate Report Concludes No Evidence Supports Kavanaugh Misconduct Accusations

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A report by the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee concluded from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QiLimP via Latest News

Florida Yoga Studio Shooting Suspect Was A Far-Right Misogynist

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The man who police say walked into a Tallahassee, Florida, yoga studio and from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ALbEIS via Latest News

US soldier killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan

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One US soldier was killed and another wounded in an "apparent insider attack" in Kabul on Saturday, NATO said, in the latest such assault on international forces in Afghanistan. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the third so-called "green-on-blue" attack in less than three weeks that have rattled foreign troops tasked with training and assisting the war-torn country's military. The Taliban claimed two similar attacks in the western province of Herat on October 22 and the southern province of Kandahar on October 18. General Scott Miller, the top NATO and US commander in Afghanistan, narrowly escaped the latter attack that killed a powerful police chief. "Initial reports indicate the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces," NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement. The attacker was killed by "other Afghan forces", it added. Nato forces are training Afghan troops Credit: Xinhua / ...

Diver dies in search for Indonesia jet crash dead

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An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said Saturday. Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java Sea. "He was a volunteer with the Search and Rescue Agency," Isswarto, commander of the Indonesian navy's search and rescue division, told AFP. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SIgkGi via Latest News

U.S. warns its citizens in Tanzania before anti-gay crackdown

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In an alert on its website late on Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania advised Americans to review their social media profiles and internet footprints. "Remove or protect images and language that may run afoul of Tanzanian laws regarding homosexual practices and explicit sexual activity," it said. The alert said any U.S. citizen who was detained or arrested should ensure the Tanzanian authorities informed the embassy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DmiqqX via Latest News

Ethiopia's Desisa, Kenya's Keitany win 2018 NYC Marathon

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia has won the New York City Marathon, holding off his countryman Shura Kitata by 1.99 seconds. Desisa finished in 2:05:59. Last year’s winner, Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya, finished third. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SKO1XF via Latest News

2 days until the midterm elections: Where things stand

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A scorecard on where the two parties stand as the campaign draws to a close for the elections Tuesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SKk9e0 via Latest News

Nigeria Tweeted Trump Caravan Speech Apparently To Defend Shooting Protesters

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The Nigerian army posted -- then later deleted -- a video on Twitter of from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PbuEcj via Latest News

Sri Lanka president summons Parliament amid political crisis

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president issued an order Sunday for Parliament to reconvene on Nov. 14, when lawmakers will get the chance to hold a confidence vote on the nation's former strongman who has been named prime minister. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Qky1Kg via Latest News

Saudi readies to boost supplies over Iran oil sanctions

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With Washington poised to curtail Iran's oil exports, OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia and its partners stand ready to ramp up supplies even as market conditions remain uncertain, analysts say. The renewal of sanctions on the Islamic republic comes at a time of major supply disruptions in several producer nations and as US President Donald Trump aims to prevent an oil price hike. Analysts expect that Iran's oil exports, which reach around 2.5 million barrels per day in normal times, to plunge by one million to two million bpd when sanctions take effect on November 5. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2AK1h7U via Latest News

Midterms 2018: Signs saying 'it's OK to be white' appear in Texas days before election

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As the nation prepares for the midterm elections, there is something of a sense of anxiety, following the mail bombing of pipe bombs, the shooting dead of two African Americans in a grocery store and the killing of 11 Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Critics of Donald Trump have accused the president of intentionally stoking division ahead of the election, with claims that a caravan of Central American migrants is a national security threat to the country. Asked about this on Friday as he left the White House, Mr Trump pointed at the reporter who asked the question and said: “You’re creating violence by your question. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2yOuywS via Latest News

BOJ's Kuroda rules out rate hike for now, bemoans structural woes hurting banks

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While Kuroda said the BOJ would be more mindful of the rising cost of prolonged stimulus, he saw "no reason" now to follow in the footsteps of its U.S. counterpart in normalizing policy with inflation still distant from its 2 percent target. Kuroda conceded that Japan's regional banks could see their business environment worsen further five to 10 years ahead, as they run out of assets to sell to make up for shrinking profits from core lending operations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FgcFNp via Latest News

'Hamilton' Cast Delivers Message Founding Fathers Would Endorse: Vote!

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> Saturday Night on Broadway at @HamiltonMusical tonight. GO VOTE. (From the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QePljU via Latest News