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Members of Hong Kong's legislature met Wednesday for the first time since the largest anti-government protest in the city's history, with many opposition lawmakers slamming the pro-Beijing administration's handling of the crisis. Hong Kong has been shaken by a series of massive demonstrations against a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, and the city's police force has been criticised for using excessive force to disperse protesters. Videos of police beating unarmed protesters went viral and sparked public anger, and the tactics were widely condemned. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XWYa5D via Latest News

MIT is turning AI into a pizza chef    Engadget MIT Is Teaching the Machines How to Make Pizza Based On a Single Photo    Gizmodo MIT researchers are teaching an AI to properly cook digital pizza    TechSpot MIT’s New AI Can Look at a Pizza, and Tell You How to Make It    Futurism View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://engt.co/2Y2o9c4 via Technology

Trump says his re-election launch will be a political spectacle. Opponents are launching their protests at a gay bar in Orlando. President Donald Trump is set to kick off his re-election campaign with a rally Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2N4ODbI via Latest News

Russia told the United States on Tuesday to drop what it called provocative plans to deploy more troops to the Middle East and to cease actions that looked like a conscious attempt to provoke war with Iran. The comments, from Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to Russian news agencies, followed an announcement from Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan a day earlier who said Washington planned to send around 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for defensive purposes. President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran would not wage war against any nation and the Kremlin called for restraint from all sides. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Knm3QR via Latest News

US authorities said Tuesday they had seized around 16 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of over $1 billion in a historic drug bust aboard a ship at the port of Philadelphia. "This is one of the largest drug seizures in United States history," tweeted William McSwain, the US attorney for the Eastern District of Philadelphia. "Members of the ship's crew have been arrested and federally charged" following the drug bust at Philadelphia's Packer Marine Terminal, McSwain's office said on Twitter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2RlQoQs via Latest News

The freshman Democrat sharply criticized the Trump administration's handling of migrants seeking asylum in the United States with rhetoric that drew the ire of some Republicans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2x10qNB via Latest News

'We’re not seeking military action,' said Brian Hook, the State Department's special representative for Iran. 'There is no talk of offensive action.' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WRDHOC via Latest News

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised on Tuesday a U.S.-led conference on the Palestinian economy in Bahrain, and a source said a former Israeli general would be among the participants. Netanyahu, echoing remarks on Sunday by his foreign minister, said Israelis would take part in the June 25-26 gathering, but did not identify them. The White House decided against including the Israeli government in the June 25-26 event in Manama after the Palestinians boycotted it, making do instead with inviting a small Israeli business delegation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2MY9j5k via Latest News

Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Rand Paul on U.S. sending additional troops to Middle East amid tensions with Iran. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2KrAgw2 via Latest News

New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Monday night granting illegal immigrants the right to obtain driver's licenses, shortly after the legislation narrowly passed the state Senate.The bill, which passed the state Senate 33-29, divided moderate, suburban Democrats, concerned about the safety implications of licensing illegal immigrants, from their more progressive counterparts.Before signing the bill Monday evening, Cuomo threatened to veto the legislation out of concern that it might lead to the creation of a database of illegal immigrants that the federal government might use to enforce immigration law.In response, attorney general Tish James released a statement assuring Cuomo and the public that the bill would not be used to help enforce immigration law.“The legislation is well-crafted and contains ample protections for those who apply for driver’s licenses. If this bill is enacted and challenged in court, we will vigorously defend it,” she said.New York now joins twelve...

At least 380 Latin American migrants have died on their journeys this year, many of them Venezuelans drowning in the Caribbean or Central Americans perishing while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday. The toll, 50 percent more than the 241 recorded as of mid-June 2018, also coincides with tightened security along the U.S. southern border, which often leads migrants to turn to underground criminal smugglers and take riskier routes, it said. President Donald Trump has made reducing illegal migration one of his signature policy pledges. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZvNk7e via Latest News

Four days ago, Patrick Shanahan participated in his only Beltway story. The exclusive report from Politico was a profile of sorts, a chance for the acting secretary of defense to make the case for why he is the right man for the job and why he should be confirmed.We learned quite a lot from the story. Shanahan, for instance, was someone who likely didn’t expect the role when he first agreed to take the position of deputy secretary in 2017. All of that changed when James Mattis resigned last December, and he was thrust in as a replacement. Shanahan was in many ways learning on the job.Like all cabinet members, politicians, and officials who call Washington home, the defense industry executive had his supporters and detractors. Shanahan’s critics called him superficial and uninterested in policy details, while his allies credited him with becoming an active proponent for the Pentagon on Capitol Hill. He was no Mattis, of course, but he wasn’t a placeholder ei...

The Iran debate in Washington is increasingly divorced from reality – and that should worry us The US national security adviser, John Bolton, is a long-time Iran hawk. Photograph: Alex Edelman/Rex/ShutterstockThe Trump administration is caught in a fever dream about Iran, and the fever is becoming dangerous.In the wake of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman – which the US blames on Iran, though questions remain about the attack – the discourse on Iran being pushed by the administration and others is reaching fever pitch. Senator Tom Cotton has called for a “retaliatory military strike”. The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens says the US should threaten to sink Iran’s navy.This, of course, is not surprising to anyone who has watched the Iran debate in Washington. It’s divorced from reality.Everyone knows that Iran’s government is dangerous. It represses the Iranian people. It sponsors terrorism across the Middle East. The question is not whether Iran is bad – the question is ...

The number of visitors to the U.S. from China fell 5.7% to 3 million in 2018, the first decline In 15 years. So far, it’s not getting better in 2019. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XR1HTb via Latest News

The Nintendo Switch Mini that Nintendo keeps denying might’ve just leaked    BGR Countless rumors and reports from credible sources (including The Wall Street Journal) have claimed that Nintendo is preparing to launch at least one new ... View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2Y7nJkV via Technology

Top 10 Best-Selling Games In May 2019 Revealed; Nintendo Switch Outsells PS4 And Xbox One In US    GameSpot The top-selling games and consoles of May have been revealed, with Mortal Kombat 11 and Days Gone among the month's best sellers. View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2WRxlDB via Technology

A Genius plan used Morse code to catch Google 'red handed'    The Hustle Dumbest 'Gotcha' Story Of The Week: Google, Genius And The Copying Of Licensed Lyrics    Techdirt [Update: Google statement] Google allegedly used stolen Genius lyrics, caught through Morse code trick    Android Police Genius accuses Google of scraping song lyrics - Tech News    The Star Online Genius claims ‘proof’ of Google lifting its song lyrics    The Australian View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/31HL0fs via Technology

The company claims that Lite is capable of Level 4 autonomy as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers. from CNET https://cnet.co/2ZFstP3 via Mobiles

Gone Baby Gone, Rosemary's Baby and Star Trek movies are coming to Amazon! from CNET https://cnet.co/2XseLkQ via Mobiles

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s campaign vow to get the U.S. out of costly foreign entanglements is colliding with the messy reality of America’s commitments in the Middle East, where tensions are rising between Washington and Tehran after attacks on two tankers last week.The dilemma emerged again as the administration ordered another 1,000 troops to the region on Monday in response to what Trump officials say was Iran’s role in the latest strikes. The Tehran government has rejected those accusations.So far the international response to the U.S. charges has been muted. With the rhetoric on both the American and Iranian sides rising, the relatively small deployment announced Monday appears calibrated to show the U.S. will push back on what it sees as Iran’s bad behavior without changing the balance of American power in the region.“Trump is very determined to avoid getting dragged into a military conflict if he can avoid it,” said Gary Samore, a former White House coordinator for...

Stewart went on The Late Show to support the people he calls “the first heroes.“ from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2MWpgsV via Latest News

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in an op-ed in North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday that China supports North Korea's "correct direction" in politically resolving issues on the Korean Peninsula. The front-page op-ed is an honor rarely granted to foreign leaders and comes a day before Xi is set to visit Pyongyang on Thursday and Friday at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, making him the first Chinese leader to visit in 14 years. The visit is a sorely needed show of support for Kim, whose campaign of diplomatic outreach and drive to rebuild the economy has suffered since the collapse of the Hanoi summit between North Korea's Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump in February. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2L7tmfh via Latest News

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was very prepared with regard to Iran, as tensions ramped up after attacks on several oil tankers and Tehran's announcement it would step up uranium enrichment. "We're very prepared for Iran. On Monday, the United States announced it would deploy about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East, citing concerns about a threat from Iran. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IW8q8h via Latest News