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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric on Monday expressed concern that the political elite is not serious about enacting reforms in the face of mass unrest and said protesters should not go home until concrete steps had been taken to meet their demands. Security forces shot dead two protesters in the city of Nassiriya, bringing to 300 the number of people have been killed since protests against political corruption, unemployment and poor public services erupted in Baghdad on Oct. 1 and spread to the southern Shi'ite heartlands. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who only speaks on politics in times of crisis and wields enormous influence over public opinion in Shi'ite-majority Iraq, on Monday met Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the U.N. mission chief in the country. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ctu54O via Latest News

A Connecticut man charged in the death of a hotel worker he says attacked his family in Anguilla has declined to return to the British Caribbean territory for the latest pretrial hearing, a spokesman said Monday. Scott Hapgood, of Darien, is worried about his safety in light of death threats, and Anguilla officials have not provided assurances that he would be allowed to return home on bond after the hearing, family spokesman Jamie Diaferia said. Anguilla officials rejected an offer for Hapgood to appear by video link for Monday's hearing, Diaferia said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2O9oQMO via Latest News

Is this the iPhone 12 Pro of our dreams?    BGR We could get a new iPad Pro with Dual camera in 2020    PocketNow Review: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max one month later    AppleInsider Apple to Launch New 3D System on iPads, iPhones    Thurrott.com New iPad Pro could still be months away but may land with major camera upgrades    TechRadar View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/33DZz43 via Technology

Look up Sunday night, and you may see the Leonid meteor showers, which come from the constellation Leo the Lion. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KfLq5E via Latest News

For all the hype surrounding the move by House Republicans to place Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio on the Intelligence Committee so he can be part of the public impeachment hearings, the conservative firebrand is not likely to have much of a role to play based on the rules governing the hearings. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Kcf0IZ via Latest News

The widow of a passenger who died in a fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people in the waters off California sued the vessel's owners Monday. Christine Dignam, whose husband, Justin Dignam, died when the Conception caught fire Sept. 2 off the Santa Barbara coast, claimed that the boat was unsafe. The vessel didn't have adequate smoke detectors or firefighting equipment, it lacked enough emergency exits, and a required night watch was not on duty when the flames broke out in the middle of the night, according to the wrongful-death lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NDNQNu via Latest News

The Supreme Court's conservative justices on Tuesday seemed ready to uphold the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.DACA was implemented through executive action in 2012, and allows illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children to apply for a two-year deportation deferral. The deferral, which comes with work eligibility, may be renewed, but does not provide a path to citizenship.The challenge to the Trump administration's decision to end DACA did not dispute that Trump has the legal authority to terminate the program. Rather, it asked justices to consider whether the administration's justifications for ending DACA were "arbitrary and capricious," which would render the order unlawful under the Administrative Procedures Act."I hear a lot of facts, sympathetic facts, that you’ve put out there, and they speak to all of us," said Justice Neil Gorsuch referring to the situation of DACA recipie...

The head of a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train system apologized to a black rider who was detained and cited by police for eating a breakfast sandwich on a train platform after an outcry from people who assailed enforcement of a no-food rule as racist. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34T3lH1 via Latest News

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The US-China over artificial intelligence is heating up, but some warn the US could be over-reacting. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2NBrYCc via Online Shopping

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Big savings and great game bundles are coming to Xbox One, PS4 and even the Switch. Here are the highlights so far. from CNET https://ift.tt/2qQa1Hm via Mobiles

A Ugandan court charged 67 people with causing a nuisance on Tuesday after they were arrested in a gay-friendly bar, in a move condemned by activists as the latest "homophobic" attack. The 67 - who were among 127 arrested at Ram Bar, in the capital, Kampala, on Sunday - could face up to one year in jail if found guilty, said Patricia Kimera, a lawyer for the group. "This is just a homophobic attack," LGBT+ activist Raymond Karuhanga told the Thomson Reuters Foundation outside the court. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CBTnxN via Latest News

REUTERSAfter the Pentagon announced in June it would give Ukraine $250 million, defense department officials received a list of eyebrow-raising questions that appeared to originate from President Donald Trump regarding details of the military aid, including which U.S. companies were involved in supplying equipment to the country. Laura Cooper, a top Pentagon official with oversight into Ukraine policy, appeared on Capitol Hill last month and told House impeachment investigators that the Pentagon published the Ukraine announcement on its website June 18 which prompted a series of phone calls from officials in Kyiv thanking the department. “They had been looking for a public acknowledgement of the assistance,” Cooper said. Meanwhile, inside the White House officials were holding court with Pentagon officials resulting in three questions that were then forwarded to Cooper’s team at the Department of Defense, Cooper told House investigators. “We got a question from my chain o...

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday declined to rule out launching a future presidential campaign after her two failed bids, saying “many, many, many people” were pressuring her to enter the race. “I, as I say, never, never, never say never,” the former secretary of State said on BBC Radio 5 Live. “But as of this moment, sitting here in this studio talking to you, that is absolutely not in my plans,” Clinton added. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XaYbDO via Latest News

Turkish police acting on a court order rearrested journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan Tuesday, just a week after his release from prison over alleged links to the failed 2016 coup. Altan and another veteran journalist Nazli Ilicak were released on November 4 despite having been convicted of "helping a terrorist group". The Istanbul court sentenced Altan to more than 10 years in jail, but ruled that he and Ilicak should be released under supervision after time already served -- around three years each. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Xgnnsw via Latest News

Tour operators and the Japanese ambassador to the Solomons say it appears to be a case of a lack of understanding of the significance of the Alligator Creek site by the new owner. The issue has stirred up debate in the Solomons concerning its new relationship with China, which was formalized in September following the Pacific island nation's decision to sever its diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34KjiPM via Latest News

Venezuelan opposition leaders looking to oust their country's socialist government can perhaps take some hope from the resignation of its leftist ally in Bolivia, President Evo Morales, on Sunday after weeks of street protests. Venezuela's barracks have stood by the ruling Socialist Party despite a crippling economic meltdown, two waves of major protests in 2014 and 2017 and broad condemnation of Maduro's 2018 re-election that was widely described as fraudulent. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q9fqE0 via Latest News

Senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller shaped the 2016 election coverage of the hard right-wing website Breitbart with material drawn from prominent white nationalists, Islamophobes, and far-right websites, according to a new investigative report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33RTjWJ via Latest News

A missile test last November made the point quite clear. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qOYXtK via Latest News

More women are needed in senior roles, although board membership is making progress, a review finds. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2NZX9WI via Online Shopping