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Huawei Mate X's folding screen costs $1,000 to fix - CNET

That's the cost of an iPhone 11 Pro. from CNET https://ift.tt/2O6EPNa via Mobiles

Desperate Hong Kong protesters explore sewers in campus escape bid

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Arms covered in cling film and torches in hand as they drop into the sewers, clusters of pro-democracy protesters still inside a Hong Kong campus are plotting increasingly ingenious -- and desperate -- ways to escape a police siege. Among the detritus of a scorched and graffiti-sprayed concourse at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, several plastic covers -- some with torches placed above them -- betray extraordinary underground escape plans. Protesters have removed metal manholes, some making exploratory forays into the fetid tunnels, following rumours of successful exfiltrations from a campus ringed for three days by baton-wielding police determined to arrest them. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2CYiJGa via Latest News

Rashida Tlaib: Trump impeachment hearings 'very liberating'

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is among the Democrats most associated with impeachment. She says she's happy to see that the House hearings looking into President Trump's attempts to procure a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden have finally gone public. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/345YAK2 via Latest News

IMF Says Mexico Credit Line May Be Cut From Current $74 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Apple Podcast, Spotify or Pocket Cast.The International Monetary Fund’s board plans to vote on Mexico’s request to renew its flexible credit line, possibly for less than the current $74 billion, before it expires next week.Mexico is interested in reducing the size now that there’s greater certainty around its trade relationship with the U.S., Alejandro Werner, the IMF’s Western Hemisphere director, said in an interview Wednesday at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. Werner said he expects the board’s decision before the current agreement expires Nov. 28.Mexico first received the credit line, which serves as a precautionary instrument, for $47 billion in 2009 during the global financial crisis. It increased to $88 billion in 2016 after a plunge in oil prices and amid concern about then-candidate Donald Trump‘s pledge to take the U.S. out of the North American Free Trad

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump was 'clearly engaged in extortion and bribery'

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Ocasio-Cortez discussed the issue with Yahoo News on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the third day of public hearings was being conducted in the Democrats’ ongoing impeachment inquiry. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2quK2Fj via Latest News

Expelled LSU Student Sentenced to Five Years in Fraternity Hazing Death

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REUTERS/Sean GardnerThe former Louisiana State University student who was found guilty of negligent homicide for the hazing death of 18-year-old Phi Delta Theta pledge Max Gruver was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday.Jurors reportedly took just one hour to convict Matthew Naquin in July. The 21-year-old Texas native was also sentenced to three years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service. The judge ordered Naquin to write a letter of apology to the Gruver family, and for every year he is on probation he must go to three separate high schools and give a one-hour talk about hazing, according to WVLA-TV.He was expelled from LSU in the weeks following Gruver’s death.Gruver died of alcohol poisoning and aspiration—choking on his own vomit—after a hazing ritual called “Bible Study” at the fraternity house on Sept. 13, 2017. During the ritual, prosecutors said Naquin and other fraternity members ordered pledges to stand in a dark hallway facing a wall while loud music

Half of Indiana's school districts close, thousands of teachers demand better pay on Red for Ed Action Day

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More than 15,000 people are expected to flood downtown Indianapolis on Tuesday for what could be the largest Statehouse rally in more than 20 years. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35htsaN via Latest News

Lam Calls for Peaceful End to Hong Kong Siege as Numbers Dwindle

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(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam has called for a peaceful resolution to a university siege that has transfixed the city and raised fears of a crackdown on scores of protesters who remain trapped in a campus surrounded by police.Lam said she had instructed police to try and resolve the situation at Hong Kong Polytechnic University peacefully and to not immediately arrest minors under the age of 18 who remain trapped there. Several dozen are believed to be left inside after some 600 protesters escaped or were evacuated overnight, including several hundred who were under 18 years old.“We’re extremely worried about the dangerous situation in the campus,” Lam said in a briefing on Tuesday morning. She added a peaceful resolution “can only be achieved with the full cooperation of the protesters, including, of course, the rioters. They have to stop violence, give up their weapons, and come out peacefully and take the instructions from police.”The city’s hospitals said later Tuesd

Amazon Black Friday 2019: best gaming deals - Polygon

Amazon Black Friday 2019: best gaming deals    Polygon Where to find Apple AirPods Pro on sale starting today    AOL Best Black Friday Deals on Tablets    Yahoo News Amazon Fire HD 10 gets WHOPPING 46% price plunge in Black Friday deal    T3 Early Black Friday 2019 Sale: Save £££ On Micro SD Memory Cards, Printers, Laptops & More    ePHOTOzine View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Kz8mww via Technology

Special envoy Kurt Volker says 'most people' didn't see the distinction between Burisma and investigating former Vice President Biden

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Special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker said during questioning that "others didn't see the distinction" between Burisma and investigating former Vice President Biden. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/345AEGK via Latest News

Adam Schiff asks Americans what kind of president they are prepared to accept

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) ended Tuesday's hearing by directly calling out the Republican lawmakers who continue to staunchly defend President Trump, and by posing a question to all Americans."My Republican colleagues, all they seem to be upset about with this is not that the president sought an investigation of his political rival, not that he withheld a White House meeting and $400 million in aid we all passed in a bipartisan basis to pressure Ukraine to do those investigations," Schiff said. "Their objection is that he got caught. Their objection is that someone blew the whistle, and they would like this whistleblower identified, and the president wants this whistleblower punished. That's their objection. Not that the president engaged in this conduct, but that he got caught."Americans, he continued, should care about this impeachment inquiry because it is a matter of national security, and they need to ask themselves: &q

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A BBC survey about morals in the UK finds 40% of adults would call in sick if they needed a break. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2O6Dtly via Online Shopping

Dem lawmaker says it's his 'mission' to have Trump removed from office

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“It’s about what he’s doing to our country and how he is corrupting our society,” said Rep. Al Green. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/334vp8S via Latest News

Photos capture Trump’s notes following Sondland testimony

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Photos captured President Trump’s notes as he made his first public appearance following impeachment testimony from Ambassador Gordon Sondland. Appearing on the White House lawn as he prepared for a visit to Texas, Trump had jotted down notes in marker on an Air Force One pad. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2O7xfl6 via Latest News

General Motors sues Fiat Chrysler over bribes to auto union

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General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging its rival benefitted from bribes to auto union officials that gave FCA an unfair benefit in labor talks, GM announced Wednesday. The lawsuit references guilty pleas by former FCA officials, who bribed former United Auto Workers officials, in a long-running case involving a UAW employee training program, that has tarnished the union's image. The suit comes only weeks after the UAW ended a lengthy strike at GM. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2D43qvu via Latest News

Rashida Tlaib: Trump impeachment hearings 'very liberating'

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is among the Democrats most associated with impeachment. She says she's happy to see that the House hearings looking into President Trump's attempts to procure a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden have finally gone public. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/345YAK2 via Latest News

Trump impeachment: Key witness Sondland says president ‘directed’ quid pro quo, in explosive testimony to congress

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Donald Trump’s ambassador to the EU has delivered an explosive public testimony linking top White House officials and the president’s personal attorney to a “quid pro quo” involving Ukraine.Gordon Sondland said in his opening remarks that the highest-level officials working on US-Ukraine policy at the White House and US State Department “knew what we were doing and why” by encouraging Ukraine to launch investigations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2pA53hr via Latest News

FBI seeks interview with CIA whistleblower

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The FBI recently sought to question the CIA whistleblower who filed a complaint over President Trump’s July 25 Ukraine call — a move that came after a vigorous internal debate within the bureau over how to respond to some of the issues raised by the complaint’s allegations and whether they needed to be more thoroughly investigated, according to sources familiar with the matter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OqF7xc via Latest News

Impeachment hearing hero: Woman desperately chugging coffee

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Republican or Democrat, there’s one thing most people could probably agree on during the impeachment hearings into President Trump: Coffee is necessary. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2O5tFYU via Latest News

American Airlines admitted a mid-air accident that knocked out 2 flight crew and forced an emergency landing was not caused by spilled soap

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On October 21 a flight from London to Philadelphia was forced to land in Dublin, Ireland, when two staff members were knocked unconscious. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OxMnXZ via Latest News

Sonos acquires voice assistant startup Snips, potentially to build out on-device voice control - TechCrunch

Sonos acquires voice assistant startup Snips, potentially to build out on-device voice control    TechCrunch Sonos gives upbeat sales outlook, expects $30 million negative impact from tariffs    MarketWatch Sonos Announces Acquisition of Snips    Business Wire Sonos buys an AI startup to improve voice control for its speakers    Engadget Speaker maker Sonos warns US tariffs on China to hit earnings    Financial Times View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2QAJpos via Technology

SpaceX’s prototype Starship rocket partially bursts during testing in Texas - The Verge

SpaceX’s prototype Starship rocket partially bursts during testing in Texas    The Verge SpaceX Starship Mk1 Cryo Failure Aftermath    NASASpaceflight Elon Musk Issues Apology For Smoking Weed With Joe Rogan    HotNewHipHop SpaceX CEO Elon Musk describes next steps after Starship fails during testing    Teslarati SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 fails during testing, next step will be to move to a newer design    TechCrunch View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2r9qA0U via Technology