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Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship's operator said on Thursday. The loaded vessel, the Nave Constellation, was attacked 77 nautical miles off Bonny Island on Tuesday and 18 Indians and one Turk from the crew were seized, the official said. The shipping industry has warned in recent months about the increasing dangers faced by seafarers in the Gulf of Guinea, particularly around Nigeria, including kidnappings by pirates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rYY2Yx via Latest News

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"The countless hours I have spent in the investigation of Russian election interference and the impeachment inquiry have rendered my soul weary," Heck said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3676vaT via Latest News

House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he “leaves us no choice” but to act swiftly because he's likely to corrupt the system again unless removed before next year's election. A strictly partisan effort at this point, derided immediately by Trump and other leading Republicans as a sham and a hoax, it is a politically risky undertaking. Democrats say it is their duty, in the aftermath of the Ukraine probe, while Republicans say it will drive Pelosi’s majority from office. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/364TkqH via Latest News

Kamala Harris opened her historic presidential bid in Oakland, California, in January to a crowd of over 22,000 people. She suspended it in December, telling followers that, “My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue.”I happened to be on CNN discussing impeachment when the news broke, and it was a bit surreal discussing it as the lone black woman on that panel, and as a sorority sister of Kamala’s (we are both Alpha Kappa Alpha women). I felt sadness and disappointment that the “sister” who had everything in the world going for her still could not crack that glass ceiling for women, and most certainly for women like her and me.I’m a Black Woman, and I See Myself in Kamala HarrisHarris, was always a long shot to get the Democratic nomination. Yes, she’s a sitting United States senator from the largest state in the union, and a former state attorney general. Smart. Attractive. Gives a good speech, connects well with people, and has raised m

The Asian nation has built up a bike building industry, but human rights concerns could put the brakes on growth. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2YfU3Tg via Online Shopping

The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the egg box became a million dollar idea. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Yq9CrB via Online Shopping

The rumored phone could launch this month. from CNET https://ift.tt/2DJGa6j via Mobiles

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YouTube Music finally gets gapless playback through server-side rollout (Update: Wider availability)    Android Police YouTube Music officially adds gapless playback on Android and web    9to5Google Gapless Playback for YouTube Music Rolling Out to More Users    Droid Life YouTube Music can handle gapless playback on the web and Android    Engadget View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2RzGtcn via Technology

New, Emotionally Intelligent Robot CIMON 2 Heads to Space Station    Space.com Emotion-sensing robot launches to assist space station astronauts    Reuters AI-enabled assistant robot returning to the Space Station with improved emotional intelligence    TechCrunch Astronauts are Going to Attach a "Robot Hotel" to the Outside of the International Space Station    Universe Today NASA fits 'robot hotel' to International Space Station    Express.co.uk View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2DMpgnT via Technology

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The most diverse Democratic candidate field will likely be represented by no black candidates in the next televised debate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Rlg2qH via Latest News

A U.S. sailor shot three civilians with his service weapon, killing two of them, before taking his own life at Pearl Harbor, just days before thousands descend on the storied military base to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese bombing that propelled the United States into World War II. The Pearl Harbor National Memorial already had plans for additional security for the annual ceremony before the shooting Wednesday across the harbor at the Navy's shipyard, spokesman Jay Blount said. The shooter was identified Thursday as 22-year-old G. Romero, according to a military official who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that had not been made public. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2s0uVUp via Latest News

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A Navy warship has seized a “significant cache” of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said Wednesday, marking the first time that such sophisticated components have been taken en route to the war there. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DIB8Ht via Latest News

Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing of President Trump proved a mostly dull affair — and that may have been the point. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YhKjI7 via Latest News

Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked to vaping. Electronic cigarettes are sold as safer alternatives to traditional tobacco products and as aids to stop smoking. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco said the patient had hard-metal pneumoconiosis, typically found in people exposed to metals such as cobalt or tungsten used in tool sharpening or diamond polishing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34SEmUA via Latest News

Multiple people who drive white vans have spoken out to say they've been harassed because of the posts, and one driver was even killed. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rYvsX5 via Latest News

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he and senior government officials had a "good meeting" with U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday about the threat of Mexican drug cartels. Barr met various senior officials after U.S. President Donald Trump said last week he would designate the drug gangs as terrorist organizations in response to a series of bloody security breaches triggered by cartel gunmen. "As a lawyer, he understands our constitution obligates us to adhere to the principles of cooperation for development and non-intervention in foreign affairs," Lopez Obrador said of Barr on Twitter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LoVsSv via Latest News

US forces are thought to have killed a senior jihadist leader in northern Syria using a rarely deployed “Ninja” missile which attacks targets with precision sword-like blades. The Hellfire missile, or AGM-114R9X, which has a set of six folding blades instead of a warhead for minimum collateral damage, is believed to have been used to take out a commander in the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) in the province of Idlib.  The leader, named locally by his nom-de-guerre Abu Ahmad al-Muhajir, was reported to have been killed on Tuesday night when the car he was travelling in was hit by missiles in the town of Atmeh near the Turkish border, 10 miles from the US raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last month. He was said to be a high-profile foreign trainer of an elite force within HTS, known as "The Red Bands". Another, unidentified fighter who had been in car was also killed. This fragment is reported to have been found at the site of what may ha

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. President Donald Trump’s $28 billion farm bailout may be paying many growers more than the trade war with China has cost them.The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s calculations overshot the impact of the trade conflict on American soybean prices, according to six academic studies, a conclusion that is likely to add to criticism that the bailout has generated distortions and inequalities in the farm economy.“It’s clear that the payment rates overstated the damage suffered by soybean growers,” said Joseph Glauber, the USDA’s former chief economist who published a review of the research in late November. “Based on what the studies show, the damages were about half that.”The academic research has focused on soybeans in part because the crop has been the most visible target of Chinese retaliation and overall received the most trade aid. But the method the department used to calcu

Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Colorado's worst mass shootings, calling for a ban on all assault weapons, mandatory permits for gun purchasers and a new position in the White House to coordinate gun violence prevention. “I’ve been all in on the fight against gun violence for 15 years, and I’m just getting started,” Bloomberg declared. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34VPX5j via Latest News