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Business News Update BBC

Ammonia, the key ingredient of fertiliser, can be burned in ships’ engines in place of polluting diesel. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/37AP4jj via Online Shopping

Business News Update BBC

Better sight, better hands and more intelligence are allowing robots to take on more and more jobs. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/38Dikae via Online Shopping

Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone

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An association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting after Attorney General William Barr intervened in the case of Trump ally Roger Stone. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3215gJq via Latest News

Men linked to white supremacist group plead not guilty

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Three men accused of being members of a violent white supremacist group called The Base pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges in a federal indictment in Maryland. Former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Mathews, 27; and Brian Mark Lemley Jr., 33, of Elkton, Maryland; entered their pleas during separate arraignments on charges including transporting a firearm and ammunition with the intent to commit a felony. In a court filing, Justice Department prosecutors said Lemley and Mathews discussed “the planning of violence” at a gun rights rally in Richmond, Virginia, in January. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39Ly4s1 via Latest News

The Turkish Trap: How Erdogan Made New Enemies and Enraged the Arab Community

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As Recep Erdogan sends Turkish troops and Syrian rebel fighters into Libya, it has become clear that the Syrian forces Turkey-backed were never meant to fight for Assad but instead do Turkey's bidding. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2V594rw via Latest News

John Oliver explains the pros and cons of Medicare-for-all, goes with the pros

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John Oliver kicked off his new season of Last Week Tonight on Sunday by looking at "an issue that has dominated the Democratic primary -- and I'm not talking about why Tom Steyer doesn't look richer" (though he did address that). Mostly, he tackled Medicare-for-all, comparing the "government-funded, single-payer program" proposed by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) with the current U.S. system championed by conservatives and, with various degrees of modifications, other Democratic candidates.Conservatives are right, Oliver conceded, that "America does have one of the best health care systems in the world for rich, famous people. Unfortunately, too many people are born in this country with a terrible pre-existing condition called Not Being Beyonce." For so many Americans, "our system is badly broken," he said, not just the 27.5 million with no insurance but also the nearly 44 million underinsured and at risk for ...

14 Americans who got the coronavirus from the quarantined cruise ship in Japan were flown home in an 'isolation box' at the back of the plane

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Thousands were quarantined on the Diamond Princess for more than a week over coronavirus fears. Americans coming home will be quarantined again. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2wmI8ct via Latest News

Judge in Roger Stone case says sentencing will move forward

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Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she will still hand down Stone's sentence on Thursday, but indicated she plans to defer the execution of the sentence. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37zxewR via Latest News

Chinese police reportedly put a professor under house arrest, cut his internet, and kicked him off social media after he criticized President Xi over the coronavirus

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Xu Zhangrun, a law professor at the elite Tsinghua University, had published a scathing essay on the Chinese government's handling of the coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3227yYJ via Latest News

Bloomberg campaign: There are only three viable presidential candidates

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Only three candidates out of the more than half dozen vying for the White House have a viable path to the nomination, a senior official for the Mike Bloomberg campaign told reporters Tuesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2wlw8Ib via Latest News

Obama reportedly expects he'll have to play a 'prominent role' in uniting Democrats this summer

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Expect former President Barack Obama's radio silence on the 2020 Democratic primary to continue in the coming months. After all, he's reportedly got a very specific reason for staying out of it.Obama has intentionally remained on the sidelines throughout the primary so far, not throwing his support behind any candidate, including former Vice President Joe Biden. This, New York Magazine reports, is part of a "choreographed strategy" on the part of Obama, who is "increasingly sure he will need to play a prominent role in bringing the party back together and calming its tensions later this summer."Between now and then, Obama is "committed to not allowing his personal thoughts to dribble out" into the open, the report says, since this might make it more challenging for him to serve as an "honest broker." Apparently, this effort could be going better considering this very same report features a few of Obama's personal thoughts, including t...

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Nearly Double With No End in Sight

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Confirmed cases of the new, deadly coronavirus in the United States almost doubled over the holiday weekend thanks to the messy evacuation of Americans from a cruise ship in Japan, while fresh numbers from China suggested the disease might be deadlier than first believed.The U.S. government evacuated 328 American passengers from Tokyo early Monday on two chartered cargo jets, leaving dozens others behind who preferred to stay on the Diamond Princess cruise ship—despite a strong disembarkation recommendation from the federal government. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said over the weekend that it recommended repatriation so that it could take responsibility for care of the Americans and “to reduce the burden on the Japanese healthcare system.”All travelers from Japan were screened before boarding the aircraft “to prevent symptomatic travelers from departing Japan,” according to the CDC. But 14 people who ultimately proved to be infected with the disease were include...

The coronavirus is slamming the US travel industry, with experts predicting it will wipe out more than $10 billion in spending from Chinese visitors

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Chinese travelers represented 7% of all visitors to the US in 2019 and 16% of visitor spending. The economic impact is forecast to be worse than SARS. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SUtgtE via Latest News

Missing more than a year, an abandoned 'ghost ship' washed ashore on the other side of the Atlantic

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The MV Alta washed ashore in Ireland's County Cork amid Storm Dennis, but the vessel took a more than a year journey from off Bermuda to get there. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/38FbzF2 via Latest News

Roger Stone judge ignores Trump's taunts, leaves sentencing scheduled for Thursday

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Roger Stone will be sentenced on Thursday and President Trump can do nothing about it.That's the message U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who's overseeing the criminal case against Trump's longtime adviser, sent Tuesday when she confirmed the date of Stone's sentencing hearing. Despite receiving threats from Trump to delay the sentencing for a second time, that "would not be a prudent thing to do under all the circumstances," Jackson said.Uproar surrounding Stone's upcoming sentencing arose last week when prosecutors in the case recommended a 7–9 year prison term for Stone's crimes of lying to Congress and witness tampering. Trump tweeted to complain about the suggestion, and Attorney General William Barr intervened, with the DOJ eventually recommending a lighter sentence for Stone. Trump then repeatedly attacked Jackson's handling of the case, including in Twitter threads Tuesday morning where he cited Fox & Friends to call for he...

Missing Milwaukee woman, two daughters found dead in garage

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Amarah Banks, 26, Zaniya Ivery, 5, and Camaria Banks, 4, were discovered after the arrest of Banks' boyfriend, Arzel J. Ivery, in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bNDjci via Latest News

Blizzard's Diablo and Overwatch are getting animated series - CNET

A Diablo anime is coming to Netflix, according to a LinkedIn post. from CNET https://ift.tt/2vGpVGx via Mobiles

Climate change, harmful marketing pose huge threats to children's future - CNET

A landmark report evaluates 180 countries and finds glaring deficiencies threaten children and the environment now and in the immediate future. from CNET https://ift.tt/2P3Fe2I via Mobiles

Free airport parking hack: Just ride your motorcycle - Roadshow

How I learned to skip traffic, skip paying for parking, ignore the cost of Uber or Lyft, and bypass the stress of LAX by going on two wheels. from CNET https://ift.tt/2P8QVp8 via Mobiles

The Galaxy Z Flip's hinge fibers aren't enough to keep dust out - Engadget

The Galaxy Z Flip's hinge fibers aren't enough to keep dust out    Engadget from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2uViiMg via Technology

Facebook's gigabit wireless rolls out in Puerto Rico - Engadget

Facebook's gigabit wireless rolls out in Puerto Rico    Engadget from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2UY5FuG via Technology

Overwatch and Diablo are being adapted as TV shows, according to LinkedIn profile - Polygon

Overwatch and Diablo are being adapted as TV shows, according to LinkedIn profile    Polygon Netflix Appears To Be Getting A ‘Diablo’ Anime And Possibly An ‘Overwatch’ Cartoon    Forbes 'Diablo' TV series reportedly coming, Blizzard executive reveals    Mashable YouTube reportedly paid $160m for Activision Blizzard esports exclusivity    GamesIndustry.biz Rumour: Animated Overwatch and Diablo TV adaptations are in the works    Rock Paper Shotgun View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/38GTaHJ via Technology

The iPhone 12: Everything We Know So Far - gearpatrol.com

The iPhone 12: Everything We Know So Far    gearpatrol.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3263OW4 via Technology