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Millions of Chinese CVs exposed on cloud server

The exposed database contained detailed information about more than 200 million Chinese people. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2H8HeW0 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Instagram egg: Kylie Jenner's most-liked record beaten

A single speckled egg, sitting on a white background, has toppled reality television star Kylie Jenner for most-liked picture on Instagram - and we have questions. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2M7i5K8 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The truth behind Blue Whale 'suicide challenge'

A global online game was blamed for numerous suicides. But it isn't quite what it seems. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2D7UE0B via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The former homeless man bringing web access to the Bronx

People without internet access have fewer life chances than those that do. How can we close the gap? from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2FwPbC0 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Detroit auto show: Supercharged cars dazzle on debut

Power and speed took centre stage in Detroit as carmakers showed off new additions to their line up. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2FruND1 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Dating apps: What are they doing to our mental health?

Will's a serial swiper, Alvin's 'addicted' and Meggy's giving up. Do we know how dating apps affect us? from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2HaU1Y4 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

U.S.'s Pompeo: Saudis assured me of accountability for Khashoggi murder

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The U.S. secretary of state said Monday that Saudi leaders assured him everyone responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi would be held accountable. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2TJg7lU via Latest News

Kidnap suspect picked out US teen target at bus stop: charges

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An American 21-year-old arrested for holding a teenaged girl captive after murdering her parents chose his victim after seeing her get on a school bus, according to a charge sheet filed on Monday. Jake Patterson confessed to killing James and Denise Closs and to abducting their 13-year-old daughter Jayme, according to the document filed in court in Barron County, Wisconsin. Referred to in the document by her initials, JLC, Jayme Closs was the subject of a nationwide search following her disappearance three months ago -- until last week when she made a seemingly miraculous escape. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FsvGeD via Latest News

Democrats boycott meeting with Trump at White House to negotiate government shutdown

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Congressional Democrats have rejected an invite from Donald Trump to attend a lunch meeting at the White House, as the president looks to build support for his border wall without Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The White House has said no rank-and-file House Democrats will attend the lunch aimed at trying to end a record-setting partial government shutdown. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2HgXR1Q via Latest News

PG&E plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as Camp Fire investigation continues

Pacific Gas & Electric plans to enter bankruptcy as investigators continue to look into the utility's possible involvement in causing the Camp Fire. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2D8HOiD via Latest News

Venezuela's Maduro offers few fresh ideas as economy circles drain

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After promising ambitious economic measures ahead of Monday's speech, Maduro's proposals included a 300 percent minimum wage hike, dialogue with business leaders, and increased use of an inexistent state-backed cryptocurrency. There is nothing there that allows one to think that Venezuela will exit the deep crisis it's experiencing," said Asdrubal Oliveros, director of Caracas-based consultancy Ecoanalitica, on Twitter. The socialist government, they say, funds wage hikes by increasing the country's monetary supply, causing inflation to accelerate and negating any benefit an increase in the minimum wage could bring for Venezuelans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Fqb7Q1 via Latest News

Close shave: Gillette ad sparks online controversy

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A commercial for the Gillette razor brand that supported the #MeToo movement and called on men to change their behavior has triggered a heated controversy online. The broadcast of the spot, which was released Sunday and lasts just under two minutes, has earned the brand praise from those who see it as an example of brave communication, with the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs even paying tribute in a tweet on Tuesday. "So nice to see @Gillette jumping on the 'men are horrible' campaign permeating mainstream media and Hollywood entertainment. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2W3prmG via Latest News

Jayme Closs case: Suspect Jake Patterson 'saw her on school bus' and decided to snatch teenager

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A Wisconsin man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl's parents so he could kidnap her allegedly made up his mind to snatch her after he spotted her getting onto a school bus.   Jake Patterson, 21, told detectives he planned his crime methodically after watching Jayme Closs board her school bus while driving to work one day, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday.  Mr Patterson did not even know the teenagers name until he abducted her, the complaint said.  He faces charges of killing Jayme's parents, James and Denise, and kidnapping her at the family home in Barron, Wisconsin on October 15 last year. The teenager escaped last Thursday after three months in captivity, police said. Inside squalid basement 'cell' where Jayme Closs was allegedly held captive Credit: Radar Online/MEGA  On Monday, a criminal complaint outlined how Mr Patterson allegedly targeted and plotted to snatch the teenager and hid her under his bed for hours at a time when people visited...

Mike Pence: Democrats refuse to compromise on border wall funding to end the shutdown

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The American people deserve better. Only the willfully blind — or politically blinded — could fail to see the scope and scale of our border crisis. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2TTSgQj via Latest News

Indonesia recovers Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, Indonesian officials said Monday, in a possible boost to the investigation into why the 2-month-old plane nosedived at high velocity, killing 189 people. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2D8PIZa via Latest News

Republican's questions uncovered revelations that FBI leader

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Rep. John Ratcliffe confirms his questions to former FBI general counsel James Baker uncovered the claims first reported by the New York Times; Catherine Herridge has the details. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2QPoZVl via Latest News

30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles go on strike as negotiations stall

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United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) said negotiations stalled and that the union didn't receive a new contract proposal over the weekend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2QMzx7y via Latest News

Two women rescued after being taken hostage at UPS warehouse in New Jersey

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Two women have been rescued after being taken hostage at a UPS facility in New Jersey, a local prosecutor has said. The women, both UPS employees, were not seriously injured during the hours-long standoff, Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore said at a news conference. The suspect has been apprehended after the incident at the UPS processing facility in Logan Township. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Dajc96 via Latest News

American citizen killed in Nairobi attack: official

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A US citizen was killed Tuesday in an attack by Islamist militants on an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi, a US official said. An AFP photographer in Nairobi saw the bodies of five victims and a police source said he had seen as many as 14 dead. Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali group that assaulted a Nairobi shopping mall in 2013, claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on the DusitD2 compound, which includes a 101-room hotel, spa, restaurant, and offices for local and international companies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2srKVvV via Latest News

The Latest: Grandfather: Suspect 'backed off from crowds'

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BARRON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the kidnapping of 13-year-old Jayme Closs (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FsLmP9 via Latest News