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Disney Plus, Star Wars The Mandalorian, MCU Phase 4: What to expect at Disney's D23 Expo - CNET

After the packed Marvel announcements at Comic-Con, we're mostly expecting new details about Disney Plus and maybe some sneak footage of Episode 9 (fingers crossed???). from CNET https://ift.tt/30xNFY8 via Mobiles

Mars microbes could spread across the planet via dust particles - CNET

If life did (or does) exist on the red planet, it could survive by travelling across planet on the wind. from CNET https://ift.tt/2ZkDZTn via Mobiles

Facebook cracks down on more accounts tied to Myanmar's military - CNET

It's the fourth time Facebook has removed Myanmar accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior." from CNET https://ift.tt/30D2tV2 via Mobiles

People in Denmark are angry and sad that Trump canceled his visit — and warning that the relationship between the 2 countries is now 'ice-cold'

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President Donald Trump said he will be postponing a planned visit to Denmark, after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said he couldn't buy Greenland. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Hhk25w via Latest News

Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt

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All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials said. The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna Citation jet aborted its takeoff at Oroville Municipal Airport for unknown reasons shortly before noon, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. The plane was carrying two pilots and eight passengers, and "all were accounted for, no injuries," said Joe Deal, Oroville's fire and police chief. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZjOUMX via Latest News

Why Kamala Harris Is Fading in the Democratic Primary

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Anew national CNN poll of the 2020 Democratic primary has some pretty brutal numbers for Kamala Harris. When CNN last polled the presidential race shortly after the first Democratic debate in June, Harris was on Joe Biden’s heels, trailing just 17 percent to 22 percent. But according to the latest survey by CNN, conducted August 15 to 18, Biden has rebounded to 29 percent, while Harris has dropped all the way down to 5 percent, tied for fourth place with South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg.What went wrong for Harris?The second Democratic debate was a clear defeat for the California senator, but it’s now also obvious that her June debate performance was a Pyrrhic victory.At the first debate, Harris staked everything on attacking Joe Biden’s record on busing. It worked for her that night: Biden’s immediate response was hapless, Harris was widely declared the winner, and she got a significant bump in the polls.But Harris’s line of attack raised an obvious and problematic question for her: Wou...

Shooter at large after LA deputy shot at sheriff's station

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A shooter remained at large after wounding a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in a sheriff's station parking lot in the Mojave Desert city of Lancaster, authorities said. A search of the area concluded early Thursday without finding a suspect, said Deputy Morgan Arteaga, a department spokeswoman. The search had focused on a nearby building complex that provides housing to people with mental health issues. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZcheBR via Latest News

Farmer's threat prompts U.S. Agriculture Department to pull staff from crop tour

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CORALVILLE, Iowa/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday it had pulled all staff from an annual crop tour after an employee was threatened, and three sources said the threat of violence was made during a phone call from an angry farmer. U.S. farmers have complained this month that a government crop report did not reflect damage from historic flooding this spring. Lance Honig, crops chief at the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, was among the USDA staffers who had to leave the privately-run Pro Farmer tour, three sources with knowledge of the situation said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Zfjm73 via Latest News

Arms Race Redux! A U.S. Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Test Shows Russia Was Right to Worry

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Scott HoweThe U.S. military has test-fired a new kind of nuclear-capable cruise missile. A weapon that, just 16 days earlier, was banned from the American and Russian arsenals under a 1987 treaty.The successful test on Sunday of an intermediate-range, ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missile reintroduces a previously defunct type of atomic weapon, effectively reversing 32 years of successful arms-control. It also appears to confirm Russia’s fears about American intentions as Washington and Moscow backslide into Cold War-style mutual mistrust. A Missile Explosion, a Radiation Spike, and Kremlin Secrecy Bring Back Memories of ChernobylThe Pentagon tried to portray the Sunday launch in California as just a boring trial. “Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform [the Defense Department’s] development of future intermediate-range capabilities,” the military stated. But to Russia, the trial launch was a huge insult. It was what Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear expert wit...

US mental health staff warned not to contradict Trump after mass shootings

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When Donald Trump targeted mental illness as the cause of the mass shootings that killed 31 people in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, federal health officials made sure no government experts might contradict him.A Health and Human Services (HHS) directive on 5 August warned communication staffers not to post anything on social media related to mental health, violence and mass shootings without prior approval. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HhWhdG via Latest News

News Corp is making a news service called... Knewz - The Verge

News Corp is making a news service called... Knewz    The Verge News Corp Readies News App to Address Publishers’ Concerns About Google and Facebook    The Wall Street Journal 'Knewz' Is Krupert Kmurdoch's Kgoogle Knews Kalternative    Gizmodo WSJ owner News Corp planning Google News competitor called ‘Knewz․com’    9to5Google Murdoch’s Media Juggernaut Reportedly Developing ‘Knewz’ Aggregator to Compete With Google    Mediaite View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Z6JUvU via Technology

Native Union brings USB-C to Lightning option to its handy Key Cable - 9to5Mac

Native Union brings USB-C to Lightning option to its handy Key Cable    9to5Mac Native Union has updated its useful Key Cable today with a USB-C to Lightning version. This compact MFi-certified Lightning cable is a handy way to always ... from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2HhcGij via Technology

Epic Game Store's First Exclusive Hades Launches On Steam This Winter - GameSpot

Epic Game Store's First Exclusive Hades Launches On Steam This Winter    GameSpot Epic Store exclusive Hades is headed to Steam in December    PC Gamer Hades - Coming to Steam Early Access Trailer    Supergiant Games Hades, Supergiant's Greek Dungeon Crawler, Hits Steam in December    The Escapist After a year of Epic Games exclusivity, ‘Hades’ heads to Steam Early Access    Engadget View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2zgfsjz via Technology

The Centodieci is the most powerful Bugatti ever built - Top Speed

The Centodieci is the most powerful Bugatti ever built    Top Speed How Bugatti built the Centodieci hypercar in six months    Engadget Limited edition Bugatti Centodieci costs a whopping £9million - and it has already sold out    The Sun View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2KPovhX via Technology

New 0.153.0 Pokemon GO Update Includes Unova Pokemon, PvP Ranked Matches, and More - GamePress

New 0.153.0 Pokemon GO Update Includes Unova Pokemon, PvP Ranked Matches, and More    GamePress On Wednesday night August 21st, 2019, a new update to Pokemon GO was deployed in the Samsung Galaxy Store numbered 0.153.0, which featured many ... View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2KVN0ZC via Technology

Iran's Zarif says will see if scientist's death sentence can be delayed

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday Tehran "will do its best" to see if the death sentence on Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali can be delayed. Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute in the Swedish capital, was arrested in Iran in April 2016 and later convicted of espionage, having been accused of providing information to Israel to help it assassinate several senior nuclear scientists. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KKjyaj via Latest News

UPDATE 3-Employee of Britain's Hong Kong mission held in China over prostitution -report

An employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has been detained in China for involvement in prostitution, the state-backed Global Times newspaper said on Thursday, as Britain said it continued to urgently seek information. China's foreign ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the employee, Simon Cheng, had been detained in the border city of Shenzhen neighbouring Hong Kong. In a report on its English-language website, the paper, published by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, cited Shenzhen police as saying Cheng had been detained for 15 days for "solicitation of prostitution". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Zmz8Ng via Latest News

Trump dismisses criticism of his dual loyalty comments: 'It's only anti-Semitic in your head'

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President Trump Wednesday expanded on his views about how Jews who vote for Democrats are “disloyal” and dismissed any criticism of his comments. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z6JAxp via Latest News

Mexico struggles: whether to talk to vigilantes or jail them

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Mexico's government appears to be split about whether it should talk to armed vigilante groups, or treat them as criminals. President Andres Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he disagreed with his assistant interior secretary's decision to attend a ceremony with vigilantes, who often call themselves "self-defense" groups. The debate came to a head Wednesday when Ricardo Peralta, an assistant secretary of the interior, attended the groundbreaking of an agricultural processing plant in the vigilante-dominated community of La Huacana in the western state of Michoacan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Npz0u9 via Latest News

Critics of Missouri abortion law sue over referendum failure

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Abortion-rights advocates on Thursday sued Missouri's top election official, alleging his actions and state laws denied them the right to put one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws to a public vote. No Bans on Choice Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union sought to put the law on the 2020 ballot in hopes that voters would overturn it. Attorneys for those who sued put the blame on Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZuvyoI via Latest News