Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Italy president rules out June elections, wants new govt. for 2019 budget: palace source

ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella has ruled out the possibility of early elections in June, preferring instead to have a new government in place to pass the 2019 budget, a presidential palace source said on Wednesday.


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Brexit Bulletin: War Cabinet - Bloomberg


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Brexit Bulletin: War Cabinet
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Today in Brexit: May's war cabinet meets as a bitter fight rages about what Brexit should look like. Her best option could be to postpone a decision. The meetings are held in strict privacy. There's no official account released to the press. And even ...
Wednesday briefing: Time to face 'max-fac', Brexiters warn PMThe Guardian

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Myanmar court accepts testimony of policeman who said Reuters reporters framed

YANGON (Reuters) - A judge in Myanmar declared on Wednesday that a witness who said two Reuters reporters accused of possessing state secrets were framed by police was credible, dealing a blow to the prosecution in what has become a landmark press freedom case.


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Veterinarian Charged With Smuggling Heroin Inside Puppies - New York Times


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Veterinarian Charged With Smuggling Heroin Inside Puppies
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Of the puppies rescued in 2005 from a farm in MedellĂ­n, Colombia, and saved from fates as international drug couriers, one, a Rottweiler, was adopted by the Colombian National Police and trained as a drug-detection dog, investigators said. Another, a ...

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In West Virginia, GOP Senate candidates in Fox News debate see support for president as key to victory - Fox News


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In West Virginia, GOP Senate candidates in Fox News debate see support for president as key to victory
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In Tuesday night's West Virginia Republican U.S. Senate primary debate, televised on Fox News Channel, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins underscored why they are the frontrunners and why they would do a far better job ...

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The migrant caravan is a distraction - Washington Post


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The migrant caravan is a distraction
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DRAMATIC IMAGES of about 200 Central Americans who arrived Sunday at the Mexican frontier near San Diego after traveling north in a caravan through Mexico are fodder for President Trump's crusade to frighten Americans into thinking that borders are ...

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Apple Allays iPhone Worries, Adds $100 Billion to Buyback Plans - Wall Street Journal


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Apple Allays iPhone Worries, Adds $100 Billion to Buyback Plans
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Apple Inc. AAPL 2.32% flexed its financial muscle with a record $100 billion plan to buy back stock from investors, as it reported strong gains in revenue and profit even as growth in the number of iPhones sold remained weak. The results for Apple's ...
Apple Earnings Show Growing Immunity to Smartphone MalaiseBloomberg
How Can Apple Keep Growing If Its Current Growth Depends on iPhone Price Hikes?Fortune
Apple earnings were saved by the company's new MVPMarketWatch
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South Korea says US troops will stay despite possible peace treaty - BBC News


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South Korea says US troops will stay despite possible peace treaty
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South Korea's government has said US troops will remain in the country, even if a deal is reached to formally end the Korean War. About 29,000 US soldiers are based in South Korea, under a security agreement reached after the war ended in 1953. North ...
Nearly 80 Percent of South Koreans Say They Trust Kim Jong UnBloomberg

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School backs off plans for 'modesty ponchos' at prom - USA TODAY


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School backs off plans for 'modesty ponchos' at prom
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DETROIT — A Catholic high school in the Detroit area has backed off plans to pass out "modesty ponchos" at prom to girls whose dresses are deemed too revealing, an idea that generated criticism. The controversy began early last week when one of the ...
School to hand out 'Modesty Ponchos' for teens dressed inappropriately for promFox 2 Detroit

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France to step up security before next protests after May Day violence: minister

PARIS (Reuters) - France will increase police numbers for the next round of protests over economic reforms after violent clashes marred the annual May Day rally in Paris, interior minister Gerard Collomb said on Wednesday.


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Trump's Onetime Physician Says Trump Aides Raided His Office, Describing a Year of 'Torture' - New York Times


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Trump's Onetime Physician Says Trump Aides Raided His Office, Describing a Year of 'Torture'
New York Times
Dr. Harold Bornstein, a longtime personal physician to President Trump, said he was cut out of Mr. Trump's orbit early last year after telling the news media that Mr. Trump took a drug to promote hair growth.CreditJoe Marino/New York Daily News, via ...
Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letterCNN
Trump doctor Harold Bornstein says bodyguard, lawyer 'raided' his office, took medical filesNBCNews.com
Ex-doctor says Trump dictated letter claiming he would be 'healthiest' president everThe Hill
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'The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted': Rosenstein responds to impeachment threat - Washington Post


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'The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted': Rosenstein responds to impeachment threat
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Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein took aim Tuesday at Republican lawmakers who have drafted articles of impeachment against him, saying that he would not comment on documents “that nobody has the courage to put their name on” and asserting that ...
Rod Rosenstein defends Justice Dept., dings critics in wide-ranging sit-downCNN
Rod Rosenstein Pushes Back Against GOP Lawmakers Who Say He Should Lose His JobWall Street Journal
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein addresses "threats," says DOJ won't be "extorted"CBS News
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Texas, six other states sue Trump administration to force an end to DACA - Washington Post


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Texas, six other states sue Trump administration to force an end to DACA
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Texas and six other states are suing the Trump administration over its failure to terminate an Obama-era program that provides work permits to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The lawsuit ...
7 states sue to end DACA, potentially jumbling its legal futureCNN
Seven States, Led by Texas, Sue to End DACA ProgramNew York Times
Texas and 6 states sue Trump administration over DACA programPolitico
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Kanye West under fire after saying slavery was a choice - CBS News


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Kanye West under fire after saying slavery was a choice
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Kanye West is under fire for comments he made about slavery during a sit-down with TMZ on Tuesday. During the interview, the 40-year-old rapper touched on his love for President Trump, his recent tweets, and one point said slavery "sounds like a choice ...
Kanye West called slavery a choice. TMZ's Van Lathan gave a forceful — and thoughtful — rebuke.Washington Post
Kim Kardashian Shares Videos of Daughter Chicago After Husband Kanye West Reveals Opioid AddictionPEOPLE.com
Kanye West makes controversial remarks on slavery, reveals 2016 opioid addictionNBCNews.com
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No One Knows Who's Spending Millions on the West Virginia Senate Race - Daily Beast


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No One Knows Who's Spending Millions on the West Virginia Senate Race
Daily Beast
One super PAC with links to national Democrats has spent more than $1.3 million primarily targeting a single Republican candidate in the West Virginia Senate race. Another, with links to national Republicans, has spent more than $1.5 million targeting ...

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Official Autopsy of Stephon Clark Questions Earlier Findings - New York Times


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Official Autopsy of Stephon Clark Questions Earlier Findings
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An official autopsy report released Tuesday on the death of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers in March, varies substantially from a private autopsy that contended he was hit primarily while ...
Stephon Clark shot seven times, official autopsy findsCNN
Sacramento coroner releases Stephon Clark autopsy, disputing he was shot mostly in backSFGate
Coroner Says Stephon Clark's Family-Ordered Autopsy Was "Erroneous"BuzzFeed News

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Hobby Lobby's Smuggled Artifacts Will Be Returned To Iraq - NPR


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Hobby Lobby's Smuggled Artifacts Will Be Returned To Iraq
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Nearly 4,000 ill-gotten artifacts will be returned to Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says. The ancient objects were bought by Hobby Lobby, a national chain of arts and crafts stores, then smuggled into the United States ...

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Pushing to bury Iran deal, Israel says no one wants war with Tehran

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it does not seek war with Iran and suggested U.S. President Donald Trump backed Israel's latest attempt to kill the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by disclosing purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work.


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France's Macron unsure whether Trump will stick to Iran deal

SYDNEY (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether U.S. President Donald Trump would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb.


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