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Talks appear to be reaching the final stretch though both sides remain divided on several key issues. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2vuHl5H via IFTTT

Footage showed aspiring Australian senator Steve Dickson groping women and making derogatory remarks. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2V7z1In via IFTTT

Lori Kaye was killed after shielding her rabbi from a gunman who opened fire at a Passover service. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LqmVWr via IFTTT

The 26-year-old Muslim convert also allegedly plotted terror attacks on Jews and churches. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WcVvE9 via IFTTT

Dennis Muilenburg says a safety mechanism was only one factor in two fatal Boeing plane crashes. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2vsjIui via IFTTT

"Waterkeeper" Nabil Musa fights Iraq's water crisis, which he calls the country's gravest threat yet. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UQTSuB via IFTTT

A rabbi who was injured in the deadly shooting at a synagogue near San Diego on Saturday has described the moment he faced the gunman. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WfDjtM via IFTTT

A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coast from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WfNGgW via IFTTT

Thousands of people were told to evacuate after rising floodwaters breached a dyke following heavy rain. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Lbt7kS via IFTTT

A woman from Mongolia has won the Goldman Environmental Prize after a campaign to stop mining firms destroying a critical habitat for snow leopards. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UMgIDr via IFTTT

Flooding caused by torrential rains has killed nearly 40 people and left thousands homeless in Sumatra. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LcXFTf via IFTTT

A university has taken on five "canine teaching assistants" to tackle student anxiety. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GPH2rc via IFTTT

A tame beluga wearing a Russian harness is thought to have come from a Russian navy facility. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2J1c9CZ via IFTTT

North Korean state TV introduces a more casual, modern-looking weather broadcast. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GRp6hm via IFTTT

A city in South Korea has put out special seating for older people at road crossings. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2PzLLBw via IFTTT

Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2ZNOA6P via IFTTT

Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2L8O5k9 via IFTTT

What has changed since mass protests led South Africa to announce free education for poor university students? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2J31asB via IFTTT

Young people on either side of a decades-old conflict seldom meet, but tech is building bridges. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2vrILxN via IFTTT

Following the Sri Lankan ban, BBC Reality Check looks at other countries that have imposed either a partial or complete ban on face coverings from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Vxuj6a via IFTTT

Kanhaiya Kumar has emerged as an outlier in an election being seen as a battle for India's identity. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UT7bL2 via IFTTT

Apple says some parental control apps were removed from the App Store because of security concerns. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2PA9e5l via IFTTT

Phil Watson is "killed" by a zombie baby and a spider. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2DCK2qk via IFTTT

Shares in the internet giant tumble nearly 7% after its sales growth falls short of forecasts. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2VFF1aQ via IFTTT

Cases may not go ahead if police in England and Wales do not get access to messages and photographs. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2GOr7dT via IFTTT

Police warn online fraud is an "epidemic" after a woman is scammed by a man posing as Jason Statham. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2UMIX51 via IFTTT

The UK should make "independent" decisions about whether to work with the tech firm, China's ambassador says. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2UFt545 via IFTTT

Young people on either side of a decades-old conflict seldom meet, but tech is building bridges. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2vrILxN via IFTTT

Tech recruiting firm apologizes for job ad seeking 'preferably Caucasian' employee A tech recruiting company apologized on Sunday after a job opportunity posted online said white people were preferred for the position. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2ZJZeez

Emiliano Sala morgue photo: Police arrest two people after sick image surfaces on Twitter U.K. police have arrested two people after a mortuary photo of Argentinian soccer player Emiliano Sala was posted on Twitter after his death in a plane crash. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2V2ueba

Sick morgue photo of Argentinian soccer player Emiliano Sala surfaces on Twitter, sparks outrage A sick photo of Argentinian soccer player Emiliano Sala taken after his death in a plane crash surfaced on Twitter, sparking outrage and a U.K. police investigation. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2ZK9vaP

Rapper Jay-Z, singer Miley Cyrus and the Killers band were booked to play at Woodstock 50 in New York. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ZIRcmi via IFTTT

Dennis Muilenburg says a safety mechanism was only one factor in two fatal Boeing plane crashes. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vsjIui via IFTTT

The European Commission says the deal will lead to "lower prices for European retailers to do business". from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vr3Vft via IFTTT

Shadow chancellor says people want change in a Newsnight series marking Mrs Thatcher's election. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2IOGbL3 via IFTTT

British-born but US-based investor Edward Bramson is seeking election to the bank's board on Thursday. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2GPsc5b via IFTTT

Intelligence sharing will be at risk if countries use the firm to build 5G networks, official says. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2UJwKhr via IFTTT

The Office for National Statistics says 31% of graduates are overeducated for their job. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ULvt9I via IFTTT

A US firm has apologised for a job ad that stated it would prefer white candidates. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Vr0wMr via IFTTT

A supermarket is being piloted in London which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app. Emma Simpson reports. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2PAXyj0 via IFTTT

Young people on either side of a decades-old conflict seldom meet, but tech is building bridges. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vrILxN via IFTTT

The bicycle ushered in a manufacturing revolution as well as a social one, and is doing so again. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2PFhFwy via IFTTT

Forty years ago Mrs Thatcher came to power, is the UK economy at another historic moment of change? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ZL7OcU via IFTTT

Facebook will be overrun by dead people within 50 years, researchers say Facebook has a grave problem. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2XZd4s1

Whale with mysterious harness may be Russian military 'spy,' experts say Russia’s military may have an unusual new recruit – a white beluga whale that has been spotted in the waters of the Norwegian Arctic. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2W7Eb3r

Air Force calls for new 'Vanguard' weapons program with hypersonics, lasers and networked missiles Aggressive pursuit of hypersonics, lasers, networked cruise missiles, artificial intelligence, smart bombs and cyberwar inform the conceptual and technical basis for the Air Force’s new “Vanguard” programs, new Air Force strategic efforts to synthesize science and technology with prototyping and emerging weapons systems. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2Lclyul

Mark Zuckerberg built a glowing ‘sleep box’ to help his wife snooze Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s built a glowing wooden box that helps his wife sleep through the night, as she cares for their children. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2ZGUMgH

Los Angeles working to find missing seniors with help of ankle bracelets A new program out of Los Angeles helps find missing seniors with dementia or autism with the use of electronic monitoring bracelets. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2GPoitm

New tool shows how Facebook and Google track you A new tool shows how the biggest social media companies track you, right down to your device’s battery level and email you’ve sent. via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2UZ3l7T

7 tools for fixing Windows problems Months go by, and Windows works. Then, out of nowhere, your computer slows down. Files don’t open right away. Programs freeze or shut down. Your system probably needs some TLC, but what should you do? via FOX NEWS https://fxn.ws/2UHBfco

Attorney general has expressed objections to House judiciary committee’s questioning format, according to Democratic aide The US attorney general, William Barr, is scheduled to testify before the House judiciary panel, chaired by the Democrats, on Thursday. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The Department of Justice (DoJ) has informed the powerful House of Representatives judiciary committee that the attorney general, William Barr, may not attend a Thursday hearing to review special counsel Robert Mueller’s report of the Trump-Russia investigation. Barr has expressed objections over the panel’s questioning format, according to a senior Democratic committee aide. The department has balked at the panel’s plans to allow committee counsels from both sides to question Barr after the traditional round of questioning by members of Congress who sit on the committee, which is currently chaired by the Democrats because they control the House. Justice officials also told the committee they oppos

The United States signed a document agreeing to pay North Korea for the care of American Otto Warmbier but never paid the $2 million Pyongyang demanded, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton, who said he was not part of the administration at the time, confirmed newspaper reports that North Korea demanded the money before Warmbier was flown out of Pyongyang in a coma on June 13, 2017. Asked whether U.S. envoy Joseph Yun signed the document when he went to retrieve Warmbier, Bolton told "Fox News Sunday" in an interview: "That is what I am told, yes." He said no payment was made. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2V0N7eA via IFTTT

United Airlines is covering up all the cameras on the back of customers' seats amid backlash about privacy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IZ0ULr via IFTTT

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer lays out how Republicans are going to compete against Democrats in 2020. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DFiiBd via IFTTT

American consumer spending leapt last month to post the biggest gain in 10 years, recovering from a weak start to 2019, while inflation remained tame, according to government data released Monday. The strong finish to the third quarter comes a day before the Federal Reserve is due to meet, with markets overwhelmingly expecting the central bank to leave interest rates untouched. The latest figures confirm the picture of steady economic growth in the first quarter that were released Friday in the Commerce Department's GDP report. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DPnLWv via IFTTT

Japanese police on Monday arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with two paring knives found at the school desk of Prince Hisahito, grandson of Emperor Akihito, local media reported. The incident comes as authorities were beefing up security ahead of the popular emperor's abdication on Tuesday after a 30-year reign, the first monarch to relinquish the throne of the world's oldest imperial family for two centuries. Akihito's eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, will take the throne on Wednesday in a series of ceremonies. Hisahito is the son of Naruhito's younger brother and the last eligible male heir. Japan's centuries-old succession would be broken if Hisahito does not have a male child as the Imperial Household Law, in place since 1947, does not allow women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne. Japan's Imperial family The suspect, identified as Kaoru Hasegawa, was arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the premises of the junior high school the

Ocasio-Cortez called the series of bombings in Sri Lanka, which death toll has risen to 290, “horrifying.” “The Sri Lanka massacre was horrifying. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GQtk8R via IFTTT

Wall Street was flat but holding near record levels just after the open on Monday as investors awaited a fresh set of corporate earnings during week loaded with economic data. Markets were also absorbing an upbeat report on consumer spending for March, which showed a big jump at the end of the first quarter. The data come as the Federal Reserve is due to begin its latest-two day policy meeting on Tuesday but is overwhelmingly expected to leave interest rates untouched. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2UKHUTa via IFTTT

When Washington recognized Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful president, Trump administration officials clearly hoped that incumbent Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power would not last long. There were reasons for such optimism. The socialist regime’s corruption and grotesque economic mismanagement had reached crisis levels. Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, had transformed Venezuela from one of Latin America’s most prosperous countries into a poverty-stricken horror marked by runaway inflation and severe shortages even of the most basic consumer necessities. Venezuela was the latest exhibit in the museum of socialist calamities. Maduro’s popularity had plunged, and his implementation of ever more autocratic measures to suppress opponents did not help his situation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IOXtYn via IFTTT

A rally in the dollar faltered on Monday with strong U.S. data doing little to lift the currency or convince investors that a slowdown in activity is over. The greenback traded in a narrow range as Japan kicked off a week of holidays, typically a period of thin liquidity that can prompt spikes in volatility. A Federal Reserve policy meeting, Brexit negotiations and a raft of global data including on U.S. core inflation and payrolls could each be the trigger for big currency swings this week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2PCN9TL via IFTTT

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia tech staffing company has apologized after an online job posting sought "preferably Caucasian" applicants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Wdq9gF via IFTTT

Corey Ballentine, "Avengers: Endgame" and more of the weekend's top news. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GL4Hce via IFTTT

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Sandy Huffaker/AFP/GettyPOWAY, California—Nineteen-year-old nursing student John T. Earnest, who was charged with murder Sunday as the lone gunman in the deadly Poway Synagogue shooting, played piano for hours a day and earned a 4.31 grade point average. His father was a church elder whom neighbors called “the sweetest man.”But somewhere on his path, Earnest took a terrible turn, claiming Adolf Hitler as an idol and writing what appears to be his own rambling manifesto that Jews “deserved nothing but hell.” He wanted to be the one to, as he put it, “Send. Them. There.”Police say someone purporting to be him posted the anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, white supremacist “manifesto”—which eerily mirrored the Q&A; style that Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant used in his own pre-massacre diatribe—about 20 minutes before he walked into the Poway synagogue with an AR-15 style assault rifle and started shooting—killing one woman and injuring three others—before the gun malfunctioned and he

According to Vox, Spain’s new hard-Right force, today’s general elections are about the survival of Spain as a national entity. Most European observers, however, will be looking to see how strongly Spain’s forces of moderation can survive the first real assault of Right-wing, anti-immigration and slightly Eurosceptical populism the country has experienced. With no elections due this year in any of Europe’s biggest nations, all eyes are today on Spain as a bellwether for next month’s European Parliament poll, in which populist movements are expected to make a bigger impact than ever. Spain, despite its political fragmentation that has brought about this, its third election in less than four years, has been making solid economic progress in the past half-decade, while also putting order in its public finances. With unemployment still close to 15 per cent, the economy might have been expected to feature prominently in the campaign. But instead Spaniards have been beaten around the head wi

Japanese police on Monday arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with two paring knives found at the school desk of Prince Hisahito, grandson of Emperor Akihito, local media reported. The incident comes as authorities were beefing up security ahead of the popular emperor's abdication on Tuesday after a 30-year reign. The man, identified as Kaoru Hasegawa, was arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the premises of the junior high school the 12-year-old prince attends on Friday, public broadcaster NHK and other news reports said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XUlfWm via IFTTT

Over the weekend, Apple's Beats headphones division announced that pre-ordering for their fitness-oriented AirPods competitor will open May 3, with the earbuds hitting shelves on May 10. While the Powerbeats Pro are powered by the same Apple H1 chip used in the second-gen AirPods and likewise support "Hey Siri," they offer nearly double the listening time at nine hours on a single charge instead of just five. The earbuds come in four colors and will put owners back $249.99, $50 more than the latest AirPods. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZIsfr8 via IFTTT

An attack that sank a carrier with significant casualties, on the other hand, might well result in demands for vengeance, the specific circumstances of the attack notwithstanding. This could put U.S. policymakers in the awkward position of needing to escalate, without being able to use some of the most lethal military options in their toolkit.Since the 1950s, the supercarrier has been the most visible representation of U.S. military power and maritime hegemony. Although supercarriers have participated in nearly every military conflict since the commissioning of USS Forrestal in 1955, no carrier has come under determined attack from a capable opponent. In part, this is because supercarriers are very difficult to attack, but the symbolic grandeur of the massive ships also plays a role; no one wants to know what the United States might do if one of its carriers came under attack.(This first appeared several months ago.)What would happen if a foe attacked a United States Navy (USN) aircraf

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In yet another busy week for earnings, about 160 S&P 500 companies, including Google-parent Alphabet Inc and Apple Inc, are due to report their quarterly reports. An inflation report from the Commerce Department is expected to show personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for March to have risen 0.7% from 0.1% in February. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IXQR9o via IFTTT

“Robert E. Lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master. Robert E. Lee was a loser.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZMULIj via IFTTT

Sabre, which handles reservations and other functions for major airlines, said it is "actively working to resolve'' the problem. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GIaK1r via IFTTT

Sunday morning law enforcement was still blocking two roads near where the bodies of five victims were found Saturday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IZPB5y via IFTTT

The controversial professor Jordan Peterson has said Cambridge University is "unprofessional" after he found out the institution had stripped him of a fellowship via Twitter. Dr Peterson, who will be speaking at a sold-out show at the Hammersmith Apollo next month, said he felt "sorrow" and "shock" over the decision, which came as Cambridge academics lambasted the university for inviting him. Many have dismissed the views of the Canadian psychologist, who has hundreds of thousands of fans and styles himself as the "professor against political correctness". He has argued for enforced monogamy, pushed the view that men are victims of gender discrimination, and said that the idea of white privilege is a “Marxist lie.” The professor has also come under fire for posing in a photograph next to a man in a shirt with the slogan "proud Islamaphobe". However, he has said the university was wrong to strip him of his visiting fellowship, telling th

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KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka (AP) — As Sri Lanka's long civil war ended in this once-contested region along its eastern coast, Muslim women eager to show their piousness began wearing the black niqab veil to hide their faces. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WcLCGx via IFTTT

Alternatively, the F-35A might be assigned to dangerous suppression or destruction of enemy air defenses (SEAD/DEAD) missions. The stealth and onboard jamming capabilities of the F-35 would make it more survivable than the ROKAF’s 4th generation aircraft in such a role.The ROKAF, South Korea’s Air Force received their first F-35A fighter jets in April 2019. The ROKAF hopes to eventually buy forty F-35As and should have ten F-35As by the end of the year.(This first appeared several weeks ago.)But how do these aircraft fit into the ROKAF’s existing fleet of aircraft? What role could they play in countering the North Korean KPAF?The ROKAF already fields a variety of advanced American fighters, including over one hundred KF-16Cs and around 60 F-15K Slam Eagles. The KF-16C is fully integrated with the American AMRAAM air-to-air missile, which the ROKAF fields in the AIM-120C-5 and AIM-120C-7 variants.The combination of the KF-16C and AMRAAM vastly outclasses the majority of fighters the KPA

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