NewsReutersU.S. Senator McCain to vote against Obamacare repeal: statement
U.S. Senator John McCain said on Friday that he would vote against a new Republican bill to dismantle Obamacare if it is brought onto the Senate floor next week, in a new setback for the proposal. "I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal," McCain said in a statement
NewsAFP NewsBrazil's army sent to help quell shootouts in Rio favela
Hundreds of Brazilian soldiers came to the aid of Rio de Janeiro police Friday after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country's most heavily populated favela, spraying bullets and terrifying locals. Intense exchanges between police and criminals began early morning inside the
NewsReutersDriven by hope and patriotism, Mexico rescuers seek quake survivors three days in
By Julia Love MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Human chains of rescuers on Friday sped up efforts to remove rubble from collapsed buildings in Mexico City, assisted by dogs and heat sensors and refusing to give up hope of finding survivors of the earthquake three days ago. Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake
NewsReutersHurricane Maria lashes Turks and Caicos, fresh flooding in Puerto Rico
By Dave Graham and Robin Respaut SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Hurricane Maria lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands on Friday and was blamed for fresh flooding on Puerto Rico, where it had already destroyed homes and knocked out power during its rampage through the Caribbean. U.S. weather forecasters
NewsReutersFormer head of Muslim Brotherhood dies in hospital: lawyer
The former leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement, Mohamed Akef, has died in a Cairo hospital after an illness, the group's lawyer said on Friday. Akef was "supreme guide" of the movement, as the leadership is known, until the end of 2009. Akef's daughter announced
NewsReuters'Unfortunate' if incidents U.S. says harming diplomats politicized: Cuba
By Anthony Boadle UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Cuba's foreign minister said on Friday it would be "unfortunate" if incidents the United States says are harming its diplomats in Havana were to be politicized, days after Washington raised the possibility of closing its embassy in Cuba. In
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A Look Inside The Newly Discovered City Built By Octopuses
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NewsAFP NewsCuba says found no proof of attack on US diplomats
Cuba has found no evidence to support US claims that several American diplomats in Havana were harmed in outside attacks on their health, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said Friday. Since last year, at least 21 US officials and a smaller number of Canadians have received treatment for a variety
NewsAFP NewsRussia's Lavrov says US, N.Korea in 'kindergarden fight'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday described the rhetoric between leaders of the United States and North Korea as a "kindergarden fight between children" and urged calm. "We have to calm down the hot heads and understand that we do need pauses, that we do need some contacts
NewsAFP NewsBangladesh frees Myanmar photographers
Bangladesh authorities Friday released two Myanmar photographers covering the Rohingya crisis for a German magazine after they were granted bail by a court, police and a lawyer said. Minzayar Oo and Hkun Lat were detained early this month in the border district of Cox's Bazar, where more than 420,000
NewsAFP NewsIstanbul mayor steps down as Erdogan eyes 2019 polls
Istanbul's mayor Kadir Topbas resigned on Friday after 13 years in the key post, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to refresh the ruling party ahead of local and national polls in 2019. Topbas, 72, did not give any reason for his resignation from the job which Erdogan himself held from 1994
NewsReutersKurdish referendum matter of Turkey's national security, PM Yildirim says
By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey made a direct appeal to the president of the Iraqi Kurdish region on Friday, urging him to cancel an independence referendum planned for Monday and saying that Ankara viewed the vote as illegal and unacceptable. In a statement, Turkey's National Security
NewsAFP NewsMerkel takes on hard right in final German vote push
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down jeering protesters Friday as she embarked on a final push for votes ahead of Sunday's election, seeking to beat back a challenge from the emboldened hard-right. Many turn up bearing posters of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), with some
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ACLU Sues St. Louis Over Handling Of Protests Following Ex-Cop's Acquittal
The ACLU of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis, alleging unconstitutional police misconduct for cops’ use of riot gear and chemical weapons this week against protestors.
NewsAFP NewsTech dreams live or die on startup battlefields
Fearing failure but driven by a chance at Silicon Valley stardom, young entrepreneurs pitch their dreams in mere minutes at startup competitions like TechCrunch Disrupt that ended here Wednesday. Brian Chae came from Seoul to try his luck at the annual startup scrum, which lets competitors fight for
TechReutersFrench president says Nokia job cut plan breaks commitment
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday a decision by Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia to cut about 600 jobs in France did not comply with commitments the firm made when it bought rival Alcatel-Lucent in 2016. "Nokia was aided by the French government and it made clear commitments,
NewsAFP NewsRed faces as Russia's Kalashnikov monument shows Nazi gun
Workers in Moscow on Friday erased the illustration of a gun from a freshly-inaugurated monument of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, after it was found that the drawing was of a Nazi weapon. The sculptor, Salavat Shtsherbakoff, has acknowledged his mistake," the
NewsReutersTrump readies new order to replace travel ban - reports
By Yeganeh Torbati and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is planning to replace his soon-to-expire travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries with a new one tailored on a country-by-country basis and affecting slightly more nations, U.S. media reported on Friday
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John McCain: 'I Cannot In Good Conscience Vote' For The GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill
WASHINGTON ― Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Friday that he doesn’t support the latest Obamacare repeal bill, all but ensuring Republicans’ last-ditch effort to gut the Affordable Care Act is dead in the water.
NewsAFP NewsProtests in Catalonia over crackdown on banned independence vote
Demonstrators hit the streets of Barcelona on Friday for a third day of protests against the Spanish authorities' crackdown on preparations for a banned independence referendum in Catalonia that has divided the region. Some 2,000 people, many draped in red and yellow Catalan independence flags,
NewsAFP NewsRussia rejects reopening Iran deal talks
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected the idea of reopening negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal Friday, insisting US concerns about Tehran's behavior can be addressed outside the agreement. US President Donald Trump has threatened to declare Iran to be in breach of the 2015 deal
NewsReutersClose but no hurrah: EU welcomes May Brexit speech, but warily
By Jan Strupczewski and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May's "constructive spirit" won a cautious welcome from the European Union on Friday, though the British prime minister's keynote Brexit speech raised more questions than answers for some and they want more details
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