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United States presses United Nations to cut peacekeeping budget by $831m
The council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by the United Kingdom that will cut the number of troops and police serving in the joint African Union-UN mission known as UNAMID by at least 30 percent. United Nations states struck a deal on Wednesday on a $7.3 billion annual peacekeeping budget, diplomats said , cutting $600 million from current costs and slicing 7.5 percent off the USA bill following calls by President Donald Trump to slash funding.
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Trump Says US Is Renegotiating Trade Deal With South Korea
Trump and Moon were also expected to discuss Seoul's deployment of the THAAD U.S. anti-ballistic missile system. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the actions were created to cut off funds that North Korea uses to build its weapons programs in defiance of U.N.
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Pizza Bikini - Just $10000! - Available for National Bikini Day
Just in time for National Bikini Day (because there's a holiday for everything), Villa Italian Kitchen whipped up a two-piece swimsuit made entirely of pepperoni pizza . "We look forward to providing this unique style to the pizza- and bikini-loving public this summer - we are confident it will be a hit". Villa Italian Kitchen has about 400 restaurants internationally in malls, airports, casinos and other high-traffic locations.
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JC Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)
United Capital Financial Advisers LLC raised its position in shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. The stock closing price is now trading downward to its 50 day moving average with change of -6.53%, tumbled to its 20 day moving average with figure of -2.13% and behind its 200 day moving average with value -35.00%.
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Police Pull Over Driver Who Towered Objects On Roof
WMUR-TV reports the vehicle had furniture, bicycles and boxes strapped to the roof and a wheeled basket dangling over the back window. A New Hampshire driver was pulled over by state police after being caught with a mountain of items strapped onto the top of the van.
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Kaspersky products would be banned from Pentagon under Senate bill
That is it in a nutshell. US lawmakers have grown increasingly concerned about what one senator called "alarming" ties between the Russian government and the software company, Kaspersky Lab, whose products are embedded in countless American homes, businesses and government systems.
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The Queen will receive a £6 million pay rise from public funds
Every year there's controversy about the costs of the Sovereign Grant because the money actually comes from tax revenues at the Treasury and so the sum will not do down even if there is a decrease in Crown Estate profits. Queen Elizabeth II to get a huge pay boostBy Lena Reece Thursday 29/06/2017Queen Elizabeth II. What is the Crown Estate? The planned 2018 increase is the second increase agreed by Members of Parliament this year after they approved a new way of calculating the grant ...
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Jefferies Group Weighs in on Abbott Laboratories' Q2 2017 Earnings (ABT)
Cadence Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Abbott Laboratories by 11.7% in the fourth quarter. The Page Arthur B holds 61,335 shares with $2.36 million value, up from 52,350 last quarter. Verity & Verity LLC now owns 142,097 shares of the healthcare product maker's stock valued at $6,311,000 after buying an additional 12,189 shares during the period.
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Prosecutors drop charges against teens in Sevier County wildfires
On Nov. 29, wildfires swept across Sevier County in East Tennessee. Two juveniles have been charged with aggravated arson in the fatal fires. "Everything is on the table", Dunn said at the time. "Once the investigation confirmed multiple fires with multiple points of origin, it became impossible to prove which fire may have caused the death of an individual or damage to a particular structure", Dunn said.
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Peterborough United welcome the arrival of big clubs — CHECKATRADE TROPHY
We are delighted to be involved in this competition next season. Newcastle are one of the Premier League teams that will enter an Under-21 team in this season's Checkatrade Trophy . Stoke City will be one of a dozen Premier League clubs in next season's Checkatrade Trophy. But two thirds of League One and League Two clubs voted in favour of retaining the format, rather than reverting to the previous straight knockout tournament or scrapping the competition completely.
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Super Chill Dog Joins Orchestra Performance, Crowd Goes Nuts
It's that moment fans of classical music live for: an worldwide orchestra playing a great masterpiece at full pelt - until an unexpected, but rather loveable, guest star arrives. A thunderous round of applause follows from the audience. Turkish pianist Fazil Say tweeted a short video clip from the Vienna Chamber Orchestra's June 20 performance in Ephesus.
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Assembly OKs NYC schools deal, Mario Cuomo bridge name
The bill language does not include any provisions benefiting the charter school sector, which Senate Republicans had initially hoped to get in exchange for mayoral control . The Senate plans to vote on the package during daylight hours on Thursday. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says he'll bill taxpayers for about $2 million to reimburse the lawyers who defended him during more than a year of criminal and administrative agency probes into his fundraising practices.
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At least 2 people shot at New York City hospital
There are reports of a shooting incident inside a hospital in the Bronx borough of NY. It is believed the suspect has barricaded himself into a room in the hospital and has a rifle. The gunman is a former employee of the hospital, police told CBS' Reena Roy. Emergency medical workers can not yet enter the building as it has not yet been secured by police.
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Spreading wildfire in Arizona forces evacuation of thousands
Ducey also said he will travel to Yavapai County on Thursday to meet with officials. Authorities expect to allow more evacuated residents to go home and to reopen a major route through an Arizona community that barely escaped destruction when a huge wildfire swept into town.
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Blue Laser Diodes Market Global Insights and Trends to 2022
This market research report has deployed suggestions from numerous industry experts and also presents valuable recommendations from expert and experienced market analysts. In addition to this, the market size and shares of these regions along with forecast data included in the report are essential for companies to understand the investment viability in these regions .
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WR Dorial Green-Beckham released after one season with the Eagles
Evans joins starter Carson Wentz , Nick Foles and Matt McGloin on the quarterback depth chart. That Green-Beckham was cut for a player who's unlikely to make the final roster suggests how far he had fallen in the eyes of the coaches.
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South Korean World Taekwondo officials planning September visit to Pyongyang
Bach was met in the airport's VIP lounge the same day by 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizing committee president and CEO Lee Hee-beom and Korean Sport & Olympic Committee secretary-general Lee Kee-heung. The WTF, with South Korean Choue Chung-won as president, is headquartered in Seoul and is the official world governing organisation of taekwondo. Bach said he was happy to be in South Korea , adding that he had come "to congratulate the WTF [World Taekwondo Federation] for a great ...
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Littleton carjacking ends in deadly officer-involved shooting in Platt Park
Officers responded to a call of a stolen auto in Littleton. Their names have not been released. No police officers were shot, and Archer didn't have information about whether any of their vehicles sustained damage. Northbound Santa Fe was closed at Iowa until about 9 a.m. Englewood police joined the pursuit when the chase crossed into Englewood, Putnam said. This led to another PIT maneuver near West Louisiana Avenue and Bannock Street, which was successful at stopping the vehicle.
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Temperature In Iranian City Reaches 129 Degrees - Among The Hottest Ever Recorded
Officially, Death Valley set the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth on July 10, 1913, soaring to 134 degrees (57 Celsius). The city's heat index - a measure of how hot the ambient environment feels, factoring temperature and humidity - exceeded 140 degrees, essentially off the scale of the heat index.
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Texas Supreme Court rules spousal benefits for LGBTQ employees are not guaranteed
Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief in October asking the all-Republican court to reconsider". Those who oppose the ruling in Texas have argued that it's "too broad", and that the right to marry should not "entail any particular package of tax benefits, employee fringe benefits or testimonial privileges" with regard to governmental agencies within the state.
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Ivan Perisic's Move To Manchester United Just Became Very Unlikely
United second and improved offer for Perisic was said to be €32m (£28m), made two weeks ago, while Inter won't accept anything less than €50m (£44m) after dropping their initial demand from €60m (£53m). The 28-year-old is desperate to play in the Champions League next season, according to the Manchester Evening News . As per a report from Italian outlet La Gazzetta Dello Sport , Inter are no longer hampered by the Financial Fair Play restrictions which the club had to address by the end ...
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Small plane crashes on 405 Freeway near John Wayne Airport; 2 hospitalized
The airport had been closed to arriving flights, but shortly before 10:30 a.m. officials said arrival traffic was open again. John Way Airport tweeted it was a Cessna 310 that landed on the southound side of the freeway, short of the runway.
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Lyon 'do not think' Arsenal target Lacazette will leave
The two could help offset the loss of Lacazette, who has been the team's primary attacking weapon for years. The striker's impressive form with the Castilla side last campaign, scoring 27 goals, alerted Europe to his potential and now Lyon have opted to sign Diaz.
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Joe Scarborough And Mika Brzezinski: 'We're OK. The Country's Not'
Trump's tweets drew condemnation from sides of the aisle, with Democrats denouncing them as sexist and Republicans calling for a return to civility. the country's not". The comedian tweeted Thursday to call out Trump over his new healthcare bill of which a version was released just last week that claimed 22 million people would lose health care under the current version of Trumpcare.
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State AG's Threaten Legal Action if Trump Admin Keeps DACA
The DACA program is an immigration policy from President Obama's administration that awards a renewable, two-year work permit to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US before they were 16 and were younger than 30 as of June 2012. The two sides couldn't resolve their problems in Collin County, which brought them to the 177th District Court in Harris County. The civil rights group said it is now exploring legal options to challenge Paxton should he take DACA to court or should the USA ...
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Microsoft buys Cloudyn, but can it make it a success?
Cloudyn solutions have a proven track record for enabling its customer's significant returns on investments in the cloud to the tune of 286 percent by establishing cloud efficiencies. Microsoft has confirmed that it is acquiring Israeli cloud monitoring and analytics startup Cloudyn. The software giant has already acquired several small, laser-focused Israeli-based companies, and a lot of them in the enterprise security space.
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France's Le Pen under formal investigation over alleged misuse of European Union funds
French investigators have opened a case against Le Pen, but both she and her far-right party have denied the allegations. A judicial source told AFP she had been charged with breach of trust over the salaries paid to her chief of staff Catherine Griset and her bodyguard Thierry Legier and for complicity in breach of trust as FN leader.
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Donald Trump's Morning Joe tweets got tough coverage on Fox News
The country is not", Scarborough said on Friday's " Morning Joe " on MSNBC . "Those two are weird", Limbaugh says Trump told him. Scarborough said the president has a "disturbing obsession with Mika ". "I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore)". Soon followed the reaction of the channel to the statements of the President.
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Gas prices down before Fourth of July holiday weekend
And according to the website GasBuddy.com, for the first time in nearly 20 years, gas prices on July 4 will be lower than where they stood on New Year's Day. This means there is a higher chance consumers will overpay at the pump over the holiday weekend. We are getting the lowest gas prices in almost a dozen years.
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DDA Housing Scheme 2017 launched: 12000 flats on offer
Even before the official launch of the scheme late afternoon, queue had begun to build up at the sale counter of the DDA'a headquarters at Vikas Sadan. JP Agarwal, principal commissioner (housing), DDA, told HT that the forms and brochures will be available in select branches of banks in Delhi till August 9.
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Woman injured in Pakistan shelling on LoC
The Indian Army retaliated to the Pakistani firing. Mohammad Faisal, summoned the Acting Indian Deputy High Commissioner, S Raghuram and "condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations ", the FO said. Indian forces were also urged to respect the cease-fire agreement of 2003. The heavily militarised LoC that splits the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir between Pakistan and India has been tense for quite some time.
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Judge Blocks Calif.'s Ban On High-Capacity Magazines
He issued a preliminary injunction blocking the law from taking effect while he considers the underlying lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association-affiliated California Rifle & Pistol Association. Gun owner's constitutional rights "are not eliminated simply because they possess "unpopular" magazines holding more than 10 rounds", he wrote in a 66-page decision.
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Army Chief meets Parachinar blasts victims' families, tribal elders
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday held meeting with the families of Parachinar twin blasts victims and tribal elders. The Army Chief today visited Parachinar, Kurram Agency where interacted with local tribal elders and representatives of the sit-in.
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Supreme Court permits limited Trump travel ban: Darcy cartoon
Examples of the relationships include "a close familial" one, students accepted to US universities, or an individual who accepted an employment offer from an American company, according to the court. That kept his legal case alive, but it eviscerated his argument for the supposed real objective of the ban. It also ignores the almost-unanimous rejection of the Muslim ban by lower courts due to its religious intolerance and racial animus.
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Germany imposes heavy fines for online hate speech
The legislation, labeled as Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz or NetzDG , is created to require social media platforms with more than 2 million users to remove "obviously illegal" posts containing hate speech or other criminal content within 24 hours.