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European Union ties Brexit transition talks to divorce agreement
Negotiations over the terms of a Brexit transition deal began last week. At the same time, the hybrid option would give London the "freedom to forge its own trade policy" and seek free trade deals with other countries in areas not covered, or complement the customs union with a wide-ranging free trade deal on these areas.
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NYT Fires Newly Hired Editorial Member for Friendship With neo-Nazis, Slurs
But just hours after the hire announcement on Tuesday, New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet stated they had "decided to go our separate ways". Her articles were also published in the Atlantic , Maximum PC and other publications. "I have been friends with various neo-Nazis in my time ", she tweeted.
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Nokia starts review of digital health business, cuts jobs in Finland
In a major turn of events witnessed across the digital health industry, Nokia has declared to have begun evaluating various alternatives for its online health activities. As part of that announcement, Gregory Lee, President of Nokia Technologies, said: "Nokia Technologies is at a point where, with the right focus and investments, we can meaningfully grow our footprint in the digital health market, and we must seize that opportunity".
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HEB buys on-demand delivery service Favor Delivery
H-E-B also confirmed to CultureMap that, yes, you'll still be able to Favor just about anything. Chief Executive Officer and President, Jag Bath, will continue to lead the on-demand food delivery serivce as it operates as a separate brand.
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Post Mortem To Be Carried Out On Body Of Joanne Lee
The house was sealed off to allow for a technical examination. Just devastated, the whole family is taken apart. "I'm so upset, just can't speak". "All I can say is why, why, why, why?" A post-mortem is being carried out on Joanne's body this afternoon and gardaí say this will determine the course of their investigation.
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Anthony Rizzo Delivers Emotional Speech at Vigil Day After Deadly Shooting
I went to those classes. For Anthony Rizzo , Wednesday's school shooting in Florida didn't just hit close to home. Authorities estimated some 8,000 people showed up to Pine Trails Park and surrounded the amphitheater decorated with 17 glowing statues of angels.
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Woman poses as a man, marries two women for dowry in Uttarakhand
She created a profile by the name of Krishna Sen in 2013. After allegedly dressing up as a man for 4 years, reports say she tricked the women into marriage so she could get dowry . A medical examination concluded that Sen was biologically a woman, Khanduri added. "The girl from Kathgodam area lodged a report with the Haldwani Police alleging of dowry demands and threats after which the police made the arrest".
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Warm, cloudy, and breezy today
Tuesday night, the low will be around 18, with partly cloudy skies, according to the weather service. Next week we have an increasing temperature trend as warm air heads north ahead of a slow front. Temperatures will cool slightly behind the front this weekend, in the upper 60s to lower 70s Saturday , but should warm back into the low-mid 70s Sunday .
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PM confident of passing 2019 general election exam
The Prime Minister will address the students through a video conference to discuss exam-related issues. The event in Delhi's Talkatora stadium has several students in attendance. PM Modi tells students to be "warriors and not worriers". "Results and marks are by-products of exams, one must concentrate on giving their best". Concentration isn't something that has to be specifically learnt.
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Westminster Dog Show Blasted for Big Role in Homeless-Animal Crisis
Here are some of our favorite images of Westminster Dog Show contestants getting the star treatment, including Biggie the Pug, who won the 2018 toy group. The Wire Fox Terrier "wants you to get out of her way and she will show herself", Belter said. "She's a prima donna". More than 2,880 dogs from 201 breeds and varieties were set to compete for the title.
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Florida school shooting: Nation mourns on social media
Cruz was among the students who gathered at a Walmart near the school, Israel said. He was charged with 17 counts of pre-meditated murder at his arraignment yesterday. "All he would talk about is guns, knives and hunting", a former classmate told the paper. He is also believed to have concealed himself among the hundreds of students fleeing the school, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
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Kim Jong Un impressed with South Korea's treatment of sister
Kim Jong-un's private jet left Incheon International Airport at local time 10:24 pm. Moon had a luncheon earlier Saturday with the North Koreans, where he was invited by Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jung, for a summit meeting in the North . A USA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said more important would be how Pyongyang behaved after the Olympics. The North Korean government sent Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong , to attend as a representative and the Korean athletes marched under ...
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US Senate showdown over 'Dreamer' immigrants seen Thursday
Those protections will soon die unless Congress acts. "You don't forget 'em, but you just roll with them", Rounds said. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican, spoke on the Senate floor about the flaws of the current immigration system. Another, favored by President Trump , got 39 affirmative votes and 60 negative ones. "There's only one reason the Senate will be unable to reach a bipartisan solution to DACA: President Trump", Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY said.
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Punjab National Bank detects fraud worth ₹11000 Cr in Mumbai branch
The Congress said Hariprasad had mentioned that there were as many as 42 FIRS against companies owned by Nirav Modi and Chokshi. Since the time the PNB fraud was identified, major jewellers have come under the scanner. Axis Bank said on Thursday that it had dealt in transactions that had been guaranteed with letters of undertaking from Punjab National Bank, but that it had since sold those transactions.
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Trump to address Florida school shooting
Officials are examining Cruz's digital profile, which contained what Israel described as "very, very disturbing" content. In a press conference on Thursday, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel confirmed that the suspect had been expelled for unspecified " disciplinary reasons ", prompting his transfer to another school, but did not give details as to what the reasons were.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC names successor to Tsvangirai
Chamisa , 40, until now was a deputy to Tsvangirai had earlier been named interim leader when the health of his boss deteriorated weeks ago. After violence from party youth, they abandoned plans for their own parallel meeting at Tsvangirai's home.
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White House releases infrastructure proposal
Because the states will have to do it themselves if we don't do it. Members of a United States Army honor guard prepare to march in the Emancipation Day parade April 16, 2014 in Washington , DC. That parade cost about US$12 million in 1991, which would be about US$21 million or US$22 million in today's dollars. "A lot of times, what you have is a budget that even the Cabinet secretaries can't defend".
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Have You Holding This Low Risky Stock?: Suncor Energy Inc. (SU)
About 1.03 million shares traded. AveXis, Inc. ( AVXS ) has risen 95.85% since February 14, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 25.98% the S&P500. The target implies a 21.24% spike from where the shares are now trading. Wall Street is only getting more bullish on the stock, with 15 of analysts who cover ETP having a buy-equivalent rating.
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United States spending on health care estimated to reach $5.7 trillion in 2026
Spending for hospital care is projected to increase from $970 billion in 2018 to $1.46 trillion in 2026, while spending for physician and clinical services is expected to climb from $734 billion to $1.1 trillion over the same eight years. As Medicare enrollment increases, Medicare spending will increase in tandem, according to the report. CMS has accounted for some changes from the Republicans' tax reform legislation but did not calculate the impact of the bipartisan spending deal passed ...
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Florida shooting: Federal Bureau of Investigation and teachers warned about Nikolas Cruz
At least 17 people were left dead following a tragic high-school shooting in Parkland, Florida Wednesday. Bennight, a 36-year-old video blogger from MS, told CNN that when he saw news of the shooting Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and saw Cruz's name, he remembered what he'd seen on his YouTube page.
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Climber Dies on Mount Hood After Vicious Fall, 6 Others Rescued
As the story developed, she started thinking about the people that might have known the climber who had fell. Three other climbers made their way down the mountain without assistance, according to the sheriff's office. "This isn't your backyard hill". A rescue helicopter and ground teams attempt to reach stranded climbers on Mount Hood in OR on Tuesday. Officials noted that the climbers were well equipped and had mid-level experience but said they repeatedly lost communication with search ...
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Wolf cites Erie in letter about rejection of new congressional map proposal
The Supreme Court stands ready to adopt its own map . It appears the final hours before Thursday's state Supreme Court-imposed deadline on new borders for Congressional districts will be anti-climactic as both Wolf and the legislature appear to be dug in on their positions.
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Moscow Preliminarily Confirms Death of 5 Russians in Coalition's Strike in Syria
Pro-regime forces began advancing toward the USA -backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their US advisers near Al Tabiyeh, Syria , on Saturday, firing mortars and small-arms as they moved. "At the moment, both sides [Iran and Israel] seem to want to avoid further escalation", he wrote . On Tuesday, US Central Command said US forces came under fire from a tank, and that they responded with strikes from drones and B-52 bombers against the attackers.
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PNB fraud: Banks refuse to buy Nirav Modi's promises
PNB says that on January 16 the accused firms presented a set of import documents to the Mumbai branch and requested buyers' credit to pay overseas suppliers . Based on the complaint , the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a preliminary case against the companies and the people named on January 31 and PNB said a detailed probe was underway.
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Skeleton: South Korea's 'Iron Man' Yun gets gold
South Korea's Yun Sungbin speeds towards the gold medal watched by an army of fans in the men's skeleton during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday. This is the sixth medal won by an Olympic athlete from Russian Federation at this year's games in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. Yun finished 16th in his Olympic debut at the 2014 Sochi Games, just two years after he took up the sport.
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Zuma's resignation now final, parliament says
South Africa's parliament will confirm Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's new president ub a vote at 2pm (12pm GMT) on Thursday, the ruling ANC party has announced. Business sentiment under the Zuma presidency had been battered, with the markets often frowning at his corruption-riddled administration, which came to a head with the state capture allegations.
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Florida Shooting: Student Jokes About A 'Round 2' of Attacks
He is being detained in a US Department of Juvenile Justice facility. Both were able to identify the student in the photo. Deputies located the student at his residence, and he told them the post was a joke. Spartanburg School District 3 said in a news release that the threat was posted on Snapchat. Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is accused of shooting and killing 17 people.
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Former Aston Villa and Birmingham City boss unveiled as Scotland manager
The 59-year-old spent five years as Rangers manager after replacing Dick Advocaat and won two Scottish titles, two Scottish Cups and three Scottish League Cups at Ibrox. Birmingham were relegated in McLeish's first season, but he earned them an immediate return to the English top flight and claimed the 2011 League Cup.
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Authorities arrest two Bronx men in bomb-making case
Authorities said that there was no indication of any continued threat and that all the suspects involved had been arrested. Christian was accused of paying his former students at the school $50 per hour to break down fireworks and remove the gun powder for the explosives, feds alleged Thursday.
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Collision course as Trump pushes immigration plan but Senate weighs narrower path
Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., a close ally of President Trump, told reporters he did not expect the White House to budge and support anything less. It looks like that this Democrat-caused standstill will end today, with McConnell preparing to file cloture on four proposals .
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South Africa vs India 6th ODI, India's record at Centurion Park
India won the fifth ODI by 73 runs here last night to grab an unassailable 4-1 lead in the six-match series. With the series already in the bag, skipper Virat Kohli will like to rub salt on Porteas wounds and win the series by a tally of 5-1.
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Charles River Laboratories Intl. Inc (CRL) Stake Raised by US Bancorp DE
Therefore 20% are positive. Inc has a 12-month low of $86.25 and a 12-month high of $119.05. Keane Group Inc had 13 analyst reports since June 5, 2017 according to SRatingsIntel. Robert W. Baird has "Buy" rating and $114.0 target. Jefferies maintained the stock with "Hold" rating in Tuesday, February 6 report. The stock has "Buy" rating by Wunderlich on Thursday, January 7.
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Trump Voices Support for Increasing Gas Tax, Report Says
The increase, which has remained at $0.184/gallon for gasoline and at $0.244/gallon for diesel since 1993, would offset some of the cost of Trump's $1.5T infrastructure plan. "So these are tough decisions, which is why, once again, we need to start the dialogue with the Congress, and so that we can address these issues on this very important point".
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Ice Hockey - North Korean cheerleaders appear at South Korean men's game
How much is a North Korean athlete worth? And I would also say that I'm definitely not a hero. "At this point, every grain of rice is a military resource", the member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party who previously served as vice foreign minister, said in an interview Tuesday.
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co (CTB) Position Trimmed by Hodges Capital Management Inc
Amg Funds Ltd Llc owns 48,988 shares for 1.01% of their portfolio. Great Lakes Advsrs Ltd Liability Com stated it has 57,657 shares or 0.05% of all its holdings. Tires are used in large numbers on bicycles, trucks, aircrafts, and automobiles. A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company.