| Is Trump On Track for a Successful Presidency? Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:48 PM PDT  A diverse set of voices, from George Will and Anne Coulter, to Tahara Amhad and Eddie Glaude, Jr. weigh in on Trump's early legacy.
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| Nearly 150 smuggled Central American migrants rescued in Mexico Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Nearly 150 Central Americans being smuggled to the United States were rescued Saturday in Mexico after traveling tightly packed in a poorly ventilated truck. The rescue was initially described by authorities in eastern Veracruz state as a near-tragedy with chilling similarities to an incident last week in Texas in which 10 would-be migrants to the US perished. Authorities said a total of 147 people were found in the town of Tantima in Mexico's Veracruz state.
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| Report: Wells Fargo Forced Unwanted Insurance On More Than 800,000 Borrowers Posted: 29 Jul 2017 09:16 AM PDT  The New York Times obtained a consultant's report that showed that more than 800,000 people who took out car loans from Wells Fargo were charged for auto insurance they did not need, and some of them are still paying for it.
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| Russia derides Tillerson statement on sanctions Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:59 PM PDT ![Russia derides Tillerson statement on sanctions]( "Russia derides Tillerson statement on sanctions") WASHINGTON (AP) — An attempt by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to portray recently passed Russian sanctions legislation as a sign Americans want Russia to improve relations with the U.S. has been derided by Moscow.
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| Two Babies Die in Hot Car Deaths in Phoenix Just One Day Apart Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Temperatures in Phoenix rose above 100 degrees.
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| Judge Blocks Arkansas From Enforcing 4 Abortion Restrictions Posted: 29 Jul 2017 07:42 AM PDT  Three were set to take effect Tuesday
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| Putin says Russia to expel 755 U.S. diplomatic staff, more measures possible Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:07 PM PDT  President Vladimir Putin said Russia will expel 755 U.S. diplomatic staff and could consider imposing additional measures against the United States as a response to new U.S. sanctions, although not for now.
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| 1.3 million Ford Explorers are under investigation for poisoning drivers Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded a probe into potential carbon monoxide poisoning being caused by Ford Explorers. The NHTSA said it is aware of 2,700 complaints and three crashes potentially linked to carbon monoxide poisoning in the vehicles' cabin.
An initial investigation was opened last year into more than 638,000 vehicles, and the NHTSA has now upgraded that investigation into an "engineering analysis," a necessary step before the agency can force Ford to recall any vehicles. Ford has acknowledged some kind of problem, issued numerous service bulletins, and told Reuters that it has a dedicated team "to investigate reported issues and solve them." It was reported this month that the police department in Austin, Texas, pulled more than 40 Ford Explorers from its fleet after a half-dozen officers reported ill with carbon monoxide poisoning. The NHTSA said the reported injuries include "loss of consciousness, with the majority indicating nausea, headaches, or light-headedness." It should be emphasized that so far, the NHTSA has "no substantive data or actual evidence...supporting a claim that any of the alleged injury or crash allegations were the result of carbon monoxide poisoning." Although working out if a car cabin is full of carbon monoxide might sound like an easy task, the massive number of variables and different driving conditions makes it harden than you'd imagine. For now, the NHTSA has not issued a recall or guidance for owners, but if you've got a Ford Explorer, maybe think about driving with the windows down a little more.
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| Eastern Libya force jet shot down by missile over Derna: official Posted: 29 Jul 2017 10:30 AM PDT ![Eastern Libya force jet shot down by missile over Derna: official]( "Eastern Libya force jet shot down by missile over Derna: official") A fighter jet from eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army was shot down in Dahr Al-Hamer district in Derna and its two crew detained, an air force spokesman said on Saturday. Haftar's LNA is one of the most powerful armed factions in Libya, where a U.N.-backed government in Tripoli is struggling to assert authority over an array of armed factions which have been competing for control since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. The coastal city of Derna - 348 km (216 miles) east of Benghazi - is under the control of a coalition of Islamist militants and ex-rebels called Majlis Shura Mujahideen Derna.
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| 93-year-old Mugabe says 'not dying' as health concerns mount Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:21 AM PDT  Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, declaring "I am not dying," sought Saturday to brush aside growing concerns about his health after his wife urged him to name a successor. Mugabe's medical trips to Singapore have become frequent in recent years, fuelling questions about his health. Recently, doctors were actually surprised by the strength of my bones," Mugabe said.
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| Indian coast guard makes record 1.5 tonne heroin bust Posted: 29 Jul 2017 05:01 PM PDT  India's coast guard announced Sunday it had seized 1.5 tonnes of heroin worth almost $550 million from a merchant ship in what maritime authorities are calling their largest-ever drug bust. The ship was intercepted Saturday off the western state of Gujarat, the coast guard said in a statement. An undisclosed number of suspects were detained for questioning by coast guard officials, police and intelligence agencies.
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| Trump appears to advocate rough police treatment of suspects Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:30 PM PDT  BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Talking tough on illegal immigration and violent crime, President Donald Trump appeared Friday to advocate rougher treatment of people in police custody, speaking dismissively of the police practice of shielding the heads of handcuffed suspects as they are being placed in patrol cars.
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| The 'suicidal robot' that drowned in a fountain didn't kill itself after all Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:02 AM PDT  A security robot called Steve did not commit suicide by falling into a fountain in Washington DC, but due to a tragic accident. After retrieving data from Steve the roboguard's black box discovered that the accident was caused not by suicide but by skidding on a "loose brick surface", according to the machine's manufacturer, Knightscope. A technical error led to the K5 robot's demise when an algorithm did not detect the uneven surface, leading to Steve tumbling into the fountain and drowning.
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| Teen Injured in Ohio State Fair Accident Speaks Out, Calling it 'Like a Nightmare Come True' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:21 PM PDT  He reportedly suffered a neck fracture.
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| Venezuela’s shield-bearing protesters Posted: 29 Jul 2017 09:37 AM PDT ![Venezuela's shield-bearing protesters]( "Venezuela's shield-bearing protesters") Ahead of Sunday's election, here's a look at Venezuela's young protesters, who, drawing inspiration from Ukraine's 2013-14 revolt, don Viking-like shields in battles with security.
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| Newborn Twins and Daughter Orphaned After Mother Dies the Same Day as Their Father’s Funeral Posted: 29 Jul 2017 02:08 PM PDT  The couple leaves behind newborn twins and a 2-year-old daughter
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| Who is Charlie Gard, what is the disease he suffered from and what happened in the court case? Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:48 AM PDT  It has been a heartbreaking legal battle that has captured international attention and drawn offers of support from Donald Trump and the Pope. Now, Charlie Gard has died after his life-support was withdrawn soon after he was moved to a hospice, denying his parents their "final wish" for him to spend his final hours at home. The little boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, had asked for more time with their son after he was transferred from Great Ormond Street Hospital, but High Court judge Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing treatment shortly after 11-month-old arrived at the hospice. Here is everything you need to know about the case. Who is Charlie Gard? Charlie is a 10-month old patient in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London. On August 4, 2016, he was born a "perfectly healthy" baby at full term and at a "healthy weight". After about a month, however, Charlie's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, noticed that he was less able to lift his head and support himself than other babies of a similar age. Chris Gard and Connie Yates with their son Charlie Credit: PA Doctors discovered he had a rare inherited disease - infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). The condition causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. In October, after he had became lethargic and his breathing shallow, he was transferred to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Why was there a legal fight? Charlie's parents wanted to take him to see specialists in the USA, who had offered an experimental therapy called nucleoside. A crowdfunding page was set up in January to help finance the therapy. Ribbons and hearts tied to trees outside Great Ormond Street Hospital in London by well wishers backing a campaign to allow terminally ill baby Charlie Gard to be treated in America Credit: PA But doctors at GOSH concluded that the experimental treatment, which is not designed to be curative, would not improve Charlie's quality of life. When parents do not agree about a child's future treatment, it is standard legal process to ask the courts to make a decision. This is what happened in Charlie's case. What were the stages of the legal battle? March 3: Great Ormond Street bosses asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that life support treatment should stop. The judge was told that Charlie could only breathe through a ventilator and was fed through a tube. April 11: Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing life-support treatment after analysing the case at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London He concluded that life-support treatment should end and said a move to a palliative care regime would be in Charlie's best interests. Connie Yates leaves the Supreme Court after a panel of three Supreme Court justices on dismissed the couple's latest challenge Credit: PA May 3: Charlie's parents then asked Court of Appeal judges to consider the case. May 23: After analysing the case, three Court of Appeal judges dismissed the couple's appeal two days later. June 8: Charlie's parents then lost their fight in the Supreme Court. Charlie's mother broke down in tears and screamed as justices announced their decision and was led from the court by lawyers. Chris Gard leaves the Supreme Court after it ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street Hospital Credit: PA June 20: Judges in the European Court of Human Rights started to analyse the case after lawyers representing Charlie's parents make written submissions. A European Court of Human Rights spokeswoman said the case would get "priority". "In light of the exceptional circumstances of this case, the court has already accorded it priority and will treat the application with the utmost urgency," she added. Supporters outside the Supreme Court Credit: PA June 27: On Tuesday, European court judges refused to intervene. A Great Ormond Street spokeswoman said the European Court decision marked "the end" of a "difficult process". She said there would be "no rush" to change Charlie's care and said there would be "careful planning and discussion". July 10: Charlie's parents return to the High Court and ask Mr Justice Francis to carry out a fresh analysis of the case. Mr Justice Francis gives them less than 48 hours to prove an experimental treatment works. July 24: Charlie's parents withdraw their request to change the original court order. The baby will have his life support switched off in the next few days. Why was the case back in court? Charlie inherited the faulty RRM2B gene from his parents, affecting the cells responsible for energy production and respiration and leaving him unable to move or breathe without a ventilator. GOSH describes experimental nucleoside therapies as "unjustified" and the treatment is not a cure. The hospital's decision to go back into the courtroom came after two international healthcare facilities and their researchers contacted them to say they have "fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment". Charlie's parents have now decided to end their legal battle. Grant Armstrong, the parents lawyer, told the court: "for Charlie it is too late." What did Charlie's parents argue? Richard Gordon QC, who led Charlie's parents' legal team, had told Court of Appeal judges that the case raised "very serious legal issues". Mum of Charlie Gard says five doctors support her 01:33 "They wish to exhaust all possible options," Mr Gordon said in a written outline of Charlie's parents' case. "They don't want to look back and think 'what if?'. This court should not stand in the way of their only remaining hope." Mr Gordon suggested that Charlie might be being unlawfully detained and denied his right to liberty. He said judges should not interfere with parents' exercise of parental rights. Lawyers, who represented Charlie's parents for free, said Mr Justice Francis had not given enough weight to Charlie's human right to life. They said there was no risk the proposed therapy in the US would cause Charlie "significant harm". However, Miss Yates and Mr Gard have now acknowledged that the therapy could not help their son get better. Their lawyer, Grant Armstrong, told the court that the delay in offering treatment to Charlie had meant he had no prospect of getting better. Mr Armstrong said damage to Charlie's muscle and tissue was irreversible. "The parents' worst fears have been confirmed," he said "It is now too late to treat Charlie." Ethics professor: If Charlie Gard was my child I would let him die peacefully 01:22 What did GOSH argue? Katie Gollop QC, who led Great Ormond Street's legal team, suggested that further treatment would leave Charlie in a "condition of existence". She said therapy proposed in the USA was "experimental" and would not help Charlie. "There is significant harm if what the parents want for Charlie comes into effect," she told appeal judges. "The significant harm is a condition of existence which is offering the child no benefit." She added: "It is inhuman to permit that condition to continue." A banner hung on railings outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London Credit: PA Ms Gollop said nobody knew whether Charlie was in pain. "Nobody knows because it is so very difficult because of the ravages of Charlie's condition," she said. "He cannot see, he cannot hear, he cannot make a noise, he cannot move." Interventions from Trump and the Vatican While Ms Yates and Mr Gard said they have been boosted by support from US President Donald Trump and the Vatican, a leading expert has described interventions from high-profile figures as "unhelpful". Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said in an open letter that Charlie's situation is "heartbreaking" for his parents, and "difficult" for others including medical staff, but added that even well-meaning interventions from outsiders can be unhelpful. If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017 The interest of the Pope and Mr Trump in Charlie's case has "saved his life so far", his mother has said. Ms Yates told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on July 10: "Yeah, they have saved his life so far. It turned it into an international issue. "There are a lot of people that are outraged by what is going on. We have got new evidence now so I hope the judge changes his mind." Timeline | Charlie Gard case She said that "sometimes parents are right in what they think" and it is not simply that they do not want to switch off life support. She said the family had seven specialist doctors - two from the US, two from Italy, one from England and two from Spain - supporting them. She added: "We expect that structural damage is irreversible, but I have yet to see something which tells me my son has irreversible structural brain damage." The parents have now acknowledged that the therapy they were seeking could not help their son get better. Their lawyer said the couple felt that continuing their fight would cause Charlie pain.
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| Four Arab countries say they are ready for Qatar dialogue with conditions Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:57 PM PDT  The four Arab countries that have cut ties with Qatar said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands. The foreign ministers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates met in the Bahraini capital, Manama, to discuss the crisis that has raised tensions across the region. The Saudi-led bloc cut ties with the Gulf state on June 5, accusing it of backing militant groups and cosying up to their arch-foe Iran, allegations Doha denies.
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| From 'never aggressive' asylum seeker to Hamburg knife attacker Posted: 29 Jul 2017 06:41 AM PDT  Muddy bootprints along the corridors marked the tell-tale signs of a massive police raid at an asylum seeker shelter in Hamburg, where the suspect who killed one and wounded six in a knife attack lived. "He was always helping other asylum seekers with their paperwork," his neighbour, who gave his name only as Mohamed, told AFP.
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| Is Surfing The Dark Web lllegal? Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Will you be jailed if you are caught surfing the dark web?
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| North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in range Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:29 PM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.
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| North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:04 AM PDT  A North Dakota woman who threatened some Muslim women in a Walmart parking lot met with two of them Thursday and all "expressed their sincere regrets" about the incident and apologized, Fargo's police chief said Thursday.
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| Doctor about to give birth helps to deliver another mother’s baby instead after it became distressed Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:32 PM PDT  A doctor about to give birth leapt out of her bed to help bring another woman's child into the world instead after her baby became distressed.
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| Russia orders US to cut diplomats in response to sanctions Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:36 PM PDT  Moscow on Friday ordered the US to slash its number of diplomats in Russia and froze two embassy compounds in a pre-emptive strike against tough new sanctions being readied in Washington. On Thursday, the US Senate passed new bipartisan sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, sending the package to President Donald Trump. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump will sign the bill into law, ending speculation over whether he would veto the measure.
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| Hero Dog Runs To Get Help For Girls, 8 and 16, Struck by Lightning Posted: 30 Jul 2017 07:06 AM PDT  They are steadily recovering, family members said.
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| Mountie chasing a bear is the most Canadian thing ever Posted: 29 Jul 2017 10:47 AM PDT  A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman was captured chasing a black bear from a park in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. The young bear can be seen climbing a tree in the park as Sgt. Clayton Wilbern approaches with caution. But the moment the bear begins to retreat, Wilbern jumps into action, chasing the bear from the park in an attempt to scare it off. According to Wilbern, the bear came a little too close to a nearby playground, making the situation more dire. "It was heading towards a playground where there was a whole bunch of kids playing," he told the CBC. "So we tried to get it to go around the playground, which luckily we did.… Hundreds of people were watching us as we were trying to get the poor little guy out." Becuase it's Canada's 150th birthday this year, RCMP officers are often decked out in red serge. "It was very Canadian," said Wilbern. While it's common to see wildlife in the area, this bear manages to get awfully close to the busy downtown area. It's important to keep bears as far from people as possible so they don't get acquainted to interactions, and lose their fear of humans. Bears unafraid of humans can cause serious issues, including food dependencies and possible attacks.
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| Georgia begins U.S.-led military exercise a day before Vice President Pence visit Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:51 AM PDT  By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - The Georgian army began two weeks of military exercises with the United States and other partner countries on Sunday, a day before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits the ex-Soviet nation. About 2,800 soldiers from the United States, Britain, Germany, Turkey, Ukraine, Slovenia, Armenia and Georgia were taking part in the maneuvers, with Washington dispatching an entire mechanized company including several Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said the drills were an important event for the South Caucasus republic.
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| Four arrested as Bangladesh teenager raped, head shaved Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:53 AM PDT  Bangladesh police have arrested four men over the rape of a teenager whose head was shaved as punishment by the accused's wife in a case that has shocked the conservative country, an official said Sunday. Police detained the four men including Tufan Sarker, a unionist linked to the ruling Awami League party, after pictures of the victim and her mother at hospital with shaved heads caused outrage. A manhunt is still underway for Sarker's wife Asha Khatun, who is accused of dragging the teenager and her mother to their home, beating them and forcibly shaving their heads.
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| Ex-NASA agent fears gold lunar module will be melted down Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:44 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Whoever broke into an Ohio museum late Friday and stole a solid-gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module likely intends to melt it down for the value of the gold instead of trying to sell what could be a collectible worth millions of dollars, said a Texas attorney and retired federal agent with NASA who has helped recover and locate stolen moon rocks worth millions of dollars.
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| Hackers Hack Voting Machines In Less Than Two Hours Posted: 30 Jul 2017 05:22 AM PDT  A hacker who broke into the machines in minutes, said that he could turn the machine on and off, read the data stored in it and felt that he can even change the votes.
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| Elon Musk Just Handed Off a Full Parking Lot of Tesla Model 3s Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:58 PM PDT  The Model 3 is here.
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| Century-old battle in Belgium sums up horrors of World War I Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:39 PM PDT  YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Dismembered soldiers sucked into cesspools of mud. Shattered tree trunks and the waft of poison gas hovering over the wounded who were awaiting their fates on the scarred soil of Flanders Fields.
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| Russia shows off its largest warships at Navy Day parade as tensions with West heighten Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:38 AM PDT  Forty warships and submarines, including two of Russia's largest nuclear-powered vessels, were on show at the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday, the biggest naval show Russia has put up in recent years. Attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the parade was described by the state-run media as "the first principle naval parade in the newest Russia history." The event comes amid heightened tensions with the West, on the heels of the US Senate approving new sanctions against Russia, and is aimed at reminding the rest of the world that Russia is a maritime force the be reckoned with. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu, president Vladimir Putin, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia at a Navy Day reception Credit: Alexei Nikolsky\\TASS via Getty Images Russia's history is marked by numerous victories of the country's "fearless navy," Mr Putin said at the parade. "The country's status as a mighty maritime power was earned by the courage of seamen and navy officers," he said. "Today the navy not only tackles tasks traditional for it – it also rises to new challenges and contributes to the fight against terrorism and piracy," Mr Putin said at the parade. The event featured the flagship of Russia's Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered battlecruiser Petr Veliky, and the last of Russia's Soviet-built Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarines, the Dmitry Donskoi. Both were designed in the Soviet Union for long-range, deep-water operations and both are the largest of their kind in the world. The Chuvashia missile boat is seen on Neva river Credit: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Petr Veliky is an active duty combat vessel. It weighs in at up to a reported 28,000 tons displacement. Dmitry Donskoi, currently not an active duty combat vessel, belongs to the largest class of nuclear missile submarines ever built, the Typhoon class. Those submarines were decommissioned in the 1990s and 2000s. The Donskoi currently serves for testing new submarine-launched nuclear missiles, as well as training new crews. The two legendary vessels paraded alongside newly built ones, such as frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Marakov. There were many other new ships on display, says Andrei Frolov, editor in chief of the Russian magazine Export Vooruzheny ("Arms Export"). "We saw peak concentration of the new vessels, the ones built in the post-Soviet era, and that made this year's parade stand out," Mr Frolov told The Telegaph. A Russian Navy's minesweeper Kovrovets fires missiles Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov The expert pointed out that this year's Naval Day parade was hardly the first one in Russia's history. There were at least two of them in the 1990s, and several of them in the 2010s in different Russian cities. The scale and the pomp of this year's parade was down to the looming 2018 presidential election and Mr Putin's campaign. "There is no big anniversary or any other memorable date this year" that could warrant such grandeur, he says. In addition, a little more than a week earlier, Mr Putin signed the new naval doctrine that outlines government policies regarding the country's navy up to 2030. According to Mr Frolov, the document mostly consists of "slogans" rather than concrete decisions and is aimed at protecting the navy from potential funding cuts. Russian servicemen take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov The government is currently working on the next phase of the State Armament Program, covering 2018-2025, and the navy might fall victim of redistributing funds in favor of aviation and ground forces, Mr Frolov says. "This document is a way of showing the navy that the president is with them," the expert said.
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| Schoolgirls in Iraq's Mosul aim to catch up on lost years Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:57 PM PDT  Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the girls at Mosul's Trablus school since it reopened its damaged gates after the jihadists fled. In late May, the school became the first to reopen in western Mosul, as Iraqi forces pressed a sector-by-sector campaign that would finally this month expel the Islamic State group from the whole of the country's second city. Now they number 650," said Nihad Jassem, an administrative employee at the school in the Mosul al-Jadida district.
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| Couple's Dog Serves as Ring Bearer At Their Wedding: 'He Ran Right to Us' Posted: 30 Jul 2017 10:46 AM PDT  Their beloved pup was their first choice.
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| Typhoon injures over 80 in Taiwan, traps dozens Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:34 AM PDT  A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the capital to shut down essential services and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Typhoon Nesat, a medium strength typhoon with wind speeds of around 119 km per hour (70 mph), made landfall on Saturday and is expected to lash the island over two days, affecting the south most heavily, according to the Central Weather Bureau. In the capital Taipei, all work and scheduled classes were canceled on Saturday evening and all of Sunday.
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| Exchange of bodies ahead of Syria-Lebanon border plan Posted: 30 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah and a Syrian affiliate to Al-Qaida exchanged the bodies of dead fighters along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday in the first stage of an agreement to restore order to a contested frontier zone.
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| Grandpas smoking weed for the first time is as hilarious as it sounds Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:27 AM PDT  Thanks to a handful of states legalizing recreational cannabis in recent years, people can finally consume marijuana after decades of prohibition. While cannabis consumption laws were widely ignored, there are some people out there that never tried the sticky icky, and Cut Video has been doing an excellent job of documenting their first experiences. This time, the team rounded up a few grandpas, following the success of a similar video which documented a few grandmothers getting high for the first time. In the clip, the men try out various devices, including a bong, joint, and a PAX vaporizer. After getting high they do some normal stoner activities, like eat some snacks, talk about life, and play with a fidget spinner. The best part of the clip is watching Graham, who took a huge bong rip in the beginning and was totally blitzed out of his mind the entire video.
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| Family Dog Mauls 4-Year-Old Boy To Death Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:51 AM PDT  The boy was playing with his four family dogs in an enclosed trampoline in the backyard when the incident occurred.
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| Maduro presses on with Venezuela vote despite protests, condemnation Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:20 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was pushing forward Saturday with a controversial weekend vote, despite growing domestic political opposition, international condemnation and deadly street protests. Blockades went up across a few roads in Caracas and in a border town with Colombia, San Cristobal as well as in Maracaibo and Guayana, but the scale was far less than the mass protests seen earlier this week before the ban took effect. "It's normal that there's fear, but people are still coming out into the streets despite it all," a lawmaker in the opposition-controlled National Assembly, Freddy Guevara, said at one of the Caracas protests.
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| 10 of the most affordable and reliable external hard drives of 2017 Posted: 29 Jul 2017 10:00 PM PDT  A hard drive is a great way to store huge amounts of data, far more than can be saved to most laptops or tablets. Sometimes you need the extra space that only a serious hard drive with terabytes of data will allow. Most laptops come with limited amounts of hard drive space, around 500GB or less, as they have solid state drives (SSD) inside. External hard drives are a great way to store or back up extra files, especially photos and videos. They can also be useful if you plan to do a lot of moving about and travelling while keeping your key files at the ready. Here is everything you need to know when buying an external hard drive. Hard drive brands The most well-known hard drive brands include Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba and Hitachi, while others such as Samsung, SanDisk and G-Tech also offer sleek and powerful external storage or solid state drives. Storage capacity Smaller hard drives have less than 1 TB of storage, not much more than you get in some laptops. These are smaller and more expensive but offer faster boot up for files and programs, ideal for use inside a slim and powerful ultrabook or notebook. If you are a video editor or a photographer you may want several terabytes of storage. Fortunately, hard drive storage is not that expensive to add, and a 4 TB hard drive will set you back less than £200 from some brands. Jargon buster | Tech terminology Connectivity Until recently, most hard drives connected with USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 connections, but now many are moving over to USB-C, which offers 10 Gps of transfer speed, equivalent to twice the speed on offer from USB 3.0. Other forms of connection include wireless transfer to the hard drive. Reliability Although hard drives tend to be pretty reliable there are few comprehensive reviews of how reliable drives are over a long time under strain, and nobody wants to loose years of cherished photos or videos. Data from Backblaze shows Hitachi and Western Digital drives had some of the lowest failure rates last year, although these stats are largely limited to internal drives. To keep your files safe you may want to buy a more rugged hard drive. Write and read speed Read speed is essentially how long it takes to upload files from your head drive, while write speed is how long it takes to save something to the drive. Most cheaper hard drives will have a fairly modest read/write speed of around 100 to 150 MB per second, not brilliant if you want to load or transfer lots of large video files. Better hard drives will offer zippier speeds of 400 MB per second or better, although the prices will start to stack up at this range. Price The price of an external hard drive can vary from anything between £50 to £250 for medium sized drives of between 1 TB and 4 TB. More expensive, faster hard drives can cost £250 or more, while seriously large and powerful hard drives can cost several hundred pounds. You can also get external SSDs. These will cost more for the storage space, so a medium sized SSD of around 1 TB will be significantly more expensive than a hard drive of a similar size. Seagate Backup Plus Slim Seagate Backup Plus Slim Credit: Seagate Size: 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 5 TB Seagate's smaller drives are reliable and speedy and offer great value for money. This smaller drive is one of the most popular and best value out there. Offering 1 TB of storage it can be used with PC or Mac. The Backup Slim Plus is fairly reliable. Although Seagate has been known to make drives with less than average reliability, they are among the cheapest external hard drives you can buy. Its data transfer rate is a respectable 100 MB per second and at just 159g it makes for an ideal portable option. Price: from £54 Buy now Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC Credit: Buffalo Size: 1 TB This external drive offers something a little different in terms of security. The Buffalo MiniStation Extreme has NFC security encryption, meaning it uses a near field communication device such as your smartphone to unlock. It is rugged and a little heavier than some other drives, at 230g, but it does have a drive speed of 7,200rpm and has a read speed of 120 MB per second. Price: £59.73 Buy now Toshiba Canvio Basics 2 TB Toshiba Canvio Credit: Toshiba Size: 2 TB On the cheaper end of standard hard drives, Toshiba's Canvio does what needs doing. There is nothing showy about the look, but this Toshiba drive is about the practicality rather than something to show off on your desk. The 2 TB version is great value, offering plenty of space for just under £70. It has an average read speed of between 100 and 112 MB per second. Price: £69.99 Buy now LaCie Porsche Design 1 TB LaCie Credit: LaCie Size: 1 TB Need the next level in external storage? You will want to turn to a USB-C connected drive. This sleek design from LaCie features a USB-C port for faster connectivity, great if you use the new Macbook or Macbook Pro. While this does make for theoretically faster data transfers, it can become an issue since the lone USB -C port on the Macbook means you will need an adapter to charge and use the drive at the same time. The USB-C also cannot alter the physical speed at which the LaCie writes or reads data, which is around 130 MB per second. Price: £85 Buy now WD MyPassport WD My Passport 4 TB Credit: Western Digital Size: 4 TB Need more bang for your buck? This Western Digital hard drive comes with 4 TB of storage capacity and is a solid device for reliability. This drive comes with a three year warranty and hardware encryption, while you can add a message to offer a "return if found" prompt. The device has read and write speeds of between 110 and 115 MP per second. Price: £125 Buy now Adata SD700 External SSD Adata SSD Credit: Adata Size: 256 GB, 512 GB and 1 TB Okay, admittedly this is a solid state drive (SSD), but for those who want a slick transfer speed This slim external solid state drive from Adata offers a quieter, lighter package than many external hard drives. It is dust and water resistant and shockproof. Weighing just 100g it can almost fit in the palm of your hand. It offers 440 MB per second read and write speeds. Price: from £183 Buy now Samsung T3 Samsung Credit: Samsung Size: 500 GB or 1 TB For something faster, Samsung's T3 solid state drive offers faster transfer than most normal hard drives and is a great expansion for tablets, smartphones and Windows devices. You can see a full list of compatible devices here. It has lightning fast transfer speeds up to 450 MB per second. It is also tiny, weighing just 51g, making it ideal for portability and practicality. It connects via USB-C. Price: from £189.99 Buy now WD Wireless Pro WD Wireless Pro Size: 3 TB A great device for those who want to take lots of pictures on smartphones or digital cameras, this wireless drive allows you to easily download photos while on the move. Carry this portable device around with you and transfer files automatically, or transfer them later using a SD card. It has a ten hour battery life. Price: £210 Buy now G-Tech G-DRIVE G-Tech Credit: G-Tech Size: 4 TB or 8 GB This powerful drive from G-Tech offers transfer speeds of up to 165 MB per second in a 4 TB hard drive. The drive comes formatted for Mac and has a fanless design with heatsink to keep the drive cool and quiet. The G-Tech can connect via Thunderbolt or USB 3.0. Price: from £300.00 Buy now WD MyBook Pro MyBook Pro Credit: WD Size: 6 TB, 8 TB, 12 TB or 16 TB Sometimes you will just need that extra space. The WD MyBook Pro range builds up from 6 TB with fast data transfer speeds of 435 MB per second and read and write speeds of around 365 MB per second. It has two USB 3.0 ports and two Thunderbolt ports with dual 7200 RPM drives. It starts at just over £525 for the 6 TB version, but for a real storage beast goes up to 16 TB for £1,180. Price: from £528 Buy now Best technology you can buy grid The Telegraph makes a small amount of money by adding affiliate links to products mentioned in this article, however all products are picked independently by our journalists.
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