| Former NTSB chief: Hundreds of Boeing jets should be grounded in wake of Ethiopia crash Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:53 PM PDT  More than a dozen airlines grounded some of Boeing's newest jets, the Max 8, as investigators probed an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157.
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| Modi government advertising blitz dries up as Indian poll rules kick in Posted: 11 Mar 2019 07:49 AM PDT  The election will be held over seven stages from April 11, the Election Commission said on Sunday, when the code of conduct on election campaigning came into force. Leading English-language national dailies including the Times of India, the Hindustan Times and the Indian Express carried no government ads on Monday. The New Delhi editions of those three newspapers had 162 government ads between March 1 and March 10, according to Reuters calculations.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the jobless in America are ‘left to die’ but US must 'embrace automation' Posted: 11 Mar 2019 10:34 AM PDT  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that the jobless in America are "left to die". Ms Ocasio-Cortez's comments came during an appearance at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, over the weekend.
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| Ilhan Omar thanks Fox News for denouncing Jeanine Pirro's comments Posted: 11 Mar 2019 10:21 AM PDT  "We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro's comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar," Fox said. "They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly."
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| Michael Avenatti says he no longer represents Stormy Daniels Posted: 12 Mar 2019 03:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Avenatti, who became famous as the lawyer for Stormy Daniels, said Tuesday that he no longer represents the porn actress who alleged she had an affair with President Donald Trump.
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| The Hottest Cars Subaru’s STI Division Has Ever Created Posted: 12 Mar 2019 06:52 AM PDT |
| Iran's Rouhani arrives in Iraq on first official visit: state TV Posted: 11 Mar 2019 12:42 AM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as Baghdad is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour. Before leaving Tehran Rouhani hailed the "special" relations between Iran and Iraq, saying they could not be compared to Baghdad's ties "with an aggressor country like America".
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| Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned after two tragedies Posted: 10 Mar 2019 10:48 PM PDT  For the second time in less than six months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after takeoff and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the US giant's future plans. On Sunday, the 157 passengers and crew members of a 737 MAX operated by Ethiopian Airlines were killed. China -- an important market for Boeing -- became the first country to ground the 737 MAX 8 on Monday.
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| Kim Jong-un absent from North Korea election announcement Posted: 11 Mar 2019 10:12 PM PDT  Kim Jong-un was not on the list of 687 candidates elected to the North Korean parliament in Sunday's election, state media announced on Tuesday, although his sister was voted into the rubber-stamp parliament. No reason has been given for Mr Kim's absence from the ballot, five years after he was elected in the previous vote as head of the Workers' Party of Korea. Every candidate who did run in the election was returned with 100 percent of the vote in their constituencies, including Kim Yo-jung, Mr Kim's younger sister, who previously worked in the government's propaganda division but has more recently taken on the management of his day-to-day schedule. "North Korean elections have no meaning anyway, but this is designed to show that Kim feels himself to be above those who were elected", said Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor who specialises in North Korea's leadership at Tokyo's Waseda University. "He is telling the nation that he is not on the same level as the rest of the party and it is effectively beneath him to go through the election process", he added. "This will not affect his control on the party or the nation, but it is meant to show that he's a better leader than his own father and Kim Il-sung, his grandfather and the founder of North Korea". Rah Jong-yil, a former head of South Korean intelligence charged with monitoring the North, echoed that assessment. "Kim apparently does not consider it necessary for himself to be elected, but he is the head of state so he will still be in parliament and make all the decisions, which means the entire election is a joke. "It's all for the facade of legitimacy and this will change nothing in the way the country is run or the leadership's policies". Fully 99.99 percent of all eligible voters had exercised their democratic right to select their leaders, KCNA reported, with citizens serving at sea excused the obligation to vote. The results of the election were never in any doubt - each ballot paper only has one name and anyone who wants to vote against the approved candidate has to enter a special booth and put a cross through the name. But defectors say that Mr Kim's standing has been damaged by his failure to win concessions on sanctions on the regime at the recent Hanoi summit with President Donald Trump. "Mr Kim expected a lot from this summit", said Lee Ae-ran, who fled North Korea with her family in 1997 but retains contacts there as president of The Centre for Liberty and Reunification. "It was more than simply relief from the sanctions; he believed a victory in Hanoi would earn him more support from the people, enabling him to tighten his control over the nation even more". And while discontent was never going to be reflected in Sunday's election, Mrs Lee says it is not far beneath the surface. "The sanctions are causing the economic devastation to spread in the North and people are struggling to overcome the terrible shortage of food", she told The Telegraph. "I believe the grudges they hold towards Kim could worsen and possibly even explode. "Any rupture could be lethal to Kim Jong-un and his regime", she added. Voters queue to cast their ballots at the '3.26 Pyongyang Cable Factory' during voting for the Supreme People's Assembly elections, in Pyongyang Credit: ED JONES/AFP Mrs Lee said the North Korean dictator will use the election to "replace the 'older generation', who were loyal to his father, with his own group of flatterers", but she believes the resentment will inevitably deepen. "If the people in the North can continue to build stronger connections with the outside world and complaints against the party and the leadership continue to grow, then the people will realise that they can escape from the abuse that they are presently suffering at the hands of their own leaders", she said. Jiro Ishimaru, chief editor of AsiaPress, said his network of "citizen reporters" in North Korea is saying that there is "extreme disappointment" at the failure of the Hanoi summit, which the regime had indicated would be a victory for Mr Kim that would see sanctions quickly lifted. There is a growing sense that Mr Kim "is an incompetent person", he added.
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| Jaguar attacks woman who crossed barrier at zoo Posted: 11 Mar 2019 05:06 AM PDT  A woman who crossed a barrier to take a photo was attacked by a jaguar at a zoo in Arizona, officials said. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| Donald Trump claims he called CEO Tim Cook 'Tim Apple' to save time Posted: 11 Mar 2019 09:46 AM PDT  Donald Trump tries to explain how he mangled the name of Apple CEO Tim Cook during a White House event last week.
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| Colombia: Even Maduro's relatives seeking relief from outage Posted: 12 Mar 2019 02:41 PM PDT  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The blackout engulfing Venezuela is forcing many to seek refuge — even, as it turns out, President Nicolas Maduro's own relatives.
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| Talk to Pakistan, former Modi ally urges India amid Kashmir tension Posted: 11 Mar 2019 11:06 AM PDT  Mehbooba Mufti, who was chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir from early 2014 to June last year when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party withdrew support for her regional party, said an ongoing crackdown on militants and those supporting secession could further alienate the people. India has vowed to kill all the militants in the country's only Muslim-majority state if they do not give up arms, after a 20-year-old local man killed 40 paramilitary troopers in a suicide attack last month. Indian security forces have killed 18 militants in Kashmir since then, the army said on Monday.
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| Jet that crashed in Ethiopia grounded in much of the world Posted: 12 Mar 2019 05:47 PM PDT  HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United States on Tuesday as one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months.
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| Tesla changes course, will keep more showrooms open Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:41 AM PDT  Electric carmaker Tesla is reversing course on its decision to move most of its sales online, saying it will keep many of its showrooms open -- but will need to hike prices to do so. Tesla said in a statement late Sunday the new plan will mean a three percent rise in the cost of the vehicles, but won't apply that to the lowest-priced Model 3, which is being sold for $35,000. "As a result of keeping significantly more stores open, Tesla will need to raise vehicle prices by about three percent on average worldwide," the statement said.
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| Parliament Again Votes Down May’s Brexit Deal Posted: 12 Mar 2019 02:24 PM PDT  The U.K. Parliament defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit proposal for the second time on Tuesday.Members nixed the proposal in a 391–242 vote, a smaller margin than the 432–202 defeat it suffered in January. The move sets up another crucial vote on Wednesday, in which MPs will decide whether to move forward with Brexit on March 29 despite the lack of a Parliament-approved agreement between the U.K. and the E.U. The outcome of that vote could then prompt a vote to delay Brexit.Conservative MPs, only 75 of whom voted against the plan this time after 118 of them voted against it in January, will be able to vote freely going forward, May promised."This is an issue of grave importance for the future of our country," May said. "Just like the [abortion] referendum there are strongly held and equally legitimate views on both sides."The prime minister warned members from both sides of the aisle not to make the "perfect the enemy of the good.""The government has been defeated again by an enormous majority and it must accept its deal is clearly dead and does not have the support of this House," said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whose party voted against the deal. "The prime minister has run down the clock and the clock has been run out on her. Maybe it's time instead we had a general election and the people can choose who their government should be.""I am passionate about delivering the result of the referendum, but I equally passionately believe that the best way to do that is to leave in an orderly way with a deal and I still believe there is a majority in the House for that course of action," May said.Opponents of Brexit have warned that leaving without a plan will throw Britain's economy into turmoil, while backers have dismissed those concerns as exaggerated.
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| Chinese database openly listing personal details of 1.8m women Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:02 AM PDT  A security researcher claims to have uncovered a database in China that is publicly listing the personal information of more than 1.8m women, making available sensitive data such as their phone numbers, home addresses and "BreedReady" status. According to Victor Gevers, a Dutch researcher at non-profit organisation GDI.Foundation, the cache holding personal details of the Chinese citizens is "unprotected". In screenshots posted to Twitter by Mr Gevers, the open database is seen to contain extensive categories of data about the women, including their age, identity card digits, birthday, marital status and "BreedyReady" status, which is thought to refer to whether or not a woman has a child or has the potential to "breed". Mr Gevers found the youngest girl on the database to be aged 15 years old, with the average age of people listed on the database 32. Around 82pc of the women appear to be located in Beijing. "In China, they have a shortage of women. So an organisation started to build a database to start registering over 1.8 million women with all kinds of details like phone numbers, addresses, education, location, ID number, marital status and a "BreedReady" status?" he said on Twitter. Technology intelligence - newsletter promo - EOA China has more than 29,000 open databases, according to specialist search engine ZoomEye, and the personal data being so readily-available raises concerns about the security of open databases in the country. It is unclear what the purpose of the database would be, but evidence suggests that Chinese authorities are growing increasingly concerned about a drop in birth rates in the country. Some firms in the country have started giving women a "dating leave" to encourage marriage. The database, which was first found by Mr Gevers at the weekend, has been unreachable for a number of hours on Monday. "We will keep an eye on that IP address for a while to make sure it doesn't come back online. We still do not know [who] the owner was or what the database was actually designed for," he said. "When we do we will share this."
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| Pelosi: 'Not worth it' to impeach Trump Posted: 11 Mar 2019 01:48 PM PDT  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that barring "overwhelming" new evidence she would not pursue impeachment against President Trump because it would be too divisive and "he's just not worth it."
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| Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to 'break up big tech,' including Amazon, Google, Facebook Posted: 11 Mar 2019 09:18 AM PDT ![Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to 'break up big tech,' including Amazon, Google, Facebook]( "Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to 'break up big tech,' including Amazon, Google, Facebook") In a post on Medium, Elizabeth Warren says plan would nix Facebook's owning of Instagram, Amazon's deal for Whole Foods and Google owning Doubleclick.
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| Worst Advice Ever Given to Law School Applicants Posted: 12 Mar 2019 07:00 AM PDT ![Worst Advice Ever Given to Law School Applicants]( "Worst Advice Ever Given to Law School Applicants") If you're reading this, chances are that you've at least considered applying to law school and have probably realized that the process is a little more complex than you had originally thought. While getting some help is generally a good idea, the law school application process is far from simple and is ever evolving. Someone who hasn't been in the field for a while, like your mom who graduated from law school 25 years ago, or isn't making an effort to stay up to date with all of the developments, such as a school adviser whose job description isn't specifically focused on law schools, might provide you with some bad advice.
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| Boy, 14, killed in after-school stabbing over brownie, friend says Posted: 11 Mar 2019 02:57 PM PDT  Police say Brian Angel was arguing with the juvenile suspect over food when he was stabbed.
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| Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:02 AM PDT ![Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat]( "Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat") BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Ural Airlines jet bound for Moscow from Bahrain with 225 people aboard made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane, Baku airport said. Flight U6-1116 was en route to Moscow's Domodedovo airport when the crew "received information about possible restricted items" on board, a spokeswoman for Ural Airlines said. The crew of the Airbus A-321 plane requested an emergency landing at the nearest airport to have checks carried out and it landed in Baku, she said.
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| Musk's lawyers say tweet complied with SEC fraud settlement Posted: 12 Mar 2019 12:30 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk should not be found in contempt of court because he has complied with the terms of a securities fraud settlement, his attorneys wrote in documents filed Monday night with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
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| Palestinian wounded in Israel border clashes dies: Gaza ministry Posted: 11 Mar 2019 01:20 AM PDT  A Palestinian wounded last month during clashes on the Israel-Gaza border succumbed to his wounds on Monday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. A spokesman for the ministry said in a statement "Bissam Safi, 22, died this morning". For nearly a year protesters have been gathering along the border calling for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to be allowed to return to former homes now inside Israel.
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| Tucker Carlson: New audio reveals Fox News host calling Iraqis 'semi-literate monkeys' and using homophobic slur Posted: 12 Mar 2019 05:02 AM PDT  New audio recordings have emerged purporting to show Fox News host Tucker Carlson calling Iraqis "semi-literate, primitive monkeys" and questioning Barack Obama's identity as a black man. The Tucker Carlson Tonight presenter can be heard saying white men deserve credit for "creating civilisation" and using a homophobic slur while joking with radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. Media Matters for America (MMFA), a self-declared watchdog of "conservative misinformation", said the clips originated from between 2006 and 2011.
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| White House won't say if Trump thinks Democrats hate Jews Posted: 11 Mar 2019 01:05 PM PDT  All nine of the Jews in the U.S. Senate are Democrats, and all but two of the 36 members of Congress. Jews overwhelmingly supported Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.
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| Kim Kardashian West will pay released prisoner Matthew Charles' rent Posted: 12 Mar 2019 05:17 AM PDT  Matthew Charles was released from prison in January, and has struggled to find his feet since then.
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| Meet Hitler's Super Submarines (And Why They Were Too Late) Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:00 AM PDT  On May 4, 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal Navy cruiser. U-2511 was one of Germany's new Type XXI-class "wonder" submarines, and she was hunting for Allied ships. She also represented one of the Third Reich's biggest failures.
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| Today’s best deals: $17 wireless charger, $18 fast charger, $50 off Instant Pot, $13 smart LED bulb, more Posted: 11 Mar 2019 07:27 AM PDT  2019 has been passing by so quickly, but you know what they say: time flies when you're saving a ton of money on some of the most popular products out there! Highlights from today's roundup of the best daily deals on the web include Anker's excellent PowerWave Fast Wireless Charger at an all-time low of just $16.79, an eye-popping $50 off the best-selling Instant Pot DUO80, Anker's wildly popular Eufy Lumos smart LED bulbs for only $13 a piece, Samsung's blazing-fast EVO 128GB microSD card for $21, just $18 for an Anker 30W USB-C wall adapter that will charge your iPhone from 0% to 80% in under an hour (you'll need Apple's USB-C cable, too), $40 off the best-selling DNA test on Amazon, a popular $120 Logitech Harmony remote for only $35 when you buy a refurb, $80 off SanDisk's 500GB Extreme portable SSD, $30 off Amazon's waterproof Kindle Paperwhite, Alexa and Google Assistant enabled smart plugs for $8.25 each when you buy a 4-pack, Philips Hue color A19 bulbs at their lowest price of 2019, and plenty more. See all of today's top deals below.
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| This 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupé Packs A 500hp LS7 Motor Posted: 12 Mar 2019 04:07 AM PDT  Hot rods are fascinating machines that bring together early styling of motoring with modern day performance. The $200,000 restoration of this 'all Henry Ford Steel car' had the complete frame-off treatment five years ago, and looks in excellent condition. This performance is translated to the rear wheels via a Doug Nash five-speed transmission with Holley 3 deuces.
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| The Latest: Siti Aisyah back in Indonesia, thanks president Posted: 11 Mar 2019 04:22 AM PDT  SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — The Latest on the dropping of a murder charge against the Indonesian suspect in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother (all times local):
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| EU warns of no-deal Brexit, says cannot offer more Posted: 12 Mar 2019 01:46 PM PDT  The British parliament's rejection of the Brexit agreement makes crashing out of the EU without a deal much more likely, the bloc said Tuesday, as it warned there is no more it can do. Lawmakers inflicted another crushing defeat on beleaguered Prime Minister Theresa May, voting to reject the divorce deal, even after she secured further guarantees from Brussels. Senior EU officials lined up to voice regret at the result, and to hammer home the message that Brussels would not make any further concessions to help May win over recalcitrant MPs.
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| IEA sees U.S. leading global oil supply growth to 2024 Posted: 11 Mar 2019 08:50 AM PDT  U.S. crude exports will surpass shipments from Russia.
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| Trump Plan Postpones Balanced Budget Despite Deep Spending Cuts Posted: 11 Mar 2019 06:23 AM PDT  Trump's budget blueprint, to be released Monday, asks lawmakers to slash funding for most federal government agencies while boosting defense spending and setting aside $8.6 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a White House preview.
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| Verizon outage: Texting down for service users on East Coast Posted: 12 Mar 2019 05:56 AM PDT  The communication provider's customer support service confirmed the situation on Twitter. "We have confirmed there is a texting outage on the East coast," the service said in response to a customer's tweet around 8am. Several customers shared screenshots of their phones on Twitter to demonstrate their failed attempts at sending text messages.
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| Sale somehow slashes this 60-inch Sony 4K TV to just $798, today only Posted: 12 Mar 2019 10:08 AM PDT ![Sale somehow slashes this 60-inch Sony 4K TV to just $798, today only]( "Sale somehow slashes this 60-inch Sony 4K TV to just $798, today only") The Sony XBR60X830F 60-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV is one of the best TVs on the market right now, hands down. For just $1,100, you get stunning Sony picture quality and 4K resolution on a huge 60-inch panel. Just a few short years ago, a TV like this would have easily cost around $2,000! While there's no question that the $1,100 price point is impressive enough, Amazon is running a one-day sale that slashes the price of this excellent Sony TV to just $798. If you're in the market for a new big-screen TV, you'd have to be crazy to pass up this deal.Here's what you need to know from the product page: * Dimensions (W x H x D): TV without stand: 53 5/8 x 31 1/8 x 3 1/8(7/16) inch, TV with stand: 53 5/8 x 33 5/8 x 12 1/2 inch * Take non-HDR content to the next level with the X1 processor and 4K X-Reality PRO * Enjoy smooth and vibrant colors with TRILUMINOS Display & 4K HDR Super Bit Mapping * Pairs 4K Ultra HD picture clarity with the contrast, color, and detail of High Dynamic Range (HDR) for the most lifelike picture * Voice-control your TV with Amazon Alexa compatibility. Android TV with Google Assistant technology gives you a genius TV * 120Hz native refresh rate plus Motionflow XR technology gives you fast moving action scenes with virtually no motion blur * Inputs: 4 - HDMI, 2 - USB2.0, 1 - USB3.0, 1 - Composite * In the box: Voice Remote Control (RMF-TX310U), Batteries (LR03), AC Power Cord Spec (US, 2pin, flat blades, Polarity), IR Blaster (1-849-161-12), Operating Instructions, Quick Setup Guide / Supplement CUE (GA), Table Top Stand (Separate, assembly required)
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| Google Cloud hires another Oracle veteran for top role Posted: 11 Mar 2019 03:25 PM PDT  Zavery left last week as executive vice president for Oracle cloud platform. Oracle Corp declined to comment. Google gained some similar tools through its $625 million acquisition of Apigee in 2016.
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| Israel's Netanyahu to face indictment hearing after polls Posted: 11 Mar 2019 12:32 PM PDT  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face a hearing after polls to defend himself against corruption allegations which have dogged his election campaign, the justice ministry said Monday. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit last month announced his intention to indict the premier on charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, following up on police recommendations. "The hearings shall take place before July 10," the justice ministry said in a statement which told the relevant parties to prepare.
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| Ethiopian crash victims include decorated U.S. military captain who had served in Afghanistan, international humanitarian workers Posted: 12 Mar 2019 11:44 AM PDT  Among the 157 people who died in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner Sunday were dozens of international aid workers.
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