| Joe Biden fighting to keep presidential bid on track as interest surges in 'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg Posted: 07 Apr 2019 12:18 PM PDT  Joe Biden is fighting to keep his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination on track as interest surges in Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of the rustbelt city of South Bend, Indiana. Allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women have dealt a serious blow to the 76-year-old former vice-president who, even though he has still formally to declare his candidacy, is seen as Donald Trump's likeliest opponent. Mr Biden has apologised for his tactile approach, but he has found himself the butt of satire on Saturday Night Live. His handling of the issue – including making a joke about the controversy on Friday - attracted further criticism over the weekend. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, who is considering entering the presidential race himself, condemned Mr Biden's flippant approach on State of the Union, a Sunday Morning political show. "I don't think anyone should make jokes about it," he said. US election 2020 | Democrats running for President According to the latest poll by Morning Consult, which spoke to 5,000 Democrat voters, Mr Biden is still the most popular choice for the nomination. However, the poll was taken before the allegations of inappropriate behaviour had gathered steam. The same poll also showed a dramatic surge of support for Mr Buttigieg, who is credited for reviving a city which had been in decline since the closure of the Studebaker car plant in the 1960s. Mr Buttigieg was languishing in seventh place among Democratic hopefuls, the poll also showed an 11 per cent rise in his favourability rating over the previous month. It is this momentum which has led to growing interest in his candidacy among leading commentators, such as Hugh Hewitt, a conservative radio host, who described Mr Buttigieg as a "rocket ship". Mr Buttigieg has avoided commenting on the Biden controversy, telling Fox News that it was not his place to say whether the allegations of inappropriate behaviour should disqualify the former vice president from running for the White House. Pete Buttigieg campaigning in /concord New Hampshire Credit: Mary Schwalm/Reuters "I do think it's important that he's addressing it and I'll leave the rest to him." There was further evidence of the "Mayor Pete" surge last Friday when organisers of a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, had to find a larger venue. Even then dozens had to be turned away from the building, although Mr Buttigieg made a point of addressing them in the carpark. Significantly several attendees who had backed Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2016 told the Telegraph they intend to to back Mr Buttigieg in next year's primary. Appearing on Meet the Press, a fixture of Sunday morning political broadcasting for decades, Mr Buttigieg sought to cement his position as a politician from America's heartland. "I would stack my experience against anyone. I know it's not traditional, I have not been marinating in Washington for some time," he said. "You can see pretty clearly, I am as different from this president as it gets. "We have to change the channel from this mesmerizing horror show which is going on right now." Meanwhile, Tim Ryan, a congressman from Ohio, became the 17th Democrat to enter the race, with a pledge to revive manufacturing in rust belt states which are likely to be key battlegrounds in the election.
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| U.S. tourist, guide kidnapped in Uganda freed after 'settlement': tour firm Posted: 08 Apr 2019 03:27 PM PDT  Amid fears the incident could deter tourists from visiting the East African country, U.S. President Donald Trump called on Twitter for the kidnappers to be found. Ugandan authorities said on Sunday that Kimberley Sue Endecott, 35, and her driver, Jean Paul, had been rescued unharmed after being seized by gunmen in Queen Elizabeth National Park, near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 2. "I don't have details of the final settlement" New Vision reported on Monday, citing undisclosed sources, that a ransom of $30,000 had been paid.
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| Free speech means I don't have to be nice to Devin Nunes on Twitter. So why's he suing me? Posted: 07 Apr 2019 12:23 PM PDT  I didn't act like Miss Congeniality toward a member of Congress. He's upset that I did my job, so now he's trying to stifle my free speech and yours.
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| Feud between wife, ex-wife sparks slander case in Dubai Posted: 08 Apr 2019 07:46 AM PDT  A British woman has been prevented from leaving Dubai, police in the Emirate said Monday, after her ex-husband's new wife pressed defamation charges over comments posted on Facebook. Dubai police confirmed a 55-year-old British woman was being tried for defamation under the UAE's cybercrime law. While police would not disclose the woman's identity, the London-based group Detained in Dubai identified her as Laleh Sharavesh, saying she had described her ex-husband's new wife as 'a horse'.
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| The Private Sector Must Lead the Way to 5G Posted: 08 Apr 2019 03:30 AM PDT  There's an interesting debate brewing on these pages between former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr on how to make the move to super-fast 5G wireless networks and how to protect America in the process.By way of background, I founded the House Internet Caucus back when Gingrich was speaker. We didn't see eye-to-eye on very much, but I welcomed his occasional interest in technology.On this issue, though, he is wrong, and Commissioner Carr is right. The best -- really the only -- way to ensure the fastest possible deployment of 5G technology and to preserve American leadership in wireless is to follow the path that has driven American leadership in 4G. The private sector, not the government, must take the lead, and the primary government role should be to continue selling 5G spectrum to the private sector at auction.In January of last year, it was reported that the Trump administration was considering, in effect, nationalizing at least part of the 5G spectrum by having one government-owned network. This poorly considered idea was rejected the very next day by the administration's own FCC chairman, Ajit Pai. We all hoped that the notion had been squelched.Now, however, Gingrich has revived the controversy, first with a piece widely interpreted as favoring nationalization and then in his response to Commissioner Carr here at NRO. In the latter article, Gingrich calls for a "public-private partnership [with] shared spectrum available for a carrier-neutral, wholesale-only, nationwide 5G network."While he suggests that the government-fostered wholesale network be built with private capital, he doesn't say from where the money would come, and he clearly envisions a broad government role. What would that role be? How would a wholesale network work with multiple companies contributing to its construction and multiple carriers utilizing it for services? Gingrich doesn't say, but if the rules for FCC spectrum auctions are complex and take too long to resolve, one can only imagine how difficult it would be to create rules for one network that multiple providers are supposed to finance and share.Gingrich is preoccupied with the notion that Chinese companies will build 5G networks in other countries, arguing that to counter those efforts, we need government involvement in the development of our own 5G network. This leap of logic is particularly hard to comprehend because the major carriers in the U.S., with strong government urging, have already decided not to buy core wireless technology developed by Chinese companies. Our carriers today purchase routers and other hardware from providers outside of the U.S., including Nokia and Erickson, since no U.S. companies currently compete in that market. But the intelligent parts of the networks -- the computer chips, software, and back-end operations -- are already provided by leading American companies, including QUALCOMM, Juniper, and Cisco. Our government can and seems willing to prevent Chinese equipment providers from expanding into our market, and building a government network in the U.S. will do nothing to blunt Chinese expansion abroad.Gingrich claims that a government-fostered national 5G network with shared access is necessary to unleash the power of deep liquid financial markets, enable market price discovery, and promote a culture of innovation. Those are exactly the virtues that have underpinned our wireless supremacy to date.Our liquid financial markets powered the investments that enabled America to lead the world in 4G. As for market price discovery, that's precisely what our spectrum auctions -- the very thing Gingrich criticizes -- accomplish. We have an unrivaled culture of innovation with a network that is the envy of the world and the platform for Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other edge providers that are among the world's most innovative companies. Moving to a government-overseen network both is unnecessary and would put that success at risk.Spectrum-sharing does not address any perceived need, nor would it appear to make the network more resilient or secure, or even offer a better platform on which for edge providers to innovate.Gingrich is right in pointing to the painful absence of broadband in large swaths of rural America; innovative new approaches may be needed to address this urgent concern. A role for government in providing grants to rural electric and telephone cooperatives and other providers willing to build out may be a partial answer, but Gingrich is not proposing a rural-only solution, and creating a national, government-overseen 5G network doesn't appear to offer obvious improvements, even for rural America.In short, major American commercial operators have the incentives they need to get to market quickly. They are not sitting on their hands and certainly not willingly ceding global leadership to China. This is not the time for the government to be in the market as a wholesaler to multiple companies whose systems are competing. That's a recipe for confusion, slow deployments, potential additional points of failure, and the ceding of American leadership.Commissioner Carr is right: Our current policies, which have established American leadership in 4G, have narrowed the digital divide, raised Internet speeds, and put us on the path to having a far stronger deployment of 5G than Asia will by 2022.As we say in the mountains, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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| Nancy Pelosi's effort to keep Democratic Party from fracturing Posted: 08 Apr 2019 02:59 AM PDT  Nancy Pelosi is presiding over a vastly different Democratic caucus than the last time she was Speaker of the House. Will she keep it together?
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| Tripoli Fighting Intensifies as Rivals Ignore Ceasefire Pleas Posted: 08 Apr 2019 01:11 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Eastern-based warlord Khalifa Haftar struck Tripoli's only functioning international airport on Monday, drawing a rebuke from the United Nations and escalating an advance on the capital that threatens to spark civil war and convulse oil markets.
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| The Latest: Nissan shareholders OK ousting Ghosn from board Posted: 07 Apr 2019 09:29 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on Nissan Motor Co. and its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn (all times local):
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| Explainer: Israeli parties running in the 2019 election Posted: 07 Apr 2019 04:31 AM PDT ![Explainer: Israeli parties running in the 2019 election]( "Explainer: Israeli parties running in the 2019 election") Polls show that veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking a fifth term in office, is best positioned in the tight race to win and head the next government. Recent polls have shown that the right-wing bloc led by Netanyahu will win a majority in the Knesset. The 120 Knesset seats are allocated by proportional representation to party lists.
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| Trump attacks Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar hours after death threats against her revealed Posted: 07 Apr 2019 04:24 AM PDT  Donald Trump attacked one of the first Muslim women to serve in the US Congress, hours after it emerged that death threat had been made against her. Mr Trump claimed Ilhan Omar did not like Israel at a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Las Vegas. "Special thanks to Representative Omar of Minnesota," he said. "Oh, I forgot. She doesn't like Israel. I forgot. I'm so sorry."His comments came hours after it emerged that a New York man, who said he "loved" the US president was charged with threatening to kill the Minnesota Democrat. Patrick Carlineo Jr was arrested after placing a call to Ms Omar's office in which he called the politician a "terrorist" before threatening to shoot her, federal prosecutors said. "Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Why are you working for her, she's a (expletive) terrorist? I'll put a bullet in her (expletive) skull," the 55-year-old allegedly said. He later told bureau investigators that he "loves the president and that he hates radical Muslims in our government," according to the criminal complaint filed by US Attorney's Office in the Western District of New York.Ms Omar was forced to apologise earlier this year for tweets implying US politicians only supported Israel because of lobby money.She faced widespread condemnation for suggesting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) was buying influence for pro-Israel policies. Republicans and Democrats alike said the tweets stoked antisemitic tropes about Jews and money.Responding to Mr Trump's latest comments about, The 37-year-old mother of three who is the first Somali-American, first African-born American, and one of the first two Muslim American women to serve in the US Congress, tweeted: "My Lord, forgive my people for they do not know."> رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ > > My Lord, forgive my people for they do not know. https://t.co/mtEzMrCLKF> > — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) > > April 7, 2019Mr Trump's attack against Ms Omar,, was part of a wide-ranging speech, which saw him tout his decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv and his recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.He was nonetheless denounced by the Jewish Democratic Council of America executive director Halie Soifer. "We strongly denounce President Trump's continued assault on decency and truth, as was evident in his speech earlier today before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas," Ms Soifer said. She added that Mr Trump's "policies and rhetoric are antithetical to Jewish values and … antisemitism has increased to unprecedented levels due to Trump's divisive words, policies and willful blindness "What happened today in Las Vegas was a shameful display of lies and arrogance."
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| Samsung is reportedly planning to launch four Galaxy Note 10 models in 2019 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 10:16 AM PDT  Several recent reports claimed that Samsung would be doing the unthinkable with this year's Galaxy Note 10 series by launching a smaller, more affordable version alongside the regular next-gen big-screen Samsung smartphone flagship. This wouldn't quite be a first for Samsung though, as the company did launch two distinct Note models a few years ago when it introduced the Note Edge display concept.A new report from Korea now says that Samsung is ready to double down on that strategy, with plans to reveal up to four Galaxy Note 10 models in stores later this year. That's something Samsung has never done before, and the Galaxy S10's sales success is apparently the catalyst behind this decision.Samsung introduced no less than four Galaxy S10 models back in February, including the Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, and Galaxy S10 5G. We're looking at four flagship devices all sharing the same design and main specs. However, the more money you're willing to spend, the better features you get. Screen size increases considerably as you move towards the 5G model, as does battery size. Also, the 5G phone comes with support for the next-gen cellular data speeds standard (in case that wasn't clear from the product's name).According to ETNews, the Galaxy S10 strategy worked for Samsung in terms of early sales. An unnamed industry official said Samsung made some 14.5 million units in the first quarter of the year, up considerably from the average Galaxy S production for the first quarter, which is usually around 11 million.With the Galaxy Note 10, Samsung reportedly plans to introduce two LTE and two 5G models. The two 4G phones will come in two sizes -- 6.28-inch and 6.75-inch -- featuring triple and quadruple lens cameras on the back. Each phone will come in a 5G flavor as well, which will feature similar display and camera specs to the 4G versions.The report doesn't go into any other specifics about the four Note 10 models, but we'd expect them to feature the same design as the Galaxy S10 series, as well as the same processor options. On top of that, each Note 10 phone should come with a built-in S Pen stylus.Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 10 at some point this August.
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| SNL Gives Joe Biden Sensitivity Training: ‘Let’s Hug It Out, America!’ Posted: 06 Apr 2019 09:02 PM PDT  Saturday Night Live gave Donald Trump a break this week and instead put Joe Biden through the ringer. Jason Sudeikis busted back onto the show in a cold open sketch that found the former vice president undergoing sensitivity training following a week in which he was repeatedly accused of inappropriate behavior with women over the years and awkwardly tried to dismiss those allegations with a series of jokes. "You guys know that I'm a tactile politician, right?" Sudeikis' Biden asked his campaign staffers. "I'm a hugger, I'm a kisser, and I'm a little bit of a sniffer. The last thing I ever want to do is offend anyone." With that in mind, they brought in a consultant played by Kate McKinnon to school him on how to behave, and Biden immediately started nuzzling her head and rubbing her arms. "Yeah, so this is exactly the kind of thing I'm here to prevent." "Wait, I think nose to nose is going to be OK," Biden replied. "Because look, I did the 23andme thing, like Lizzie, what's her name, Warren, right? It turns out that I'm 1-percent Eskimo, so I'm allowed to do the kissing." When she told him he shouldn't be hugging or kissing any women he meets, he protested. "That's a human connection. That's my whole thing," he said. "That's like telling Mario Batali to take his Crocs off." Later, they presented some female voters so Biden could practice and when he was told one was looking for someone who could beat Donald Trump, he asked, "You mean the guy who actually bragged about assault on tape?""Yes, but unlike his voters, your voters actually care," his staffer replied. Ultimately, Biden admitted he didn't really learn anything from the experience. "But the important thing, I think, is that I'm listening, I hear you, I feel you," Biden said. "So let's hug it out, America, what do you say? Biden and some woman in 2020, right? We can do this!" Read more at The Daily Beast.
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| Prosecutor In Foxx’s Office Slams Her Handling of Smollett Case: ‘An International Laughingstock’ Posted: 08 Apr 2019 06:47 AM PDT  An anonymous attorney in the Cook County prosecutor's office lambasted state attorney Kim Foxx over her handling of the high profile Jussie Smollett case, and the tendency of her and her allies to resort to accusations of racism when criticized, in an a letter provided to CWB Chicago on Monday.Foxx's office dropped all charges against Smollett last month after he was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly staging a bigoted and politically-motivated hate crime against himself with the help of two friends who were paid for their services. Citing his record of community service and the technically victimless nature of his alleged crime, Foxx's office dropped all charges without requiring that Smollett admit guilt.After briefly reviewing the history of racial discrimination in Chicago, the unnamed assistant state's attorney attacked Foxx and her allies for casting criticism of the decision as racist.The letter reads:> Fast forward to 2019 Chicago. The State's Attorney's Office (SAO) is an international laughingstock, as politicians, comedians, scholars, legal pundits and regular ol' citizens alike blast its handling of the case against Jussie Smollett. The criticism is pointed squarely at Kim Foxx, the first African American female elected to fill the prestigious role of Cook County State's Attorney.> In the wake of said criticism, Ms. Foxx speaks at a Rainbow PUSH coalition meeting and states she cannot run an office "driven by anger and public sentiment." She says "the goal posts change" when an African-American takes the position of head prosecutor, seemingly calling the critique of the SAO's handling of the Smollett case racially-based and derogatory toward her people.He later adds: And blaming Jussie Smollett fallout on race? That is just ignorant and self-serving. It is a complete bastardization of a bona fide movement against acts of racism, which, as a society we should obviously not tolerate. Much like Jussie Smollett's acts bastardized a bona fide movement against hate crimes. The unnamed prosecutor goes on to accuse Foxx of insulting the Chicago police by dropping all charges without consulting them just weeks after their superintendent, Eddie Johnson, made an impassioned speech about the harm Smollett did to the community by staging a hate crime.> When you demean law enforcement like that you not only strip them of their dignity, you also contribute to the violence in the city. Because young African-American boys and girls who hear the head prosecutor, Jesse Jackson, Bobby Rush, Al Sharpton, et al call police racist, act accordingly," the letter reads.No prosecutors or police officers, and I mean none, thought that the just result would be for Jussie Smollett to go to prison. He was charged with a Class 4 felony. The anticipated outcome was a reduced sentence, a misdemeanor with some community service or restitution. This would have been done on the record, on a regularly scheduled court date, with the Chicago Police being notified, since they are the "victim" in a disorderly conduct of this nature. This case was handled markedly different from any other case at 26th Street. No one knows why, and more importantly, no one can explain why our boss, the head prosecutor of all of Cook County, has decided to so demean and debase both our hard work, and our already tenuous relationship with the Chicago Police Department.Just to be clear - this is not an attack on Ms. Foxx's race, it is an attack on her ethics and her efficacy as State's Attorney.
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| Jenna Bush Hager's emotional 'Today' debut as host: 'I'm just gonna cry all the time?' Posted: 08 Apr 2019 11:07 AM PDT  Jenna Bush Hager's first day hosting the fourth hour of "Today, " "Today with Hoda & Jenna," kicked off with excitement and a few tears.
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| Narendra Modi Kashmir election pledge woos Hindu nationalists and risks Muslim backlash Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:25 PM PDT  India's ruling party on Monday attempted to woo Hindu nationalists by unveiling a last-ditch manifesto pledge to end Kashmir's special autonomous status. With his popularity falling to an all-time low after failing to deliver on previous economic pledges, Narendra Modi, the prime minister, is instead appealing to rising anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan sentiment among India's electorate to secure his second term. The world's biggest democracy heads to the polls on Thursday with Mr Modi expected to scrape a narrow victory when ballots are counted on May 23. Kashmir saw a huge escalation of tension in February, when a Pakistan-based Islamist group killed dozens of Indian troops and India responded with airstrikes. In front of a crowd at the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi yesterday (MON), Mr Modi declared he would scrap the autonomous status Jammu and Kashmir has had since 1954. BJP supporters have long petitioned for its removal arguing that it allows the state claimed by both India and Pakistan to resist central rule from New Delhi. Profile | Narendra Modi Mr Modi also controversially vowed to reverse a law forbidding anyone who is not a permanent resident of the state from owning property or obtaining a job there. This move is seen as an attempt to dilute Kashmiri identity by encouraging Indians from elsewhere in the country to move to the region. However, his pledge has sparked fears that it could lead to further unrest "If this happens then not only Kashmir but the country and the region will burn," said Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. The leader of the National Conference Farooq Abdulla said if the articles were repealed it would lead to the state seceding from India. On Sunday, Mr Modi tightened his grip on the state by banning Kashmiri civilians from using the 170-mile highway – the only way in and out the region – for two days a week to allow easier access for his military personnel. Local politicians compared the decision to policies implemented by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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| American Airlines extends Max-caused cancellations to June 5 Posted: 07 Apr 2019 08:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — American Airlines is extending by over a month its cancellations of about 90 daily flights as the troubled 737 Max plane remains grounded by regulators.
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| White House to Democrats seeking Trump tax returns: 'Never' Posted: 07 Apr 2019 12:47 PM PDT  Asked on "Fox News Sunday" if congressional Democrats will succeed in obtaining the Republican president's tax returns, Mulvaney said: "No, never. Democrats countered that Neal's request to the Treasury Department for Trump's returns is grounded in law and a needed inquiry, given Trump's refusal to disclose his tax records and to divest himself of his business interests. This president, by the way, is the least transparent president that we've had in half a century," Democratic Representative Dan Kildee, a tax committee member, told ABC's "This Week." Democratic Representative Ben Ray Lujan noted that presidents for decades have voluntarily released their income tax returns.
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| May Makes Fresh Appeal as Lawmaker Warns of Brexit Purgatory Posted: 07 Apr 2019 08:32 AM PDT  A long but flexible extension to the Brexit process proposed by the European Union was denounced as "like purgatory" by a leading U.K. lawmaker, as Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to both the public and politicians in search of support for a compromise departure plan. The government needs to move forward with leaving the trading bloc as soon as possible, the Conservative Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss told BBC radio on Sunday. While May will meet EU leaders Wednesday to make her case for a short extension to June 30, European Council President Donald Tusk is pushing for a delay of as long as a year to allow time to forge a new consensus, with an option to leave earlier once the withdrawal agreement is ratified by parliament.
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| Ghosn to reveal who he blames for arrest in Japan: wife Posted: 07 Apr 2019 02:56 AM PDT  Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has recorded a message in which he names the people he believes are to blame for his legal problems in Japan, his wife said in an interview on Sunday. Ghosn was re-arrested last week in Japan over fresh allegations of financial misconduct which will see him held in custody until at least April 14. Ghosn's wife Carole told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper in France that he had recorded a video interview in English before his detention.
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| Apple rumored to launch two new OLED iPhone models with triple-lens cameras in 2019 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 06:15 AM PDT  We're still months out from the official reveal of Apple's next iPhone lineup, but most of the early rumors and reports have indicated that we will see three direct successors to the XS, XS Max and XR in 2019. There will be more than a few new features, and the standard bump in specifications, but we're not expecting any major design changes or new models. At least, we weren't, until Macotakara released a surprising report on Monday morning.According to the Japanese technology blog, Apple has five new iPhone models planned for 2019. In addition to the updated XS, XS Max, and XR models, reliable supply chain sources claim that Apple is working on two other OLED iPhone models built specifically to accommodate the triple-lens rear camera.The first OLED model is said to have a 6.1-inch display and be 0.15mm thicker than the iPhone XS, but the camera bump will be reduced by 0.05mm. The second model, which features a 6.5-inch display, will be 0.40mm thicker than the iPhone XS Max, but, similarly, the camera bump will see an 0.25mm reduction.Macotakara says that both of these models are expected to ship with USB-C to Lightning cables with an 18W charger, as well as support for reverse wireless charging, which will give the upcoming iPhones the ability to charge the latest AirPods with Wireless Charging Case and other Qi-compatible devices.Considering just how drastically this report diverts from the reports we've seen about the 2019 iPhone lineup so far, it's worth taking everything here with a grain of salt. That said, Macotakara has been a fairly reliable source of iPhone leaks over the years, so we'll be on the lookout for more reports to back these assertions up.
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| The Latest: Rwandan genocide survivor recounts horror Posted: 07 Apr 2019 10:41 AM PDT  KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The Latest on the commemorations to mark the start of Rwanda's genocide 25 years ago. (all times local):
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| Kirstjen Nielsen: Trump 'berated homeland security secretary' early in the morning and demanded illegal actions, report claims Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:42 AM PDT  Kirstjen Nielsen, the US homeland security secretary who helped enforce President Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policies, has resigned amid claims of a contentious working relationship with the US leader. According to The New York Times, Ms Nielson has had a rough ride since she took the job in December 2017 and was "regularly berated" by Trump, who is said to have demanded that she take a more aggressive approach to tighten immigration.During her tenure, Ms Nielsen became the face of the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policy, under which anyone who crossed America's border illegally was referred to the Justice Department for prosecution.She was notably tasked with defending Trump's plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico and the separation of migrant children from their families.In May 2018, it was reported that she drafted her resignation letter after Trump berated her in front of other Cabinet secretaries over the influx of migrant crossings at the border.He is said to have criticised her after she hesitated for weeks about whether to sign a memo ordering the routine separation of migrant children from their families so that the parents could be detained.Despite her loyalty, leaks from the White House in November 2018 suggested she would be out by the end of the year as Trump allegedly complained constantly about her performance.She was reportedly asked to close all ports of entry and stop allowing individuals requesting asylum into the country, a move she reportedly did not support or consider effective.A senior administration official told CNN that Ms Nielsen "believed the situation was becoming untenable with the President becoming increasingly unhinged about the border crisis and making unreasonable and even impossible requests."> Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service....> > — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) > > April 7, 2019In her resignation letter, Ms Nielson placed blame on Congress and courts for the ongoing border crisis, saying limitations were imposed on her department."I hope that the next Secretary will have the support of Congress and the courts in fixing the laws which have impeded our ability to fully secure America's borders and which have contributed to discord in our nation's discourse," she wrote. "Our country and the men and women of DHS deserve to have all the tools and resources they need to execute the mission entrusted to them."Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, said Ms Nielsen's tenure at DHS "was a disaster from the start" but insisted she couldn't be used as a scapegoat for Trump's cruel policies."It is clearer now than ever that the Trump administration's border security and immigration policies – that she enacted and helped craft – have been an abysmal failure and have helped create the humanitarian crisis at the border," Mr Thompson said in a statement."It is truly unfortunate that Nielsen refused to take responsibility for her actions and was simply unable to lead and stand up to the president for his misguided, wall obsessed anti-immigrant agenda."The president publicly thanked Ms Nielsen for her service in a tweet on Sunday night."I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!"She is the latest high-profile figures to leave his administration.
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| Take it from an economist, Medicare for All is the most sensible way to fix health care Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:15 AM PDT  I've spent decades studying US health care. Time to get real: Medicare for All is the only reasonable path to controlling costs and covering everyone.
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| Dad Arrested for Breaking Traffic Laws While Rushing Daughter to Hospital; Nurses Bond Him Out Posted: 08 Apr 2019 07:09 AM PDT  A group of nurses bonded an Illinois father out of jail after he broke several traffic laws while rushing his daughter to the hospital.
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| In unprecedented move, U.S. names Iran's Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group Posted: 08 Apr 2019 02:44 PM PDT  The action by Trump, who has taken a hard line toward Iran by withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing broad economic sanctions, marks the first time the United States has formally labeled another nation's military a terrorist group. The U.S. step, which takes effect on April 15, prompted an immediate response from Iran, whose Supreme National Security Council in turn designated U.S. military forces as a "terrorist organization," Iranian state-run TV reported. "The U.S. military bases and their military forces in the region will be considered terrorist bases and terrorist forces that will be dealt with and confronted accordingly," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian state TV, calling the U.S. decision "a major strategic mistake." "The IRGC is the Iranian government's primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign," Trump said in a statement.
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| Google further 'confirms' unannounced Pixel 3 ‘Lite' with reference on site Posted: 08 Apr 2019 02:30 AM PDT  Late last week, 9to5Google spotted that the online Google Store was briefly updated to include the Pixel 3a under the Phone model menu and the Pixel 3a Case under the Featured Accessories menu in the website's navigation bar before it was promptly removed without a trace. On Friday, 9to5Google noticed that a couple of updates to Google's online store were accidentally published confirming a set of not yet officially named products: the lite version of the company's flagship device and a corresponding case. Last month, a 9to5Google source confirmed that the names of the rumored pair of Pixel 'Lite' smartphones will be the Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL and, just last week, the Google confirmed the handsets themselves via the Google Play Developer Console, a platform used by developers to publish Android apps on Google Play.
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| These are the 5 best Amazon deals this weekend Posted: 07 Apr 2019 06:44 AM PDT ![These are the 5 best Amazon deals this weekend]( "These are the 5 best Amazon deals this weekend") Snag a great price on incredible products.
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| This Week: Job openings, Fed minutes, JPMorgan results Posted: 07 Apr 2019 10:01 PM PDT  A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
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| Romney dismisses Democrats' 'moronic' effort to get Trump's tax returns Posted: 07 Apr 2019 01:52 PM PDT  Amid a push by Democrats to look at President Trump's tax returns, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, called their efforts "moronic" despite previously declaring that there could be an explosive revelation in them.
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| Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry - governor Posted: 08 Apr 2019 12:35 AM PDT ![Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry - governor]( "Russia decides to free captive whales after outcry - governor") Russian authorities have decided to free nearly 100 whales held in cages in Russia's Far East, the governor of Russia's Primorsky Region said on Monday, the TASS news agency reported. The decision to release the whales, after months of delays, coincided with a visit to the enclosures by Jean-Michel Cousteau, a French oceanographer and son of famous marine expert Jacques Cousteau. "An official decision has been taken to release all the animals into the wild," Oleg Kozhemyako, the governor of Primorsky Region, was quoted as saying by TASS.
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| Joanna Gaines' favorite lipstick has over 5,000 positive reviews -- and it's under $20 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 08:03 AM PDT  The Joanna Gaines influence is extending right past our television screens and into our makeup drawers.
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| Hawthorne shooting: Suspect, victim identified after fatal shooting outside police department Posted: 08 Apr 2019 01:15 PM PDT  Officials have identified the suspect accused of fatally shooting the mother of his child in front of the Hawthorne police department Sunday.
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| Pakistan FM claims India planning military aggression Posted: 07 Apr 2019 10:54 AM PDT  Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday claimed his government had reliable intelligence that India was planning to carry out aggression against Pakistan later this month. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours nose-dived after a suicide bombing in Indian-administered Kashmir in February killed 40 Indian security personnel and was later claimed by a Pakistan-based militant group. Pakistan has denied any role in the attack and Prime Minister Imran Khan offered cooperation in the investigation if credible evidence was provided by India.
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| Lords Move to Prevent No-Deal as Talks Stumble: Brexit Update Posted: 08 Apr 2019 11:56 AM PDT  Theresa May is trying to find a new Brexit compromise with the opposition Labour Party, and officials from both sides will hold "technical talks" talks on Monday evening. House of Lords approves a bill aimed at stopping a no-deal Brexit.
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| US designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group Posted: 08 Apr 2019 09:24 AM PDT  Donald Trump, the US president, on Monday designated Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organisation, marking the first time the US has formally labelled another country's military a terror group. Iran warned it will take reciprocal action against Washington for its move against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country's most powerful security organisation. In a statement, Mr Trump said the "unprecedented step" recognises that "the IRGC is the Iranian government's primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign". The designation "makes crystal clear the risks of conducting business with, or providing support to, the IRGC," Mr Trump said. "If you are doing business with the IRGC, you will be bankrolling terrorism." Mike Pompeo announcing the decision at the US State Department in Washington Credit: AFP Tensions between Washington and Tehran have risen since Mr Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear accord last year. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a strident critic of Iran, has pushed for the change in US policy as part of the Trump administration's tough posture toward the Islamic republic. Mr Pompeo told a news conference the designation will take effect in one week. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, welcomed the move saying: "The terrorist designation of the repressive IRGC has been the enduring and righteous demand of the Iranian people and Resistance and an imperative for regional and global peace and security." However the move has been opposed by some military officials, and reportedly the CIA, who fear that the designation could incite violence against US forces in the region without having much of an impact on Iran's economy. Critics have also warned that the move could open US military and intelligence officials to similar actions by unfriendly governments. After reports of the designation emerged late on Friday, Iran warned it would take reciprocal action. "We will answer any action taken against this force with a reciprocal action," a statement issued by 255 out of the 290 Iranian lawmakers said, according to IRNA. Mike Pompeo Iran demands Set up after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to protect the Shi'ite clerical ruling system, the IRGC is Iran's most powerful security organisation. It is in charge of Iran's ballistic missiles and nuclear programmes. The group also holds sway over large sectors of the Iranian economy and has a huge influence in its political system. The United States has already blacklisted dozens of entities and people for affiliations with the IRGC, but the organisation as a whole is not. In 2007, the US Treasury designated the IRGC's Quds Force, its unit in charge of operations abroad, "for its support of terrorism," and has described it as Iran's "primary arm for executing its policy of supporting terrorist and insurgent groups."
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| Cory Booker raises more than $5 million for U.S. presidential run Posted: 07 Apr 2019 01:27 PM PDT  New Jersey Senator Cory Booker raised more than $5 million for his presidential election campaign in February and March, and has more than $6.1 million in cash on hand, his campaign said on Sunday. U.S. Senator Kamala Harris of California raised $12 million in the first three months of 2019 while Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who recently saw a bump in opinion polls but is still considered a long-shot, announced Monday that he had raised $7 million. Beto O'Rourke, a former U.S congressman from Texas, raised $9.4 million in the first 18 days of his bid for the presidency, his campaign said.
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| Wall Street loves socialism for bankers – but not for ordinary people Posted: 08 Apr 2019 07:28 AM PDT  JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon decries socialism. Unless of course it's the banks that need a government bailout'JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was paid $31m last year. He is estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.3bn.' Photograph: Mike Blake/ReutersIn his annual letter to shareholders, distributed last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took aim at socialism, warning it would be "a disaster for our country," because it produces "stagnation, corruption and often worse."Dimon should know. He was at the helm when JPMorgan received a $25bn socialist-like bailout in 2008, after it and other Wall Street banks almost tanked because of their reckless loans.Dimon subsequently agreed to pay the government $13bn to settle charges that the bank overstated the quality of mortgages it was selling to investors in the run-up to the crisis. According to the Justice Department, JPMorgan acknowledged it had regularly and knowingly sold mortgages that should have never been sold. (Presumably this is where the "stagnation, corruption and often worse" comes in.)The $13bn penalty was chicken feed to the biggest bank on Wall Street, whose profits last year alone amounted to $35bn. Besides, JPMorgan was able to deduct around $11bn of the settlement costs from its taxable income.To state it another way, Dimon and other Wall Street CEOs helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis when the dangerous and irresponsible loans their banks were peddling – on which they made big money – finally went bust. But instead of letting the market punish the banks (which is what capitalism is supposed to do) the government bailed them out and eventually levied paltry fines which the banks treated as the cost of doing business.If this isn't socialism, what is it?Yet it's a particular form of socialism. Millions of homeowners who owed more on their homes than the homes became worth didn't get bailed out. Millions of workers who lost their jobs or their savings, or both, didn't get bailed out. No major banker went to jail.Call it socialism for rich bankers.It's a gift that keeps giving. Dimon took advantage of the financial crisis to acquire Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, vastly enlarging JPMorgan. America's five biggest banks, including Dimon's, now control 46% of all deposits, up from 12% in the early 1990s.And because they're so big, Dimon's and other big Wall Street banks are now considered "too big to fail". This translates into a hidden subsidy of some $83bn a year, because creditors who face less risk accept lower interest on deposits and loans.More socialism for rich bankers.After the financial crisis and bailout, Congress enacted a milquetoast version of the Glass-Steagall Act, a banking law from the Great Depression that bankers killed off in the 1990s. The replacement was called the Dodd-Frank Act.Ever since, Dimon has pushed to weaken Dodd-Frank.When Obama's regulators wanted to extend Dodd-Frank to the foreign branches and subsidiaries of Wall Street banks, Dimon warned it would harm Wall Street's competitiveness.This was the same Jamie Dimon who chose London as the place to make highly risky derivatives trades that lost the firm some $6bn in 2012 – proof that unless the overseas operations of Wall Street banks are covered by US regulations, giant banks like his will move more of their betting abroad, hiding their wildly-risky bets overseas so U.S. regulators can't see them.More recently, Trump's bank regulators have heeded Dimon, and rolled back Dodd-Frank.Dimon was also instrumental in getting the big Trump tax cuts through Congress. They saved JPMorgan and the other big banks $21bn last year alone.Dimon was paid $31m last year. He is estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.3bn.Ironically, a few weeks ago Dimon warned that income inequality is dividing America. He said that a "big chunk" of Americans have been left behind, and, announcing a $350m program to train workers for the jobs of the future, lamented that 40% of Americans make less than $15 an hour.True, but $350m over five years isn't even a drop in the ocean for the Americans left behind.Wall Street bonuses totaled $27.5bn last year, which is more three times the combined annual earnings of all American workers employed full-time at the federal minimum wage. That's more than 600,000 low-wage workers.If Dimon were serious about the problem of widening inequality, he'd use his lobbying prowess to help raise the federal minimum wage. He'd also try to make it easier for workers to unionize, and to raise taxes on the super-wealthy like himself.But, of course, Dimon isn't really concerned about widening inequality. He's not really concerned about socialism, either.Dimon's real concern is that America may end the kind of socialism he and other denizens of the Street depend on – bailouts, regulatory loopholes, and tax breaks.These have made Dimon and his comrades a fortune, but they've brought the rest of America stagnation, corruption, and often worse. * Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. He is also a columnist for Guardian US
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| Honey is the glue that keeps these granola bars together Posted: 08 Apr 2019 10:05 AM PDT  Great granola bars put the flavor of the oats at the forefront while supporting players back them up with a mellow sweetness.
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| LED light bulbs are somehow on sale for just $1 each on Amazon, today only Posted: 08 Apr 2019 04:54 AM PDT ![LED light bulbs are somehow on sale for just $1 each on Amazon, today only]( "LED light bulbs are somehow on sale for just $1 each on Amazon, today only") Philips Hue white LED bulbs are on sale for $12.49 each today, and that's a fantastic deal. But Amazon is running a special one-day deal on Monday on regular LED bulbs that you are definitely going to want to take advantage of. Why "definitely," you ask? Because today may very well be the last day that you ever have to buy light bulbs. On Monday only, you can snag a 24-pack of Sylvania Home Lighting 74765 A19 Soft White 2700K LED Light Bulbs for just $24.08, which is just $1 a bulb. You read that correctly... $1! You can also get 24-packs of daylight-tone bright white 5000K bulbs for $25.19, which works out to $1.05 a bulb. Well, what the heck are you waiting for!?Here's what you need to know from the product page: * These LED lamps make an energy-efficient replacement and substitute for standard 60 watt incandescent lamps. At 8.5 watts, each bulb emits the bright light output of 800 lumens * These bulbs are a great energy-saving replacement for old incandescent bulbs because each lamp has a total lifespan of up to 11, 000 hours. You won't need to constantly change your lightbulbs anymore * These LED lightbulbs require less energy and can save money on your energy bill. Each bright white light bulb works as a great replacement for old 60W incandescent bulbs * These LED light bulbs have a Color temperature of 5000 kelvin, which produces a bright white Color * This bulb is not dimmable.
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