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Burkina Faso gunmen 'kill dozens' at cattle market in Kompienga

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The gunmen arrived on motorbikes, shooting into the crowded market, reports say. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

NASA is broadcasting live radio chatter from the astronauts on Saturday's historic SpaceX launch. Here's how to listen.

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Listen to the NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon as they launch into orbit. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

France, Britain, Germany 'regret' U.S. end to Iran nuclear waivers

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France, Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development. "We deeply regret the U.S. decision to end the three waivers," the three European countries said in a joint statement. "These projects, endorsed by U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, serve the non-proliferation interests of all and provide the international community with assurances of the exclusively peaceful and safe nature of Iranian nuclear activities." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

George Floyd death: Northwestern University voices support for alumnus Omar Jimenez arrested during live CNN report on Minneapolis unrest

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Northwestern University officials are speaking out after an alumnus was arrested in Minneapolis Friday while reporting live on CNN. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Louisville PD apologizes for targeting news crew at protest

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Kentucky’s governor on Saturday called in the National Guard to “help keep the peace” in Louisville after a second night of protests sparked by the police shooting of a black woman led to widespread damage. Gov. Andy Beshear said he didn’t want to silence protesters but decided to activate the Guard to quell the actions of “outside groups” that are “trying to create violence.” Police said six people were arrested during Friday’s protest, which began peacefully but grew more destructive as the night went on. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Watch SpaceX, NASA, and 2 astronauts perform an historic private spaceship docking live online

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When NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley dock SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship to the International Space Station, they'll make history. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

As Minneapolis rioters set buildings ablaze, grocer pleads to save his stores

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In this swing state, Latino Democrats call for fighting back on Trump's 'socialist' attacks

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"The campaign needs to push back strong and quick," said a Democratic state senator, adding that she's confident it will. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Labour whip resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet married boyfriend

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A Labour MP has stepped down from her front bench position as whip after admitting she broke lockdown rules to meet her married lover. Rosie Duffield met her boyfriend for a long walk in April, while it was still against the lockdown rules to meet people from different households, the Mail on Sunday reported. She resigned as a whip on Saturday night and said she was “attempting to navigate a difficult personal situation". Ms Duffield, 48, was living separately from married father-of-three James Routh, pictured below, a TV director, when they went for a long walk in her constituency and he visited her home, it was reported. The MP for Canterbury told the Mail on Sunday the pair observed the two-metre social distancing rules, but these incidents were before meetings between people from different households were allowed. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Coronavirus changes how doctors deal with death

Five doctors administering end-of-life care reflect on the current crisis. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2yUlQR8

Glimmer of hope for world's rarest primate

The discovery of a new breeding pair raises hope for the future of a critically endangered gibbon. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3gyXSvA

George Floyd death: Why do some protests turn violent?

In the US, peaceful protests over police violence have escalated into widespread riots and looting. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ApEFMs

Remote working: How cities might change if we worked from home more

Our homes, transport and city-centre spaces would change if we worked from home for good. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3dlAKP3

Russia and Turkey risk turning Libya into another Syria

Gen Haftar's forces have been beaten back from Tripoli but that does not mean peace is at hand. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3cpaIZX

The man whose death convulsed US

He was an athlete, friend and father whose life and struggles were emblematic of any American. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MiLMZz

Nasa SpaceX launch: What is the Crew Dragon?

A guide to SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle, which carried astronauts to the space station. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3gOOGn8

How Venezuela's fuel crisis is hitting coronavirus victims

Venezuela's fuel crisis has been so acute that even funeral homes are struggling to transport bodies to the cemetery. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3gHQU7t

New top story on Hacker News: Hacker News Security

Hacker News Security 13 by itsspring | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: A Hierarchy of Engineering Values

A Hierarchy of Engineering Values 8 by duncan_mcisaac | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist

This DX7 Cartridge Does Not Exist 11 by processing | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Christo has died

Christo has died 44 by tin7in | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: k3sup ('ketchup') – bootstrap Kubernetes with k3s over SSH

Show HN: k3sup ('ketchup') – bootstrap Kubernetes with k3s over SSH 13 by alexellisuk | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Trolley Problem Problem

The Trolley Problem Problem 13 by Hooke | 3 comments on Hacker News.

My Money: 'Our alternative quarantine holiday'

Alyssa Hulme from Utah in the US takes us through her weekly spending during the coronavirus pandemic. from BBC News - Home

Coronavirus: Independent cinemas unlikely to open before September

An Independent Cinema Office survey found only a quarter of venues planned to open before autumn. from BBC News - Home

Coronavirus doctor's diary: Why does Covid-19 make some healthy young people really sick?

Dr John Wright tells the story of Marium Zameer, who became very unwell with Covid-19 despite being young and healthy. from BBC News - Home

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How does Clearbit Reveal know who I am?

Ask HN: How does Clearbit Reveal know who I am? 4 by rahimnathwani | 0 comments on Hacker News. When I visit https://ift.tt/2cmcrqd there is a screenshot of a web page. I've visited the page a few times from my home internet connection, and the image has been either: A) My personal blog (on my own domain) B) My company's web site It's pretty impressive (or creepy, depending on your viewpoint) that they can map my IP address to a company and/or individual identity. I'm curious about how they do it. I have some ideas, but nothing that would explain it working so well. Maybe I entered my email address on a form on a site that shares data with Clearbit, but wouldn't my IP address change often enough that this wouldn't be useful for more than a couple of days? Anyone else have any ideas?

Photos From the Protests in 29 Cities Over Racism and Police Violence

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By BY WEIYI CAI, JULIETTE LOVE AND JUGAL K. PATEL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3dkl3aW

Draw a Self-Portrait

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George Floyd Protests: A Timeline

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By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2XhWhmk

Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

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By BY RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eAuQdj

FBI's top lawyer, Dana Boente, ousted amid Fox News criticism for role in Flynn investigation

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Boente was asked to resign on Friday and two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss him said it came from high levels of the Justice Department rather than directly from FBI Director Christopher Wray. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

EU urges U.S. to reconsider decision to cut ties with WHO

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The European Union urged the United States on Saturday to reconsider its decision to cut ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. "In this context, we urge the U.S. to reconsider its announced decision," they said a day after President Donald Trump announced the move, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas also condemned the move and pledged intensive talks with Washington on the issue. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

George Floyd death: Ex-officer charged with murder in Minneapolis

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An ex-police officer in Minneapolis is detained over the death of unarmed black man George Floyd. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

SpaceX heading for ISS on historic private crewed flight

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A SpaceX rocket carrying two veteran NASA astronauts was headed for the International Space Station on Saturday on the first ever crewed flight by a private company, ushering in a new era in space travel. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off flawlessly in a cloud of bright orange flame and smoke from Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the 19-hour voyage to the orbiting space station. "Let's light this candle," Hurley, the spacecraft mission commander, told SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California, before liftoff at 3:22 pm (1922 GMT) from NASA's fabled Launch Pad 39A. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

U.S. high court rejects church challenges to state pandemic rules

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges on Friday to curbs on religious services in California and Illinois during the coronavirus pandemic. In the California dispute, the nine justices split 5-4 in rejecting a bid by South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista to block the rules issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's four liberal justices in the majority. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Powell: Fed to soon begin 'challenging' Main Street lending

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged Friday that the Fed faces a major challenge with the launch in the coming days of a program that will lend to companies other than banks for the first time since the Great Depression. The Fed's Main Street Lending is geared toward medium-sized companies that are too large for the government's small business lending program and too small to sell bonds or stock to the public. Powell said that Main Street will make its first loans in a “few days.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

SpaceX launch: Nasa astronauts begin historic mission on private spaceship

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Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken head out on a mission to initiate a new, commercial era in spaceflight. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Wife of officer charged with murder in George Floyd's death files for divorce

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Kellie Chauvin's lawyer said she is "devastated" over Floyd's death. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Deleting Facebook, downloading VPNs: How Hong Kongers are preparing for a draconian law

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Hong Kongers are preparing for a new reality as China moves to impose new national security powers over Hong Kong that are seen by many as a "death knell" for the former British colony's freedoms. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Airlines schedule major increase in flights in July as pressure mounts on ministers to ease quarantine

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Airlines have scheduled a dramatic increase in flights in July in anticipation that Governments will lift travel restrictions for holidaymakers and save the industry from potential collapse, according to data seen by The Sunday Telegraph. The companies which have already laid off tens of thousands of workers are banking on a “V-shaped” recovery by scheduling 161,200 passenger flights and 29.5 million seats for July, just eight per cent down on last year’s July timetables. The strategy to open up business travel and holiday routes to hotspot favourites like Greece, Italy, France and Spain comes as most European countries are preparing to lift their quarantines or open their borders in mid June or at least by July 1. It will increase pressure on Boris Johnson to make good his suggestion last week that the UK’s quarantine - to be introduced on June 8 - could be replaced with “air bridges” to low-risk holiday destinations when it is reviewed on June 29. One senior industry source claimed: ...

GOP eyes flipping Michigan senate seat

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As Republicans work to maintain their control of the Senate in November, they're looking to flip seats in some key battleground states. That includes Michigan, where two challengers are looking to unseat incumbent Democratic Senator Gary Peters. Riley Beggin, a political reporter for Bridge Magazine, spoke with CBS News about the contest. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Amy Klobuchar under scrutiny for 2006 case involving officer charged in George Floyd death

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Klobuchar was elected to the Senate in 2006 around the time that Derrick Chauvin was involved in the shooting that killed Wayne Reyes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

New report alleges killings, mass detentions in Ethiopia

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A new report by the rights group Amnesty International accuses Ethiopia’s security forces of extrajudicial killings and mass detentions even as the country’s reformist prime minister was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The report issued Friday says security forces killed at least 25 people in 2019 in the East Guji and West Guji zones of the restive Oromia region amid suspicions of supporting a rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Army, and a once-exiled opposition group. The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was awarded the peace prize in December for sweeping political reforms and restoring ties with neighboring Eritrea after two decades of hostilities, acknowledged that “the reform process has at times experienced bumps” but called the report “a one-sided snapshot security analysis that fails to appropriately capture the broader political trajectory and security developments." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

A partygoer who attended the now-infamous Lake of the Ozarks pool party has tested positive for COVID-19, meaning hundreds could have been exposed

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The individual began showing symptoms on Sunday and was likely "incubating illness and possibly infectious at the time of the visit." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

New top story on Hacker News: Powers of Two (2017)

Powers of Two (2017) 7 by momonga | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Fox News Star Geraldo Rivera Unloads on Trump: ‘What Is This, 6th Grade?!’

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Geraldo Rivera delivered one of the harshest condemnations of Donald Trump ever aired on Fox News Friday afternoon when he appeared on The Five and took the president to task for threatening Minneapolis protesters with violence.After first criticizing Democrats for “studiously avoiding” the looting and vandalism by “anarchists” in that city following the police killing of George Floyd, Rivera pivoted to attack Trump directly. “But the other thing is, the president, in these tweets, ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts,’ c’mon!” Rivera said, referring to the tweet that Twitter hid from Trump’s timeline because it broke its rules on “glorifying violence.” “What is this, 6th grade?” he asked. “You don’t put gasoline on the fire. That’s not calming anybody. Who are you daring?” Rivera mocked the idea that any demonstrators would stop what they’re doing because Donald Trump tweeted that they might get shot. “That’s not going to happen!” he exclaimed. “All he does is dimini...

The Latest: US agency calls back drone it sent to Minnesota

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says it dispatched a drone to Minneapolis following three nights of violent protests there but ended up sending it back to its base because the unmanned aerial vehicle wasn’t needed. The agency, which typically patrols the nation’s border and ports of entry, said the drone was going to provide live video to assist law enforcement in Minneapolis as they responded to protests that have left dozens of stores burned and looted. President Donald Trump says he talked to members of George Floyd’s family on Friday and “expressed my sorrow.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Minneapolis mayor responds after night of protests and violence in wake of George Floyd's death

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At a press conference on Thursday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said protests and unrest after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man seen on video pinned to the ground by the neck while being arrested by a white police officer, were the result of “built-up anger and sadness” in the black community over the past 400 years. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Move over James Bond; India returns alleged bird spy to Pakistan

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Indian police have released a pigeon belonging to a Pakistani fisherman after a probe found that the bird, which had flown across the contentious border between the nuclear-armed nations, was not a spy, two officials said on Friday. "The pigeon was set free yesterday (May 28) after nothing suspicious was found," said Shailendra Mishra, a senior police official in Indian-administered Kashmir. The Pakistani owner of the pigeon had urged India to return his bird, which Indian villagers turned over to police after discovering it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Why India must battle the shame of period stain

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Award-winning photographer Niraj Gera takes on stigma surrounding menstruation in India. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Minneapolis bus drivers are refusing to help police transport protesters to jail

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As tensions between police and protesters in Minneapolis reached a boiling point following the death of George Floyd, the city's bus drivers have made it abundantly clear which side they're on. The driver's union, ATU Local 1005, issued a statement of solidarity on Thursday, with some of its drivers going as far as to refuse to use their buses to help law enforcement transport protesters to jail."As a transit worker and union member, I refuse to transport my class and radical youth," one Minneapolis bus driver, Adam Burch, told the labor publication Payday. "An injury to one is an injury to all. The police murdered George Floyd and the protest against is completely justified and should continue until their demands are met."The union shared Burch's sentiment. "This system has failed all of us in the working class, from the coronavirus to the economic crisis we are facing," their statement read. "But the system has failed people of color...

Rush Limbaugh: Trump’s ‘Clever’ to Peddle Baseless Murder Conspiracies

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Conservative radio host and recent Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Rush Limbaugh praised President Donald Trump on Wednesday as “clever” for falsely accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder, claiming the president is “just throwing gasoline on a fire” because he’s “having fun.”Over the past several weeks, the president has repeatedly suggested that Scarborough—while he was a member of Congress in 2001—killed his aide Lori Klausutis. Her death, which occurred in Scarborough’s Florida congressional office, was ruled an accident due to an abnormal heart rhythm. Furthermore, Scarborough was in D.C. at the time.Despite Klausutis’ widower begging the president to please stop dragging her name through the mud in order to attack a cable news host, the president has persisted. Limbaugh, for one, applauded the president for continuing to peddle the conspiracies.“So Trump goes out there and starts tweeting about Jeff Sessions, and then he starts tweeting about Scarborough perhaps bei...

Warrant: Police find remains of second child in yard

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The remains of a second child that belonged to a Tennessee couple facing abuse charges have been found buried in a yard, court records said. A search warrant affidavit says police recovered the remains of a boy from a Knox County property where Michael and Shirley Gray lived until about 2016, news outlets reported on Friday. Police began searching the property after finding the body of a girl buried under a barn at the Gray's current home in nearby Roane County. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Photos of mass graves in Brazil show the stark toll of the coronavirus, as experts predict that it will surpass 125,000 deaths by August

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Despite the growing number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to impose a lockdown. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

CNN reporter arrested live on air at George Floyd Minnesota protest

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A CNN crew was arrested by police Friday morning while giving a live television report in Minneapolis, where the crew was covering ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Coronavirus: Belgian zoo comes back to life from lockdown

After two months without visitors, Pairi Daiza is welcoming the public back, but in smaller numbers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZPbdKn

George Floyd death: Why has a US city gone up in flames?

Tensions in Minneapolis did not start with the death of George Floyd. They've been years in the making. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3ezFr86

Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker

The US pushes for new inquiry into allegations of corruption against the African Development Bank boss. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2yOuctu

China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours

Tensions in the Himalaya have the potential to escalate as they pursue their strategic goals. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TR8o7P

'You can't ask people to die': Coronavirus woes deepen Argentina's crisis

A new deadline to restructure the country's debt is just days away. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3djzNqO

Coronavirus: Bill Gates ‘microchip’ conspiracy theory and other vaccine claims fact-checked

Fact-checking vaccine claims - including ones about the ex-Microsoft boss and a dubious cow-dung trial. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3evgk6A

George Floyd death: Ex-officer charged with murder and manslaughter

Derek Chauvin, one of the officers seen kneeling on George Floyd's neck, has been charged with murder. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Ap1UWF

90-year-old woman tries to help grandson during arrest

Bodycam footage shows a woman, dressed in a nightgown, seem to fall onto her grandson during the incident. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TRpqme

World's largest all-electric plane takes flight

An historic day for the aviation industry as the world's largest all-electric plane takes flight. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZQPamI

New top story on Hacker News: But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” any more

But no, 80-column terminals in 2020 isn't “reasonable” any more 141 by oddline | 115 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The Collapsing Leviathan

The Collapsing Leviathan 29 by nabla9 | 16 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Here Are The Surveillance Tools Used by the Minneapolis Police Department

Here Are The Surveillance Tools Used by the Minneapolis Police Department 17 by jbegley | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The surprising persistence of RSA keys in SSH

The surprising persistence of RSA keys in SSH 15 by tomwas54 | 6 comments on Hacker News.

Sudan says three jailed members of ousted Bashir regime have coronavirus

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CDC changes its 'confusing' guidelines on coronavirus and surfaces. Here's what we know.

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This new CDC update may quell some major concerns about how COVID-19 is transmitted, but plenty of questions still remain. Here's what to know. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

British mercenaries 'involved in botched operation' backing rebel leader in Libya, according to secret UN report

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Six British citizens including two former Royal Marine commandos have been accused of taking part in a botched mercenary mission to Libya to fight on behalf of renegade general Khalifa Haftar. The five men and one woman are named in a confidential report by the United Nations panel of experts on Libya into a botched mission that ended with the mercenaries making a remarkable sea-borne escape after falling out with their hosts. The men, including former Royal Marines Sean Callaghan Louw and Andrew Scott Ritchie, were among around 20 mercenaries who travelled to Benghazi in eastern Libya in June 2019 in a contract organised by a UAE based company called Opus, according to the report seen by the Daily Telegraph. Amanda Perry, a United Arab Emirate based businesswoman, is identified and is alleged to have been a "facilitator" of the project. She is the managing director of Opus Capital Asset FZE, the company that hired two boats used by the group. She is also company secretary of...

Minneapolis Man: Cop Who Kneeled on George Floyd ‘Tried to Kill Me’ in 2008

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Ira Latrell Toles didn’t immediately recognize Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in the now-viral video of him holding his knee on George Floyd’s neck as the handcuffed black man repeatedly told him he couldn’t breathe.But when news outlets identified the officers involved, Toles, 33, realized the man responsible for Floyd’s death was the same police officer who barged into his home and beat him up in the bathroom before shooting him in the stomach 12 years earlier while responding to a domestic violence call. “The officer that killed that guy might be the one that shot me,” Toles texted his sister on Tuesday night, according to messages shared with The Daily Beast. “They said his last name and I think it was him.”“It’s him,” his sister instantly replied.On Tuesday, Chauvin was one of four officers fired for his involvement in Floyd’s death, which has sparked protests across the country and calls for a federal hate-crime investigation. Local outlets reported that Chauvin was the office...

Huawei CFO Meng loses key court fight against extradition to United States

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Huawei Technologies Co's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to the United States to face bank fraud charges, dashing hopes for an end to her 18-month house arrest in Vancouver. The ruling, which could further deteriorate relations between Ottawa and Beijing, elicited immediate strong reaction from China's embassy in Canada, which said Canada is "accomplice to United States efforts to bring down Huawei and Chinese high-tech companies." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Child grooming: Police record 10,000 social media offences

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In just two-and-a-half years, police in England and Wales recorded 10,119 online grooming offences. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Mitt Romney calls out ‘vile’ Donald Trump murder accusations against ‘psycho’ Joe Scarborough

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“Never Trumper” Mitt Romney stepped in to defend his friend and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough on Wednesday after the president renewed his Twitter feud against the MSNBC host.The Utah senator called the accusations vile and baseless after Donald Trump escalated his campaign against “psycho Joe” over the death of a former staffer Lori Klausutis, who died in Mr Scarborough’s office when he was a Florida congressman, also empathising with Klausutis’ husband. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Russia slams 'dangerous' US foreign policy moves

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Russia said on Thursday the United States was acting in a dngerous and unpredictable way, after Washington withdrew from a key military treaty and moved to ramp up pressure on Iran. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the comments after Washington announced it would end sanctions waivers for nations that remain in a nuclear accord signed with Iran. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

Boeing cuts 12,000 jobs, resumes production of grounded jet

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Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. Shortly after disclosing the job cuts, Boeing announced Wednesday that it has resumed production of the grounded 737 Max jetliner. Two deadly crashes of Max jets pushed Boeing into a financial crisis months before the coronavirus squeezed global air travel to a trickle. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines

George Floyd: National Guard deployed after Minneapolis clashes

State troops are activated after days of protests over the death of a black man in police custody. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XLioki

Rohingya refugee crisis: 'The bodies were thrown out of the boat'

Khadiza Begum, a Rohingya refugee, left Myanmar to escape violence but found more horror at sea. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZLzZuX

Coronavirus: How Turkey took control of Covid-19 emergency

Even without imposing a total lockdown, Turkey seems to have handled the outbreak well. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zyfSFY

Africa's week in pictures: 22 - 28 May 2020

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zGMZXV

The films to look out for at the We Are One festival

Cannes, Toronto and Sundance are among the film festivals uniting for an online streaming event. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3ccVnvE

The little lights now packing a deadly punch

LEDs already light our houses but developments are making them even more powerful. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Xe8o3Y

The coronavirus conundrum when your mouth is your ‘hand’

The coronavirus pandemic becomes a different kind of challenge when you use your mouth as your ‘hands’. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2B9Uabz

New top story on Hacker News: Temporal Understanding of Cybersecurity Threats [pdf]

Temporal Understanding of Cybersecurity Threats [pdf] 3 by infodocket | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich

I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich 34 by stets | 20 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Statement by FCC Commissioner Starks on Section 230 Executive Order

Statement by FCC Commissioner Starks on Section 230 Executive Order 19 by aspenmayer | 17 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: The chart that proves that Spanish schedules are downright weird (2016)

The chart that proves that Spanish schedules are downright weird (2016) 8 by jxub | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Spotify Most streamed track of the day by Country

Spotify Most streamed track of the day by Country 16 by sebastien-lbn | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship

Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship 57 by braythwayt | 2 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: How Many People Did It Take to Build the Great Pyramid?

How Many People Did It Take to Build the Great Pyramid? 10 by samizdis | 0 comments on Hacker News.

U.S. bill to pressure China over Uighur rights goes to Trump for decision

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The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims, sending the bill to the White House for President Donald Trump to veto or sign into law. from Reuters: World News

UK PM Johnson to go to Brussels next month for Brexit talks: The Times

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resume Brexit talks in Brussels next month, the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. from Reuters: World News