June 2017
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World pledges to save 'Mother Earth' despite Trump's snub to climate pact
[ad_1] By Thomas Escritt and Philip Blenkinsop | BERLIN/BRUSSELS BERLIN/BRUSSELS China and Europe pledged on Friday to unite to save what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called “our Mother Earth”, standing firmly against President Donald Trump’s…
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Will Trump block Comey testimony? White House does not know yet
[ad_1] By Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON White House officials said on Friday they did not know yet whether President Donald Trump would seek to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress…
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Singer Chris Cornell had anxiety drugs, sedatives in system before suicide
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell had several prescription drugs in his system when he committed suicide last month in a Detroit hotel, according to the results of an autopsy released on Friday. Cornell,…
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U.S. environmental agency chief says humans contribute to global warming
[ad_1] WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, said on Friday he believes human activity plays a role in global warming, but measuring that contribution with precision is difficult. Speaking to…
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Big U.S. companies stay on White House panel despite climate jolt
[ad_1] By David Shepardson and Susan Heavey | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Several major U.S. companies, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N), JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and IBM Corp (IBM.N), on Friday said their CEOs will…
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U.S. job growth slows; unemployment rate drops to 4.3 percent
[ad_1] By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. job growth slowed in May and employment gains in the prior two months were not as strong as previously reported, suggesting the labor market was losing momentum…
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Trump travel ban's fate hinges on emergency U.S. high court request
[ad_1] By Lawrence Hurley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump faces an uphill fight convincing the Supreme Court it should grant his emergency request to reinstate his travel ban on people entering the United States…
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Exclusive: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties
[ad_1] WASHINGTON Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to assume control of a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael…
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Buffalo Wild Wings CEO to retire as activist Marcato wins board seats
[ad_1] By Michael Flaherty and Svea Herbst-Bayliss | NEW YORK NEW YORK Buffalo Wild Wings Inc (BWLD.O) Chief Executive Officer Sally Smith said she will retire by the end of the year after an activist…
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Apple set to expand Siri, taking different route from Amazon's Alexa
[ad_1] Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of…
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U.S. evangelical green groups pan Trump's climate accord exit
[ad_1] By Timothy Mclaughlin | CHICAGO CHICAGO Evangelical Christian environmental groups on Friday panned President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a global climate change pact, with leaders saying the political left…
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Wal-Mart reassures employees as it touts tech investments
[ad_1] By Nandita Bose | FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) executives on Friday reassured workers they remained integral to the company’s success as they highlighted investments in online sales and other technology…
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Bitcoin exchange Coinbase seeks new funds at $1 billion valuation: Wall Street Journal
[ad_1] Bitcoin exchange Coinbase Inc is in talks with potential investors on a new round of funding at a valuation of more than $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. It is not…
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Fretting over savings, Mrs Watanabe turns to bitcoin
[ad_1] By Minami Funakoshi and Joyce Lee | TOKYO/SEOUL TOKYO/SEOUL Long the preserve of geeky enthusiasts, bitcoin is going mainstream in Asia, attracting Mrs Watanabe – the metaphorical Japanese housewife investor – South Korean retirees…
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Three ex-Penn State officials get jail in Sandusky child sex abuse coverup
[ad_1] By David DeKok | HARRISBURG, Pa. HARRISBURG, Pa. Three former Pennsylvania State University officials were sentenced to jail on Friday for covering up ex-coach Jerry Sandusky’s sexual predations and effectively letting him victimize more…
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Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo
[ad_1] By Alex Dobuzinskis | LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that…
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Russian, French astronauts return from space station stint
[ad_1] By Irene Klotz | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A Russian cosmonaut and a French astronaut returned to Earth on Friday aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after six months at the International Space…
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U.S. probe to make unprecedented plunge into sun's atmosphere
[ad_1] (The June 1 story corrects distance in 3rd paragraph to 140 million from 1.4 billion) By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A U.S. spacecraft set to launch next year will make a series of…
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Cubans rock to once-censored Beatles at Havana tribute concert
[ad_1] HAVANA Communist-run Cuba, which once frowned upon the Beatles as a decadent Western influence, on Thursday held an open-air covers concert in a Havana park to celebrating 50 years since the release of the…
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Putin praises Trump, says U.S. spies may have faked hacking evidence
[ad_1] By Denis Pinchuk and Christian Lowe | ST PETERSBURG, Russia ST PETERSBURG, Russia President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Donald Trump had run a better presidential campaign than Hillary Clinton and that U.S.…
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European telecoms firms pin hopes on 'Esports' video game gladiators
[ad_1] By Andrés González | MADRID MADRID Marcos Ochoa has just landed the dream job for many young Europeans: he is being paid to play video games. The 27-year-old Spaniard, whose internet nickname is “Aeroz”,…
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Tillerson says U.S. will continue efforts to reduce emissions
[ad_1] WASHINGTON The United States will continue its efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions despite President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Paris climate accord, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday.…
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Spotify stock listing could be within a year: source
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM Streaming music service Spotify could be floated within a year, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, after co-founder Martin Lorentzon told Swedish radio a listing was not in the…
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No longer 'climate bad boy,' China steps up as Trump quits Paris deal
[ad_1] By David Stanway and Henning Gloystein | SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE The U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord has bolstered China’s stature and diplomatic power, and could help Beijing achieve longer-term ambitions to…
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Australia's old media moguls unite to fight online giants
[ad_1] SYDNEY Bosses of Australia’s media companies, including an arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, have formed an unprecedented front to lobby for changes they say will allow more consolidation and help them compete with…
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EU regulators say Qualcomm has not offered concessions in NXP bid
[ad_1] BRUSSELS U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM.O) has not offered any concessions so far in its $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors (NXP.N), EU antitrust regulators said on Friday, increasing the risk of a lengthy investigation…
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Actress Julianne Moore urges Americans to mark gun violence awareness day
[ad_1] NEW YORK Actress Julianne Moore is urging Americans to wear orange on Friday to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Moore got involved in campaigning for an end to gun violence after the 2012…
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Scientists detect Einstein gravitational waves for a third time
[ad_1] Scientists have for a third time detected ripples in space from black holes that crashed together billions of light years from Earth, a discovery that confirms a new technique for observing cataclysmic events in…
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Tickets to Ariana Grande's Manchester benefit concert sell out
[ad_1] LONDON Tickets for an all-star benefit concert in aid of the victims of the Manchester bomb attack sold out within minutes of going on sale on Thursday. The “One Love Manchester” concert will be…
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Japan launches its version of GPS satellite to improve location positioning
[ad_1] TOKYO Japan launched a rocket carrying a satellite with a local version of the U.S. global positioning system (GPS) on Thursday, which is expected to increase the precision of location information used in smartphones…