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Amazon error allowed Alexa user to eavesdrop on another home
Prompts on how to use Amazon’s Alexa personal assistant are seen in an Amazon ‘experience center’ in Vallejo, California, U.S., May 8, 2018. Picture taken on May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A…
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Europe’s most magical winter city
(CNN) — Budapest is fast becoming one of Europe’s leading travel destinations, especially in winter when Hungary’s capital city truly comes to life. Offering a cozy winter atmosphere with romantic architectural creations, Budapest delivers a…
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Borse Europa in calo dopo rialzo tassi Fed
(Pixabay) MILANO – Aprono in calo le Borse europee dopo che ieri la Federal Reserve ha rialzato per la quarta volta i tassi quest’anno. L’ammorbidimento della stretta della Fed è stato giudicato troppo poco soft…
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Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station
Ground personnel help International Space Station (ISS) crew member Alexander Gerst of Germany to get out of the Soyuz MS-09 capsule after landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, formerly known as…
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Oil prices resume fall, shed last session’s gains
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday to erase most of their gains from the day before, resuming declines seen earlier in the week amid worries about oversupply and the outlook for the global…
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EU temporarily suspends UK carbon permit processes ahead of Brexit
FILE PHOTO: The Union Flag and a European Union flag fly near the Elizabeth Tower, housing the Big Ben bell, during the anti-Brexit ‘People’s March for Europe’, in Parliament Square in central London, Britain September…
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Britain can still hold a second Brexit referendum: French minister
FILE PHOTO: Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister attached to the Foreign Affairs Minister, attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Britain…
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Republican frustrations grow as SEC chair proves frequent ally of Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans are starting to wonder if they accidentally picked a Democrat to run the country’s top securities regulator. FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee…
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Top 25 roundup: NC State upsets No. 7 Auburn
Junior Markell Johnson scored a career-high 27 points, buoyed by a big second half, as host North Carolina State upended No. 7 Auburn 78-71 on Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C. Dec 19, 2018; Raleigh, NC,…
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The waiting game – Labour navigates its own Brexit minefields
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party ought to be rubbing their hands with glee as the governing Conservatives tear themselves apart in a Brexit-induced civil war. FILE PHOTO – British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn…
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Cryptocurrency industry faces insurance hurdle to mainstream ambitions
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchanges and traders in Asia are struggling to insure themselves against the risk of hacks and theft, a factor they claim is deterring large fund managers from investing in a…
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Court rules in favor of asylum seekers, against Trump policy
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down Trump administration policies aimed at restricting asylum claims by people citing gang or domestic violence in their home countries and ordered the U.S. government to bring…
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Flights suspended at Britain’s Gatwick airport after reports of drones
(Reuters) – Flights at London’s Gatwick airport remained suspended early on Thursday, five hours after the UK’S second-busiest airport halted them to investigate reports of two drones flying over its airfield, inconveniencing passengers days before…
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Illinois attorney general says Catholic Church underreported abuse cases
(Reuters) – Illinois’ state attorney general said on Wednesday her office identified child sexual abuse accusations against at least 500 Catholic priests or clergy members not publicly named by the church, and that many of…
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U.S. imposes fresh Russia sanctions for election meddling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed fresh Russia-related sanctions on Wednesday, expanding a blacklist of individuals allegedly involved in a Kremlin-backed campaign to meddle with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, among other misdeeds. FILE…
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Ireland unveils ‘stark’ contingency plans for no-deal Brexit
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland on Wednesday disclosed its first major set of contingency plans in case Britain crashes out of the European Union without a withdrawal deal, including possible emergency measures to avoid any shortages…
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Parlamento e Costituzione, i moniti di Mattarella
di NICOLA ZUCCARO. “Rispettare il ruolo centrale del Parlamento e della sua funzione” . E’ stato uno dei passaggi più incisivi del tradizionale discorso di fine anno al Quirinale, rivolto alle più alte cariche dello…
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Brazil chief justice suspends Lula ruling until next year
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court late on Wednesday knocked down a colleague’s ruling that would have freed from jail former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but said the…
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U.S. Congress will not pass self-driving car bill in 2018: senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress will not vote on a bill to speed the introduction of self-driving cars before it adjourns for the year, a blow to companies like General Motors Co and Alphabet…
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Federal bill would regulate U.S. sports betting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The nascent U.S. legal sports betting market would be subject to federal oversight under a bill introduced in Congress on Wednesday, one that will surely face opposition from the casino industry…
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‘Vice’ movie explores U.S. Vice President Cheney’s ‘shadowy’ rise to power
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shortly after the release of his 2015 Wall Street drama “The Big Short,” writer and director Adam McKay was home sick with the flu and picked up a book about former…
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Ireland may ask for derogations from some EU rules in no-deal Brexit
FILE PHOTO: Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, speaks at a ‘Getting Ireland Brexit Ready’ workshop at the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland…
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Forte terremoto in Grecia avvertito anche nel Sud Italia
BARI – Tremano la Grecia e l’Italia meridionale. Un sisma di magnitudo 5,0 si è verificato alle 20.35 nel comune greco di Pylos-Nestoras, nel Peloponneso, con una profondità di 34 km dall’epicentro. Le forti scosse…
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Major League Baseball, Cuba ink deal so players can sign without defecting
FILE PHOTO: A baseball ready for export is pictured at the Rawlings factory in Turrialba, Costa Rica March 3, 2010. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major League Baseball has reached an agreement with…
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Five oil majors face 2019 climate target pressure by investors
HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. and Norwegian oil majors Chevron and Equinor have become the latest target of activist investors moving to force five of the biggest oil companies to commit to fixed emissions targets and…
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British brewed Budweiser beer to rely on solar power from 2020
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Anheuser-Busch InBev is pictured outside the brewer’s headquarters in Leuven, Belgium February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Budweiser beer will be brewed in Britain using solar power from…
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Judge signals skepticism in Trump team’s bid to block Obamacare suit
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A U.S. judge signaled skepticism on Wednesday toward a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to block a lawsuit by the state of Maryland seeking to preserve the Obamacare law in a…
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Investors managing $32 trillion in assets call for action on climate change
LONDON (Reuters) – Global investors managing $32 trillion in assets have called on governments to accelerate steps to combat climate change, as policymakers meet for talks at a United Nations conference in Poland. FILE PHOTO:…
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Opposition leader Corbyn denies calling UK PM May a ‘stupid woman’
The Labour leader appeared to mouth an insult after the Prime Minister compared his calling of a symbolic no-confidence vote in her earlier this week to Christmas “pantomime.” “I know it’s the Christmas season and…
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Uber loses latest UK legal bid to block worker rights for drivers
FILE PHOTO: Uber’s logo is displayed on a mobile phone, September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Uber [UBER.UL] has lost its latest court bid to stop its British drivers being classified as…
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