World News Site: June 2018

Saturday, June 30, 2018

The Millennial Socialists Are Coming

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South Sudan Cease-fire Violated Within Hours

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Jonathan Aitken becomes prison chaplain

The ex-cabinet minister, who spent seven months in jail, is being ordained at St Paul's Cathedral.

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Belgium Honors Congolese Leader It Helped Overthrow

By MILAN SCHREUER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KubpaL

36 Appetizers for a Summer Cookout

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Catastrophe actor Rob Delaney's wife expecting baby

The US actor confirms the news on Twitter, five months after the death of his son, Henry, aged two.

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'Livid' Michael Gove rips up EU customs partnership report

The report "downplayed" his objections to Theresa May's preferred post-Brexit customs arrangement.

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The Reluctant All-Star Whose Manager Calls Him ‘Boring’

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Ku5533

How to Stop That Unruly Neighbor From Ruining Your Sale

By RONDA KAYSEN from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2tT5XUe

Trump Says Saudia Arabia Will Increase Oil Production

By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2MxxHFV

Trump’s Potemkin Economy

By PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2tFWIaU

The Philadelphia History Museum Is Closing Its Doors (Maybe for Good)

By JACEY FORTIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NdEvtB

Parents and Children Remain Separated by Miles and Bureaucracy

By ANNIE CORREAL from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2yTgbdf

They Bonded Over Mexican Art and Street Tacos

By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI from NYT Fashion & Style https://ift.tt/2yYYVmM

She Found Her Leading Man Backstage

By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI from NYT Fashion & Style https://ift.tt/2KyB5Tv

32 Floors and 1 Subway Ride Later

By NINA REYES from NYT Fashion & Style https://ift.tt/2z2RomS

Can Elon Musk and Tesla Reinvent the Way Cars Are Made?

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2IIU1u0

Four dead and three hurt in Leeds crash

The crash between a car and a taxi happened in the early hours of the morning in Horsforth.

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Belgian boy Laurent Simons heads off to university aged 8

Laurent Simons earns a secondary school diploma alongside his 18-year-old classmates.

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He Was Denied a Commission in 1942. Now The Army Is Making Amends.

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yW3sq2

San Francisco Is So Expensive, You Can Make Six Figures and Still Be ‘Low Income’

By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tSMRhh

Argentina vs. France: World Cup 2018 Live Updates

By ANDREW DAS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2lJkPkw

How crows can use a vending machine

Watch how Emma the crow creates the currency required to operate a vending machine.

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#Familiesbelongtogether: Thousands to protest over migrant separations

Tens of thousands are expected to join rallies nationwide calling for family reunifications.

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Maryland shooting: 'I have to live life without my mother'

The daughter of a journalist killed in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper calls it a "senseless tragedy".

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In Israel, Building a Lacrosse League From Scratch

By AIMEE BERG from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2yTAG9u

Customers urged to claim £321m from dormant Oyster cards

Transport for London should encourage customers to claim their money, a London Assembly member says.

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US ambassador to Estonia resigns 'over Trump comments'

Criticism of Nato and the EU appears to have been the last straw for the envoy to Estonia.

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'Mansplaining' advert for University of Adelaide draws criticism

An Australian university advert is mocked for showing a man holding forth to five silent women.

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National service: What's your view?

As France reintroduces national service for 16-year-olds, what do people think about bringing it back to the UK?

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Is Arlene Foster really reaching out?

Is DUP leader Arlene Foster genuinely reaching out or is she, as others claim, on a "charm offensive"?

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Carly Simon and Her Family, on Martha’s Vineyard

By PENELOPE GREEN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2Kwoj86

Wimbledon Players to Watch

By JOHN CLARKE from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2MCYzo6

For Wimbledon’s Grass, It’s Not Easy Being Green

By JOHN CLARKE from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Mzhr7a

Serena Williams Still the Main Draw at Wimbledon

By GRAHAM PARKER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2KnaglW

Sometimes in Tennis, One Hand is Still Better Than Two

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Nci3AJ

At Toys ‘R’ Us, ‘There Is Nothing Left’: The Day It Closed for Good

By MICHAEL CORKERY from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2IE1cDq

11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

By KALY SOTO from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2lGwi4u

Thai cave rescue: A country in prayer

The desperate search for 12 young boys and their coach, trapped inside a cave, has already lasted 7 days.

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First confirmed sighting of a great white shark off Majorca in 40 years

The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976.

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What It Costs to Be Smuggled Across the U.S. Border

By NICHOLAS KULISH from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KA2DrF

These 20 Representatives Have Not Had a Primary Challenger for at Least a Decade

By TROY GRIGGS and ADAM PEARCE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IECkvm

Spain’s Migrant Wave Grows, Even as Europe’s Subsides

By RAPHAEL MINDER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2yVFKdw

Bavaria: Affluent, Picturesque — and Angry

By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://ift.tt/2yX5IgX

War Robbed Him of His Family, Then His Eyes, Then His Love

By MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://ift.tt/2tTky24

Kennedy’s Retirement Could Threaten Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering

By MICHAEL WINES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tRSoom

A Long Journey North for Migrants That May End Where It Started

By TODD HEISLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2lI9NMr

Conjuring Spirits in Florida

By MICHAEL ADNO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IECqmI

WW2 pilot takes helicopter to make comrade's funeral

A 94-year-old World War Two glider pilot takes his first helicopter flight to attend a comrade's funeral.

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Donald Trump gets prank call on Air Force One

Donald Trump was fooled by a comedian into taking a prank call while on board Air Force One.

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More Americans Evacuated From China Over Mysterious Ailments

By STEVEN LEE MYERS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2tOJjN5

Miguel Andujar Gives Yankees a Boost Against the Red Sox. And in the Trade Market?

By BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2NbGwGz

Mets Lose to a Marlins Pitcher Making His First Start

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2tFLAuJ

How to Clean Those Pesky Summer Stains

By JOLIE KERR from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2yVqE7Q

Luxury’s Chess Masters Prepare for a New Game

By ELIZABETH PATON and VANESSA FRIEDMAN from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2Nd4cuj

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘It’ and ‘Liquid Science’

By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2Kw7JSl

Love and Pride in Alabama: A Photo Album

By REBECCA LIEBERMAN and ANNIE FLANAGAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2lLf0Di

A Place by a Lake or in the Woods: the Canada Letter

By IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KA38Ss

3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime

By SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yY1Jka

Prankster Calls the President, and the White House Puts Him Right Through

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tPGSda

Quotation of the Day: A Black Soldier Achieves a Dream That the Army Denied, Until Now

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NHS England to stop 'ineffective' treatments

Tonsils removal and breast reductions are among 17 procedures that will be offered to fewer patients.

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Steel firm Thyssenkrupp backs Tata merger

The UK's biggest steelworks at Port Talbot will become part of the newly merged group.

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Virgin Atlantic stops accepting forced deportations

The move comes amid concern over the treatment of Windrush migrants and LGBT asylum seekers.

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Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black become parents

Olympic diver Daley and Dustin Lance Black announce the birth of their son, Robert Ray.

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Canada 'will not back down' over US metals tariffs

Canada also unveiled $2bn in aid to protect its steel and aluminium industries from the US tariffs.

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'I can't sleep. I can't breathe'

A Honduran mother describes her "horrible" ordeal after being separated from her six-year-old son.

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DR Congo: Oil drilling allowed in wildlife parks

Virunga and Salonga national parks in DR Congo are home to threatened mountain gorillas and bonobo.

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New NHS app 'puts patients in control of their own healthcare'

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt unveils a new NHS app which "puts patients in control".

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Trump to name nominee for Supreme Court on 9 July

The US president has five people in mind, including two women, and will name his choice on 9 July.

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Newspaper shooting suspect 'barricaded exit'

The Capital Gazette gunman shot one victim trying to flee through a door he barricaded, say police.

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Lettuce growers warn of imminent shortage

Leafy salad growers say the summer's high temperatures have boosted demand but damaged crops.

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The Papers: Fizzy drink rationing and ops dropped

The carbon dioxide shortage is still making headlines while there are reports of cuts in NHS services.

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How can you dance without music?

The story of a deaf dance star.

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Five circus tigers re-homed on the Isle of Wight

Five former Spanish circus tigers have found a new home on the Isle of Wight.

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Adam Sandler: Wedding Singer turns wedding crasher

One couple were treated to a big surprise on their wedding day by a cameo appearance from Adam Sandler.

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Week in pictures: 23 - 29 June 2018

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

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Wingsuit flyer in Snowdon close proximity feat

Sam Laming has become the first wingsuit flyer to soar over Mount Snowdon.

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Ed Sheeran's wedding chapel plan rejected

The singer had hoped to marry in the building at his Suffolk home but planners turned down his bid.

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Saudi wastes no time to rap at the wheel

Leesa A sings in the music video of her driving released on the day a decades-old ban was lifted.

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How long will this heat last?

BBC Weather's Helen Willetts with the latest update on the hot weather.

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'Silly' cancer nurse Debbie reunited with patient

Liz Brown said nurse Debbie Bye did "silly things" to make her cancer treatment less painful.

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The death of a Poundworld

Discount retailer Poundworld is teetering on the brink. For staff and customers, it's more than just a brand that could be lost.

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Thai cave rescue: Drones, dogs, drilling and desperation

A full-scale international effort is under way to reach 12 young Thais and their coach lost in a vast cave.

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