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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he wants and deserves to meet the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the fast-moving scandal that has triggered an impeachment probe against him. The whistleblower, who could testify soon before Congress, fears for their safety if their identity is revealed, according to a lawyers' letter released by CBS News. Battling the deepest crisis of his presidency, Trump in a series of tweets railed against accusations that he should be impeached for urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, his potential 2020 White House challenger. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2m8TD2u

Arsenal and Man United are both incomplete, as their dour draw illustrated, but at least the Gunners have the goals of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. from www.espn.com - TOP https://ift.tt/2oExqdt

Norman was one of the rare black singers to reach fame in the opera world. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2oLJ1HR

A pilot project at Rotterdam airport plans to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into jet fuel. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2nfOK8f

He was stolen from his family, then he stole from "posh homes" - now actor Jack Charles wants closure. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2mYs6Bt

A New York police officer was shot and killed by "friendly fire" on Sunday while investigating gang activity in the Bronx and a suspect also died in the incident, police said on Monday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2oH6vOc

Relatives of Abdullah Haron, who died in detention 50 years ago, are still traumatised by his death. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2nXWk7K

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A California man was caught and arrested by police Saturday morning, but not before he managed to elude them for two hours while hiding inside a corn maze. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mpwyst

More than half of Americans — and an overwhelming number of Democrats — say they approve of the fact that Congress has opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But as the inquiry begins, there is no national consensus on how to assess the president's actions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mno1WY

Somali insurgents on Monday mounted an ambitious attack on a base where U.S. special forces train Somali commandos, while an Italian military convoy was hit in a separate blast in the capital Mogadishu. Twin vehicle-borne bombs at the Baledogle base, where Somali forces and Ugandan peacekeepers are also housed, were followed by small arms fire, a security source and Somali police said. The al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab said it carried out the attack. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ozZVZX

Heavy rains have killed at least 113 people in India's Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states over the past three days, officials said on Monday, as flood waters swamped a major city, inundated hospital wards and forced the evacuation of inmates from a jail. India's monsoon season that begins in June usually starts to retreat by early September, but heavy rains have continued across parts of the country this year, triggering floods. An official said that at least 93 people had died in most populous Uttar Pradesh since Friday after its eastern areas were lashed by intense monsoon showers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2oKdlTn

Police say Nicolas Elliott shot and killed another motorist "for merely looking at him while stopped at a red traffic light." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2oavlWp

Balls have been leaving the yard at record rates all season long. Here's what that means for the postseason. from www.espn.com - TOP https://ift.tt/2nUn2xK

Alberto Salazar, Mo Farah's former athletics coach, has been banned from the sport for four years after being found guilty of doping violations. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mstmfR

Performer and educator Jess Herman has come up with a creative way of teaching teenagers about sex. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2m8ooVf

A smartphone app can make a detailed virtual avatar allowing you to try on a whole range of clothes. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mJMia9

Be More Chill was kept alive thanks to the cult following its soundtrack built up on streaming. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nL9W5U

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Saudi Arabia's crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to "unimaginably high numbers" if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2nIsHHh

A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah, injuring at least five people, authorities said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2nDUOY9

Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, the county's first Sikh officer, was killed Friday during a traffic stop near Houston. Police have arrested Robert Solis. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2npuFfz

An Iowa newspaper reporter who exposed racist tweets by a charity fundraiser has found himself out of a job after his own offensive posts were uncovered.  Aaron Calvin, a journalist for the Des Moines Register, began looking into sports fan Carson King when his jovial plea for beer money turned into a national fundraiser for a children's hospital. But his profile of Mr King led to a public backlash and the newspaper was forced to hire extra security after receiving threats. Public scrutiny turned to Mr Calvin himself, who left the newspaper after it emerged he had made comments mocking same-sex marriage and used a racial slur. Mr King gained national fame on September 14, when his hand-drawn sign for donations for his "Busch Light Supply"  at an Iowa State University American football game was featured in the background of a TV broadcast.  He initially received around $600 (£488) from amused spectators but as donations topped $1 million (£814,650), Mr King said he would d

Kurt Volker, the State Department's special envoy for Ukraine, resigned Friday amid a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump and his communications with the Ukrainian government, including the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Volker did not provide a public explanation for leaving his post, but a source familiar with his decision said Volker concluded he could not perform the job effectively as a result of the recent developments.One person familiar with the matter told NBC News that Volker's resignation will likely enable him to be much freer in what he can say about his time at his post if he is called at some point to testify before Congress.The whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry alleges that Volker went to Kiev to help guide Ukrainian officials on how to handle Trump's alleged demands that the government investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter. He also reportedly spoke with Trump's personal lawyer Ru

The man who slammed his SUV into a suburban Chicago mall has been formally charged with terrorism and criminal damage to property, authorities said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mR8Khs

Wildlife officials found three more dead wild elephants in central Sri Lanka Saturday, raising the number believed to have been poisoned by angry villagers to seven. The animals were found at a forest reserve near Sigiriya, a fifth-century rock fortress and UNESCO-protected heritage site, police said. "Since Friday, we have found the remains of seven cow elephants, including a tusker," police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nAUHMQ

Hong Kong protesters are to join a global "anti-totalitarianism rally" on Sunday, following another night of violent clashes with police after weeks of pro-democracy unrest in the Chinese-ruled city. Police fired tear gas and water cannon on Saturday night to disperse protesters who threw petrol bombs and rocks, broke government office windows and blocked a key road near the local headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army. Thousands, young and old, gathered peacefully on Saturday at a harbourside park to mark the fifth anniversary of the "Umbrella" pro-democracy movement which gridlocked streets for 79 days in 2014. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nytw5z

Back home in the Bronx is where I first heard the old saw about the Irishman who, coming upon a donnybrook at the local pub, asks a bystander: “Is this a private fight or can anybody join?”I was a much younger fellow then. The prospect becomes less alluring with age, so I have some trepidation stepping in between two old friends, Andrew Napolitano and Joe DiGenova. Through intermediary hosts, the pair -- Napolitano a former New Jersey Superior Court jurist and law professor, DiGenova a former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and prominent defense lawyer -- brawled this week on Fox News (where I, like they, contribute regularly).I’m going to steer clear of the pugnacious to-ing and fro-ing. Let’s consider the intriguing legal issue that ignited it.Judge Napolitano argues that the July 25 conversation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky contains the makings of a campaign-finance crime. He highlights Trump’s request for Ukraine’s help in i

The BJP has fielded former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor as a candidate for the upcoming Gujarat bypolls. He will contest from Radhanpur, a seat he had won in 2017 on a Congress ticket. from NDTV News - Top-stories https://ift.tt/2nFerPI

Lakers coach Frank Vogel says he wants LeBron James to get enough reps in the preseason to familiarize himself with his new teammates, but at the same time will be cognizant to "not overdo it." from www.espn.com - NBA https://ift.tt/2nFpHvt

Police fire tear gas to control a crowd who say firefighters were too slow to respond to the fire. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mUORG7

Thousands of women are dying needlessly because of delays in diagnosis and poor care, a report says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2m82BwT

A band of volunteer firefighters are on a mission to stop their stretch of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from going up in flames. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nL7Gfi

Independent-school leaders hit back at Labour's plans to ban fee-paying schools. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mSRFDG

At least 13 self-inflicted deaths among people who took alcohol with cocaine have occurred in a year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nGuTiE

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An impeachment inquiry is looming, and the revelations in the whistleblower scandal pop up hour by hour, but President Trump took CNN to task on Friday over the use of the word “liddle.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mBuQV4

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A group of 66 African refugees and asylum-seekers arrived in Kigali late Thursday, the UN said, the first of what could be thousands relocated from Libya under a new programme. Earlier this month, Rwanda signed a deal with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR agreeing to take in African refugees and asylum-seekers stranded in Libya. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nFMozr

The president removed Dan Coats days after his conversation with Zelenskiy and insisted that Coats’s deputy not get the jobDan Coats, seen in 2018, reportedly interrupted a meeting to convince his deputy to resign. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesThree days after his now infamous phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Donald Trump abruptly fired his director of national intelligence in favour of an inexperienced political loyalist.According to a New York Times report, the White House learned within days that the unorthodox call on 25 July with Zelenskiy had raised red flags among intelligence professionals and was likely to trigger an official complaint.That timeline has raised new questions over the timing of the Trump’s dismissal by tweet of the director of national intelligence (DNI), Dan Coats, on 28 July and his insistence that the deputy DNI, Sue Gordon, a career intelligence professional, did not step into the role, even in an acting capacity.

Oklahoma and Notre Dame became the sixth and seventh FBS teams to earn 900 wins in program history on Saturday. from www.espn.com - TOP https://ift.tt/2mGLfYc

Mets star Pete Alonso hit his 53rd home run of the season on Saturday, breaking Aaron Judge's record for most homers by a rookie. from www.espn.com - TOP https://ift.tt/2mGTjIz

'They're crazy' - the man who created the labradoodle says it's a huge regret. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2lGoKCl

The Beijing Daxing International Airport spans 700,000 square metres - or 98 football fields. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2lxO11u

Pictures and videos of the phenomenon went viral on social media over the weekend. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2l0xCSR

Elizabeth May was "shocked" to see the image, saying it was manipulated without her knowledge. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2lfUxtx

Rep. Mark Amodei became the first GOP member of Congress to back the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2lK5LH0

Iran has released a "never before seen" photo of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei alongside Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. The three men are shown in front of what appears to be a door covered by a curtain and surrounded by shelves stacked with books -- decor associated with Khamenei's Tehran office. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nsPaIr

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(Bloomberg) -- Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara is in favor of “handing over to the new generation” in next year’s presidential polls, but did not rule out running in the election.The 78-year-old, who has just over a year left of his second term in office, was addressing reporters in his hometown of Dimbroko after a four-day visit to the surrounding region.Ouattara addressed plans to amend the constitution to include an age limit for presidential hopefuls, saying “it’s part of the evolution of our country,” Seventy-five percent of the population is aged under 30 and “we can’t remain indifferent.” But he also said “don’t interpret this as me not being a candidate.”His fiercest political rivals include Henri Konan Bedie , 85, who broke away from the ruling coalition last year after Ouattara claimed a new constitution adopted in 2016 allows him to seek a third mandate if he wishes.Another, Laurent Gbagbo, 74, was acquitted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes ag

Yemen's Houthi movement said on Saturday it had carried out a major attack near the border with the southern Saudi region of Najran and captured many troops and vehicles, but there was no immediate confirmation from Saudi Arabian authorities. The Houthis' military spokesman said in a statement that three "enemy military brigades had fallen" in the attack, which he said was launched 72 hours ago and supported by the group's drone, missile and air defence units. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mBbnUk

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How Trump impeachment is polling, Warren's continued rise, Gabbard qualifies for the fourth debate, and campaign cash troubles plague some Democrats. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2nfbRj2

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Trump took to cable news and Twitter on Friday morning as the first week of the impeachment battle came to a close in Washington. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mmmhNN

Wilson's ex-wife, Valerie Plame, a former CIA officer now running for Congress, told the Times his cause of death was organ failure. Wilson died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Times reported. Wilson served in several diplomatic posts during a 23-year career that began in 1976. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mqF8qP

Everything about the Nintendo Switch is awesome, from its convertible design to all the great games available for the console. Well… ALMOST everything about it is awesome. If you're like me, you think the flimsy kickstand is going to break every single time you open it. And if you're not careful, one of these days it's going to. Instead of tempting fate, pick up a Nulaxy Tablet Stand for Nintendo Switch. It's the sturdy, durable stand your beloved Switch deserves.Here's some additional info from the product page: * 【Universal Compatibility】: Nulaxy A3 tablet stand works with all 4-13 inch Smartphones, Tablets and e-readers, such as Nintendo Switch, iPhone X 8 / 6 / 6s / 7 / 7 plus, Galaxy S9 / S8 / S7 / S6 / Note6, iPad mini / pro / Air, Samsung Tab, Google Nexus, Kindle, even in protect cover. The hook width of the stand is 14mm, please make sure the thickness of your device is no more than 14mm (0.55 in) * 【Sturdy & Protective】: This phone stand is made of hig

The 16-year-old Swede met privately with Trudeau but later told a news conference with local indigenous leaders that he was "not doing enough" to curb greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Thunberg generated headlines around the world earlier this week with her viral so-called "How Dare You?" speech at the UN climate summit, accusing world leaders of betraying her generation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2mtqob3

Mets slugger Pete Alonso hit his 52nd homer of the season, tying Yankees star Aaron Judge's total from 2017 for most by a rookie. from www.espn.com - TOP https://ift.tt/2lPqObk

British finance minister Sajid Javid will unveil a 16.6 billion pound ($20.40 billion) "no-deal guarantee" to make up for a shortfall in European Union grants to British businesses, universities and charities over the next few years, the Daily Mail newspaper reported https://dailym.ai/2mszW5P on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2npzNAb