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Apple tries to take a bite out of credit card industry
Apple is rolling out a credit card that it says is designed to do things no other card can. So how does it actually stack up? It looks different from a traditional credit card — there’s no number on the front and the users’ name is etched in metal. The card expands the company’s digital…
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Grounded Southwest Boeing 737 Max 8 makes emergency landing on way to storage facility
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 on its way from Orlando to a temporary storage facility in California made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Tuesday afternoon. Southwest Flight 8701 was headed from Orlando International Airport to Southern California Logistics Airport, an aircraft storage facility in Victorville following the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent grounding of…
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Prosecutors drop all charges against ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett
In a stunning reversal, Cook County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett on disorderly conduct charges for allegedly staging a phony attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime. “We believe this outcome is a just disposition and appropriate resolution to this case,” a prosecutor said in…
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Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘did not conspire with Russia’
BBC – President Trump’s campaign “did not conspire” with Russia during the 2016 election campaign, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report says. A summary of Mr Mueller’s report released on Sunday “did not draw a conclusion” as to whether there was any obstruction of justice, either, whilst not exonerating the president. However, the attorney general says…
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Robert Mueller’s report delivered to U.S. attorney general
Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian election interference and possible co-ordination with associates of U.S. President Donald Trump. The Justice Department says Mueller delivered his final report Friday to Attorney General William Barr, who is reviewing it. Mueller’s report, still confidential, sets the stage for big public fights to come. The…
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Nirav Modi arrested in UK amid India fraud case allegations linked to Antigua
BBC – A billionaire Indian diamond trader, whose jewellery was worn by the likes of model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and actress Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, has been arrested in the UK. Nirav Modi is wanted for his alleged role in India’s largest bank fraud, totalling some $2bn (£1.5bn). He left the country in early 2018, and has not…
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Trump to meet 5 Caribbean leaders on Friday
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet at his Florida resort on Friday with the leaders of the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Lucia to discuss Chinese “predatory economic practices” and the Venezuela situation, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. Trump and the Caribbean leaders will also discuss security cooperation and…
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Philippine President used the word ‘Bitch’ to refer to women at Gender Equality event
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addressed a group of women as “bitch” last Monday during an award ceremony highlighting the work of female military and police. The president referred to the largely female audience as “puta,” which translates to “bitch,” during a ceremony for Outstanding Women in Law Enforcement and National Security. Duterte, who is infamous for his…
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US Supreme Court to consider whether Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo deserves new sentencing
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider whether Lee Boyd Malvo, the teenage half of the Beltway snipers who terrorized the Washington region 16 years ago, may challenge his sentence of life in prison without parole. Malvo, 34, was a 17-year-old when he and John Allen Muhammad committed what Virginia officials called “one…
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Ethiopian Airlines: ‘Clear similarities’ with Indonesia crash
BBC – Flight data from the Ethiopian Airlines disaster a week ago suggest “clear similarities” with a crash off Indonesia last October, Ethiopia’s transport minister has said. Both planes were Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. Last Sunday the Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board. Transport Minister…
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Boeing grounds entire crash aircraft fleet
Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash. The US plane-maker said it would suspend all 371 of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration said fresh evidence as well as newly refined satellite data prompted the decision to…