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World and Politics In Brief - 10:55 AM 5/14/2017
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WSJ.com: World News: Tillerson Pledges Independence Despite Comey Fallout
WSJ.com: World News: Life Inside a Conglomerate
1. Podcasts from mikenova (14 sites): Hourly News Summary: NPR News: 05-14-2017 10AM ET
WSJ.com: World News: China's President Xi Casts Country as Guardian of Globalization
Top Stories - Google News: Aric Almirola crash highlights danger, progress in NASCAR - FOXSports.com
AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: Pope prays in silence for all mothers in heaven and on earth
Reuters: World News: Western envoys shun Qatar event attended by Sudan's Bashir
Reuters: World News: Iran's Khatami urges voters to re-elect Rouhani as president
NYT > World: Berlin Journal: Guten Gefilte! Jewish Delicacies Beguile the German Capital
NYT > World: In Beijing, Putin Plays Two Piano Tunes From His Childhood
AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: A suicide at age 8? Very rare, but not inconceivable
Top Stories - Google News: Junior dos Santos on loss at UFC 211: 'It's terrible, man, it's terrible' - MMA Fighting
Donald Trump - Google News: NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump's Firing of James Comey - NBCNews.com
1. Podcasts from mikenova (14 sites): Hourly News Summary: NPR News: 05-14-2017 9AM ET
AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters
Reuters: World News: Britain is gearing up for EU rows, Brexit minister says
World news + Video | The Guardian: Emmanuel Macron's inauguration speech: the world needs a strong France video
WSJ.com: World News: List of Cyberattack Victims Grows to More Than 200,000
AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: Schools brace for impact if Congress cuts Medicaid spending
Reuters: World News: Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul
Trump - Google News: Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up - Axios
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At least 100,000 groups in 150 countries hit by ransomware
GOP wins in reversing Obama-era rules on guns, environment
Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up - Axios
Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul
List of Cyberattack Victims Grows to More Than 200,000
Emmanuel Macron's inauguration speech: the world needs a strong France video
In Beijing, Putin Plays Two Piano Tunes From His Childhood
Berlin Journal: Guten Gefilte! Jewish Delicacies Beguile the German Capital
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile
Emmanuel Macron Arrives for Inauguration as French President
Ransomware Hack Exploited Human Error
Grow a spine, Republicans, and push back against Trump - Los Angeles Times
Trump may dump Spicer, considering Fox host as spokesperson: report - The Hill
Trump: 'In America we don't worship government, we worship God' - The Hill
Comey Replacement May Be Named Soon, Trump Says - New York Times
White House 'systems failed' with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons - Washington Post
China's silky threat to American leadership - Fox News
Microsoft issues 'highly unusual' Windows XP patch to prevent massive ransomware attack - The Verge
Trump's Papal Visit: Pope Francis Vows Not to Judge Him Before Meeting - NBCNews.com
Sessions Releases Memo to All 94 US Attorneys Calling for Reversal of Holder-era Policy - Fox News
CIA Establishes Special Mission Center for North Korea - Breitbart News
Records show violent history for Ohio nursing home gunman - Chicago Tribune
Jordanian stabs Israeli police officer, shot dead: police
Syrian army regains control of airport in northern Syria from Islamic State
Passenger train derails in Greece, reports of injuries
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WSJ.com: World News: Tillerson Pledges Independence Despite Comey Fallout

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expressed confidence that he can navigate the delicate task of improving relations with Russia amid fallout over President Donald Trumps firing last week of the top official probing possible ties of Trump associates to the country.



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WSJ.com: World News: Life Inside a Conglomerate

Ayala, one of the Philippines largest conglomerates, built Brian Chuahiocks home, owns his school district, manages his savings account and operates his phone network. Now Manila is taking on alleged anti-competitive behavior by big companies that dominate the lives of many Filipinos.



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WSJ.com: World News: China's President Xi Casts Country as Guardian of Globalization

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a more open, inclusive world order, injecting a note of geopolitical ambition into a global gathering to promote Chinas vision for greater economic cooperation across Asia, Europe and Africa.



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Top Stories - Google News: Aric Almirola crash highlights danger, progress in NASCAR - FOXSports.com


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Aric Almirola crash highlights danger, progress in NASCAR
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At its core, auto racing always was and always will be dangerous. That's a fact. Saturday night's scary crash at Kansas Speedway, where Aric Almirola plowed into Danica Patrick and Joey Logano was a sobering reminder of the laws of physics: Momentum ...

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AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: Pope prays in silence for all mothers in heaven and on earth

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has invited faithful in St. Peter's Square to join him in silent prayer for each one's own mother, including those in Heaven....

AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT
Reuters: World News: Western envoys shun Qatar event attended by Sudan's Bashir

DOHA (Reuters) - Western diplomats shunned the opening ceremony of a conference in Qatar on Sunday attended by Sudan's president, who is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  


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Reuters: World News: Iran's Khatami urges voters to re-elect Rouhani as president

DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Mohammad Khatami, considered the spiritual leader of Iran's reformists, urged voters on Sunday to re-elect President Hassan Rouhani and support his policy of seeking to end Iran's isolation from the rest of the world.
  


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NYT > World: Berlin Journal: Guten Gefilte! Jewish Delicacies Beguile the German Capital

Young Jews have been emigrating to Berlin by the thousands, and their traditional foods, reimagined or not, are a hit on the flourishing foodie scene.



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NYT > World: In Beijing, Putin Plays Two Piano Tunes From His Childhood

President Xi Jinping of China, right, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arriving for a banquet at the forum in Beijing on Sunday.



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AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: A suicide at age 8? Very rare, but not inconceivable

NEW YORK (AP) -- The death was startling even to the coroner: a boy only 8 years old apparently killing himself in his Cincinnati bedroom....

AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT
Top Stories - Google News: Junior dos Santos on loss at UFC 211: 'It's terrible, man, it's terrible' - MMA Fighting


MMA Fighting

Junior dos Santos on loss at UFC 211: 'It's terrible, man, it's terrible'
MMA Fighting
It didn't go the way Junior dos Santos wanted it to in his UFC 211 rematch with Stipe Miocic, yet up until the moment he got caught he felt he was executing the game plan perfectly. The 33-year-old dos Santos was knocked out midway through the first ...

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Donald Trump - Google News: NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump's Firing of James Comey - NBCNews.com


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NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump's Firing of James Comey
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Just 29 percent of Americans say they approve of President Donald Trump'sdecision to fire FBI Director James Comey, while 38 percent disapprove, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Another 32 percent of respondents don't ...

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1. Podcasts from mikenova (14 sites): Hourly News Summary: NPR News: 05-14-2017 9AM ET

NPR News: 05-14-2017 9AM ET



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AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- State Sen. Mary Lazich was adamant: The bill Republicans were about to push through the Wisconsin state Senate, requiring that voters present identification at the polls, would do no harm....

AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT
Reuters: World News: Britain is gearing up for EU rows, Brexit minister says

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is gearing up for rows with the EU over the structure of divorce talks and the future role of the European court, fuelling an increasingly bitter war of words before negotiations begin.
  


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World news + Video | The Guardian: Emmanuel Macron's inauguration speech: the world needs a strong France video

In his speech at the Élysée Palace in Paris, the new president of France says he will do everything that is necessary to fight terrorism. The centrist also lists the global migration crisis and climate change among his challenges
Continue reading...

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WSJ.com: World News: List of Cyberattack Victims Grows to More Than 200,000

More than 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries were hit by the cyber pandemic that tore through computer systems across the globe in recent days, the head of Europes police agency said.



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AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT: Schools brace for impact if Congress cuts Medicaid spending

For school districts still getting their financial footing after the Great Recession, the Medicaid changes being advanced as part of the health care overhaul are sounding familiar alarms....

AP Top News at 10:16 a.m. EDT
Reuters: World News: Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called attention on Sunday to the plight of people affected by war and conflict in the Middle East as U.S.-backed forces close in on Islamic State militants in Iraq.
  


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Trump - Google News: Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up - Axios


Axios

Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up
Axios
At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a "huge reboot" that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon, to counsel ...
Trump considering staff shake-up: reportsThe Hill
Why Photos of President Trump Are So Aggressively BoringWIRED

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At least 100,000 groups in 150 countries hit by ransomware

LONDON (AP) -- An unprecedented global "ransomware" attack has hit at least 100,000 organizations in 150 countries, Europe's police agency said Sunday - and predicted that more damage may be seen Monday as people return to work and switch on their computers....
GOP wins in reversing Obama-era rules on guns, environment

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Final score: Republicans 14, Barack Obama's last-minute regulations, one....
Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up - Axios


Axios

Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up
Axios
At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a "huge reboot" that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon, to counsel ...
Trump considering staff shake-up: reportsThe Hill
Why Photos of President Trump Are So Aggressively BoringWIRED

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Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraqi troops advance in Mosul

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called attention on Sunday to the plight of people affected by war and conflict in the Middle East as U.S.-backed forces close in on Islamic State militants in Iraq.
  
List of Cyberattack Victims Grows to More Than 200,000

More than 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries were hit by the cyber pandemic that tore through computer systems across the globe in recent days, the head of Europes police agency said.

Emmanuel Macron's inauguration speech: the world needs a strong France video

In his speech at the Élysée Palace in Paris, the new president of France says he will do everything that is necessary to fight terrorism. The centrist also lists the global migration crisis and climate change among his challenges
Continue reading...
In Beijing, Putin Plays Two Piano Tunes From His Childhood

President Xi Jinping of China, right, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arriving for a banquet at the forum in Beijing on Sunday.

Berlin Journal: Guten Gefilte! Jewish Delicacies Beguile the German Capital

Young Jews have been emigrating to Berlin by the thousands, and their traditional foods, reimagined or not, are a hit on the flourishing foodie scene.

North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired what appeared to be a new type of ballistic missile with a greater range than any other projectile it has successfully launched, at a time when the international community is tense about Pyongyangs nuclear ambitions.

Emmanuel Macron Arrives for Inauguration as French President

Emmanuel Macron was poised to become the president of France, launching the 39-year-olds efforts to overhaul the French economy and reinforce the European Union.

Ransomware Hack Exploited Human Error

The global cyberattack combined elite hacking tools with a particularly devastating form of malicious software known as ransomware. But another factor helped turn the outbreak into one of the nastiest computer infections ever: human fallibility.

Grow a spine, Republicans, and push back against Trump - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Grow a spine, Republicans, and push back against Trump
Los Angeles Times
The sound judgment of Donald Trump appears to have calmed these excitable Republicans, because few seem worried by the president's extraordinarily scandalous firing of FBI Director James Comey, who was overseeing his agency's counterintelligence ...

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Trump may dump Spicer, considering Fox host as spokesperson: report - The Hill


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Trump may dump Spicer, considering Fox host as spokesperson: report
The Hill
While senior White House officials and Vice President Pence maintainedTrump fired Comey on the Justice Department's recommendation, Trump later busted that account, saying he made the decision alone and would have fired Comey regardless of the ...
'Justice' Preview: Trump Says It's a 'Good Idea' to End Daily Press BriefingsFox News Insider

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Trump: 'In America we don't worship government, we worship God' - The Hill


The Hill

Trump: 'In America we don't worship government, we worship God'
The Hill
Speaking to a friendly crowd at the country's largest Christian university on Saturday, President Trump told the graduating class that "in America, we don't worship government, we worship God. America has always been the land of dreams because ... 

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Trump slams 'critics' in his first commencement address as presidentABC News
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Kimmel stitched Trump's words into a fake commencement speech. The real speeches were stranger.Washington Post
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Comey Replacement May Be Named Soon, Trump Says - New York Times


New York Times

Comey Replacement May Be Named Soon, Trump Says
New York Times
President Trump said on Saturday that he would move quickly to appoint a replacement for the ousted F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, declaring that it's possible he could select a permanent leader before leaving for a long overseas trip next Friday ...

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White House 'systems failed' with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons - Washington Post


Washington Post

White House 'systems failed' with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons
Washington Post
In deciding to abruptly fire FBI Director James B. Comey, President Trumpcharacteristically let himself be guided by his own instincts fueled by his creeping anger and sense of victimhood about a probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election ...
The Election Is Over, but Trump Can't Seem to Get Past ItNew York Times
Trump pledges to move quickly to name new FBI directorReuters
Trump says new FBI director 'possible' by Friday, candidates 'vetted over their lifetime'Fox News
CBS News -Politico -Los Angeles Times
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China's silky threat to American leadership - Fox News


Fox News

China's silky threat to American leadership
Fox News
China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria). This weekend, while the Sunday talk shows obsess about ...

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Microsoft issues 'highly unusual' Windows XP patch to prevent massive ransomware attack - The Verge


The Verge

Microsoft issues 'highly unusual' Windows XP patch to prevent massive ransomware attack
The Verge
UK hospitals, Telefonica, FedEx, and other businesses were hit by a massive ransomware attack on Friday. Around 75,000 computers in 99 countries were affected by malware known as WannaCry, which encrypts a computer and demands a $300 ransom ...
NHS seeks to recover from global cyber-attack as security concerns resurfaceThe Guardian
Ransomware that infected Telefonica and NHS hospitals is spreading aggressively, with over 50,000 attacks so far, todayAvast Blog
Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks MSRC - TechNet Blogs - MicrosoftTechNet Blogs - Microsoft
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Trump's Papal Visit: Pope Francis Vows Not to Judge Him Before Meeting - NBCNews.com


NBCNews.com

Trump's Papal Visit: Pope Francis Vows Not to Judge Him Before Meeting
NBCNews.com
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE Pope Francis on Saturday said he will withhold judgment of Donald Trump until the two have a chance to speak during the president's visit to the Vatican next week. During a news conference on board the papal plane, ...

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Sessions Releases Memo to All 94 US Attorneys Calling for Reversal of Holder-era Policy - Fox News


Fox News

Sessions Releases Memo to All 94 US Attorneys Calling for Reversal of Holder-era Policy
Fox News
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' office sent out a letter late Thursday to the nation's federal prosecutors instructing them to pursue the most serious charges possible against most criminal suspects. The move will send more people to prison and for ...

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CIA Establishes Special Mission Center for North Korea - Breitbart News


Breitbart News

CIA Establishes Special Mission Center for North Korea
Breitbart News
The CIA announced this week that it has established a Korea Mission Center at its headquarters in Langley, Virginia to focus on the threat of North Korea. The new Mission Center draws on experienced officers from across the Agency and integrates ...

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Records show violent history for Ohio nursing home gunman - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

Records show violent history for Ohio nursing home gunman
Chicago Tribune
Thomas Hartless, who authorities say gunned down an Ohio village police chief and two nursing home employees, had a history of violence, according to court records. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction). Associated Press. Court records show ...

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Jordanian stabs Israeli police officer, shot dead: police

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Jordanian citizen stabbed and wounded an Israeli police officer who then shot him dead in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, Israeli police said.
  
Syrian army regains control of airport in northern Syria from Islamic State

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army has taken full control of a small airbase in the eastern Aleppo countryside that had been held by Islamic State, helped by heavy aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian airforces, pro-state media and an army source said on Saturday.
  
Passenger train derails in Greece, reports of injuries

ATHENS (Reuters) - A passenger train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night but there was no immediate information about casualties, a fire brigade official said.
  
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