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By Idrees Ali ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to confront what Washington sees as China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea, despite drawing condemnation from Beijing for an operation in the region over the weekend. Reuters first reported that two U.S. Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, even as President Donald Trump seeks Chinese cooperation on North Korea. The operation, known as "freedom of navigation," was the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing's efforts to limit freedom of navigation in the strategic waters, where Chinese, Japanese and some Southeast Asian navies operate. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2sqt0oG

A gunman killed two female police officers and a man in a parked car in the eastern Belgian city of Liege, before he was shot dead by police. The assailant is suspected of being radicalised in prison by Islamist militants. - At around 10:30 am (0830 GMT), a man followed two female police officers in Liege, stabbed them several times, then grabbed their firearms and shot them both dead. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xrmAM7

The rising cost of higher education makes affording medical school tough for the vast majority of students. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, 75 percent of medical students who graduated in 2017 borrowed student loans to pay for school. Among U.S. medical school graduates who borrowed, those who attended public institutions finished their degrees with nearly $170,000 on average in student loans, according to data submitted to U.S. News by 52 ranked schools in an annual survey. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2J3AIME

Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has dismissed attacks from Roseanne Barr, the star of ABC’s now-cancelled sitcom Roseanne, who falsely accused the Jewish businessman of being a Nazi. Ms Barr went on a Twitter tirade on Tuesday morning, making racist comments about members of the Obama administration and falsely claiming that Chelsea Clinton was married to a nephew of Mr Soros – a Hungarian-born businessman and major left-wing donor. After Ms Clinton corrected the falsehood, Ms Barr tweeted a half-apology, writing: “Sorry to have tweeted incorrect info about you!I[sic] please forgive me!". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L7GXjg

Russia's embattled liberal community was reeling Wednesday from the murder of fiercely anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko who was gunned down in Ukraine after leaving Moscow following a campaign of harassment. A prominent Russian war correspondent, Babchenko, 41, was murdered on Tuesday evening in a contract-style killing in the stairwell of his building in the Ukrainian capital Kiev where he moved last year. The journalist was killed less than a month after President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated for his fourth Kremlin term and as Russia gears up to host the World Cup later this month. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xpI4c1

Another early death has struck "Deadliest Catch." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IVPGIB

President Donald Trump called out Mexico on Tuesday, vowing yet again that the from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H03oVb

Police officers have been reassigned to administrative duty amid an investigation into a video posted online showing an officer punching a woman on a beach in New Jersey. Wildwood police said on their Facebook page that 20-year-old Emily Weinman, of Philadelphia, faces several charges, including two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Video of Saturday's incident shows an officer striking the woman's head twice as she's down on the sand. Voices are heard yelling "stop resisting," though it's unclear who was talking. The video doesn't show what led to the confrontation. Wildwood Police Chief Robert Regalbuto said he finds the video "alarming" but doesn't want to "rush to any judgment" until the investigation is complete. Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the episode was a "shame," but said police would soon release body camera footage s...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich had every right to take Israeli citizenship, saying his choice to acquire another passport was no big deal. Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea soccer club who has found himself without a visa to Britain, took Israeli citizenship on Monday and will move to Tel Aviv where he has bought a property, the Israeli news website Ynet said. Abramovich, 51 has traditionally enjoyed good relations with the Kremlin and served as a regional governor in a remote Russian region from 2000-2008. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2LFpBLR

Animal rights activists have expressed outrage after a report on Japan’s “scientific whaling” programme showed that more than two-thirds of the female minke whales harpooned in the Southern Ocean earlier this year were pregnant females. The report, submitted to a meeting of the scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission in Slovenia earlier this month, also showed that 53 of the 333 whales slaughtered were juvenile animals. “The killing of 122 pregnant whales is a shocking statistic and sad indictment on the cruelty of Japan’s whale hunt”, said Alexia Wellbelove, of the Australia branch of Humane Society International. “It is further demonstration, if needed, of the truly gruesome and unnecessary nature of whaling operations, especially when non-lethal surveys have been shown to be sufficient for scientific needs”, she said. Activists accuse Tokyo of ignoring a ruling in 2014 by the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, that Japan’s whaling was a commercial exe...

At the French migrant workers' hostel where "Spiderman" Mamoudou Gassama was sleeping on a floor before becoming a folk hero for saving a child, his exploits have triggered a wave of pride tinged with envy. This week television crews swarmed the centre in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil to find out more about the 22-year-old Malian who was captured on video scaling an apartment block to bring a child hanging from a balcony to safety. Many residents were unaware the shy youth was living at the hostel and happy to see him hailed for his bravery by President Emmanuel Macron and being placed on a fast track to French citizenship. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2shrSVh

Mudslides triggered by the soggy remnants of Alberto forced evacuations below a dam and closed an interstate highway in the western mountains of North Carolina on Wednesday from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L7G7mt

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling coalition started talks with opposition groups on Wednesday on amending provisions of an anti-terrorism law that critics say has criminalised dissent, state-affiliated media said. Watchdog groups say the 2009 law's broad definitions have been used indiscriminately against anyone who opposes government policy. The discussions follow the release on Tuesday of opposition leader Andargachew Tsige, who was sentenced to death under the law in 2009 over his role in the opposition group Ginbot 7, which the government has labelled a terrorist organisation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xtrlVd

The success of the rebooted version of "Roseanne" on ABC may not have been due from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2L549yy

Talks on preparing a summit with the US are under way in New York, Singapore and on the Korean border. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LMYDBR

Ukraine says it acted to foil a Russian plot to assassinate journalist Arkady Babchenko. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2sju3Yw

"Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family," a tweet posted on her account says. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JkrG1h

Greg Hunt has not responded to that assertion, but apologises for swearing at a town mayor. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2IZSa4U

It will now be called the US Indo-Pacific Command to mark the growing importance of the Indian Ocean. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LbPW39

The star meets the president on behalf of a 63-year-old woman jailed for a first-time drug offence. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LJ4yI0

The White House reportedly plans to let a temporary exemption granted to European steel and aluminium expire. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H31QJT

More than 20 people are arrested over the haul, which was hidden in boxes marked "halal meat". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2skUdtL

President Trump weighed in after ABC cancelled Roseanne's show over the tweet about an ex-Obama aide. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2J3jteH

Roxana Hernandez, 33, was being held by immigration authorities in New Mexico when she fell ill. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2kDheEg

Russian regulators have given the company one month to remove the messaging app from its App Store. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2IXAcnB

A man shot dead by police after a murder spree is also suspected of killing a man he met in jail. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2srvkvX

Ukraine staged Arkady Babchenko's murder in Kiev on Tuesday to "foil a Russian assassination plot". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LLM4a0

More than 2,000 Russian women who lived under the Islamic State group have disappeared. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2IYarUh

This photographer has been on a 10-year mission to teach people that pigeons are beautiful. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LF0gBH

Footage of the man who shot dead two police officers and a civilian in Liège shows him with two guns. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2J01Pbz

Market trader 'Sun Hui' gives her view on Kim Jong-un from inside the country. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H1DOza

How two female DJs from St Petersburg are challenging stereotypes, ahead of the World Cup in Russia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ISl7Ua

Russia is providing military support to the Central African Republic (CAR) – but what is Moscow getting in return? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H29p3F

The long-running soap will air Aaron Brennan and David Tanaka's nuptials in September. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2xpDr1y

Archaeologists find a man who, fleeing the initial Vesuvius eruption, was hit by a giant boulder. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2stRP3s

Faith movement based on ancient Sumerian gods attracts thousands of registered followers. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2srGq3N

Choreographer puts on football ballet to celebrate Russia's World Cup from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2xqYvVr

Concern as wild animals come ever closer to populated areas to find food in Finland and Estonia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LHpdwj

Bodies are not buried for months, sometimes years, in Ghana as families bicker over funeral arrangements. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ssWORA

Why members of Chile's transgender community are lobbying for a change in the law. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2slCemY

The hedge fund investor turned liberal philanthropist is politically divisive around the world. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JeT5BF

Will a "Facebook hotline" and propaganda lessons keep polls free and fair? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2H6xOoK

Activists say they are detained without due process over suspected links to a secretive militia in Syria. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2sqPgQv

Following the cancellation of Roseanne's show, which other celebrities have messed up on social media? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2L8yjRA

Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump signs 'Right to Try' bill into law 05/30/18 12:56 PM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Tennessee sheriff's deputy shot and killed, reports say 05/30/18 10:55 AM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Anti-Kremlin journalist’s death faked to thwart murder plot, officials say 05/30/18 10:52 AM

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Talks on preparing a summit with the US are under way in New York, Singapore and on the Korean border. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LMYDBR

A report on boardroom diversity reveals the top 10 worst excuses for not appointing women. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IYnbtZ

Rent-to-own sector faces a cap on prices but the regulator rules out an immediate limit on cost of overdrafts. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2J18Ngn

Fat but otherwise healthy women are still likelier to have a stroke or heart attack, a study says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2J39gyP

German Alexander Zverev admired the reporter's accent so much, he even promised to pay a visit to the county if they ever hold a tournament there. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L9aWay

The Muslim Council of Britain calls for "racists and bigots" to be removed from the party. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LLaNep

Higher patient demand and staff costs are blamed for a total deficit of £960m for trusts in England. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2H34kId

The star meets the president on behalf of a 63-year-old woman jailed for a first-time drug offence. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LJ4yI0

Stuart Gumm often suffers panic attacks, no longer drives, and rarely leaves the house. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2kEfDhw

The iPlayer service will offer 29 matches in higher-than-normal quality, but access will be limited. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L8vvnz

Thameslink is threatened with legal action for comparing its poor service to Poundland chocolate. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LbyGuS

Singer Dua Lipa and Supreme Court president Baroness Hale also make Vogue magazine's roll of honour. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L92l7O

Exiled Russian reporter Arkady Babchenko is pictured and his fake death plot likened to a James Bond film. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2J0HeI0

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More searches for lip filling are made in one northern city than anywhere else in Britain, research suggests. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2xrSd8j

Ko Phi Phi, made famous by Danny Boyle's The Beach, prepares close to tourists to protect its beauty. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2H5BvuT

This photographer has been on a 10-year mission to teach people that pigeons are beautiful. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LF0gBH

A group of Bradford pupils visit the Hay Festival for the first time and give their review. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LaOP3F

More than 2,000 Russian women who lived under the Islamic State group have disappeared. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IYarUh

"Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family," a tweet posted on her account says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JkrG1h

The 23-time Grand Slam winner said she felt like a "warrior" at the French Open. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JkFwRu

How two female DJs from St Petersburg are challenging stereotypes, ahead of the World Cup in Russia. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ISl7Ua

The long-running soap will air Aaron Brennan and David Tanaka's nuptials in September. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2xpDr1y

Following the cancellation of Roseanne's show, which other celebrities have messed up on social media? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L8yjRA

Jesse Duplantis, 68, said God told him to "believe" for his fourth plane, which is set to cost $54m. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2IWTPw9

Some mothers want their twins kept together, some prefer separate classes and others say "they'll find their own way regardless". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LLP5Y3

From Britain's film industry and political playwrights to touring musicians and Eurovision. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JecUt3

Spending on e-cigarettes is increasing. The BBC looks at what's behind the rise. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LMfzIO

The hedge fund investor turned liberal philanthropist is politically divisive around the world. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JeT5BF

(Reuters Health) - Hurricane Maria claimed the lives of 4,645 people in Puerto Rico last year and not the 64 long pegged by the island's government as the official death toll, according to a survey of thousands of residents by a research team led by Harvard University. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2L5ZSLq

A new video game that lets players re-create school shootings by stalking school hallways and racking up kills is being condemned by parents and lawmakers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IVB9IZ

The musical based on the true story of a 16-year old drag queen will be made into a film. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2shxkHQ

More and more college campuses are adopting the idea of safe spaces including a Utah university, which recently built a crying closet to help students cope with the emotional stress of college exams. However, there is now a push for churches to create safe spaces for their congregants.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JgLz9x

Darren Smith shared the story of his shattered table online and was told of many similar incidents. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2shvk2i

Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is taking to try to restore its tarnished image as a hangout where all are welcome. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2L75dCj

A 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of theft and driving while unfit through drink. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L3wOUE

A Utah man is finally home after spending two years in one of Venezuela's worst prisons.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2LHjbvt

Subtropical Storm Alberto made landfall Monday afternoon in the Florida Panhandle.  Tropical rains extended to the Carolinas where a local news crew covering the storm was killed after a falling tree struck their vehicle. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2ITRNsA

A teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student at an Indiana school said Monday that his swift decisions “were the only acceptable actions” to save his seventh-grade classroom. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IQHsSa

Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday on the U.S. Gulf Coast, pelting white sand beaches with blustery winds and stinging rain that kept the usual Memorial Day crowds away. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IQmCSW

One man remained missing after flash flooding tore down historic Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland, and left a community heartbroken at seeing severe damage less than two years after another devastating flood. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GUAGFa

The solemn display of tens of thousands of U.S. flags that first appeared on Boston Common for Memorial Day a decade ago, honoring service members who have died defending the nation, is slowly becoming a national movement. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JcOZda

A high school teacher in Ocala, Florida, who was caught on camera getting his from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2shDojo

In the now-viral video, an officer repeatedly punches 20-year-old Emily Weinman in the head. New Jersey police say the video fails to show the events that led to that moment. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xmDsTX

HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has had it all over the past three weeks: molten rock shooting toward the sky, lava oozing from the ground and ash clouds rising miles into the air. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JdDC50

Just five months before Democrats hope to send a resounding message to President Trump in midterm elections, their party is still divided on the hot-button issue of superdelegates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IQexO6

“I want to make it clear that my actions on that day, in my mind, were the only acceptable actions I could have done given the circumstances, “ Science teacher Jason Seamen said on Monday, three days after being shot three times protecting his students. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IYn9OJ

The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was awaiting formal approval from the Democratic Republic of Congo to send in unlicenced Ebola medication to help rein in an outbreak of the deadly virus. A "major innovation in this outbreak is the potential for use of therapeutic regimens," Peter Salama, WHO's head of emergency response, told reporters in Geneva Tuesday. Because of this, they can only be used under the protocols used for research and clinical trials, which also requires ethical reviews and informed consent from each recipient, he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H0u480

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France on Monday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said. Video shows Mamoudou Gassama, 22, risking his life on Sunday as he climbed up the balconies to rescue the four-year-old who is clinging to a railing and glancing at the ground below, while horrified onlookers watched. The video went viral and Gassama, who has been nicknamed "Spider-Man" for reaching the boy in the nick of time, was swiftly granted a meeting at the Elysee Palace. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IWXmXh

In Beijing, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol planned to head to the United States, potentially for more talks to set up the summit. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2kwRBVt