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Donald Trump impeachment bid fails in the House

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Donald Trump said impeachment attempts were "ridiculous" A bid to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump has been blocked in the US House of Representatives. Texas Democrat Al Green filed the reso…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Brexit

Outrageous to suspend parliament in October over no-deal Brexit: minister

LONDON (Reuters) - It would be outrageous for parliament to be suspended in October ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit, a possible tactic by Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister, Britain’s justice minister said on Thursday.…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

EU is ‘unimpressed’ by threats of no-deal Brexit: BBC

LONDON (Reuters) - The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said in an interview to be published on Thursday that he was unimpressed by threats of no-deal Brexit but that if the United Kingdom opted for such a course it would have to face the consequences. Asked by…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

EU offered to delay Brexit for five years during secret talks, documentary reveals

The EU secretly offered to put Brexit "on ice" for five years in order to come up with a new deal for Europe, Theresa May's de facto deputy has revealed. David Lidington, the cabinet office minister, disclosed that powerful EU official Martin Selmayr had mad…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Machine Learning

Don’t give it away, give it away, give it away now, bot busting biz tells reCAPTCHA data serfs

Analysis Internet companies depend on free labor. Companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google rely upon content creators who give their work away for the sake of platform participation or perhaps naive altruism. A startup called Intuition Machines believes th…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Panda

Parents take on second jobs and sacrifice holidays to cover children’s university costs, report suggests

Parents are taking on second jobs, as well as sacrificing holidays and new cars, to cover their childrens university costs, according to new research. More than a quarter of parents have had to, or are planning to, cut back on spending on home improvements…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

BUK-Missile

5 years on, families of MH17 victims find solace in KL commemoration ceremony

Nur Diyana Yazeera and her family members hold sunflowers at a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. KUALA LUMPUR: Its hard to believe that the downing of MH17 over Ukraine happened five years ago. Yesterday, over 50 famil…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy’s Salvini says elections still possible after summer break

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy still has time to dissolve parliament and go to elections after the summer break, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told daily Il Corriere della Sera. Salvini, who’s also the leader of League party, said in an interview published …

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

U.S. officials wonder: Did Turkish leader’s coup memories drive Russia arms deal?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For some U.S. officials, the Trump administration’s failure to persuade Turkey not to buy a Russian air defense system may have its roots in a coup attempt against President Tayyip Erdogan three years ago this week. While they recogni…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Brexit: UK ‘will have to face consequences’ in event of no deal – BBC News

Media captionMichel Barnier says Theresa May and her ministers never threatened to leave without a deal during negotiations The UK will have to "face the consequences" if it opts to leave without a deal, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator has said. Michel Bar…

bubmagJuly 18, 2019

Donald Trump impeachment bid fails in the House

Outrageous to suspend parliament in October over no-deal Brexit: minister

EU is ‘unimpressed’ by threats of no-deal Brexit: BBC

EU offered to delay Brexit for five years during secret talks, documentary reveals

Don’t give it away, give it away, give it away now, bot busting biz tells reCAPTCHA data serfs

Parents take on second jobs and sacrifice holidays to cover children’s university costs, report suggests

5 years on, families of MH17 victims find solace in KL commemoration ceremony

Italy’s Salvini says elections still possible after summer break

U.S. officials wonder: Did Turkish leader’s coup memories drive Russia arms deal?

Brexit: UK ‘will have to face consequences’ in event of no deal – BBC News

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