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North Korea vows to become a ‘state nuclear force’ | USA News
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North Korea vows to become a ‘state nuclear force’ | USA News

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North Korea’s state news agency has called the US-led effort to impose sanctions over its weapons programme futile, vowing the country inevitably will become a “state nuclear force”. The comments on Sunday came from the Korean Central News Agency’s website Uriminzokkiri after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met for talks with China’s top diplomats...
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Samsung is the latest tech titan to open an AI lab in Canada
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Samsung is the latest tech titan to open an AI lab in Canada

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It’s no secret that Samsung wants (and arguably, needs) to bolster its AI work. The Bixby assistant is already a tentpole feature for Samsung’s smartphones, and it’s spreading to devices like smart speakers or even appliances. If it’s going to be a success, it needs to rapidly evolve past its current rough state and become something you’d actually...
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Amazon’s new Fire TV supports picture-in-picture and recording
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Amazon’s new Fire TV supports picture-in-picture and recording

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Amazon is mainly selling the new Fire TV’s hardware-dependent features, such as 4K HDR video and Dolby Atmos sound, but there are some key software improvements, too. The online shopping giant has revealed that the device’s Fire OS 6 underpinnings run on Android Nougat, enabling app features specific to Google’s not-quite-latest platform. You can...
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Bollywood actor of US descent Tom Alter is dead | India News
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Bollywood actor of US descent Tom Alter is dead | India News

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Tom Alter, an Indian actor of American descent who worked on more than 300 films, has died at age 67 after battling skin cancer. Alter died at his home in Mumbai, India’s financial hub and entertainment capital, late on Friday night. He was diagnosed with skin cancer last year and had received treatment, but had suffered a relapse earlier this month. Indian...
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Catalans’ wish to vote unstoppable: Carles Puigdemont | Spain
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Catalans’ wish to vote unstoppable: Carles Puigdemont | Spain

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The wish of Catalans to vote in a banned referendum on breaking away from Spain “is unstoppable”, Carles Puigdemont, the region’s president, has told Al Jazeera, even as Spanish authorities step up efforts to stop the poll from happening. The central government in Madrid has mobilised thousands of police to the northeastern region to stop...
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Who has committed war crimes in Yemen? | Yemen
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Who has committed war crimes in Yemen? | Yemen

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After weeks of intense negotiations, the UN has agreed to set up an investigation into alleged human rights violations in Yemen. Some European countries and Canada had asked for a Commission of Inquiry (COI) in Yemen, the UN’s highest level of investigation. But a compromise with a group of Arab states including Saudi Arabia was reached, which removed...
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YouTube Live playthroughs are now a no-no for Nintendo Creators
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YouTube Live playthroughs are now a no-no for Nintendo Creators

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A lot of fans are obviously unhappy about the change, especially since streamers have to be part of YouTube’s Partner Program to be eligible for Nintendo’s. That means they first have to rack up at least 10,000 public views and get approved for YouTube’s partnership before they can even apply for the developer’s. To be clear, program members can still...
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Dozens arrested during neo-Nazi rally in Sweden | Sweden News
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Dozens arrested during neo-Nazi rally in Sweden | Sweden News

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More than 60 people have been arrested during a neo-Nazi rally and counterdemonstration in Sweden’s second-largest city, according to police. The rally by the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) in Gothenburg on Saturday featured an estimated 600 people, short of the 1,000 supporters the group said would attend, according to the Swedish anti-racist magazine,...
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Defakto’s Vektor strikes a great balance as a minimalist, slim automatic watch
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Defakto’s Vektor strikes a great balance as a minimalist, slim automatic watch

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Defakto is a small German watchmaker that has made a name for itself over the years thanks to the unique, but classic designs it boasts thanks to mark founder Raphael Ickler. The latest watch from Ickler and Defakto, the Vektor, continues this tradition of smart, minimalist looks, but adds a very slim case thanks to use of a Miyota 9015 automatic...
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Can Spain’s economy survive a Catalan secession? | News
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Can Spain’s economy survive a Catalan secession? | News

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Catalonia, whose leaders are pushing for a split from Spain in a banned referendum on Sunday, is one of the powerhouses of the Spanish economy.  The region, in the northeast of Spain, is buoyed by industry, research and tourism – but burdened with a heavy debt. Catalonia accounted for 19 percent of Spain’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) last...
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A good watch, a so-so phone replacement
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A good watch, a so-so phone replacement

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The connection between the Apple Watch and an iPhone is the core of Apple’s wearable experience, and for the first time, the company gave the Watch the tools to function independently. Seeing the Watch hop onto an LTE network and use your same phone number is undeniably neat, but honestly, it’s not something I’d want to do very often. First off, yes,...
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Colombia’s ELN leader readies troops ahead of ceasefire | Colombia News
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Colombia’s ELN leader readies troops ahead of ceasefire | Colombia News

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The head of Colombia’s last remaining rebel group has ordered fighters to stand down in advance of a bilateral ceasefire taking effect this weekend. The ceasefire is an important milestone in efforts to end a half century of political violence in the South American country. In a rare video posted online on Friday, Nicolas Rodriguez, known by his war...
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Apple Shares New Ad Showcasing Portrait Lighting Mode on the iPhone 8 Plus
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Apple Shares New Ad Showcasing Portrait Lighting Mode on the iPhone 8 Plus

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Apple has released a new ad showcasing the new Portrait Lighting mode on the iPhone 8 Plus that lets users create dramatic studio lighting effects when shooting in Portrait mode. Titled “Portraits of Her”, the ad features Shannon Wise of music group The Shacks walking along a sidewalk and singing the band’s 2016 single “This Strange Effect” as the...
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Peter Szijjarto: Why we fight the EU on refugees | Hungary
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Peter Szijjarto: Why we fight the EU on refugees | Hungary

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Since the start of Europe’s migrant crisis, Hungary has regularly been criticised over its controversial and tough immigration policies. In September, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected complaints filed by Slovakia and Hungary against a mandatory quota to accept asylum seekers, established as part of efforts to resettle arriving refugees...
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Iran and Iraq to hold joint border drills | Iran News
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Iran and Iraq to hold joint border drills | Iran News

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The Iranian and Iraqi armies will hold joint drills at several crossings on Iran’s border with the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, according to officials. The announcement on Saturday came amid rising tensions in the wake of a controversial secession referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, where almost 93 percent of voters backed a split...
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Spanish police seal off polling stations in Catalonia | News
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Spanish police seal off polling stations in Catalonia | News

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Spanish police have sealed off more than half of schools earmarked as polling stations for a banned referendum on Catalonia’s breakaway from Spain, according to officials. Separatists in the northeastern region on Friday evening and Saturday morning started occupying voting stations in a bid to ensure Sunday’s poll, which has been declared illegal...
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How Puerto Rico’s power crisis ends
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How Puerto Rico’s power crisis ends

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#PuertoRico being told to adjust to no electricity for next few months. This is what modern colonialism looks like. https://t.co/KmHXuFBoS5 http://pic.twitter.com/CWhn6oMRxM —Alex Shams (@seyyedreza), September 21, 2017 Electricity is central to life on the island, just as it is in modern societies across the globe — and, no, it’s not just a matter...
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Deaths reported in military cargo plane crash in DRC | DR Congo News
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Deaths reported in military cargo plane crash in DRC | DR Congo News

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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say at least 10 people have died after a military cargo aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the capital Kinshasa. Local news media reported that at least 10 people were on the plane bound for Bukavu in DRC’s east when it crashed in Nasilah, about 100 metres from the centre of Kinshasa,...
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Waiting in the wings: Dubai’s autonomous flying taxis | News
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Waiting in the wings: Dubai’s autonomous flying taxis | News

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With a whirling buzz from 18 rotors, the pilot-less helicopter gently lifted off the ground and soared up into the afternoon sky, the spire of the world’s tallest building visible behind it. The recent unmanned flight by the German-made electric Volocopter represents the latest step in Dubai’s pursuit of flying taxis. Dubai already has invested in...
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Laffer: Tax cuts will make everyone a millionaire | USA
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Laffer: Tax cuts will make everyone a millionaire | USA

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In a speech on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump outlined the principles of a tax plan that would amount to the most sweeping changes to the US tax code in decades. The plan would cut taxes for the rich and businesses, although Trump insisted that his tax plan would primarily help the working class, who would reap the benefits from the resulting...
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Catalans occupy polling stations ahead of referendum | News
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Catalans occupy polling stations ahead of referendum | News

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Supporters of an independence referendum in Catalonia have begun occupying polling stations in a bid to ensure Sunday’s vote goes ahead, stoking fears of violent confrontation with Spanish police. Spain’s central government in Madrid, which opposes the referendum, has sent thousands of police reinforcements to the Catalonian capital of Barcelona to...
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Syrian war monitor: 28 civilians killed in ‘safe zone’ | Syria News
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Syrian war monitor: 28 civilians killed in ‘safe zone’ | Syria News

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At least 28 civilians were killed in air attacks in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, a war-monitor group said on Saturday. Four children were among the dead in the overnight air strikes on the town of Amanaz, a few kilometres from the Turkish border, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It was not...
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Do Russians care about Syria? | Russia
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Do Russians care about Syria? | Russia

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The first thought that crossed Mark Isaev’s mind when he heard of the start of the Russian military operation in Syria on September 30, 2015 was that it would be like Afghanistan. “And here goes Syria as well. They will be sending Russian troops to Syria, I thought,” says the 53-year-old Afghan war veteran. “Politicians take decisions, and...
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