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  US official in Islamabad, discusses Afghan peace efforts

  November 06, 2018 18:15 IST

  Pakistan's foreign ministry: Senior US diplomat in Islamabad, holds talks with Pakistani officials on Afghan peace efforts

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  Iran officials mock, warn US over renewed sanctions

  November 06, 2018 18:15 IST

  The "largest-ever" U.S. sanctions list targeting Iran has drawn mockery from Iranian officials for including mothballed Boeing 747s, a bank that closed years earlier and a sunken oil tanker

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  French rescuers find second body in ruins of collapsed buildings in Marseille

  November 06, 2018 18:15 IST

  French rescuers find second body in ruins of collapsed buildings in Marseille

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  Empoli fires Andreazzoli after 1 win in 11 matches

  November 06, 2018 18:00 IST

  Relegation-threatened Empoli has fired Aurelio Andreazzoli after winning only one of 11 matches in Serie A

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  Michigan, North Dakota weigh bringing legal pot to Midwest

  November 06, 2018 18:00 IST

  Voters in Michigan and North Dakota will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana, which would make them first Midwestern states to do so

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  Albania premier accuses president of violating constitution

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  Albania prime minister has accused the country's president of violating the constitution with his denial to decree a new Cabinet minister

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  BC-US--Election 2018-ADVISORY, US

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  Editors:Election Day in the United States is Tuesday.Here are the AP's plans for its national text and photo report on Election Day, including races to control the U.S. House and Senate, governors' mansions and various ballot issues.A separate advisory is moving outlining AP's video and audio coverage plans for Election Day, as are separate text and photo advisories for individual U.S. states.All times are EST.Find your 2018 Midterm Election content and stay up to date with AP's 2018 Midterm

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  Racial and ethnic minorities are more vulnerable to wildfires

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Phil Levin, University of Washington and Ian P. Davies, University of Washington(THE CONVERSATION) Over the last decade, the U.S. has seen an average of 70,512 wildland fires every year, annually burning about 6.8 million acres. With climate change, scientists expect fires to become more frequent and more severe.However, some people are more affected by these events than others. Our

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  Hurricanes and water wars threaten the Gulf Coast's new high-end oyster industry

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel R. Petrolia, Mississippi State University and William C. Walton, Auburn University(THE CONVERSATION) For Cainnon Gregg, 2018 started out as a great year. After leaving his job as an installation artist to become a full-time oyster farmer in Wakulla County, Florida in 2017, Gregg began raising small oysters in baskets or bags suspended in the shallow, productive coastal waters

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  Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars – and never knowing for sure if it had its own native life

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Weintraub, Vanderbilt University(THE CONVERSATION) The closest place in the universe where extraterrestrial life might exist is Mars, and human beings are poised to attempt to colonize this planetary neighbor within the next decade. Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a

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  How Christian missionary media shaped the world

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jason Bruner, Arizona State University(THE CONVERSATION) The Christian Broadcasting Network, founded over 50 years ago by evangelist Pat Robertson, has now launched the first 24-hour Christian television news channel. Robertson said that the channel would help viewers understand how current events both in the United States and abroad affect them. The Christian Broadcasting Network

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  New findings add twist to screen time limit debate

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jean Twenge, San Diego State University(THE CONVERSATION) Many parents want to know how much time their kids should be spending in front of screens, whether it’s their smartphones, tablets or TV.For years, the American Academy of Pediatrics had suggested a limit of two hours a day of TV for children and teens. But after screen time started to include phones and tablets, these

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  There's more to health care access than pre-existing conditions

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) Health care has been a universal topic of discussion this political season. Candidates from both parties say they are in favor of it, although definitions of “it” vary widely. But what all agree is that it has to do with access. Can I get the care I need when it is needed, or are there barriers such as pre-existing

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  A game plan for technology companies to actually help save the world

  November 06, 2018 17:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University(THE CONVERSATION) Smartphones, computers and social media platforms have become indispensable parts of modern life, but the technology companies that make them and write their software are under siege. In any given week, Facebook or Google or Amazon does something to erode public trust in them. Now could be a moment for the industry to make good

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  National voting system faces test on Election Day

  November 06, 2018 17:15 IST

  After early voting problems in some states, national election system faces test on Election Day

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  Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections

  November 06, 2018 17:15 IST

  Facebook blocks 115 accounts for suspected "coordinated inauthentic behavior" linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday

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  Philadelphia airport back in service after power outage

  November 06, 2018 17:15 IST

  Philadelphia International Airport is back in service after a power outage caused flight delays and cancellations

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  Relatives of Lion Air victims pray, cast flowers into sea

  November 06, 2018 17:00 IST

  Hundreds of relatives of victims have prayed and thrown flowers into the Java Sea where a Lion Air jet plunged into the water more than a week ago, killing all 189 people on board

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  Austria: Kosovo-Serbia deal is basis for joining EU

  November 06, 2018 17:00 IST

  Austrian chancellor has told Kosovo that dialogue with Serbia is the basis for any further step toward the European Union

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  Right up to Armistice Day, US clout in WWI kept increasing

  November 06, 2018 16:15 IST

  Even on the final morning of World War I, U.S. Gen. John J. Pershing was not eager to stop fighting since U.S. troops had the momentum

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  UN verifies 200 mass graves left by Islamic State in Iraq

  November 06, 2018 16:00 IST

  U.N. investigators say they have verified the location of more than 200 mass grave sites from the time of the Islamic State group's reign in northern Iraq, containing the bodies of between 6,000 and 12,000 victims

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  China grants Trump family 18 trademarks in 2 months

  November 06, 2018 16:00 IST

  China has granted companies linked to U.S. President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump provisional approval for 18 trademarks in the last two months, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the White House.

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  UN documents civilian casualties during recent election

  November 06, 2018 16:00 IST

  The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says in a new report that 56 civilians were killed and 379 others wounded in attacks during the recent parliamentary election

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  Muslim concern about vaccine fuels Thai measles outbreak

  November 06, 2018 15:45 IST

  Health authorities in Thailand are racing to contain a measles outbreak in the country's southern provinces, where 14 deaths and more than 1,500 cases have been reported since September

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  Bill Gates pushes clean-toilet technologies at Beijing expo

  November 06, 2018 15:00 IST

  With a jar of human feces on a podium next to him, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has kicked off a "Reinvented Toilet" Expo in China

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  London police arrest 5 men in Grenfell Tower effigy video

  November 06, 2018 15:00 IST

  London police have arrested five people over a video that showed a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire

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  Toyota quarterly profit rises on growing sales, cost cuts

  November 06, 2018 14:45 IST

  Toyota profit surges 28 percent in last quarter on growing sales, cost cuts

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  Japan to extend loan to help Malaysia's debt problem

  November 06, 2018 14:45 IST

  The leaders of Malaysia and Japan have agreed that Japan will provide a loan of up to 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) to help the Southeast Asian country battle its fiscal deficit