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Rebuilding social and political trust requires procedural reforms that don't excite voters.

Democrats would be foolish not to look closely at the long arc of Corbyn's electoral wipeout in the U.K. before nominating Sanders.

Katie Pruitt grew up in Georgia where she would jam with friends before school. Soon she started writing songs. The music industry quickly recognized her talent, and awarded her the Buddy Holly Prize from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Pruitt joins “CBS This Morning’s” Saturday Sessions to perform the title song from her debut album, “Expectations.”

In his last five international innings, Kohli has not even crossed the 20-run mark.

The United States has signed a historic agreement with the Taliban aimed at ending the conflict in Afghanistan.

TARLAC CITY, Philippines – Standard Insurance-Navy continued to show it’s a cut above the rest as skipper Jan Paul Morales topped Stage 6 while virtually clinching the team title with still 4 stages to go in the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 10th anniversary race.

Facebook denied that it was working on a smartphone in an effort to keep the project low key, says Steven Levy's new book.

Chelsea and Arsenal face off today with silverware at stake in the Intercontinental League Cup Final.

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• Facebook wanted to launch its own smartphone to rival Apple and Google, the details of which were reported in Steven Levy's new book, "Facebook: The Inside Story."
• The project, which never came to fruition, was so secretive that Facebook even denied the project to fellow employees, says the book.
• Levy quotes early Facebook employee Ezra Callahan saying it was "the first time I recall Facebook lying internally."
• Facebook never made its own phone... Читать дальше...

If the Taliban meet their commitments, all U.S. troops would leave in 14 months.

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TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak's impact on the world economy grew more alarming on Saturday, even after President Donald Trump denounced criticism of his response to the threat as a “hoax" cooked up by his political enemies.

New Delhi (Sputnik): Following religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India's capital, social networking giants including Facebook and Twitter have come under fire for not monitoring the circulation of misinformation, provocative messages and inappropriate content via their platforms throughout the country.

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Bill Maher opts to bow instead of shake hands over coronavirus on 'Real Time' | TheHill  The Hill

HBO's Bill Maher on Friday jokingly abolished handshakes on his weekly "Real Time" program, opting instead to bow to guests amid the topic of coronavirus dominating the news cycle."Is this serious?" Maher asked in...

The United States will calibrate the pace of its withdrawal from Afghanistan with the actions of the Taliban, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Saturday as Washington signed the peace deal with the group."Effort only became real when the Taliban showed interest in pursuing real peace & ending their relationship with Al-Qaeda and other foreign terrorist groups. The agreement that we will sign today is the true test of this effort," Pompeo said."We will closely watch the Taliban for... Читать дальше...

Islamabad United will be banking their hopes on Dale Steyn while Karachi Kings have Babar Azam to equalize him.

So after that performance against Warrington, it’ll be interesting to see how we line up next Thursday. We know that we will be without Briscoe, Crosby, Johnson, Leeming, Walker, Walters and Ward. Sutcliffe wasn’t in the squad vs Warrington due to a knee injury, which hopefully isn’t too bad. I would guess that he goes to full back he’s back in, or we go with Myler. Evans out on loan for the month at Bradford, Dupree at Batley for month.

Newman, Hurrell, Handley, Lui, Gale, Seumanufagai, Prior... Читать дальше...

Over nearly two decades, the U.S. has been letting go of its hopes for Afghanistan, one by one.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The former Soviet Union marched into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979, claiming it was invited by the new Afghan communist leader, Babrak Karmal, setting the country on a path of 40 years of seemingly endless wars and conflict.

THOUSANDS of West Ham fans have gathered in protest against the club’s board ahead of today’s game with Southampton. Many supporters are unhappy with David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady’s running of the club and have organised a march as part of ongoing action against the Hammers’ hierarchy. A flare was let off in […]

: Searches in the premises of a prominent Chennai based business group has unravelled the presence of hidden cloud servers and unaccounted income exceeding Rs 400 crore, the Income Tax department said here on Saturday. The diversified group, said to have reported a turnover of more than Rs 1,000 crore, deals in non-ferrous metal processing in lead, copper and aluminium and has business interests in other segments as well like plastic manufacture and financing. "The highlight of the search... Читать дальше...