Special News: May 2018

Thursday 31 May 2018

Ask HN: How to blog things I've learnt in graduate school?
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Hi, Currently, I'm pursuing a masters in Control systems. After looking for a couple of blogs by researchers and graduate students I've had some trouble understanding in how to document/write the things I'm learning in graduate school. Ideally, I'd like to write to help understand how deep my understanding of the subject is but also be a way to contact people who are interested in the field of control systems & machine learning as two overlapping fields via a personal blog. A few of my concerns involve: 1. How to maintain a technical blog without sounding like an academician i.e examples of other good blogs. 2. How to spread the knowledge from the courses I'm taking legally i.e. how much out of class homeworks/material is it okay to share? Thanks for reading!

New top story on Hacker News: Uber, Google and others pay London Evening Standard for favorable coverage

Uber, Google and others pay London Evening Standard for favorable coverage
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New top story on Hacker News: Actix: a small, pragmatic, and fast Rust web framework

Actix: a small, pragmatic, and fast Rust web framework
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New top story on Hacker News: Intel Announces Optane DIMMs

Intel Announces Optane DIMMs
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New top story on Hacker News: Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US

Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
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New top story on Hacker News: The Slippery Math of Causation

The Slippery Math of Causation
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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Write every day, measure your progress, achieve your writing goals

Show HN: Write every day, measure your progress, achieve your writing goals
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New top story on Hacker News: Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 2018

Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 2018
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New top story on Hacker News: Depressing and faintly terrifying days for the C standard [pdf]

Depressing and faintly terrifying days for the C standard [pdf]
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New top story on Hacker News: Build2, a Cargo-like dependency and build manager for C/C++

Build2, a Cargo-like dependency and build manager for C/C++
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New top story on Hacker News: Walmart will begin offering to subsidize college tuition for its U.S. workers

Walmart will begin offering to subsidize college tuition for its U.S. workers
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New top story on Hacker News: How to Sell – a guide for SaaS startups

How to Sell – a guide for SaaS startups
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New top story on Hacker News: Accountancy used to be boring and safe, but today it’s neither

Accountancy used to be boring and safe, but today it’s neither
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Key North Korea official meets Pompeo in New York

Talks on preparing a summit with the US are under way in New York, Singapore and on the Korean border.

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Top 10 worst excuses for not appointing women executives

A report on boardroom diversity reveals the top 10 worst excuses for not appointing women.

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Crackdown on high-interest lending announced by FCA

Rent-to-own sector faces a cap on prices but the regulator rules out an immediate limit on cost of overdrafts.

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Study casts doubt on 'healthy obesity'

Fat but otherwise healthy women are still likelier to have a stroke or heart attack, a study says.

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Tennis star struggles with Yorkshire accent

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.

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Muslim group tells Tories to 'remove Islamophobia from party'

The Muslim Council of Britain calls for "racists and bigots" to be removed from the party.

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Deficit for NHS trusts in England double the amount planned

Higher patient demand and staff costs are blamed for a total deficit of £960m for trusts in England.

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Kim Kardashian asks Trump to pardon Alice Marie Johnson

The star meets the president on behalf of a 63-year-old woman jailed for a first-time drug offence.

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Boy, 12, helps father fight anxiety and depression

Stuart Gumm often suffers panic attacks, no longer drives, and rarely leaves the house.

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World Cup 2018: BBC iPlayer to stream matches in 4K HDR

The iPlayer service will offer 29 matches in higher-than-normal quality, but access will be limited.

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Thameslink compares poor service to Poundland chocolate

Thameslink is threatened with legal action for comparing its poor service to Poundland chocolate.

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Meghan, Dua Lipa and Davidson on influential women list

Singer Dua Lipa and Supreme Court president Baroness Hale also make Vogue magazine's roll of honour.

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The Papers: 'You only live twice'

Exiled Russian reporter Arkady Babchenko is pictured and his fake death plot likened to a James Bond film.

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News Daily: US-N Korea talks, 'excuses' over female boards, and Meghan on Vogue list

Your morning briefing for 31 May 2018.

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Perfecting the pout: Which city is the UK's lip filler capital?

More searches for lip filling are made in one northern city than anywhere else in Britain, research suggests.

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The beach from The Beach closes

Ko Phi Phi, made famous by Danny Boyle's The Beach, prepares close to tourists to protect its beauty.

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Do these photos change your view of pigeons?

This photographer has been on a 10-year mission to teach people that pigeons are beautiful.

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Hay Festival: Bradford schoolgirls' first time review

A group of Bradford pupils visit the Hay Festival for the first time and give their review.

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The mystery of Russia's missing IS brides

More than 2,000 Russian women who lived under the Islamic State group have disappeared.

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Melania Trump tweets 20 days after last public appearance

"Rest assured, I'm here at the @WhiteHouse w my family," a tweet posted on her account says.

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Why Serena Williams is a real life superhero

The 23-time Grand Slam winner said she felt like a "warrior" at the French Open.

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Meet the Russians turning the turntables on male DJs

How two female DJs from St Petersburg are challenging stereotypes, ahead of the World Cup in Russia.

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Neighbours to show Australian TV's first gay wedding

The long-running soap will air Aaron Brennan and David Tanaka's nuptials in September.

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Eight times celebrities messed up on social media

Following the cancellation of Roseanne's show, which other celebrities have messed up on social media?

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US preacher asks followers to help buy fourth private jet

Jesse Duplantis, 68, said God told him to "believe" for his fourth plane, which is set to cost $54m.

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Twins in school: To separate or not to separate?

Some mothers want their twins kept together, some prefer separate classes and others say "they'll find their own way regardless".

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What could Brexit mean for the UK's creative talent?

From Britain's film industry and political playwrights to touring musicians and Eurovision.

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Vaping - the rise in five charts

Spending on e-cigarettes is increasing. The BBC looks at what's behind the rise.

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Profile: Billionaire philanthropist George Soros

The hedge fund investor turned liberal philanthropist is politically divisive around the world.

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FOX NEWS: 7 men arrested for allegedly touching underage girls at water park

7 men arrested for allegedly touching underage girls at water park

Police arrested seven men Monday for inappropriately touching underage girls at the Golfland Sunsplash water park in Roseville, Calif.

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FOX NEWS: Delta plane diverted to Tulsa over 'unruly passenger'

Delta plane diverted to Tulsa over 'unruly passenger'

A Delta flight bound for Atlanta was diverted to Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday afternoon following an incident with an “unruly passenger,” Delta stated.

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FOX NEWS: Woman claims Southwest passenger masturbated during entire flight

Woman claims Southwest passenger masturbated during entire flight

Southwest Airlines is “looking into” claims that a man was masturbating aboard a flight from Las Vegas to Philadelphia.

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FOX NEWS: Carnival Miracle departs after two days stuck in Tampa Port

Carnival Miracle departs after two days stuck in Tampa Port

Passengers were not happy.

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FOX NEWS: British traveler dies after jumping from balcony at Turkish airport

British traveler dies after jumping from balcony at Turkish airport

A British man plunged 50 feet to his death after jumping over a balcony at a Turkish airport yesterday, traumatized witnesses have claimed.

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FOX NEWS: Woman claims crude Southwest passenger masturbated during entire flight: 'I'm so disgusted'

Woman claims crude Southwest passenger masturbated during entire flight: 'I'm so disgusted'

Southwest has confirmed it is “looking into” claims that a man had been masturbating aboard a flight from Las Vegas to Philadelphia on Tuesday.

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FOX NEWS: Lindsay Lohan launches new Lohan Beach House in Greece

Lindsay Lohan launches new Lohan Beach House in Greece

Lindsay Lohan is sticking her name on another nightclub in Greece, with plans already in the works for a third.

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FOX NEWS: Lion Air passengers suffer broken bones and head wounds after man makes false bomb threat

Lion Air passengers suffer broken bones and head wounds after man makes false bomb threat

At least 10 passengers on a flight preparing to take off from Borneo island were injured, most of them with broken bones and head wounds, after panic ensued when a man claimed there was a bomb on board, Indonesian police said Tuesday.

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Puerto Rico Death Toll: New Report Shows Original Post-Maria Estimates Way Off

"As the world knows, the magnitude of this tragic disaster caused by Hurricane Maria resulted in many fatalities. We have always expected the number to be higher than what was previously reported," said Carlos Mercader, executive director of Puerto Rico's Federal Affairs Administration.

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FOX NEWS: 5 weather-related travel myths most flyers tend to believe

5 weather-related travel myths most flyers tend to believe

We can’t control the weather, but we can learn to deal with it more effectively.

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FOX NEWS: Hello Kitty bullet train to debut in Japan

Hello Kitty bullet train to debut in Japan

All aboard!

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Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?

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How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple

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Tu resumen de noticias del jueves

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This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.

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Word + Quiz: solicitude

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What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’

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Race Against the Rains

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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote

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Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.

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Trump Meets With Kim. Kim Kardashian West, That Is.

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Stanley Cup Finals: Braden Holtby Bounces Back to Lift the Capitals

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Sanchez Goes the Other Way, and Severino Stays the Course, in a Yankees Win

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The Mets Get Some Help From Jason Vargas and a Few Fresh Arms

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Overlooked No More: The Soviet Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar

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What You Might Say

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In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.

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Italy, Arkady Babchenko, Whales: Your Thursday Briefing

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‘The Americans,’ at Last, Lets Us Exhale

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New best story on Hacker News: Facebook Tools Are Used to Screen Out Older Job Seekers, Lawsuit Claims

Facebook Tools Are Used to Screen Out Older Job Seekers, Lawsuit Claims
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The End of ‘The Americans’: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the ‘Devastating’ Finale

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New best story on Hacker News: I put all my personal data on eBay

I put all my personal data on eBay
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‘The Americans’ Finale: The Damage Done

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After Racist Tweet, Roseanne Barr’s Show Is Canceled by ABC

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In Britain, Austerity Is Changing Everything

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The Strange Failure of the Educated Elite

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F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware

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Vote to End Ireland's Pro-Life Amendment May Now Be Too Close to Call

Irish voters will decide Friday whether to repeal the nation's pro-life amendment to its constitution. And experts say the race has tightened considerably.

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Wednesday 30 May 2018

A Senior North Korean Official Is Reportedly Heading to the United States

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.

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Florida Cop In Trouble After Wishing Car Accident On Gun Violence Protest

A Florida police officer could face disciplinary action after he said on

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Hawaii volcanic eruptions cause more destruction

Three weeks after Kilauea first exploded, the situation appears to be getting worse with new explosions destroying more neighborhoods.

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Justices allow Arkansas to enforce abortion restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Arkansas to enforce restrictions on how so-called abortion pills can be administered while a legal challenge to the restrictions proceeds, which critics say effectively ends that option for women in the state.

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US search firm says to end MH370 hunt in 'coming days'

A private search for Flight MH370 will end in the coming days, an exploration firm said Tuesday, some four years after the plane disappeared in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. No sign of it was found in a 120,000-square kilometre (46,000-square mile) Indian Ocean search zone and the Australian-led hunt, the largest in aviation history, was suspended in January last year. After pressure from families, the Malaysian government struck a deal with US exploration firm Ocean Infinity to restart the search in January on condition it would only be paid if the Boeing 777 or its black boxes were found.

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Belgium shooting: 'Radicalised' prisoner on day release kills two female police officers in Liege

A suspected terrorist on day release from prison executed two female police officers with their own guns and shot dead a trainee teacher before he was killed in a shootout after taking two women hostage at a school in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege. The bloody rampage on Tuesday morning, which left another four officers wounded, was captured on videos on social media, which showed the black clad man waving a pistol in each hand and shouting “Allahu Akbar” before he was gunned down by elite officers. Belgium's federal prosecutors office has opened an terror investigation into the attack. The “lone wolf” attacker, 36, was named locally as Benjamin Herman, who was well-known to police for a string of crimes including robbery, assault and drug-dealing and was from Rochefort, a city about an hour from Liege. One officer was named in local media reports as Soraya Belkacemi, 45, a widowed mother of twins, who are now orphaned. The other was Lucile Garcia, 53, who was described by fellow officers as a "fantastic colleague" who had married her partner a month ago. Herman was granted temporary release from prison on Monday night until Tuesday, despite a prison service assessment that judged him “ultra-violent” and that he was on a terror watchlist over suspicions he had become radicalised in 2017. Such “family leave” is meant to help prisoners prepare for their eventual release, which would have been in 2020 in Herman’s case after he had served the sentence he began in 2013. He had been released for two days on 13 previous occasions. Belgium's federal prosecutors office has opened an terror investigation into the murders, which come after the country was accused of being a hotbed of extremism after the 2015 Paris attacks, which killed 130 people. and suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 in which 32 died. The country’s intelligence services came under intense scrutiny for apparently missing a series of leads after the Paris attacks that could have led to the Brussels bombers. “He has been reported or presumed to be belonging to the entourage of an Islamist recruiter," a source close to the investigation told AFP. Police have found a koran and prayer mat in the convert’s cell. Confirming that the attacker was on the police watchlist, lawmaker George Dallemagne, who sits on several Belgian parliamentary security committees, tweeted: "The supervision of radicalised prisoners remains tragically flawed." Forensic officers scour the scene for clues Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert /AP "It is clear that the assassin's objective was to attack the police," said Christian Beaupere, the head of the Liege police force. The Liege prosecutor's office said the gunman had "hunted down" the two police officers, who were checking parking meters, before attacking them from behind with a box cutter on a boulevard in the heart of Belgium’s third city at about 10.30am local time. After stabbing the officers, aged 45 and 53, multiple times, Herman took the officers' guns and shot them dead before opening fire on his next victim, who was sitting in his car. He was named by local press as Cyril Vangriecken, a 22-year-old trainee teacher from Vottem, a nearby town. Armed Belgian police walk past the scene of the shooting in the centre of Liege Credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Herman entered a nearby high school about 100 yards away and took two female employees, one a cleaning lady, hostage, which forced armed police to swing into action. Pupils were evacuated to safety and people in the street raced for cover in the ensuing gunbattle when Herman came out firing at police. Four officers were wounded, two in the legs and two in the arms, before Herman was finally “neutralised” about 30 minutes after he launched his initial attack. The cleaner was reported to be “safe and healthy”. A major security cordon was set up around the area, while panicked parents came to collect their unhurt children from the school complex. The national crisis centre said it had not raised its alert level - an indication the man was acting alone and so follow-up attacks were not expected. Emergency services arrive in Liege's central boulevard on Tuesday morning Credit: VICTORJ_FR/Twitter Herman was "already on the run" after committing another murder on Monday night in the town of On, in southern Belgium, a source told AFP, though local prosecutors said they have not yet established a link with the Liege incident. The body of a man shot in the head was found after a jewellery robbery in Rochefort earlier that evening. #Liege#boulevard#avroy#shooting#fusillade#echanges 2 policiers morts pic.twitter.com/m72CcIzr9A— QK Pham (@Moon_DEX) May 29, 2018 Charles Michel, the prime minister of Belgium, condemned the "blind and cowardly violence" in Liege and offered his support for the victims and their families. He called for restraint after images on social media appeared to show the two officers lying metres apart in pools of blood outside a cafe. Theresa May, the prime minister of Britain, said: "My thoughts are with the victims of today’s cowardly attack in Belgium and their grieving families. The UK stands resolute with our Belgian allies against terror." Coups de feu à Liège, évacuation du boulevard d’Avroy. Beaucoup de voitures de police sur place + secours #Avroy#Liege#gunshotpic.twitter.com/CLXo16nST3— Victor ⌬ (@VICTORJ_FR) May 29, 2018 Mr Michel and Philippe, the King of the Belgians, have visited the city. A minute's silence will be held tomorrow and flags flown at half-mast at Liege's town hall, where a book of condolences has been opened. Un convoi de 2 ambulances quitte la zone. #avroy#liegepic.twitter.com/vakIbgnSpm— Victor ⌬ (@VICTORJ_FR) May 29, 2018 Liege, an industrial city close to the German border in the French-speaking Wallonia region, was also the scene of a shooting in 2011, when a gunman killed four people and wounded over 100 before turning the gun on himself. Liege shooting

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Hormel Recalls 228,000 Pounds Of Spam

Hormel Food Corp. is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of canned pork and

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Hungary aims to criminalize aiding illegal migration in 'Stop Soros' bill

By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Individuals or groups who help migrants not entitled to protection to submit requests for asylum or who help illegal migrants gain status to stay in Hungary will be liable to jail under legislation submitted to parliament on Tuesday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has also proposed amending the constitution to state that an "alien population" cannot be settled in Hungary, rejecting European Union quotas to distribute migrants around the bloc. In power since 2010, the right-wing nationalist Orban has tightened state control over the media and campaigned on a platform of fierce hostility to immigration - policies that have put him in conflict with the European Union, which funds development policies to the tune of billions of euros a year.

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Republicans Who Thought North Korea Summit Would Save Election Now Rebooting

WASHINGTON ― While President Donald Trump may have seen a successful summit

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Giant, 11-Foot Alligator Captured After It Was Seen Eating Ducks in Florida Lake

The enormous reptile was seen eating ducks in a neighborhood lake.

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Supreme Court Blocks Appeal, Allowing Arkansas To Restrict Medical Abortions

The Supreme Court refused to hear a case from a Planned Parenthood affiliate

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NATO, Russia to hold first talks since Skripal attack

NATO will on Thursday hold its first formal talks with Russia since the nerve agent attack on a former Kremlin double agent in Britain, as the alliance seeks to counter Moscow's increasing assertiveness. Tensions between the transatlantic alliance and Russia have hit post-Cold War highs in recent years over Moscow's annexation of Crimea and more recently the attempted assassination of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the British city of Salisbury. NATO vehemently criticised Moscow over the attack in March, the first hostile use of a nerve agent in Europe since World War Two, and expelled seven Russian diplomats as part of a coordinated international response.

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A Valedictorian Was Barred From Delivering His High School Graduation Speech. He Spoke by Megaphone Instead

"The young people will win' because we’re finished being complacent"

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Malaysia axes project to build high-speed rail link with Singapore

By Liz Lee and John Geddie KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is cancelling a project to build a high-speed rail link between its capital, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, and will talk with its southern neighbor about any compensation Malaysia has to pay, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. Mahathir, the 92-year-old who triumphed in a general election this month, has made it a priority to cut the national debt and pledged to review big projects agreed by his predecessor that he says are expensive and have no financial benefit. "It is a final decision, but it will take time because we have an agreement with Singapore," Mahathir told a news conference referring to his scrapping of the project, valued by analysts at about $17 billion.

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Olympian Gus Kenworthy Mourns Death Of Dog He Adopted From Meat Farm

U.S. freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy wrote a gut-wrenching goodbye Sunday to a

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New best story on Hacker News: De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds

De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
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New best story on Hacker News: Thousands of AI researchers are boycotting the new Nature journal

Thousands of AI researchers are boycotting the new Nature journal
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New best story on Hacker News: UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right?

UTC Is Enough for Everyone, Right?
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Trump and Mexican president spar over border wall again

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Mexico of doing "nothing" to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, and repeated his election campaign pledge that Mexico would pay for his planned border wall.

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