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Merkel to fight another day after settling migration row

By Thomas Escritt and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives settled a row over migration that threatened to topple her fragile governing coalition late on Monday evening after talks with her rebellious interior minister led him to drop his threat to resign. Emerging after five hours of talks, Horst Seehofer, leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), told reporters he would remain in his post after a deal with Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) that he said would stem illegal immigration. "After intensive discussions between the CDU and CSU we have reached an agreement on how we can in future prevent illegal immigration on the border between Germany and Austria," Seehofer said as he left the CDU's Berlin headquarters.

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Correction: Shootings-Newspaper-The Latest story

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In a June 28 story about an attack at a newspaper in Annapolis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the suspect arrested in the shooting had mutilated his fingers in an apparent attempt to make it harder for police to identify him. That report was based on initial information given to law enforcement authorities, which has since been corrected. While the suspect was identified using facial recognition technology, his fingers were not mutilated.

American hunter defends black giraffe 'trophy kill' after images posing with corpse spark outrage

A woman who sparked outcry when photographs of her posing with the corpse of 18-year-old giraffe she had shot went viral, has defended her actions and said she was carrying out “conservation”. Tess Thompson Talley, who lives in Kentucky, posted the images of herself with the animal taken during a hunting trip to South Africa last year. “Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today,” Ms Talley, 37, wrote.

Rhode Island sues major oil companies over climate change

Rhode Island on Monday sued several major oil companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp and BP plc, accusing them of contributing to climate change that is damaging infrastructure and coastal communities in the state. The lawsuit announced by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin was the first by a state seeking to hold oil companies responsible for costs associated with climate change and followed similar cases by several local governments nationally. The lawsuit alleged that various oil companies had created a public nuisance in the state and failed to adequately warn customers, consumers and regulators about the risks posed by their products.

Guggenheim accused of siphoning annuity unit's cash for LA Dodgers

Guggenheim Partners, overseen by billionaire Mark Walter, is facing a lawsuit claiming it defrauded annuity investors by saddling an insurance affiliate with risky assets, and siphoning cash for purposes including Walter's purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. It came as Guggenheim, which said it has more than $305 billion of assets under management, tries to quell client concerns after a year of bad press over its corporate culture. Guggenheim in April said it was cooperating with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe into an asset management unit.

Hero dog suffers swollen snout after saving owner from rattlesnake bite

When his owner almost stepped on a rattlesnake during an early morning hike near their home in Arizona, Todd, the golden retriever, knew exactly what to do. The six-month old puppy jumped in front of Paula Godwin. Instead of Ms Godwin’s legs, the venomous fangs sank into his snout. The grateful owner posted the story of their snake encounter on Facebook, alongside photographs of Todd’s swollen features. “As we were walking down the hill I literally almost stepped on a rattlesnake. But my hero of a puppy Todd saved me,” she wrote. Paula Godwin's post quickly went viral “He jumped right in front of my leg where I surely would have got bit. This is what a hero looks like.” Her saviour was yelping in pain after the bite, so she scooped the dog up in her arms and set off to a nearby animal hospital with her other dog copper. Todd was given a shot of anti-venom and allowed home to recover after 12 hours. “Please say a little prayer for my sweet hero,” wrote Ms Godwin. Todd is making a good recovery, even if he remains a little sore Credit: Paula Godwin/Facebook The result was an outpouring of love as the story went viral, along with more tales from dog owners of how man’s best friend had warded off snake attacks. “What a little hero! Hoping for a speedy recovery for Todd,” wrote BriAnne Gleason. Ms Godwin followed up the story by launching a GoFundMe appeal to help other owners who face vet’s bills for dogs bitten by rattlesnakes. Snakes | How common are snake attacks in Britain? She said she knew the dangers of snakes but had not spotted the speckled white rattlesnake that was almost invisible as it lay in wait on the road. "This snake did not give any indication he was there,” she told the BBC. “Usually if I hear that rattle I am alert and I am backing away.” This is Todd. He saved his human from a rattlesnake yesterday. A true h*ckin hero. He’s expected to make a full recovery and has been rewarded our fifth ever 15/10 pic.twitter.com/TsS6isI0Ew— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) 1 July 2018 And she reassured well-wishers that Todd was on the mend, posting a picture of the pup enjoying a romp in a rattlesnake-free park. “Thank you for all the sweet kind words,” she wrote. “My sweet Todd for sure is my hero and I feel I have to say that the man up stairs surely is watching out for me too.”

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Sharks drag woman who ignored warnings not to feed them into water

A woman on vacation in western Australia says she decided to hand-feed the sharks while boating when she was pulled into the water.

Haute Couture week opens with a bold beauty statement in Paris

Statement beauty looks took over the Parisian catwalks this weekend, as the city kicked off the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018/19 show season. From wild hair to bleached brows, there was something for every beauty fan in the opening day of the presentations on Sunday. 

Is TooFaced about to launch a skincare line?

TooFaced could be set to double down on its debut into skincare by expanding its range. The makeup brand's co-founder and CEO, Jerrod Blandino, has hinted in an interview with HelloGiggles that a full skincare line could be on the way, following the label's debut in December, when it launched its cult "Glow Job" face mask. "I'm actually tip-toeing in skin care based on our Hangover line," Blandino told the publication.

Possible BMW M4 CSL Spied In Action On Track And During Refueling

We could be looking at the revival of BMW's famed Coupe Sport Lightweight.

Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline - factory sources

Tesla Inc nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its second quarter, with the final car rolling off the assembly line on Sunday morning, several hours after the midnight goal set by Chief Executive Elon Musk, two workers at the factory told Reuters. It was not clear if Tesla could maintain that level of production for a longer period. "I think we just became a real car company," Musk wrote.

Syria rebels split over Russia-brokered surrender deals in south

Rebels in southern Syria were sharply divided Monday over whether to accept deals offered by government backer Russia that would see regime forces retake control of opposition towns. With those capitulations, regime forces have doubled their territorial control in the main southern province of Daraa to around 60 percent since operations began on June 19. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday there were "divisions among rebel groups" over whether to agree to the terms proposed by Russia.

Afghan Sikhs, Hindus grieve after suicide attack kills 19

Grief mixed with anger among Afghanistan's minority Sikh and Hindu community on Monday as they prepared for funerals of loved ones, including an election candidate, killed in a suicide attack. At least 19 people were killed and 21 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus waiting to meet President Ashraf Ghani in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday. Scores of mourners shouted "death to Ashraf Ghani" and "death to the government" as they placed coffins in ambulances that would take them to a temple for funeral ceremonies.

A Controversial Philippine Mayor Has Died After Being Shot in the Chest by a Sniper

Antonio Halili was known for parading drugs suspects on "perp walks"

2019 Range Rover Evoque Spied Looking Stylish At The Nurburgring

The baby Velar is shaping up quite nicely.

Trump Rips Harley-Davidson For Overseas Operation — Just Like His Own

Donald Trump is continuing to hammer Harley-Davidson over the motorcycle

Angela Merkel's Future in Doubt as German Interior Minister Offers to Resign Over Migrant Policy

The standoff could spell the end of Merkel's fourth government

Fast-spreading California wildfire forces evacuations in Yolo County

A fast-growing wildfire that broke out over the weekend in Northern California, fueled by parched lands and high winds, prompted evacuations on Sunday and sent ash spewing over a wide area of the region, officials said. More than 1,200 people were fighting the so-called County Fire, located about 75 miles (120 kms) northeast of San Francisco. The sky turned orange in parts of the San Francisco Bay area due to the blaze, with many residents waking up to a thin coating of ash on windows, cars and lawns.

Mexico Elects Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador In Landslide

Mexico elected leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a landslide

Exclusive: Leftist seen as Mexico's next president after massive win - exit poll

Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is likely to be the country's next president, according to an exit poll by polling firm Parametria that pointed to a massive victory for him in Sunday's election. The exit poll showed the former Mexico City mayor winning between 53 percent and 59 percent of votes. Ricardo Anaya, who leads a left-right alliance, trailed Lopez Obrador in second place, with between 19 and 25 percent of votes, the poll found.

Five more beaten to death in India lynchings

Indian police said Monday they have arrested 23 people after five men were bludgeoned to death by a crazed mob in yet another horrific lynching to rock the country. Indian media estimate more than 25 people have been killed in recent months in similar cases sparked by false rumours spread on smartphones of child kidnapping or allegations of thievery or sexual harassment. The latest gruesome incident saw eight men set upon in Dhule district, 330 kilometres (205 miles) from India's financial capital Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra on Sunday.

Longest lunar eclipse of the century rises near July's end

On July 27, a total lunar eclipse will rise over the night sky. At 1 hour and 43 minutes, it will be the longest lunar eclipse in the 21st century. Much of Africa, the Middle East and central Asia will be able to see the eclipse. Unfortunately, North America will miss out.

Teen's police killing tests long-frustrated black Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The day after Antwon Rose Jr. was shot through the cheek and elbow and in the back, killing the 17-year-old honors student, young black people swarmed the East Pittsburgh police station.

Fury sparked after 11-year-old Thai girl married to Malaysian man

The marriage of a Malaysian man with a 11-year-old Thai girl has sparked outrage in the Muslim majority country with one activist Sunday labelling the groom a "child predator". Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed to marry if they obtain the permission of a religious court. But the country's women and families ministry said there was no record of religious authorities approving the union, which took place last month across the border in Thailand's largely Muslim far south. "Our officers have gone to the house and met the girl's mother. We are waiting for more reports before deciding on the next course of action," deputy prime minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was quoted as saying by the Sunday Star newspaper. The 41-year-old husband could be jailed for six months if he married without permission. Malaysian activists have called for law reform to end child marriage, which they said was widespread among the country's Muslim population. Some 16,000 Malaysian girls below the age of 15 are already married, advocates claim. "Marrying a 11-year-old girl is like the behaviour of a child predator or paedophile," child activist Syed Azmi Alhabshi said.  Mr Alhabshi said the man was a prosperous trader and already married to two women while the girl's parents were impoverished rubber farmers. Muslim men are allowed to marry up to four wives in Malaysia. The United Nations children's agency Unicef said it was "outraged" by the incident. "It is shocking and unacceptable. Unicef... calls on the government to make good its manifesto promise to ban child marriage," said the agency's Malaysia representative Marianne Clark-Hattingh.

French gangster escapes from prison using a helicopter

Witnesses say several heavily-armed men landed a hijacked helicopter in the courtyard to free 46-year-old Redoine Faid, who was serving 25 years for murder.

Voters in Mexico choose new president, thousands of officials in country’s largest election

Presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known by his initials, AMLO, leads in the polls. The election comes amid a U.S. border crisis as thousands travel through Mexico to the United States.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defiant, but rally turnout hits a low

Hong Kong's annual pro-democracy protest sees a record low turnout. Rough cut (no reporter narration)

Trump: I'm told I shouldn't ask my SCOTUS nominee about Roe v. Wade

President Trump said he probably won’t ask potential Supreme Court candidates about their opinions on abortion before nominating Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s replacement. In a program that aired Sunday morning, Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo asked Trump if he would ask his nominees beforehand how they might vote on Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision affirming that the constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman’s decision to have an abortion. Trump responded that he’s been advised not to ask such specific questions and that he plans to appoint another conservative justice like Neil Gorsuch, whom Trump appointed to replace Antonin Scalia.

Gay activist attacked in Ukraine ahead of pride march

Unidentified assailants have attacked a gay activist in central Ukraine ahead of a gay pride parade he was helping prepare, LGBT rights activists said on Sunday. Borys Zolotchenko was severely beaten by a group of around 10 men in the centre of the industrial city Kryvyi Rig late Saturday, Gay Alliance Ukraine said. As a result of the attack, Zolotchenko was hospitalised, with Gay Alliance Ukraine releasing a picture of him with scratches on his face.

11 bodies, 10 of them hanging, found at New Delhi home

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India's capital said they found 11 bodies at a home under mysterious circumstances on Sunday, including 10 that were blindfolded and hanging.

North Korea Mulls Ways To 'Conceal' Nuclear Weapons From U.S.: Reports

North Korea has no intention of giving up its entire nuclear stockpile and is

North Korea appeals to China for economic help as it reopens radio channel with the South

North and South Korea reopened a maritime communication channel on Sunday, with vessels from the two countries making radio contact for the first time in a decade, South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement. A North Korean patrol boat responded immediately when the South Korean Navy contacted it via an international radio channel at 9 am Sunday in the western sea, normalizing the maritime communication channel for the first time in 10 years, according to the ministry. The move showed the two Koreas were "taking practical steps" to uphold agreements made on April 27 when their leaders decided to defuse military tensions in a gradual manner, an official from the ministry said. It was also on Sunday reported that Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has appealed to China's Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark summit with US President Donald Trump. Kim made the request during his third meeting with Mr Xi in Beijing last month, and the Chinese president promised to do his "utmost" to satisfy it, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. "We are feeling great pain due to economic sanctions. Now that we have concluded the US-North Korea summit in success, I want (China) to work toward early lifting of the sanctions," Kim reportedly told Mr Xi, according to the newspaper. Kim chose Beijing - his main economic patron and diplomatic protector - for his first official foreign trip in March and met Mr Xi again in May in the northeastern port city of Dalian. Timeline of Kim Jong-un in Beijing In recent months the Cold War-era allies have sought to repair ties strained by Pyongyang's nuclear tests and Beijing's support of subsequent UN sanctions. Kim asked Mr Xi to help ease the sanctions that have crippled North Korea's economy, and urged China to back Pyongyang in its denuclearisation talks with Washington, the report said. Mr Xi in turn told Kim he "actively supports North Korea's reform and opening-up and will proactively cooperate with issues associated with the efforts", according to the Yomiuri. He also urged North Korea to "continue (its) consultations with China" as it negotiates with the United States, the report said.

Israel reinforces troops, steps up humanitarian aid to Syria

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it would be reinforcing troops along the frontier with Syria and stepping up its humanitarian efforts in the area amid a fierce Syrian government offensive that has displaced thousands of people.

The Latest: Memorial services set for 2 slain journalists

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the Annapolis newspaper shooting (all times local):

'Vilified too long': teachers' unions fight back after supreme court ruling

A supreme court decision puts unions’ funding at risk. Gunshots ring out from the nearby hunting range across the railroad tracks in Westmoreland City, Pennsylvania, but Jason Davis is not easily deterred. “You never know what’s going to happen when you knock on someone’s door,” says Davis as we get out of his car to start walking the hills of this blue-collar, Trump-supporting community in the foothills of the mountains of south-western Pennsylvania.

Ocasio-Cortez: Socialism is 'part of what I am, not all of what I am'

Democratic House nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Chuck Todd that her brand of politics emphasizes access to housing, healthcare and education, during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.

Cantwell questions for Supreme Court: 'Is the president able to pardon himself?'

During an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell (D) says she has "monumental questions" for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.

Pantheon burial honours French rights icon Simone Veil

Hundreds of people are expected to line the streets of Paris on Sunday to honour Holocaust survivor and women's rights icon Simone Veil, who will be given the rare honour of burial at the Pantheon a year and a day after her death at age 89. Veil's death prompted an outpouring of emotion, as she had long been considered one of France's most popular and trusted public figures. "Mum never thought she would be placed in the Pantheon.

Full Graham: Mueller investigation ‘not a ground for recusal’ from Supreme Court

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tells Chuck Todd that he believes President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee won’t have to recuse him or herself if questions of presidential power make their way to the Court.

White House Backs Off Trump Tweet Claiming Saudi Agreement To Produce More Oil

The White House late Saturday issued a statement backing down from President

Meet the 4 candidates vying to become Mexico's president

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four candidates are in the race to become Mexico's next president in Sunday's election. Here's a glance at the hopefuls:

Mexico's national elections, at a glance

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans will elect a new president and numerous other officeholders on Sunday. With popular discontent high due to high murder rates and rampant corruption, all four candidates are trying to convince voters that they represent change from the status quo.

Trump Has Lied And Twisted Facts To Justify His Harsh Immigration Policies

The national outrage against the Trump administration's separation and

Merkel seeks to placate German rebels on migration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her CDU party will discuss plans to reduce immigration Sunday as conservative rebels also meet, in key talks likely to determine the fate of her government. Merkel's government has been pushed to the brink over the migration issue after allowing more than one million asylum-seekers into Germany since 2015. The policy has provoked a backlash from Merkel's conservative CSU coalition partner with her Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, also the CSU chief, even threatening to unilaterally turn back migrants at the border.

Lull in rain allows Thailand cave rescue to pick up pace

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The frantic effort to locate 12 boys and their soccer coach missing in a cave in Thailand for a week picked up pace as a break in the rain eased flooding in the system of caverns and more experts from around the world joined the anxious rescue mission.

Maxine Waters Responds To Death Threats: 'You'd Better Shoot Straight'

Days after she was forced to cancel events because of a "very serious" death

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