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U.S. broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:37 PM PDT

A general view taken with a drone shows the damage in the rebel-held Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood of AleppoBy Marina Depetris and Alexander Winning LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will return to Syria talks on Saturday, three weeks after the failure of their painstakingly drafted ceasefire that many saw as the last hope for peace this year. Kerry has pointedly avoided new bilateral negotiations with Lavrov, and his invitation to the Turkish, Saudi, Qatari and Iranian foreign ministers to join them for talks in the Swiss lakeside town of Lausanne will broaden the discussion to include the most powerful backers of Syria's government and rebels. Pressure is rising for a halt to a ferocious, three-week-old Syrian government offensive to capture the rebel-held eastern zone of the city of Aleppo, where the United Nations says 275,000 civilians still live and 8,000 rebels are holding out against Syrian, Russian and Iranian-backed forces.


U.S. official calls attack on Yemen funeral gathering 'egregious'

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:06 PM PDT

Smoke rises at a community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of YemenA weekend attack on a funeral gathering in Yemen widely blamed on Saudi-led warplanes was "egregious," a senior U.S. official said on Friday in one of Washington's strongest condemnations of the incident. The White House said it was reviewing its support for the 18-month-old Arab campaign against Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis after the attack on Saturday, which killed 140 people according to one U.N. estimate and 82 according to the Houthis. The United States has gradually reduced its support for the Saudi-led campaign, in part because of its unhappiness with the hundreds of civilian deaths that have resulted from what rights groups have described as indiscriminate attacks.


No pay, no expenses, no laws for Venezuela's opposition lawmakers

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 01:44 PM PDT

A general view of Venezuela's National Assembly during a session in CaracasVenezuela's opposition lawmakers accuse the socialist government of sabotaging their work after winning a majority in congress last December. The pro-government Supreme Court has blocked all congress' bills from becoming law. Earlier this week, the high court also allowed President Nicolas Maduro to present the 2017 budget without congressional approval.


Migrants begin new life outside France's 'Jungle' camp

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 11:00 AM PDT

Qadri Fazlullah, a migrant from Afghanistan, poses inside the receptioin centre in Merignac, a suburb of BordeauxBy Matthias Blamont MERIGNAC, France (Reuters) - In a dank flat in southwestern France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers and contemplates life for his asylum-seeking family outside the migrant camp in Calais that had become home. Nasir volunteered his family for resettlement days before France is expected to begin dismantling the violence-ridden camp in Calais known as the "Jungle", where disease is rife and traffickers prey on individuals desperate to reach Britain. The two-story apartment block in Merignac, a gray suburb on the outskirts of Bordeaux, is one of about 160 so-called reception centers where President Francois Hollande's Socialist government plans to re-house temporarily the Jungle's dwellers.


Drug kingpin Guzman U.S. extradition set for early 2017: senior official

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 11:28 AM PDT

iJoaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers during a presentation in Mexico CityMexico expects to extradite captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States at the outset of 2017, a top government official said on Friday, despite ongoing appeals by lawyers to block his departure. Guzman, boss of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, was arrested by Mexican police in the northern city of Los Mochis in January after breaking out of a maximum security prison through a tunnel dug right into his cell six months earlier. It was Guzman's second jailbreak in less than 15 years, and President Enrique Pena Nieto swiftly pledged to extradite him.


Berlin bombing suspect radicalized by imams in Germany, brother says

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:11 PM PDT

A German policeman holds the picture of a terrorist-subject infront of the main terminal of Berlin-Schoenefeld airport, in SchoenefeldBy Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin bomb suspect Jaber Albakr showed signs of radicalization in Germany, posting jihadi videos online before traveling to the Islamist-controled Syrian city of Idlib earlier this year, his brother told Reuters. Alaa Albakr told Reuters by phone that his brother said he went to Syria to volunteer with emergency rescue workers, but Alaa believes he was radicalized by imams in Berlin who "brainwashed him" into returning to his country for jihad. "This is why we believe he returned to Syria," Alaa told Reuters by phone from the village of Sa'sa' southwest of Damascus.


Rare tornado hits Oregon as storms bear down on Pacific Northwest

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:26 PM PDT

A small coastal town in Oregon was clobbered on Friday by a rare tornado that ripped roofs from buildings, toppled trees and tore down power lines as the first of two storm systems forecast this weekend unleashed high winds and heavy rain across the Pacific Northwest. The twister left most of Manzanita, a community of some 600 permanent residents in the northwest corner of Oregon, without electricity and more than two dozen homes uninhabitable, though no injuries were reported, City Manager Jerry Taylor said. The tornado was spawned by a major Pacific storm sweeping coastal portions of Oregon and Washington state even as the region braced for harsher weather forecast by the National Weather Service from remnants of a typhoon expected to arrive on Saturday.

Top Asian News 12:20 a.m. GMT

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:21 PM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist funeral ceremonies began Friday in Bangkok's Grand Palace complex for King Bhumibol Adulyadej before his body is displayed for people to pay respects to the monarch revered by many Thais as their father and a demigod. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, dressed in white military finery and a black armband, sat near orange-robed monks as they chanted in the high-ceilinged Phiman Rattaya palace. Once a residential building, the palace is now used as the main venue for state funerals. Earlier, a royal convoy led by a van carrying Bhumibol's body and monks drove to the Grand Palace complex from Siriraj hospital, where the king died Thursday at age 88.

Hawaii board denies rules changes for foreign fishermen

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2016 file photo, a man unloads fish from the U.S. fishing vessel, the Sea Dragon, at Pier 38 in Honolulu. On Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, a Hawaii state agency is considering a petition to change rules for commercial fishing licenses given to undocumented foreign fishermen. A federal loophole allows the foreign men to work but exempts them from most basic labor protections. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii state agency has denied a petition to change rules for commercial fishing licenses given to undocumented foreign fishermen.


Ex-federal investigator sentenced to 12 years for bribery

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:14 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A former federal agent was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for tipping off a defense contractor who was under investigation for overbilling the Navy by at least $35 million.

Israeli rights group urges UN to end Palestinian occupation

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:10 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An Israeli human rights group urged the U.N. Security Council on Friday to take decisive action now to end the country's occupation of Palestinian territory.

Haiti council says presidential vote redo to be held Nov. 20

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 05:07 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti have issued a new timetable for the country's repeatedly postponed presidential election.

Volkswagen to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing over emissions

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:51 PM PDT

File photo of VW sign outside a Volkswagen dealership in LondonBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG , in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles, two people briefed on the agreement said on Friday. In August, the lawyers in the class action litigation sought up to $332.5 million in fees and costs for their work in a $10 billion settlement that gives U.S. owners of 2.0 liter polluting cars the ability to sell back their vehicles to Volkswagen (VW). The latest deal with the lawyers means VW now has agreed to spend up to $16.7 billion to compensate U.S. owners and address claims from states, federal regulators and dealers arising from the "Dieselgate" scandal.


Nations reach deal to reduce HFCs; could dent global warming

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:46 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry, center-left at podium, delivers a speech to the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, in Kigali, Rwanda Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. Nations strove Friday for a deal to phase out hydrofluorocarbons from air conditioners and refrigerators as part of efforts to fight climate change. (AP Photo)KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Environmental groups early Saturday said nations have reached a deal to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide as part of efforts to fight climate change.


The Latest: Hawaii board denies changes for fishing licenses

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2016 file photo, a man unloads fish from the U.S. fishing vessel, the Sea Dragon, at Pier 38 in Honolulu. On Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, a Hawaii state agency is considering a petition to change rules for commercial fishing licenses given to undocumented foreign fishermen. A federal loophole allows the foreign men to work but exempts them from most basic labor protections. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the effort to change Hawaii's rules for issuing commercial fishing licenses and protect foreign fisherman (all times local):


Leading charities in call for Aleppo truce

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:32 PM PDT

Syrians walk over rubble following air strikes on the rebel-held Fardous neighbourhood of the northern embattled Syrian city of Aleppo on October 12, 2016Leading charities called Saturday for a ceasefire in the battered Syrian city of Aleppo, ahead of a meeting of world powers in Switzerland to discuss the carnage. Four global NGOs issued the joint plea "to establish a ceasefire of at least 72 hours in east Aleppo", where an estimated 250,000 live under bombardment and are besieged by pro-government forces. "This will allow the sick and wounded to be evacuated, and for food and medical aid to enter the besieged area," said a statement from one of the charities, Save the Children.


'Elect more women to build sustainable, inclusive cities': female mayors' group

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:22 PM PDT

By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Less than five percent of cities are led by women and their lack of political participation is hampering progress in meeting international goals on making cities more sustainable and inclusive, a group of female mayors said on Friday. Anne Hidalgo, the first female mayor of Paris said more must be done to ensure more women are elected to help build more socially inclusive and equal cities. United Nation member states agreed last year to end violence and discrimination against women and girls and make sure they have equal opportunities in all areas of life, including politics, as part of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.

Gambia opposition to field single presidential candidate

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:16 PM PDT

President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia came to power in a 1994 coup, and has ruled The Gambia with an iron fist ever sinceThe Gambia's opposition parties announced Friday they would unite around a single candidate for December's presidential election, in an unusual show of unity as President Yahya Jammeh seeks a fifth term in power. At a meeting in Banjul, the groups agreed to pick a single contender at a convention on October 30, just weeks ahead of the election slated for December 1. The signatories of the memorandum said they were "putting our differences aside, in pursuance of the supreme national interest", with the aim of ousting Jammeh from power.


Ducks re-sign Rickard Rakell for 6 years, $22.8 million

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 14, 2016, file photo, Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell skates during an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Anaheim, Calif. Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, to stay with the Ducks. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)ANAHEIM, California (AP) — Swedish forward Rickard Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal Friday to stay with the Anaheim Ducks.


A decade of crop loss from Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:13 PM PDT

In this Oct. 10, 2016 photo, banana and coconut trees are bent and broken along a southern coast road near the town of Roche-a-Bateau, Haiti, left behind by Hurricane Matthew. Re-planting vegetable crops can be done relatively quickly and rice fields begin to recover as floodwaters recede, but the loss of mature fruit trees that families nurtured for a generation is a staggering blow. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — As Hurricane Matthew roared across southwestern Haiti, Joselien Jean-Baptiste huddled with his family while the wind whipped at his little house. When it was finally safe to venture outside at dawn the 60-year-old farmer realized his troubles had only just begun.


Trump calls accusers sick liars as new groping claims surface

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 04:01 PM PDT

Summer Zervos is embraced while speaking to reporters about allegations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump during a news conference in Los AngelesBy Steve Holland and Dan Whitcomb GREENSBORO, N.C./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday called the women accusing him of sexual misconduct sick liars seeking fame as part of a plot to discredit him after two more came forward with allegations that he had groped them. A Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll taken Oct. 7-13 and released on Friday showed Trump behind Clinton by 7 percentage points among likely voters in the Nov. 8 election. Summer Zervos, who competed on the reality TV show's fifth season in 2006, appeared at a news conference with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred in Los Angeles, saying Trump kissed her, touched her breast and tried to get her to lie down on a bed with him during a meeting about a possible job.


United Airlines systems outage causes delays globally

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT

Passengers on United Airlines reported long delays after the latest in a long line of technology problems at the nation's biggest carriers.

Japan withholds annual dues to UNESCO

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:51 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has withheld its annual UNESCO dues, saying it wants to make sure the U.N. body properly functions to foster trust among member nations.

Russia: Syria meeting aims to isolate Nusra extremists

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:50 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key aim of this weekend's high-level meeting on Syria is to get countries that support moderate opposition groups to use their influence to work for a new cease-fire, Russia's U.N. ambassador said Friday.

Owner Stan Kroenke on Los Angeles Rams: 'We're competitive'

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo, Seattle Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls (34) tries to get past Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (99) during the first half an NFL football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in Los Angeles. The Rams and Lions play Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo, File)DENVER (AP) — Turns out, the billionaire owner known as "Silent Stan" doesn't mind talking when he's walking his dog around the halls of the Pepsi Center.


US removes limits on bringing in Cuban rum, cigars

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - This March 1, 2013 file photo shows a worker selecting cigars at the H. Upmann cigar factory, where people can take tours as part of the 15th annual Cigar Festival in Havana, Cuba. The Obama administration announced Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 it is eliminating a $100 limit on the value of Cuban rum and cigars that American travelers can bring back from the island. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)The Obama administration announced Friday that it is eliminating a $100 limit on the value of Cuban rum and cigars that American travelers can bring back from the island.


Golf Capsules

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:31 PM PDT

INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Brittany Lang hit driver for a tap-in eagle on the par-4 15th and birdied the last for a 7-under 65 and the second-round lead Friday in the LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship.

Pelicans: Davis expected back from sore ankle in 10-14 days

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:26 PM PDT

Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans reacts in pain as he injures his right ankle during a preseasons match against Houston Rockets in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Davis fell to the court early in the first quarter of Wednesday's game in Beijing, the last of the NBA's two exhibitions in China. He re-entered the game briefly, but soon walked to the locker room. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans say Anthony Davis is expected to return to basketball activities within 10 to 14 days after spraining his right ankle during an exhibition game against Houston in China on Wednesday.


Environmentalists free orphaned sea lions near Peru capital

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:25 PM PDT

A young sea lion, nicknamed Rodrigo, looks up at the photographer before diving into the coastal waters of the Palomino Islands, Peru, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. Peru's Organization for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals, or ORCA, brought nine sea lions back to health and released them into the sea near a reserve where hundreds of others sea lions live on Friday. Each sea lion is approximately seven months old and had been orphaned on the coast of Lima. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)OFF THE COAST OF CALLAO, Peru (AP) — Nine orphaned sea lions have a new home in Peru.


Bypassing congress, Maduro decrees Venezuela budget

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:22 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shows the books with the national budget for 2017 at the National Pantheon in Caracas, on October 14, 2016President Nicolas Maduro issued the government's 2017 budget by decree Friday, bypassing the opposition-held legislature in a move that could deepen Venezuela's economic crisis. "Here is the 2017 budget and debt law. The move came a day after Venezuela's Supreme Court -- which the opposition accuses of backing Maduro -- ruled the leftist leader did not have to submit his budget to the National Assembly, despite a constitutional requirement to do so.


Brother: Syrian suspected in bomb plot 'excited about life'

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:15 PM PDT

Rolf Jacob, director of the prison in Leipzig, left, and Saxony's state justice minister Sebastian Gemkow attend a press conference in Dresden, eastern Germany, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 after the death of 22-year-old Syrian man Jaber Albakr suspected of planning an Islamic extremist bombing attack strangled himself by tying his shirt to the bars of his jail cell. (Arno Burgi/dpa via AP)BERLIN (AP) — A 22-year-old Syrian man suspected by German authorities of planning to carry out a bomb attack was looking forward to life in Germany the last time they spoke, his brother said Friday.


Delayed Haiti elections to go ahead November 20

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:14 PM PDT

Hurricane Matthew victims wait to receive food from the UN's World Food Programme in Roche-a-Bateaux, in Les Cayes, in the south west of Haiti, on October 12, 2016Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti, whose long-overdue presidential elections were further delayed when Hurricane Matthew ravaged the island nation killing hundreds and causing massive destruction, will finally vote on November 20, officials said Friday. According to the latest report by Haiti's civil protection agency, at least 546 people were killed when Matthew crashed ashore on October 4 as a monster Category Four storm, packing winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour. The president of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council, Leopold Berlanger, said Friday that a new attempt to vote would take place on November 20, with a second round planned for January 29.


Doug Garwood leads PGA Tour Champions' SAS Championship

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 03:01 PM PDT

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Doug Garwood birdied seven of the final 11 holes for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions' SAS Championship.

Centurion Miller gives Rangers edge over Inverness

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:56 PM PDT

Scotland's Kenny Miller, pictured in 2011, scored his 100th goal for RangersKenny Miller scored a stunning 100th goal for Rangers to give them a 1-0 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Premiership on Friday. The 36-year-old striker, in his third spell at the club, got on the end of Lee Wallaceâ s cross to send a sensational strike fizzing past Owain Fon Williams for the only goal of the game in the 22nd minute. The win moves Rangers up into third place in the table four points behind bitter rivals Celtic -- although Rangers have played two more matches -- who host Motherwell on Saturday.


European Union backs off banning North American lobster

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:41 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials with the European Union said Friday that the 28-nation bloc is backing off a Swedish proposal to ban imports of American lobster into member countries.

Venezuela's Maduro signs 2017 budget, bypassed Congress cries foul

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:41 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a ceremony to sign off the 2017 national budget in CaracasBy Eyanir Chinea and Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro on Friday signed off on Venezuela's 2017 budget, drawing fire from the opposition-led National Assembly which accused the unpopular leftist leader of despotism for bypassing the legislature. The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Maduro to put forth the budget without lawmakers' approval, overriding a constitutional obligation. The opposition, which is trying to unseat Maduro as Venezuela wrestles with a deep economic crisis that has families skipping meals, says the government is trying to undermine it to keep its grip on power.


World edges closer to major greenhouse gas deal in Rwanda

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:35 PM PDT

Air conditioning is the cause of the largest growth in hydrofluorocarbons and the world is likely to have another 700 million air conditioners by 2030World envoys were Friday putting the final touches to a deal in Rwanda to phase out potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, a major step in curbing global warming. Tough negotiations have seen major developing nations such as India put up a fight over the timeline to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and the financing of the transition. "Country representatives are now negotiating the final details of the amendment," read a tweet from Rwanda's natural resources ministry.


French couple is put under formal investigation for ties to jihadist

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:33 PM PDT

A man and his pregnant, teenage girlfriend suspected of plotting to kill in the name of the Islamic State were put under formal investigation on Friday following their arrest on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Sec, a judicial source told Reuters. The two partners, aged 21 and 17, were in contact with Islamist State militant Rachid Kassim via the Telegram encrypted messaging system, the source said, confirming an earlier report by French newschannel iTele. Kassim is suspected of having participated in several attacks or attempted attacks in France.

Belgium breaks political deadlock on budget: PM

Posted: 14 Oct 2016 02:31 PM PDT

Belgium overcame a political deadlock over its budget late on Friday, Prime Minister Charles Michel said, after talks collapsed earlier this week straining his center-right coalition. "Agreement," Michel tweeted near midnight in Brussels on Friday in a statement confirmed by his spokesman. Michel had to postpone his planned annual address before parliament due to the lack of a deal earlier.

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