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• Truck attacker kills over 70 in Nice Bastille Day crowd
• U.S. House passes Iran sanctions, financial services measures
• Shovels and old planes: As North Korea pursues the bomb, its military wanes
• Kerry takes Syria strikes cooperation proposal to Russia
• Obama will meet with Mexican president at White House on Friday, July 22
• May builds new-look Brexit cabinet to steer EU divorce
• Froome keeps the yellow jersey after dramatic tour stage
• Brisbane Roar say Spanish midfielder Miguel Corona to leave
• Cabrera, Vegas share Barbasol Championship lead
• School out of reach for nearly one in 10 children worldwide, UNESCO says
• Texas woman held in China since 2015 to face security charges: Newsweek
• Paris prosecutor's office opens terrorism investigation over Nice truck attack
• Ranking politician in Alpes-Maritimes department that includes Nice says 75 people dead, 50 injured.
• Anti-terror investigators put on Nice attack case: media
• Screams, flying debris as truck ploughs into Nice crowd
• Kerry tells Putin Syria diplomatic efforts cannot continue indefinitely: State Dept.
• 'Shocked' UK ready to help after 'terrible' Nice incident
• Britain warns citizens after truck attack kills 73 in Nice
• No hostage-taking after France truck 'attack': government
• Islamic State supporters celebrate deadly attack in France on social media
• Arms found inside the truck that drove into crowd in Nice: official
• US offers Russia closer cooperation to save Syria plan
• Death toll in Nice attack rises to over 70: TV citing police
• Bashir reshuffles senior Sudanese military officials: army
• At least 60 dead in Nice truck 'attack'
• El Salvador scraps amnesty law, opens door for prosecutions
• Marcos Baghdatis advances to Hall of Fame semifinals
• No hostage situation in Nice, attacker's motives unclear: government
• Hollande heads to crisis center after truck rams into Nice crowd
• The president of the Nice region says at least 60 dead in truck attack on Bastille Day revelers
• Dallas Museum of Art names new director
• Johnson gets cheers and boos at French party
• At least 60 killed by truck in Nice: TV report
• Obama briefed after truck drove into crowds in Nice: White House
• Spurs make it official, sign forward Pau Gasol
• Expanding farms harm nature on 58 pct of world's land: study
• Trump has chosen Indiana's Pence as running mate: US media
• Kim, Lee, Nomura share Marathon Classic lead.
• Hollande returns to Paris for crisis talks after Nice attack: presidency

Truck attacker kills over 70 in Nice Bastille Day crowd Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:13 PM PDT By Michel Bernouin NICE, France (Reuters) - An attacker killed at least 73 people and injured scores when he drove a truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, local media quoted officials as saying. Police shot and killed the driver, who drove the heavy, long-distance truck at speed for well over 100 meters along the famed Promenade des Anglais seafront, hitting the mass of spectators late in the evening, regional official Sebastien Humbert told France Info radio. The man had opened fire on the crowd, local government chief Christian Estrosi told BFM TV, and weapons and grenades were found inside the truck after he was killed.

U.S. House passes Iran sanctions, financial services measures Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:59 PM PDT The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation linked to the international nuclear agreement with Iran on Thursday, one year after the landmark pact was announced, defying President Barack Obama's veto threat. Voting largely along party lines, the Republican-controlled House voted 246 to 179 to pass a new set of sanctions on Iran, and 246 to 181 for a measure to block Iran's access to the U.S. financial system, including use of the dollar. The House on Wednesday passed a bill to bar the U.S. purchase of "heavy water," also with little backing from Democrats.

Shovels and old planes: As North Korea pursues the bomb, its military wanes Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:18 PM PDT By James Pearson and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Like many in North Korea's army of 1.2 million, Eom Yeong-nam spent more time holding the wooden handle of a shovel than a Kalashnikov rifle during his years in the 501 Construction Brigade. "Except for basic military training two to three months a year, we worked on building apartments or concrete structures for nine to ten months," said Eom, who served 10 years in the army before defecting to the South in 2010, a year before Kim Jong Un assumed power in isolated North Korea. The young leader has since expanded the use of so-called "soldier-builders", fuelling a construction boom as many of North Korea's Soviet-era conventional weapons become outmoded.

Kerry takes Syria strikes cooperation proposal to Russia Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:11 PM PDT By David Brunnstrom and Denis Dyomkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took a proposal to boost military and intelligence cooperation against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria to Moscow on Thursday, despite doubts among U.S. defense and intelligence officials. U.S. officials described the visit as a test of Moscow's willingness to use its influence on the Syrian government to help revive the country's peace process, and time was running out for that.

Obama will meet with Mexican president at White House on Friday, July 22 Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday, July 22, at the White House, the White House said. Obama and Pena Nieto will discuss "a range of issues," the White House said in a statement on Thursday. The visit follows the two leaders' meeting during the "Three Amigos" summit in Ottawa last month. (White House corrected statement to show meeting on July 22, not July 15) (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Eric Walsh)

May builds new-look Brexit cabinet to steer EU divorce Posted: 14 Jul 2016 10:24 AM PDT By William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - New Prime Minister Theresa May ruthlessly overhauled the British cabinet on Thursday, sacking a raft of ministers, promoting loyalists and putting supporters of Britain's exit from the European Union firmly in charge of negotiating its terms. A day after replacing David Cameron, May told the head of the European Commission that Britain needed time to determine its negotiating strategy, brushing off pressure from European leaders to swiftly launch the two-year official exit process. Johnson, who during the campaign compared the bloc's aims to those of Hitler and Napoleon, told reporters that despite Brexit, Britain could play an even greater role in Europe.

Froome keeps the yellow jersey after dramatic tour stage Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:28 PM PDT MONT VENTOUX, France (AP) — Fans celebrating Bastille Day created dramas at the Tour de France, causing a crash involving race leader Chris Froome that ensured it wasn't until hours after the 12th stage concluded that organizers decided the British rider could keep the yellow jersey.

Brisbane Roar say Spanish midfielder Miguel Corona to leave Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:25 PM PDT BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Brisbane Roar said Friday that Spanish midfielder Miguel Corona has been granted a release from his contract with the A-League team to return to Spain.

Cabrera, Vegas share Barbasol Championship lead Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:22 PM PDT OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — Angel Cabrera and Jhonattan Vegas dominated the par-5 holes in steamy conditions Thursday to share the Barbasol Championship.

School out of reach for nearly one in 10 children worldwide, UNESCO says Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:21 PM PDT By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 263 million children worldwide, nearly one in 10, do not go to school, posing a daunting hurdle to the United Nations' efforts to educate all children by 2030, the U.N.'s cultural agency UNESCO reported on Friday. The number is "staggering," yet marks an improvement from 2000 when some 374 million children did not attend school, UNESCO said. Many children out of school live in areas of conflict, others are girls living in societies that do not advocate educating females and others live in countries that do not make secondary school compulsory, the report said.

Texas woman held in China since 2015 to face security charges: Newsweek Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:05 PM PDT A Houston, Texas, businesswoman held in China since March last year is expected to be charged with violating its national security, Newsweek reported on Thursday, citing a U.S. State Department official. Sandy Phan-Gillis, who has Chinese ancestry and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in March 2015 while about to leave China for Macau and has been held without charges since then. "Chinese authorities have informed us that they will bring a case against Ms. Phan-Gillis to the Nanning Intermediate People's Court," Newsweek quoted the State Department official as saying.

Paris prosecutor's office opens terrorism investigation over Nice truck attack Posted: 14 Jul 2016 05:02 PM PDT NICE, France (AP) — Paris prosecutor's office opens terrorism investigation over Nice truck attack.

Ranking politician in Alpes-Maritimes department that includes Nice says 75 people dead, 50 injured. Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:59 PM PDT NICE, France (AP) — Ranking politician in Alpes-Maritimes department that includes Nice says 75 people dead, 50 injured.

Anti-terror investigators put on Nice attack case: media Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:59 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France's anti-terrorism investigation department was asked to take over inquiries into the Thursday night attack in which dozens were killed by a truck that mowed through crowds of people in the southern coastal resort town of Nice, media reported. In the immediate aftermath of an incident which initial reports said killed upwards of 70 people, officials declined to formally declare the attack as terrorist assault pending further news. But several French media said the anti-terrorist investigation department had been put on the case. ...

Screams, flying debris as truck ploughs into Nice crowd Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:56 PM PDT AFP correspondent Robert Holloway, who was among the the crowd celebrating France's national day on Nice's Promenade des Anglais, had to shield his face from flying debris as the truck plunged two kilometres (1.3 miles) along the beachfront, mowing people down. "It was absolute chaos," Holloway said. "We saw people hit and bits of debris flying around.

Kerry tells Putin Syria diplomatic efforts cannot continue indefinitely: State Dept. Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:53 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that without "concrete, near-term steps," diplomatic efforts to end the war in Syria could not continue indefinitely, the State Department said. In a three-hour meeting in Moscow that ended early on Friday, Kerry and Putin discussed the need to increase pressure on fighters loyal to Islamic State and the Nusra front, the department said in a statement. Kerry arrived in Moscow on Thursday evening with a proposal to boost military and intelligence cooperation with Russia against Islamic State and al Qaeda in Syria, despite doubts among U.S. defense and intelligence officials.

'Shocked' UK ready to help after 'terrible' Nice incident Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:49 PM PDT British Prime Minister Theresa May is being briefed on the "terrible incident" in Nice and the UK authorities stand ready to assist their French counterparts, Downing Street said Friday. A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister is being kept updated on reports coming in from Nice. "If you are in the area, follow the instructions of the French authorities," he added, in a message to British citizens.

Britain warns citizens after truck attack kills 73 in Nice Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:45 PM PDT Britain's Foreign Office issued an alert warning British citizens in the Nice area in France to follow the instructions of the French authorities after a Bastille Day attack killed 73 in the Riviera city. "We are in touch with the local authorities and seeking more information following an apparent attack on a Bastille Day celebration in Nice. If you are in the area follow the instructions of the French authorities," the Foreign Office said in updated travel advice on France.

No hostage-taking after France truck 'attack': government Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:44 PM PDT The French government denied there was a hostage-taking incident after a truck ploughed into a crowd watching a fireworks display in Nice killing at least 60 people on Thursday. "There is no hostage-taking," interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told AFP, denying dozens of rumours following the incident.

Islamic State supporters celebrate deadly attack in France on social media Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:40 PM PDT Supporters of Islamic State celebrated on social media an attack in France by a truck that ran into crowds watching a fireworks display on the Bastille Day national holiday, killing at least 73 people and injuring 100. The driver was shot dead, sub-prefect Sebastien Humbert told France Infos radio. Humbert described it as a clear criminal attack.

Arms found inside the truck that drove into crowd in Nice: official Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:39 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Guns and grenades have been found inside the truck that rammed into a crowd at the beach front southern French city of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 73 people, a member of parliament for the region told BMF TV. Another government official said the driver of the truck also fired on the crowd before he was killed by police. (Reporting by Bate Felix and Michel Rose; Editing by Peter Cooney)

US offers Russia closer cooperation to save Syria plan Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:34 PM PDT Top US diplomat John Kerry met Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to offer him closer military cooperation in the hope of salvaging the stalled Syria peace process. Ahead of the meeting, pessimistic US officials were careful to say it was not a last chance for diplomacy to work, but stressed they were running out of patience with Moscow. The new proposal, as revealed in a leaked document, was an offer for the US military to work with Russia against the Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State (IS) jihadist groups.

Death toll in Nice attack rises to over 70: TV citing police Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:29 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - At least 73 people were killed when a truck drove into the crowd in the southern French sea resort of Nice, a news TV channel and local politician said. Christian Estrosi, a leading regional politician in the area, said on Twitter: "This is the worst drama in the history of Nice with more than 70 victims already." News TV channel i>TELE, citing a police source, put the death toll at 73 shortly after 1 a.m. (2300 GMT). (Reporting by Michel Rose and Simon Carraud; Writing by Brian Love; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Bashir reshuffles senior Sudanese military officials: army Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:23 PM PDT Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday reshuffled senior military officers after his troops carried out intense operations against rebels across war-torn regions, including in Darfur. The changes -- the second such within six months -- follow a flare-up of deadly violence in neighbouring South Sudan, which split from the north five years ago. Bashir declared in June a four-month ceasefire in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where recent fighting between troops and rebels left scores of casualties.

At least 60 dead in Nice truck 'attack' Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:22 PM PDT A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice Thursday, leaving at least 60 dead and scores injured in an "attack" after a Bastille Day fireworks display, prosecutors said. Local government official Sebastien Humbert told BFMTV that the driver of the truck was shot dead after barrelling down the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais in what he called "a major criminal attack". Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre said at least 60 people were killed after the truck drove two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the crowd.

El Salvador scraps amnesty law, opens door for prosecutions Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:20 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The striking down of El Salvador's amnesty law is giving hope to thousands that justice for human rights abuses committed during the Central American country's 12-year civil war could now be within reach.

Marcos Baghdatis advances to Hall of Fame semifinals Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:17 PM PDT NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Fourth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus beat seventh-seeded Dudi Sela of Israel 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

No hostage situation in Nice, attacker's motives unclear: government Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:02 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - There is no hostage situation in Nice where dozens of people were killed in the French Riviera city when a truck ploughed into a crowd on France's Bastille Day national holiday, a spokesman for the French interior ministry said on Thursday. Spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFM TV: "I can't give you information on the man's motives yet." (Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Hollande heads to crisis center after truck rams into Nice crowd Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:01 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is heading to the Interior Ministry's crisis center after a truck rammed into a crowd in the southern French resort city of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 60 during Bastille Day. The French presidency said on its Twitter feed that the government had activated the inter-ministerial crisis center following the incident in Nice. (Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Sandra Maler)

The president of the Nice region says at least 60 dead in truck attack on Bastille Day revelers Posted: 14 Jul 2016 04:00 PM PDT NICE, France (AP) — The president of the Nice region says at least 60 dead in truck attack on Bastille Day revelers.

Dallas Museum of Art names new director Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:59 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Museum of Art has appointed a new director.

Johnson gets cheers and boos at French party Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:56 PM PDT Boris Johnson was cheered and booed at the French ambassador's Bastille Day party in London on Thursday, his first engagement as Britain's surprise new foreign secretary. The top Brexit campaigner attended the July 14 party at the ambassador's residence and tried to "reassure" the French about his love for Europe. "We are not leaving Europe, alright?

At least 60 killed by truck in Nice: TV report Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:54 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - At least 60 people were killed by a truck that drove into the crowd in the southern French coastal resort of Nice on Thursday night during Bastille Day celebrations, news TV channel iTELE said, quoting the local public prosecutor's office. (Reporting by Simon Carraud; Writing by Brian Love; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Obama briefed after truck drove into crowds in Nice: White House Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on Thursday after a truck drove into crowds in Nice, France, killing at least 30 people and injuring 100, the White House said. "The president has been apprised of the situation in Nice, France, and his national security team will update him, as appropriate," said Ned Price, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Spurs make it official, sign forward Pau Gasol Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:53 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs signed Pau Gasol, beefing up a front line that will be without Tim Duncan next season for the first time in 19 years. They brought back guard Manu Ginobili, too.

Expanding farms harm nature on 58 pct of world's land: study Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:43 PM PDT By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - An expansion of farmland has damaged nature beyond a "safe" limit on 58 percent of the world's land surface, threatening natural services such as crop pollination by insects, scientists said on Thursday. Grasslands, such as in United States, Argentina, South Africa or Central Asia, are among natural systems most affected by declines in animals and plants caused by human activities, they wrote in the journal Science. The declines raise risks for natural services such as pollination of food crops by insects, production of nutrients by soils, or the ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide as a natural brake on climate change.

Trump has chosen Indiana's Pence as running mate: US media Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:40 PM PDT Trump will formally announce his vice presidential pick on Friday, with three days to go until Republicans gather in Cleveland, Ohio to officially select the White House nominee who will face Hillary Clinton in November. Pence had emerged as the solid frontrunner ahead of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, as Trump zeroed in on a shortlist of potential running mates. "Governor Pence strengthens the ticket with a solid and unquestionable conservative anchor," Maureen Blum, a convention delegate from Washington who backed Trump rival Marco Rubio, told AFP.

Kim, Lee, Nomura share Marathon Classic lead. Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:36 PM PDT SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim bogeyed her final hole Thursday for a 5-under 66 and a share of the Marathon Classic lead with fellow South Korean player Mirim Lee and Japan's Haru Nomura.

Hollande returns to Paris for crisis talks after Nice attack: presidency Posted: 14 Jul 2016 03:34 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande was heading back to Paris early Friday for crisis talks, his office said, after a van drove into a crowd in the resort of Nice in what a local official said was a "major criminal attack".

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