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Scientists re-engineer yeast to create active marijuana ingredients

American scientists have genetically engineered yeast to create the active compounds found in cannabis plants, potentially eliminating the need for crops in the future. Using the same method that creates beer, except with modified microbes, scientists from the University of Berkeley, California, have produced THC, the compound that gets marijuana users high, and CBD, the part used to treat chronic pain and epilepsy. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GPTSII
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‘No agreement reached’ between Trump and Kim at summit

The White House has confirmed US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not reach an agreement at the summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. The White House's press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Thursday that 'no agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future'. The pair had been discussing denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2NzusPK
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Donald Trump attacked by ex-lawyer in explosive testimony

Donald Trump's ex-lawyer has attacked the US president in an explosive address to Congress, saying the leader acted like a 'mobster' in the run-up to his testimony. Michael Cohen, who previously had the nickname 'pitbull' because he was known as Mr Trump's fixer and attack dog, laid into his former boss under oath, calling him a 'racist, a conman and a cheat'. Speaking to the House of Representatives' oversight committee, Mr Cohen said he had lied to Congress in 2017 about a possible Trump apartment block deal in Moscow because 'he [Trump] wanted me to lie'. Cohen, 52, said Mr Trump did not explicitly direct him to lie but looked him 'in the eye' and relayed the false version of events. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GPPA3Q
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Pakistani PM calls for talks after Indian warplanes shot down

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for talks after the downing of two Indian warplanes over Kashmir and the capture of a pilot, in a major escalation of the conflict in the disputed territory. An army spokesman said Pakistan 's air force shot down the jets after they crossed the boundary between the two nuclear rivals in the region. Major General Asif Ghafoor said one plane went down in Indian-controlled Kashmir and another crashed on its own territory where troops on the ground detained a pilot. Earlier, he had said two pilots had been captured, one of whom was injured and had been taken to a military hospital. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Nx4aOc
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Big change Meghan has forced on Kate

Here’s something for all you royal trivia aficionados: There is no official regal handbook. When new members join the Windsor clan, they do get training such as how not to flash your knickers when exiting a Range Rover and how to curtsy without falling over and ruining a priceless marble bust of Queen Victoria. However, that said, there is no handy manual that a duchess-to-be can take home and highlight while guzzling G & Ts. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BWkofg
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Trump is a ‘racist, a conman and a cheat’: Cohen

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has accused his one-time boss of being a 'racist, a conman and a cheat' while testifying to Congress. While under oath, Mr Cohen accused Trump of lying to the public about his business interest in Russia and said the President knew about the Wikileak's decision to release hacked Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 election campaign. During the seven-hour hearing, Mr Cohen conceded he had no direct evidence that Mr Trump colluded with the Russian government during the presidential election, but insists that he has "suspicions". Republicans have dismissed his testimony, claiming he is a 'proven liar'. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2NxnSJH
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Donald Trump vows to help North Korea unlock ‘unbelievable potential

Donald Trump heaped praise on North Korea as he met with Kim Jong Un for a second historic summit in Vietnam, saying Pyongyang had 'unlimited' economic potential which he vowed to help unlock. The US president shook hands with Mr Kim and posed for pictures before sitting down to give the world an update on their flourishing relationship. It comes after the pair met for the first time in Singapore in June last year following the exchange of several personal insults and increased tension over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. But reflecting on their progress in Hanoi, Mr Trump said: 'I thought the first summit was a great success and I think this one hopefully will be equal or greater than the first.' The president - speaking to Mr Kim through an interpreter - said the US was going to help Pyongyang fulfil its potential. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GPTTwg
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Duke and Duchess of Sussex return home from Morocco

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have returned home after a three day trip to Morocco. The visit is the couple’s last major tour before the birth of their first child who is due in late April. Prince Harry and Meghan spent their final day touring the Andalusian Gardens and spoke with young entrepreneurs. The media attention around the tour has been huge with almost 100 photographers and journalists making the trip to Morocco. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Elsw9q
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Food icon sells business

South Australia’s iconic cook and purveyor of fine foods, Maggie Beer, has sold her controlling stake in the food group housed on her Pheasant Farm in the Barossa Valley for $10 million. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SyRAPD
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Big change Meghan has forced on Kate

Here’s something for all you royal trivia aficionados: There is no official regal handbook. When new members join the Windsor clan, they do get training such as how not to flash your knickers when exiting a Range Rover and how to curtsy without falling over and ruining a priceless marble bust of Queen Victoria. However, that said, there is no handy manual that a duchess-to-be can take home and highlight while guzzling G & Ts. from Life | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BWkofg
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Pakistani Military Says It Shot Down 2 Indian Aircraft

By MARIA ABI-HABIB, SAMEER YASIR and SALMAN MASOOD from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Su7rPo
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Calgary Hands the Islanders Their Third Defeat in Four Games

By FIELD LEVEL MEDIA from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2TmqVtu
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Is This Egypt’s Next Revolution?

By YASMINE EL RASHIDI from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Sumo3V
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Learning With: ‘Chinese Girl Finds a Way Out of Tedious Homework: Make a Robot Do It’

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/2TeqMIL
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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Whiskey Cavalier’ and ‘Free Solo’

By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2U7BBJG
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Las principales noticias del miércoles

By Por ELDA CANTÚ from NYT Universal https://ift.tt/2tEyWeU
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Trump-Kim Summit: First Meets Vietnamese Leaders

By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT World https://ift.tt/2TkEwlg
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What a Korean War Peace Deal Could Mean, Decades After the Fighting Stopped

By AUSTIN RAMZY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Thod8z
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SALT Limit Is Hitting 11 Million Tax Returns, Audit Finds

By JIM TANKERSLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2U9I1Z1
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Michael Cohen Plans to Call Trump a ‘Con Man’ and a ‘Cheat’ in Congressional Testimony

By NICHOLAS FANDOS and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2U8EVEw
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Oregon to Become First State to Impose Statewide Rent Control

By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2BUyjCt
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Review: Lost on a Magical Mystery Tour in ‘Alice by Heart’

By BEN BRANTLEY from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2tDwaXd
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Running From Bahrain’s Dark Side

By HAKEEM AL-ARAIBI from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2GNmsub
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L.I.R.R. Collision: 3 Killed as 2 Trains Crash Into Car in Westbury

By PATRICK McGEEHAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2GOAiw9
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’70s Rock

By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2Xr1lTB
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Brexit, Kim Jong-un, Michael Cohen: Your Wednesday Briefing

By PENN BULLOCK from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2Eh6bKk
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Wall blow shows Trump’s weakened power

Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House on Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for his border wall, escalating a clash over whether he was abusing his powers to advance his paramount campaign pledge. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GITUlD
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Pakistan threatens India with retaliation after airstrike on militants

Pakistan has threatened India with retaliation after its rival launched an airstrike against militants in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir. Major General Asif Ghafoor warned New Delhi in a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, saying: 'It is your turn now to wait and get ready for our surprise.' The early morning airstrike on a suspected extremist training camp in the section of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan 'eliminated' a large number of terrorists, India said. Pakistan denied the claims from its neighbour, saying there were 'no casualties' in the raid and 'no infrastructure got hit'. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BUUE2Z
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Hundreds of children remain trapped in Syria

Hundreds of children remain trapped in Syria after the collapse of Islamic State, including dozens of foreign children taken to the war zone by their parents. A centre has been opened to rehabilitate many of the so-called 'cubs of the caliphate', children brought up in Iraq and Syria under control of Islamic State militants. Some have seen their siblings blown up, some have lost parents who died fighting for IS and some still have mothers or fathers fighting for the terror group. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2UbEUj0
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President Trump’s former lawyer to testify before Congress

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen will testify before Congress, alleging possible tax fraud and racist language by the President, according to US media. The high profile testimony will take place while the President meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam this week. Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison and will begin his custodial term in May over hush money payments to two women and a string of other crimes including tax evasion and lying to Congress. Vision: CNN from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BTvvFC
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Trump and Kim prepare for second meeting

President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi later today for the first time since their summit in Singapore in June last year. The two will have a one-on-one conversation at the Metropole Hotel at 6.30pm local time, before having a 'social dinner'. On Thursday, there will be a full summit of 'back and forth meetings', according to the White House. Both leaders arrived in the Vietnamese capital yesterday: Mr Kim in the morning, on the armoured train he took all the way from Pyongyan; and Mr Trump in the evening, aboard Air Force One. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2U7J77m
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US House votes to revoke Trump’s national emergency

The US House of Representatives has voted to block President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration over US-Mexico border wall funding. The bid to overturn the declaration now goes to the Republican-majority Senate, where some conservatives have said they will vote with Democrats. Mr Trump, who declared the emergency after Congress refused funding for the wall, has said he will veto the bill. The resolution passed the Democrat-led House of Representatives by a margin of 245-182. Vision: CNN from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BUUVmB
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China Isn’t Having Enough Babies

By WANG FENG and YONG CAI from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2XmX4QO
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Meet the Italian Makers of Luxury

By ELIZABETH PATON from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2U8bz9p
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Jeremy Corbyn, Egypt, Iran: Your Tuesday Briefing

By MELINA DELKIC and ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2U9FnCi
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What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Every Day’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’

By SARA ARIDI from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2IBClFJ
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Las principales noticias del martes

By Por ELDA CANTÚ from NYT Universal https://ift.tt/2tBV3T9
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Indian Jets Strike on Pakistani Side of Kashmir Line

By MARIA ABI-HABIB and AUSTIN RAMZY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2XoJdcU
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U.N. Court Tells Britain to End Control of Colony Home to U.S. Air Base

By MARLISE SIMONS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2SXRvKe
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The Battle at the Venezuelan Border

By NICHOLAS CASEY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2IMwPzY
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Venezuelan Government Is Said to Detain Jorge Ramos, Univision Anchor

By NICHOLAS CASEY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2T1Rd56
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Paul Manafort’s Lawyers Argue He Has Been Unfairly ‘Vilified’ Before Sentencing

By SHARON LaFRANIERE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2GJTf3k
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Review: ‘Marys Seacole’ Puts Biodrama Through a Kaleidoscope

By BEN BRANTLEY from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2XoK0dZ
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Review: After Apartheid, Who Are ‘Boesman and Lena’?

By JESSE GREEN from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2GHbeqU
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Radu Albot, Trained on Wooden Courts of Moldova, Earns His Country’s First Title

By CINDY SHMERLER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2tDC4rF
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Nets Stifle the Spurs, Holding Them to a Season Low in Points

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2GKlChK
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Barn Topper

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Woman Delivers Stillborn Baby While in ICE Custody

By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2XpgzYZ
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Kim arrives in Vietnam for second summit with Trump

Kim Jong Un has arrived in Hanoi ahead of a second summit with Donald Trump. The North Korean leader arrived in the Vietnamese capital after a journey that saw him cross the border with China on his personal train, before transferring to a limousine at Dong Dang railway station. His US counterpart is on route from Washington in Air Force One and is expected to arrive in a few hours time. The talks between the two come eight months after their historic summit in Singapore, which was the first meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. The pair are due to sit down together for dinner on Wednesday, before more formal discussions get under way on Thursday. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Xoar3q
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Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam for second summit with Donald Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Vietnam via a 50-hour train journey for a summit with US President Donald Trump. The two leaders will hold two-days of talks in the Vietnamese capital, eight months after their historic first summit in Singapore. US President Donald Trump says he will push for the denuclearisation of the region in his discussions with the North Korean leader. President Trump is expected to arrive on Air Force One on Monday night. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SrBw1G
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Buffett warns of ‘megacatastrophe’

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is famed for his seeming sixth sense when it comes to the stock market. But business has been flat lately. And he’s becoming increasingly concerned a looming catastrophe that could shake civilisation itself. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Tk7j9m
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Israel expresses unease over Iran military drills

Iran has test fired a cruise missile during war games involving 100 vessels off its southern coast, state media has reported. The drills happened near the Strait of Hormuz - a major oil shipping route at the mouth of the Persian Gulf - amid heightened tensions with the US. Israel has reportedly expressed its unease over the Iranian military drills. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GIeHFJ
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PM demands ANZAC Day dawn service be continued

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has quickly reversed a decision to scrap an ANZAC Day dawn service near Villers-Bretonneux in France. The Department of Veterans' Affairs announced on Monday the ANZAC Day service would be moved to the more convenient time of 10am. The decision drew criticism from ex-service organisations and the general public in Australia, prompting Mr Morrison to demand the dawn service be continued. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GHc1YZ
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Oscars Red Carpet: Glenn Close in her 4 million bead dress

Video obtained Monday, February 25, 2019, of Oscar nominee Glenn Close on the red carpet at the 91st Academy Awards, Hollywood, California. The actress, nominated for her lead role in The Wife, talks about her dress and says, "It has 4 million beads and it weighs 42 pounds". (AAP VIDEO/TVNZ 2)(NO ARCHIVING AAP VIDEO BEYOND 48 HOURS) from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2NqV0ml
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North Korea ‘will never give up its nuclear weapons’

FULL INTERVIEW: A foreign policy export has warned the chances of achieving North Korea nuclear dismantlement at the second summit with US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un is ‘very low.’ United States Studies Centre’s Ashley Townshend says the hermit kingdom has failed to made substantial concessions, having only dismantled some missile facilities on a ‘non-irreversible basis’, while continuing to expand its nuclear inventory. Mr Townshend told Sky News baby steps are the best way forward diplomatically, saying North Korea ‘will never give up its nuclear weapons in any short-term horizon’. The two-day summit is set to kick off on Wednesday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2NsUtAe
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Sick content hiding in YouTube vids

High-profile Australian brands Coca-Cola, Optus, Woolworths, the Commonwealth Bank and the Australian government have frozen advertising deals with YouTube after it was revealed it unknowingly allowed softcore paedophilia rings to congregate in its comment sections. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BTSX5U
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QBE’S Full Year Result 25 Feb 19: QBE Insurance (QBE) profit recovers on lower claim costs and improving efficiencies

QBE Insurance has reported full year ‘’underlying’ or cash profit after tax of $715 million, compared to a loss of $262 million in the previous year. The net profit after tax of $390 million reflected a range of one-off results, including the impact of foreign exchange costs. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2VeYWcx
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Triguboff: banks need to start lending

Billionaire apartment mogul Harry Triguboff says the housing market will continue to slide and Australia will be engulfed with foreign investments unless local banks don’t loosen the straps on lending restrictions. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2IvZh99
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Two days that sealed Meghan’s royal fate

The scene: 7.02am, a gilt-edged drawing room in Buckingham Palace. The Queen, wearing a favourite pastel chenille dressing gown that Princess Margaret gave her for Christmas in 1972, sits down at her breakfast table. She opens her tupperware container of Special K and begins to pour and picks up her copy of today’s Racing Post. Suddenly, she notices the headlines in the newspapers lying underneath. Cereal goes flying! from Life | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2XmMtWb
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Disturbing footage shows brutal attack on police officers

Three men and a woman are due to face a Melbourne court charged with assaulting two police officers in St Kilda. The police officers were allegedly attacked when they responded to reports of an assault on Fitzroy Street in the early hours of Sunday. The vision shows police allegedly being thrown to the ground and stomped on, with one officer having his head repeatedly smashed against the ground. Both officers were taken to hospital after the incident, where one was treated for facial injuries and the other underwent emergency surgery to his shoulder. The attack happened following accusations of police brutality, but senior command is standing by the officers, saying they acted appropriately. The investigation is ongoing. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SYmaHi
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NSW govt commits $25 million to assess Bradfield water diversion scheme for drought protection

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has announced the Berejiklian government will put $25 million towards a feasibility study into the 90-year-old Bradfield Scheme, a water diversion scheme to protect the state against drought. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Barilaro says the study will look at eventual costs, which he currently estimates to be $10-15 billion for the proposed Bradfield Scheme, and challenges other states to match their funding in order to make a more serious ‘guesstimate’ on cost. Mr Barilaro says it is time to ‘future proof’ Australia, with nation building projects that will ‘make a difference’. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2E8W4qY
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Calls for Anzac Day responsibilities to be stripped from Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Sky News host Peta Credlin says the public service ‘should never’ have suggested the Anzac Day dawn service at Villers-Bretonneux in Northern France be scrapped, which drew more attendees than Gallipoli’s dawn service in 2018. The Department of Veterans' Affairs announced on Monday the service on the Western Front would be moved to ‘the more convenient time’ of 10am. Prime Minister Scott Morrison quickly reversed the decision, following criticism from ex-service organisations and the public in Australia. Ms Credlin says commemorating our war-dead on Anzac Day, and the key events and battles of military history, should be the role of the Australian War Memorial and not the Department of Veterans' Affairs. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BRHAeG
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Man arrested over alleged child procurement

Supplied video obtained Monday, February 25, 2019 and released by police following the arrest of a man on February 24 over the alleged procurement of a child online. Police will say the man believed he was speaking with a 14-year-old boy and engaged in highly-sexualised conversations. It will also be alleged that the man made arrangements to meet the child for sex. (AAP Video/Supplied/NSW Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GJlXBl
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NSW man not guilty of nursing home assault

February 25, 2019. David Patrick Frost leaves Downing Centre Local Court with his barrister William Barber. The retiree has been found not guilty of removing the trousers of a wheelchair-bound woman with dementia and pushing her incontinence pad to the side while visiting his father in a Sydney nursing home. After six days of hearings, magistrate Daniel Covington dismissed the charge, saying he could not be satisfied the offence was proven beyond reasonable doubt. (AAP Video/Sarah McPhee) from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GJkICg
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Ballarat women wanted for armed robbery and stabbing

Supplied video obtained February 25, 2019 of CCTV footage of two women the Ballarat Crime Investigation Unit detectives are searching for in relation to an armed robbery and stabbing in Ballarat. It is believed two women allegedly entered a store on Mair Street and stole a speaker. They tried to leave the store and were stopped by security and staff before one woman produced a small knife. She allegedly stabbed the victim before both women fled the scene on foot. The 28-year-old man, sustained minor injuries to his arm and was transported to hospital for treatment. (AAP Video/Supplied/Victoria Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GJ1PiC
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D’Angelo Russell Scores 40 on Birthday, Allowing Nets to Celebrate

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Rangers Trade Mats Zuccarello to Stars for 2 Draft Picks

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15-Year-Old Shot to Death in Front of His Sister by a Hooded Gunman

By ALI WINSTON from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2UcttYg
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At least 100 dead from toxic bootleg alcohol in India

At least 100 people have died and more than 200 others are in hospital after drinking a toxic bootleg alcohol in India which causes organ failure. The victims are primarily labourers working in tea plantations in the country’s remote northeast, who can’t afford to buy brand name alcohol. It’s the second mass outbreak of alcohol poisoning within two weeks, and 12 people have been arrested over the illegal substance. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2ViGKPn
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‘Good jobs’ available for teachers across the ditch: NZ Education Minister

A teacher recruitment drive in New Zealand has seen just ten Australian teachers make the move across the Tasman Sea. The country’s Ministry of Education wanted to recruit at least 400 overseas teachers to fill the shortage for this academic year, with just more than 240 recruited so far mostly from the United Kingdom and South Africa. Sky News has tracked one of the Australians who uprooted her life, explaining her motivation for the move across the ditch as an opportunity to ‘take some jumps professionally’. NZ Education Minister Chris Hipkins says he welcomes more teachers from Australia. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GVXic2
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Three feared dead after Atlas Air plane crashes into shallow water

Authorities say they don’t believe anyone could survive after a plane, operated by Atlas Air, crashed into a Texas bay in the United States. At least three people were aboard the cargo plane when it nose-dived into shallow water less than two metres deep. The Boeing 767 jetliner was en route from Miami to Houston. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2tAYREv
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Senior cabinet ministers break rank to call on Brexit delay

British Prime Minister Theresa May says she wants to get on with Brexit after three of her cabinet ministers publicly promised to defy her and vote to extend Article 50 if she can't get her deal through parliament. Amber Rudd, David Gauke and Greg Clark say it would be better to postpone leaving than to crash out of Europe without a deal. Article 50 is the clause which triggered the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, giving the country two years to negotiate an exit deal. The UK is due to leave on 29 March, and Ms May has insisted this will go ahead as planned. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2XkJptB
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The church has failed the people it was supposed to protect: Cardinal

The Vatican’s summit on sexual abuse within the church is entering its fourth and final day. Cardinals from across the world have gathered in Vatican City this week to discuss the church's response to a plague of abuse cases. German Cardinal Reinhard Marx says the way the church has handled many cases has failed the people it was supposed to protect. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SnsJOg
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Four killed, hundreds injured in Venezuelan protests

Four people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests across Venezuela as Opposition activists attempt to haul aid across government blockades and into the country. Pro-government troops have been seen firing tear gas at people scrambling across barricades to retrieve the supplies. At least 13 members of President Nicolas Maduro's security forces have abandoned their posts. President Maduro is being urged to stand down by a number of Western countries, including the United States and Australia, which recognise Opposition Leader Juan Guaido as the country’s legitimate leader. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Xk0WCi
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Vladimir Putin ready for Cuban Missile Crisis round two

The Russian President says he will not back down from a second Cuban Missile Crisis if the United States wants a nuclear stand-off. If the United States deploys medium-range nukes in Europe, Vladimir Putin says Russia will set up hypersonic nuclear missiles, purported to travel nine times the speed of sound, off America’s coast. Mr Putin says ‘nobody can prevent warships and submarines from navigating in neutral waters.’ His remarks come after America announced its intention to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SnsFhu
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Kim Jong Un’s armoured train spotted en route to Vietnam

The armoured train of North Korea's leader has been spotted in China ahead of the highly anticipated second summit with US President Donald Trump. The Korean Central News Agency has confirmed Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang on Saturday, with his train later arriving at the Chinese border city of Dandong. President Trump and the North Korean leader are set to meet in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for talks on Wednesday and Thursday. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2XlEU1S
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Kim’s train ride to second Trump summit

North Korea has confirmed for the first time that its leader Kim Jong-un will hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump, days ahead of the high-stakes nuclear meeting set to take place in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SVF4Pc
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R Kelly’s bail set at $1.4 million

R&B singer R Kelly has had bail set at $US1.4 million after being charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in the US. The 52-year-old is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls that span over 25 years. If found guilty, the songwriter could spend up to 70 years in prison. R Kelly has denied all allegations against him. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2BQAhDV
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World reacts to Muffin Break boss

From New York to Newcastle, the General Manager of Muffin Break has incited debate surrounding the idea that social media has given a generation of millennial workers an “inflated view” of themselves, leaving them unwilling to work for free. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2U4vlCF
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RAW: St Kilda early morning brawl: two police officers injured

Supplied video obtained February 24, 2019 of mobile phone footage of a brawl in St Kilda on Sunday morning. Police were called to Fitzroy Street at 3am, following a report of an assault. While a 26-year-old man was being arrested, several people intervened. During the course of the arrest, OC spray was deployed and two police officers were injured. The police members were taken to hospital and a 26-year-old man is currently assisting police with their enquiries. Investigators are keen to speak to any witnesses in the area at the time of the assault and anyone who may have mobile phone footage.(AAP Video/Supplied/Victoria Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2EskXit
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Disability groups rally over NSW government funding cuts

Disability groups rallied in Sydney’s Martin Place on Sunday over state government funding cuts. $30 million worth of funding for disability advocacy will cease for some organisations from July this year, with the rest of the sector losing support in July 2020. Coinciding with the protest, Labor has announced it will fund disability advocacy services across NSW but Physical Disability Council CEO Serena Ovens says they need long-term backing from all parties. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2SZ1vTq
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