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Dorian set to slam Bahamas as powerful category 4 hurricane

Hurricane Dorian was set to slam the Bahamas on Sunday as a dangerous category 4 storm, pounding the islands with up to two days of torrential rain, high waves and damaging winds before taking aim at the U.S. mainland. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2ZDAvHz September 01, 2019 at 07:03AM

U.S., Taliban at 'threshold' of Afghan agreement: U.S. official

U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to an agreement that would reduce fighting and allow full peace talks among Afghans, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, a day after insurgent forces stormed the strategic northern city of Kunduz. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2MQ2LVG September 01, 2019 at 06:27AM

Kaggle Learn Micro-courses

The competition site Kaggle has recently released some micro-courses aimed at helping people to quickly learn the skills of data science. It is called Kaggle Learn, Faster Data Science Education . It includes courses on: Python Deep Learning SQL and more Check them out to quickly get up to speed. Happy Learning. Data Science 101 https://ift.tt/2MORKDK September 01, 2019 at 04:12AM

China, U.S. to collect additional tariffs on each other's goods

China and the United States will begin imposing additional tariffs on each other's goods on Sunday, the latest escalation in a bruising trade war despite signs talks would resume sometime this month. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2PzdCp7 September 01, 2019 at 04:49AM

British PM Johnson challenges lawmakers to deliver Brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson challenged lawmakers to deliver on the Brexit vote and not thwart his plans to take Britain out of the European Union on October 31. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2ZCdLru September 01, 2019 at 04:27AM

Five killed, including gunman, 21 injured in West Texas shooting

A white male in his 30s who was known to police killed four people and wounded 21 others on Saturday in a gun rampage between the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa that started with a traffic stop and ended when he was killed by officers, authorities said. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2ZIa2Zk September 01, 2019 at 04:11AM

Five killed, including shooter, 21 injured in West Texas shooting

A white male in his 30s who was known to police killed four people and wounded 21 others on Saturday in a gun rampage between the west Texas cities of Midland and Odessa that started with a traffic stop and ended when he was killed by officers, authorities said. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2NInTwz September 01, 2019 at 03:33AM

Bahamas government warns tourists and residents to shelter from Dorian

Authorities in the Bahamas made a last-minute plea to residents and tourists on Saturday to seek shelter as time ran out before powerful Hurricane Dorian hits, warning those that refused to move that their lives were at risk. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2PwfVJu September 01, 2019 at 03:15AM

Where every 2020 candidate stands on guns

Ten of the Democratic presidential candidates during the first 2020 debate. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The candidates agree on universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. There’s less agreement on other proposals. In response to recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas ; Dayton, Ohio ; and now Odessa and Midland, Texas , and Mobile, Alabama , supporters of stricter gun laws have voiced a simple mantra : “Do something!” So, after little federal action on guns for more than two decades, what would the 2020 presidential candidates actually do? President Donald Trump, for his part, doesn’t seem interested in much. He has supported a federal red flag law, which would allow police to take away someone’s guns if there’s some proof of a risk of violence (a “red flag”). But on other measures, from universal background checks to an assault weapons ban, Trump and Republican lawmakers have resisted, instead talking up questionable connections between violence, mental illness , and...

China's factory activity shrinks for fourth month as trade pressure mounts

Factory activity in China shrank in August for the fourth month in a row as the United States ramped up trade pressure and domestic demand remained sluggish, pointing to a further slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2PrlGIo August 31, 2019 at 04:56AM

China August factory activity shrinks for fourth month: official PMI

Factory activity in China shrank in August for the fourth month in a row, official data showed on Saturday, as the United States ramped up tariff pressure and domestic demand remained sluggish. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/30Yjnxy August 31, 2019 at 04:24AM

China's service sector activity grows at quicker pace in August: official PMI

Growth in China's services sector activity picked up for the first time in five months in August, official data showed on Saturday, cushioning some of the economic impact from intensifying U.S. trade pressure. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2ZL1DZz August 31, 2019 at 04:24AM

China July factory activity shrinks for fourth month: official PMI

Factory activity in China shrank in August for the fourth month in a row, official data showed on Saturday, as the United States ramped up tariff pressure and domestic demand remained sluggish. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2HANEuG August 31, 2019 at 04:10AM

Past sea-level rise? Scientists find evidence several million years old

A group of scientists studying evidence preserved in cave formations have found that sea level was as much as 52 feet higher than the present day more than 3 million years ago. FOX News https://ift.tt/32isN7C August 31, 2019 at 04:04AM

Argentina curbs banks' access to pesos amid growing market turmoil

Argentina's battered bonds and currency were driven still lower on Friday amid downgrades by three credit rating agencies and a new measure the central bank said was designed to "avoid any lack of money" and safeguard the liquidity of the country's financial system. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2MN5RtA August 31, 2019 at 03:51AM