Aj News and Media Information: August 2018

Friday, August 31, 2018

How to Protect Your Cellphone (and Your Data) When You Travel

By SHIVANI VORA from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2NzSDwS
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Michigan and Notre Dame Bolster a Sport Built on Rivalries

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2MHEd1d
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College Football’s Biggest Rivalries

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PViAsv
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Lot-Line Window? Keep Your Fingers Crossed

By SARA CLEMENCE from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2opdlo3
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Home Alone, With a Spy Cam

By RONDA KAYSEN from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2BZPcy6
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How Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion at Parsons, Spends His Sundays

By SHIVANI VORA from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2omCy2G
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Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakers’ Worst Fears

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2wvnxiE
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A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead

By CHRISTINE MUHLKE from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wxGpgU
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New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’

By JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2PovbTY
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Letters to the Editor

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2CfpIgz
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‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine

By MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHjwx2
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‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’: A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession

By S. KIRK WALSH from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHUmi1
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Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat

By ROBERT P. BAIRD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtJwqW
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He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film.

By EMILY EAKIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtbDGX
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Are Ben Marcus’s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ‘Black Mirror’?

By JEFF GILES from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Pn9vqZ
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Clock changes: EU backs ending daylight saving

Time could be up for the practice of changing clocks in the autumn and spring in the EU.

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China targets video gaming to tackle myopia in children

New restrictions will try to tackle rising levels of near-sightedness among children.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NAnadV

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines

By CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2NAWk5i
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She Gambled on Her Claim to Link Russians and Trump. She Is Losing.

By RICHARD C. PADDOCK from NYT World https://ift.tt/2C4XDZf
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Eminem Releases ‘Kamikaze,’ a Surprise Album

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2PSEiNx
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'Nobody ever will sing like Aretha'

Stars from the world of music have marked the life of Aretha Franklin in a tribute concert in Detroit.

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Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and AZAM AHMED from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N2iqk9
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Australia’s Catholic Leaders Reject Call to Report Sex Abuse Heard in Confessions

By RICK ROJAS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2POWjfT
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China’s State Media: Trump Tweets Come From an ‘Alternative Universe’

By AUSTIN RAMZY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Pm8O1i
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U.S. to End Funding to U.N. Agency That Helps Palestinian Refugees

By EDWARD WONG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wxzrsh
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He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk)

By ROSLYN SULCAS from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2PTYkai
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Too Many Chinese Children Need Glasses. Beijing Blames Video Games.

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2onQXLX
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Honey, I Swept the Floor!

By BROOKE WILLIAMS from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2Pk01gs
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15 Chapters of Grand Slam Drama for the Williams Sisters

By BEN ROTHENBERG and VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PgNfyY
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Yankees Looking to Trade for Andrew McCutchen, a Former M.V.P.

By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2N3KVhz
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Why You Should Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make

By TIM HERRERA from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2PjuTO3
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Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life

By JONATHAN BLAUSTEIN from NYT Lens https://ift.tt/2NACMhD
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Coca-Cola Bets on Coffee With $5.1 Billion Deal for Costa

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2MI0kEU
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What’s on TV Friday: ‘Ozark’ and ‘Jack Ryan’

By EMMA L. MCALEAVY from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2LJ5bQC
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How Germany’s Far Right Stole a Rallying Cry for Democracy

By AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER and SARAH STEIN KERR from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N45dHO
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How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Today Than When You Were Born?

By NADJA POPOVICH, BLACKI MIGLIOZZI, RUMSEY TAYLOR, JOSH WILLIAMS and DEREK WATKINS from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/2LIQ21K
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Mob Protests in Germany Show New Strength of the Far Right

By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://ift.tt/2MIlgM3
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President Trump Skirts Mention of John McCain at Rally and on Twitter

By KATIE ROGERS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2N6Jm2c
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Yankees, With Strongest Home Run Muscles, Are Outdone by a Weakling

By WALLACE MATTHEWS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2C0FMTd
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Caroline Wozniacki Becomes Latest Giant to Fall at Armstrong

By BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2C3K6Rx
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Germany, Vanilla Beans, Riz Ahmed: Your Friday Briefing

By ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2PgoVNG
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Christian Wade: Rugby ignoring black state school kids

Christian Wade says the sport must do more to get children from state schools into the sport.

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Man charged over threats against reporters who criticised Trump

The man is charged after allegedly saying he would kill journalists who criticised Donald Trump.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2CaU4AO

Cambodia jails Australian filmmaker found guilty of espionage

James Ricketson was arrested while he was flying a drone over an opposition rally in Cambodia.

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Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization

The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PMYsse

Australia abuse inquiry: Catholic Church rejects call to overhaul confession

Catholic leaders in Australia say priests should not be forced to break the seal of confession.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2METYWM

Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station

A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU

UN 'alarmed' by reports of China's mass detention of Uighurs

The UN says credible reports suggest that up to a million Muslim Uighurs are held in detention camps.

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Gérard Depardieu: French actor accused of rape

French actor Gérard Depardieu is accused of rape and sexual assault - accusations he denies.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wsF4c5

John McCain: Sarah Palin 'excluded from his funeral'

A "stay-away message" was reportedly conveyed to Sarah Palin via McCain family intermediaries.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PSPrhA

Bobi Wine: Uganda's pop star MP 're-arrested at airport'

A young MP facing treason charges is allegedly detained while attempting to board a plane.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wuUg8p

Argentina raises rates as peso plummets

Central bank raises benchmark interest rate in an effort to stabilise the country's financial crisis.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LAbd6h

Florida sheriff backs Uber driver who killed 'goofball'

"This is a justifiable homicide all day long," says a Florida sheriff about the shooting.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C0VU6Z

Hayabusa-2: Japan sets date for spacecraft's asteroid touchdown

Japan's space agency sets dates for its plan to explore the surface of an asteroid with robots.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PhwP9M

Macron: French 'Gauls' resistant to change, unlike 'Lutheran' Danes

The French president causes an outcry as he pokes fun at attitudes to his economic reforms.

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Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery

One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NytToH

McCain and Biden's long friendship

The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2opOXms

The power of 'pink money' in India

Some businesses in India have found that catering to the LGBT community makes financial sense.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PkzZJE

Colorado police tell handcuffed journalist: 'Act like a lady'

Susan Greene was arrested as she used her phone to record police detaining an African American.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pkjaii

The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NC2pyG

Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above

A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PPH2LJ

Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'

A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NyuA1l

How Eto'o helped homeless ex-Cameroon captain

Cameroon's Norbert Owona, homeless for two years, thanks Samuel Eto'o for promising him a new house.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PRs5bR

Kanye West finally answers Jimmy Kimmel's Donald Trump question

The rap star also apologises for saying slavery "sounds like a choice".

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wt5evr

Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?

One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pm5AL3

Why Australia is talking about a French au pair

A minister's decision to personally intervene in a visa case is attracting national attention.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2or6hqZ

Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full

Chinese government investigators say certain investment companies are faking box office results.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wv3oKd

Iosif Kobzon: Russians mourn 'Soviet Sinatra'

Iosif Kobzon was the soundtrack to the lives of many Russians but had a controversial career.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LHKRPL

Why India activist arrests have kicked up a storm

The issue has heated up online and people are staging protest rallies against the arrests.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LDapxu

Numbers of elderly in 24-hour care set to double by 2035

The social care system is "at breaking point", a local government official warns.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PTOqWy

Solihull murders: Man held over mum and daughter deaths

A man, 21, is arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother and her 22-year-old daughter in Solihull.

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Homebase future in doubt as creditors meet

If landlords do not approve a rescue deal for the DIY chain, it is likely to go into administration.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Pmcekv

Frank Field: Labour MP says anti-Semitism is 'more than tolerated' in party

Frank Field says he backed Jeremy Corbyn for leader to be "inclusive", but the party is now intolerant.

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Coca-Cola to buy Costa chain for £3.9bn

The UK's biggest coffee chain is being sold by owner Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inns.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ooSGRa

Theresa May shows off dance moves in Kenya

Theresa May danced with a group of scouts during a visit to the UN offices in Nairobi, Kenya.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wwZNut

Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station

A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU

Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization

The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PMYsse

Man with dwarfism describes street abuse

Eugene Grant is regularly abused by people as he walks around Newcastle.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PQWRBK

New asthma treatment set for wider NHS distribution

The new 'melting muscle' treatment has proved to be safe and effective, health experts say.

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Breakdancing 'helped man escape gang culture'

Paco Box said he carried a gun and robbed people to fund his former lifestyle.

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Dominic Raab prepares for six-hour Brexit talks in Brussels

The Brexit secretary will meet the EU's chief negotiator as work on a divorce deal continues.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LIgMiR

Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery

One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NytToH

The Papers: MP quits 'nasty' Labour and Grenfell fraud

Many of Friday's papers lead on the resignation of Frank Field over Labour's anti-Semitism row.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NaQNFX

News Daily: Labour culture 'appalling' and Trump threatens WTO

Your morning briefing for Friday 31 August 2018.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PSpEWw

Five back-to-school sleeping tips for kids

It's back-to-school time. Here are five top tips for getting your kids back into a school-friendly bedtime routine.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LIkAkc

Quiz: Who went wild about Harry?

It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NymWEb

The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NC2pyG

McCain and Biden's long friendship

The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2opOXms

Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above

A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PPH2LJ

Giant Sadiq Khan bikini-clad balloon to fly over London

The 29ft giant inflatable, bought by protesters, shows the London mayor wearing a yellow bikini.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2C2t3iV

Errant swan captured on M5

Worried motorists called the police after spotting the bird on the hard shoulder.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wxWPWx

Imran Khan mocked for helicopter home-to-work commute

People are unimpressed the Pakistan prime minister takes a helicopter to work despite his austerity policies.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PRUte6

High suicide risk for 'men in construction'

The suicide rate among low-skilled male labourers is three times higher than the national average for men, according to figures by the ONS.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MXbzJ1