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Venice underwater as exceptional tide sweeps through canal city

Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 09:53 AM

Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square.   Read more »

Senior Trump official faked Time cover, gilded resumé: report

ABS-CBN News
Nov 13 09:47 AM

A senior Trump administration official, who was falsely reported as the next US envoy to the Philippines, created a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it and exaggerated her professional background in her resumé, broadcaster NBC News reported Wednesday.    Read more »

US senators push for vote on Hong Kong rights bill as violence rises

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Nov 13 09:37 AM

Republican Senator Jim Risch noted that he is a co-sponsor and "strong proponent" of the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act," which would place Hong Kong's special treatment by the United States under tighter scrutiny.   Read more »

Behind Trump’s dealings with Turkey: Sons-in-law married to power

David D. Kirkpatrick and Eric Lipton, The New York Times
Nov 13 08:39 AM | Updated Nov 13 08:41 AM

ISTANBUL — Behind President Donald Trump’s accommodating attitude toward Turkey is an unusual back channel: a trio of sons-in-law who married into power and now play key roles in connecting Ankara with Washington. Read more »

Pro-democracy protests in HK campuses

Eric Tsan, HK01 via AP
Nov 13 08:30 AM

Students hit by water cannon sprayed by police during a clash at Chinese University in Hong Kong, Tuesday evening. Read more »

Chinese scientist pleads guilty to technology theft

Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 08:28 AM

A Chinese scientist pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing next-generation battery technology from the American petroleum company where he worked, the US Department of Justice said. Read more »

Trump to dictators: 'Come on in'

Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 08:10 AM

NEW YORK - "Come on in," President Donald Trump jokingly told the world's dictators Tuesday, saying he's happy to deal with any kind of foreign leader able to help the United States. Read more »

NASA renames faraway ice world after Nazi-link backlash

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 07:44 AM | Updated Nov 13 07:45 AM

Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name's Nazi connotations. Read more »

Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending 'Dreamers' immigrant program

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters
Nov 13 07:07 AM | Updated Nov 13 07:18 AM

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled support on Tuesday for President Donald Trump's bid to kill a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants - dubbed "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children, even as liberal justices complained that the move would destroy lives. Read more »

Facing 'certain death', boy, 17, with vaping injury gets double lung transplant

Denise Grady, The New York Times
Nov 13 07:01 AM

A 17-year-old boy whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a lifesaving measure taken when a patient’s own lungs are diseased or damaged beyond repair and there is no other hope of survival, doctors said Tuesday. Read more »

Sydney region faces 'catastrophic' bushfire threat

Andrew Beatty and Daniel de Carteret, Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 06:54 AM

Sydney residents were warned of "catastrophic" danger and a state of emergency was declared Monday as Australia girded for a fresh wave of devastating bushfires.   Read more »

Evo Morales's topsy turvy flight into exile

Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias, Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 06:52 AM

MEXICO CITY - Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales jetted off to exile in Mexico Tuesday in a bizarre flight full of detours that traced the shifting political map of a Latin America racked by crises. Read more »

WHO prequalifies first Ebola vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 05:22 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it had prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, hailing a "critical step" towards its licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at risk of outbreaks.   Read more »

Hong Kong clashes rage on university campus, business district

Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Nov 13 05:18 AM

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters fought intense battles with riot police on a university campus and paralyzed the city's upmarket business district Tuesday, extending one of the most violent stretches of unrest seen in more than five months of political chaos. Read more »

Saudi authorities backtrack on description of feminism as extremism

Reuters
Nov 13 05:10 AM

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's state security agency distanced itself on Tuesday from a promotional video that categorized feminism, homosexuality and atheism as extremist ideas, blaming it on an action by individuals. Read more »