News / MN Newsletter // November 13

November 13, 2019

News and Times Top stories - Google News: Review: Elizabeth Banks takes a shot at 'Charlie's Angels' - Associated Press Top stories - Google News: Google wants to be your bank: It will soon offer checking accounts - CNN Top stories - Google News: 'Real King Kong' primate was related to the orangutan - CNN Top stories - Google News: Trump impeachment inquiry: George Kent opening statement In Full- BBC News - BBC News Top stories - Google News: Republicans use giant signs to counter impeachment case - New York Post Top stories - Google News: Review: Elizabeth Banks takes a shot at 'Charlie's Angels' - Associated Press If you’re watching a big studio film featuring a female ensemble, there is a 50% chance that there is going to be some monologue about how men underestimating women is both a truism and an advantage. read more Top stories - Google News: Google wants to be your bank: It will soon offer checking accounts - CNN Google (GOOGL) plans to offer checking accounts to customers starting next year, a source familiar with Google's plans told CNN Business. Google is partnering with Citigroup (C) and a credit union at Stanford University for the initiative. read more Top stories - Google News: 'Real King Kong' primate was related to the orangutan - CNN Scientists have estimated that the extinct ape, known as Gigantopithecus blacki, stood almost 10 foot high (3 meters) and was twice the weight of gorilla, but no complete skull or any other bone from the rest of the skeleton has been found, leading to a lot of speculation. read more Top stories - Google News: Trump impeachment inquiry: George Kent opening statement In Full- BBC News - BBC News Trump impeachment inquiry: George Kent opening statement In Full- BBC News BBC NewsWatch live | Day 1 of public Trump impeachment hearings: William Taylor and George Kent testify Washington Post​George Kent: Giuliani's efforts were "infecting" Ukraine policy CBS NewsImpeachment hearings: Who testifies this week and why it matters Washington PostView full coverage on Google News read more Top stories - Google News: Republicans use giant signs to counter impeachment case - New York Post A picture’s worth a thousand words — and the Republicans brought their share to Wednesday morning’s first public impeachment hearings. A series of visual aids were set up at the proceeding, intended to underline the cases GOP lawmakers intend to lay out during the hearings. read more

Russia-2 Voice of America - English: Air Pollution Shuts Schools in Iran's Capital Voice of America - English: Rival Staffs Vie for Control of Venezuelan Embassy in Brazil Voice of America - English: Esper: US Could Alter Military Drills to Boost North Korea Talks Voice of America - English: Trump, Erdogan Discuss Turkey's Purchase of Russian Missile Defense System Voice of America - English: University Campuses in Hong Kong Latest Battlegrounds in Pro-Democracy Protests Voice of America - English: Air Pollution Shuts Schools in Iran's Capital TEHRAN - Schools in Tehran were ordered to be closed on Wednesday after the Iranian capital was cloaked in dangerously high levels of air pollution, authorities said. Governor Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpey said kindergartens, preschools and primary schools would be shut in the city and the counties of Gharchak, Pishva and Varamin. read more Voice of America - English: Rival Staffs Vie for Control of Venezuelan Embassy in Brazil The opposition backed ambassador's staff attempted to move in to the Venezuelan embassy in Brazil on Wednesday as staff loyal to the Maduro government resisted the change. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó's appointed ambassador, Teresa Belandria, said in a statement that staff members at the embassy "voluntarily" opened its doors early Wednesday to officials working for her. read more Voice of America - English: Esper: US Could Alter Military Drills to Boost North Korea Talks Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that he is open to the possibility of altering American military activities in South Korea if it would help advance a diplomatic deal with North Korea to eliminate its nuclear program. read more Voice of America - English: Trump, Erdogan Discuss Turkey's Purchase of Russian Missile Defense System WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House for a second time at what is a low ebb in relations between Washington and Ankara.  read more Voice of America - English: University Campuses in Hong Kong Latest Battlegrounds in Pro-Democracy Protests Pro-democracy protesters, a number of them students, have barricaded themselves at universities in Hong Kong as the schools become the latest flashpoints in the demonstrators' quest for greater autonomy from China. read more

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