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Indonesia jails female would-be suicide bomber in first case of its kind

Agoes Rudianto | Reuters Dian Yulia Novi (2nd L), stands trial along with her husband Muhammad Nur Solihin (2nd R) and co-defendants Ika Puspita Sari (L), Agus Supriyadi (R) in a court in Jakarta, Indonesia June 21, 2017. A Jakarta court has sentenced a female would-be suicide bomber to seven …

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Here are the 10 most important stories for investors Monday morning

Getty Images Stranded vehicles sit where they got stuck in high water from Hurricane Harvey on Dairy Ashford Drive, August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. A daily morning look at the financial stories you need to know to start the day. STOCKS/ECONOMY -Stock futures are higher as investors key in …

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Qatar may cut capital spending because of sanctions: Fitch

Tim De Waele | Corbis | Getty Images The skyline of Doha, Qatar. Qatar’s government may reduce its capital spending on economic projects and infrastructure if damage to its economy from sanctions intensifies, Fitch Ratings said on Monday as it cut the country’s credit rating. Fitch lowered Qatar by one …

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Want to Take Great Travel Pictures? Jimmy Chin Has Advice

Photo The photographer Jimmy Chin on a shoot in Turkey. Credit Jimmy Chin Collection The professional photographer and filmmaker Jimmy Chin, 43, originally began taking photos as a means to support his mountain-climbing habit. As an adventure photographer, he has since accompanied the climber Ed Viesturs and the filmmaker David …

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Hurricane Harvey much less damaging than Katrina, Sandy: Hannover Re

Craig Warga | NY Daily News Archive | Getty Images A house burns as Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, 2005. Damages from Harvey, the hurricane and tropical storm ravaging Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast, are estimated to be well below those from major storms that have hit New Orleans …

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India and China agree to end Doklam border standoff

MONEY SHARMA | AFP | Getty Images Indian activists of Natinal Panthers Party shout anti Chinese slogans during a protest near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on July 7, 2017. Indian and Chinese troops have been confronting each other at the Doklam plateau near the borders of India, its …

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What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Good Place’ and ‘Heston’s Fantastical Food’

Photo Kristen Bell in “The Good Place.” Credit Ron Batzdorff/NBC Kristen Bell takes lessons in goodness when she accidentally finds herself in heaven in “The Good Place.” And Heston Blumenthal’s jaw-dropping meals come to the Cooking Channel. What’s Streaming THE GOOD PLACE on Netflix. This philosophical comedy from Michael Schur, …

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Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee appeals five-year jail term for bribery

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jay Y. Lee, co-vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, right, is escorted by a prison officer as he arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, July 10, 2017. The sentencing of the billionaire scion was a watershed for …

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‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Finale: A Night for Family Reunions

“Game of Thrones” has always been concerned with the benefits and burdens of family. But it hit that theme particularly forcefully on Sunday, as this story that is broadly about the move from murderous tribalism to more globally oriented coaliton leadership arranged the Risk board for its final stretch. Continue …

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Black-clad anarchists storm Berkeley rally, assaulting 5

Marcus Yam | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Demonstrators clash as as they beat up a man during counter protest against white supremacist at MLK Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2017. Then the anarchists blended with a crowd of 2,000 largely peaceful protesters who turned up to …

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