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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defense of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, as their more moderate rivals took aim at their proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/331CgS0

VG Siddhartha, founder and owner of popular Indian chain Cafe Coffee Day, had gone missing on Monday. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2yoowlU

Japan would continue to seek a summit with North Korea, without conditions, despite the latest missile launch by Pyongyang, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/333j3z0

Investigators are increasingly convinced that a teen gunman who killed three people at a weekend food festival in California acted on his own, but authorities said on Tuesday they remained largely in the dark about the motives for the shooting. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2YA19EW

PBF Energy said on Tuesday a fire at its 172,800-barrels-per-day refinery in Toledo, Ohio, was extinguished by the emergency response team. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2YwSwqk

Progressive candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren bore the brunt of attacks from more moderate rivals in the second round of U.S. Democratic debates on Tuesday, spotlighting the ideological divide among the party's crowded presidential field. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Kjr7TZ

The Democratic Party's two leading progressives came under fire on Tuesday from a debate stage stuffed with moderates who said their "impossible" proposals and "wish-list economics" risked keeping Republican President Donald Trump in the White House for four more years. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/333hIbs

Authorities on Wednesday confirmed they have located the body of Indian coffee baron VG Siddhartha from near Netravathi river, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZgF4s1

The patterns of warm and cold years in Britain are a clear signal of climate change, say scientists. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OusUe3

The congresswoman who heads the campaign arm for U.S. House of Representatives Democrats has acknowledged mistakes after lawmakers complained about a lack of racial diversity within the organization, and she named a Cuban-American as interim executive director as part of a major staff shakeup. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2LND7QV

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that there was no impact on Japan's security following North Korea's latest launch of short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday and that Japan was working with its allies over the situation in the region. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/330YqUl

A U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday it had upheld a ruling by a U.S. judge who held three large Chinese banks in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into violations of sanctions on North Korea, opening the way for heavy daily fines. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yojAO3

Progressive candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren came under fire from more moderate rivals as the second round of Democratic debates began on Tuesday, spotlighting the ideological divide in the party's crowded presidential field. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/316JsdO

Keyonce Lee Hang is busy finishing preparations for the to'ona'i, a traditional lunch served after Sunday church in Samoa, and attending to her elderly, bed-ridden grandmother. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ypNGAY

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he would encourage Washington's two biggest Asian allies Japan and South Korea "to find a path forward" from their diplomatic row when he meets their foreign ministers in Bangkok this week. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yocDwi