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• AMC released the first full trailer for the ninth season of "The Walking Dead" Friday at San Diego Comic-Con.
• The trailer teases new looks for Rick and Maggie as the show makes a jump into the future.
• The first appearance of Maggie's child is seen.
• A sign seen in the trailer teases a new location for survivors called Toledo, which may be a hint toward an Ohio outpost from the comics.
• The trailer also teases the show's next big villains... Читать дальше...

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• A number top US officials have reportedly been left in the dark on what President Donald Trump spoke about with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private meeting in Helsinki.
• A former senior national security official said this potentially poses a danger if Trump made secret agreements with the Russian leader. 
• Russia's ambassador to the US on Wednesday claimed Trump made "important verbal agreements" with Putin. 
• DNI... Читать дальше...

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A Marine general has a blunt warning for the US as it faces new threats from near-peer enemies: The military is not currently set up to take them on and win.

"If you acknowledge that we are, in fact, in a great power competition and you take a look at our competitors, our competitors are well-organized and we are not," Maj. Gen. John Jansen, commandant of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy... Читать дальше...

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• Queen Elizabeth has traveled to Canada on more occasions than any other country in the world.
• She has never traveled to Greece, which is Prince Philip's birthplace.

Her Majesty is probably the most photographed woman in the world—and thanks to the one rule that makes international travel WAY easier for the Queen, she’s the most well-traveled, too. The numbers speak for themselves: Since her first trip in 1952 to Kenya, the British monarch has visited... Читать дальше...

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Smart speakers — Amazon's Echo, for example — are the latest device category poised to take a chunk of our increasingly digital lives. These devices are made primarily for the home and execute a user's voice commands via an integrated digital assistant. These digital assistants can play music... Читать дальше...

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The Russian Navy will receive a new stealth frigate in late July, according to TASS, a Russian state-owned media outlet. 

The Admiral Gorshkov, the first of the new class of stealth frigates, will be delivered to the Russian Navy on July 28, TASS reported. 

Launched in 2010, the Admiral Gorshkov was expected to be delivered in November 2016, but got pushed back to November 2017, due to several technical issues, according to The Diplomat. It then got pushed back again to July 2018. Читать дальше...

• Jessica Simpson is known for her healthy eating habits and hard-core exercise routine.
• Simpson's trainer revealed what the star does to stay in good shape and it involves walking and simple circuit-training.
• For Simpson, exercise is an "emotional experience."

If you follow Jessica Simpson on Instagram, you know she loves a good workout. The pop-star-turned-fashion-mogul isn’t shy about the work she puts in to stay in shape and the healthy lifestyle she leads.

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• Falon Griffin gave birth to her daughter Gracelyn on the floor of a Chick-fil-A in Texas.
• Her husband, Robert, was driving her to the hospital and they made a quick pit stop to drop off their older daughters with a friend.
• Fallon went to pee in the restaurant but soon realized she was going to give birth on the floor of the bathroom.
• Robert posted about the event on Facebook and received thousands of supportive comments. 
• The baby was offered for her first job at 14... Читать дальше...

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Ever since "Big Brother" first locked away a group of people (called houseguests) in a house for the summer and called it reality TV, people have been tuning in to see all the drama unfold in real time.

Airing three times a week on TV, the CBS show is actually on all the time thanks to a set of cameras and microphones that pick up contestant behavior 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and stream it live to audiences online.

Fans can watch the houseguests eat... Читать дальше...

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• An effective boss lets employees tackle problems on their own, according to a classic article in the Harvard Business Review.
• But too many bosses are inclined to take on their team members' burdens, so that the employees are effectively supervising the manager.
• The authors of the HBR article say it's important for bosses to let their employees know that they can't and won't solve their problems alone.
• More recently... Читать дальше...

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Fintech hubs — cities where startups, talent, and funding congregate — are proliferating globally in tandem with ongoing disruption in financial services. 

These hubs are all vying to become established fintech centers in their own right, and want to contribute to the broader financial services ecosystem of the future. Читать дальше...

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We're at the point where you can buy a premium smartphone for as low as $530 and still get a similar high-end experience as you would on a $1,000 smartphone, and the option to go the less expensive route is more alluring than ever.

One of the biggest deciding factors between cheaper and more expensive smartphones — and even between phones that cost around $700 — is camera performance. The endless smartphone camera debate rages on, and it's likely... Читать дальше...

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• Aerie has doubled down on its efforts to promote female empowerment, and this seems to be resonating well with customers.
• Meanwhile, Victoria's Secret's customers are complaining on Facebook that its ads, which feature scantily dressed models, are targeted more towards men than women.
• We visited the two stores to see how their ad campaigns differ. 

In May, American Eagle Outfitters-owned underwear brand Aerie reported a record-high... Читать дальше...

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• The Ride the Ducks boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, on Thursday had faced propeller problems in the past. 
• The boat was inspected annually by the Coast Guard, and reports show mechanical failures in 2012 and 2013.
• Investigators blamed stormy weather for Thursday's capsizing, which caused 17 deaths.

The duck boat involved in Thursday's capsizing accident that killed 17 people faced two mechanical failures in the last six years, CNN reports. Читать дальше...

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• Republicans will ease the ban on ZTE smartphone sales in the United States, instead just restricting them from US government contracts.
• The move is a major concession to President Donald Trump, whose administration has pushed for easing sanctions in recent months.

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans gave what appears to be a major concession to President Donald Trump on Friday, easing the ban on the Chinese smartphone maker ZTE. Читать дальше...

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• People are starting to think Princess Charlotte resembles a young Princess Diana.
• A side-by-side photo shared by Instagram user loveprincessdiana sparked most of the discussion.
• People think Charlotte especially looks like Diana in childhood photos.

Since she was born in May 2015, people have taken notice of how much Princess Charlotte resembles several members of the royal family. People first... Читать дальше...

Much like services that offer custom-fitted suits, eShakti sells custom-fitted dresses. Customers choose a dress online, submit their measurements, and get a tailored dress sent to their door. To even better suit their style, customers choose from a variety of necklines, sleeve lengths, and skirt lengths. Dresses range from $30-$150, but we kept our budget to $80. Following is a transcript of the video. 

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From breathtaking natural wonders to architectural marvels built by humans, America is a beautiful place with no shortage of gorgeous destinations to visit.

Based on travel rankings from INSIDER and other publications, as well as travel sites such as TripAdvisor, we rounded up the most beautiful places in the US.

In no particular order, here are 30 destinations that put their postcard photos to shame.

Oak Alley Plantation — Vacherie, Louisiana

• The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might ban soy, almond, and other non-dairy milk producers from referring to their products as "milk."
• Federal standards define milk as the result of the "milking of one or two healthy cows" and the National Milk Producers Federation has said milk must come from mammals. 
• The Plant-Based Foods Association, however, asserts that non-dairy milks are clearly labeled as such.

Your favorite non-dairy milk might be getting a permanent new name.

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• Judge Brett Kavanaugh has maintained a fairly clean record, leaving Democrats without much to go after as his nomination progresses.
• While Democrats have been focused on issues like abortion, they have also reached for other sticking points like his credit card debt and past writings about presidential scrutiny.
• Support for Kavanaugh has remained steady and Democrats open to supporting his confirmation have so far not budged.

WASHINGTON ... Читать дальше...

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Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, reached a new milestone recently: his net worth reached $150 billion, making him, as Bloomberg put it, the richest person in modern history.

As his Amazon empire continues to expand, Bezos continues to amass his fortune. He first nabbed the title of world's richest person last summer, and is now worth $55 billion more than Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.

But Bezos' rise to the top is has taken decades. Читать дальше...