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Verizon considers changing Yahoo deal after latest breach
7:28:27 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/yahoo-shares-fall-latest-security-breach-155738744--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6Rwow5hWkV4UjiMDKEVGNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T192744Z_2_LYNXMPECBE18Z_RTROPTP_2_YAHOO-CYBER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A sign advertising internet company Yahoo is pictured in downtown San Francisco" align="left" title="A sign advertising internet company Yahoo is pictured in downtown San Francisco" border="0" /></a>Verizon Communications Inc is looking at ways to modify its $4.8 billion deal to buy Yahoo Inc&#039;s core internet business after the technology company disclosed a second massive data breach, sources told Reuters on Thursday. Yahoo Inc shares fell almost 5 percent after the breach of data belonging to more than 1 billion users was disclosed, following another large hack reported in September. Verizon is seeking to persuade Yahoo to amend the terms of the acquisition agreement made in July to reflect the economic impact of the data breaches, according to people familiar with the matter.</p><br clear="all"/>


EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017
7:26:44 PM
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend the bloc's main economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine for six months until mid-2017, diplomats said. The decision was expected and the formal process to extend the sanctions on Russia's defence, energy and financial sectors will take place early next week, they said. "We welcome unanimous decision by the EU to extend economic and sectoral sanctions against Russia," Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement.


Putin supervised Russia cyber attacks in U.S. election - officials
7:24:37 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/trump-tweet-raises-more-questions-u-political-hacking-135806314.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BJW.Q.iYmbHI6.RexSjcbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T192437Z_2_LYNXMPECBE0Z5_RTROPTP_2_USA-TRUMP-CHINA-RAMIFICATIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appearing at a campaign roundtable event in Manchester" align="left" title="U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appearing at a campaign roundtable event in Manchester" border="0" /></a>Russian President Vladimir Putin supervised his intelligence agencies&#039; hacking of the U.S. presidential election and turned it from a general effort to discredit the process to a specific attempt to support Donald Trump, three U.S. officials said on Thursday. Accusations that Russia tried to influence the election by hacking people and institutions, including Democratic Party bodies, has angered President-elect Trump who says he won the Nov. 8 vote fairly. Russian officials have denied all accusations of interference in the U.S. election.</p><br clear="all"/>


Trump taps Montana Congressman Zinke to lead Interior Department
7:17:39 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/trump-names-montana-congressman-zinke-lead-interior-dept-151440136.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/z2pjwaEeM2E1bBVIJtMfeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T151440Z_1_LYNXMPECBE16D_RTROPTP_2_USA-TRUMP.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke arrives for a meeting at Trump Tower in New York" align="left" title="U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke arrives for a meeting at Trump Tower in New York" border="0" /></a>By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, a former Navy SEAL commander who questions whether humans are largely the cause of climate change, as his choice for secretary of the interior. If the Senate confirms Zinke, a Republican, to lead the Interior Department, he will head an agency that employs more than 70,000 people across the country and oversees more than 20 percent of federal land, including national parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite. As a one-term U.S. congressman, Zinke took several stances favouring coal, which is high in carbon emissions when burned.</p><br clear="all"/>


French prosecutor calls for IMF's Lagarde to be acquitted
7:00:54 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/french-prosecutor-says-accusations-against-imfs-lagarde-very-172905702--sector.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wxkEy8SlqupK.q2MHq26Xg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T172905Z_1_LYNXMPECBE1D8_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-LAGARDE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde is seen before the start of her trial about a state payout in 2008 to a French businessman, at the courts in Paris" align="left" title="Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde is seen before the start of her trial about a state payout in 2008 to a French businessman, at the courts in Paris" border="0" /></a>By Chine Labbé PARIS (Reuters) - The chief prosecutor in the negligence trial of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in Paris called for her acquittal on Thursday, saying the hearing had failed to support the &quot;very weak&quot; case against her. Lagarde, 60, faces charges, which she denies, of being negligent when, as French finance minister, she approved in 2008 a payout to businessman Bernard Tapie in an out-of-court settlement which cost the French taxpayer 400 million euros ($425 million). The trial has gone ahead at a special court in Paris even though the state prosecutor&#039;s office said, after the conclusion of the investigation of Lagarde, that the case should be dropped.</p><br clear="all"/>


Jurors begin deliberating in accused Charleston church gunman's trial
7:00:01 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/closing-arguments-due-charleston-church-shooting-suspects-trial-111838075.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nFI1J0GOZfz_Z1e7KJnFwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T111838Z_1_LYNXMPECBE0MY_RTROPTP_2_USA-SHOOTING-SOUTH-CAROLINA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="From the Files - Worst Mass Shootings in the U.S." align="left" title="From the Files - Worst Mass Shootings in the U.S." border="0" /></a>By Greg Lacour CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Racial hatred drove white supremacist Dylann Roof to kill nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, after months of meticulous planning, a federal prosecutor argued before jurors began deliberating on Thursday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Williams&#039; voice rose as he criticized the young man&#039;s self-proclaimed bravery in carrying out the attack during Bible study at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015. There is no bravery in his actions," Williams told jurors in his closing argument at Roof&#039;s federal trial.</p><br clear="all"/>


Canadian diplomats visit pastor imprisoned in North Korea
6:44:01 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/canadian-diplomats-visit-pastor-imprisoned-north-korea-184401256.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QNcZ1xnShxmwhJXs6QwWBw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T184401Z_1_LYNXMPECBE1G4_RTROPTP_2_NORTHKOREA-CANADA-PASTOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korea-born Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim stands during his trial at a North Korean court in this undated photo released by North Korea&#039;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang" align="left" title="South Korea-born Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim stands during his trial at a North Korean court in this undated photo released by North Korea&#039;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang" border="0" /></a>Diplomats from Canada this week paid a rare visit to North Korea and were able to see a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence for subversion, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday. Hyeon Soo Lim, who served at one of Canada&#039;s largest churches, was sentenced to hard labor for life in December 2015 for what North Korea says was an attempt to overthrow the regime. Chantal Gagnon, a spokeswoman for Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, confirmed a report by North Korea&#039;s KCNA news agency that said the diplomats visited the country from Tuesday until Thursday and saw Lim.</p><br clear="all"/>


Canada's Trudeau to face ethics questions over party fundraisers
6:30:55 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/canadas-trudeau-face-ethics-questions-over-party-fundraisers-153046469.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZqTtrmLQxhX0w99CRnp0fQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T153046Z_1_LYNXMPECBE17K_RTROPTP_2_CANADA-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Canada&#039;s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a news conference in Ottawa" align="left" title="Canada&#039;s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a news conference in Ottawa" border="0" /></a>By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dogged by accusations that rich donors to his Liberal Party gained privileged access, will be questioned by the ethics commissioner to see whether he broke conflict of interest rules, an official said on Thursday. The development marks a new low for Trudeau, who came to power in November 2015 vowing to run an open and ethical government but faces relentless accusations that the Liberals are running a cash-for-access scheme. &quot;I will follow up with Mr. Trudeau regarding his involvement with the fundraising events,&quot; Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson said in a letter to Rona Ambrose, interim leader of the opposition Conservative Party, who had filed a complaint.</p><br clear="all"/>


White House: FBI is probing Yahoo hack, cannot yet provide scope
6:06:30 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/white-house-fbi-probing-yahoo-hack-cannot-yet-180630412--finance.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JGkIPEmUkp9xfMozbr2.6Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T180630Z_1_LYNXMPECBE1EJ_RTROPTP_2_YAHOO-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A photo illustration shows a Yahoo logo on smartphone in front of a displayed cyber code and keyboard" align="left" title="A photo illustration shows a Yahoo logo on smartphone in front of a displayed cyber code and keyboard" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it could not address the potential scope of vulnerable material from Yahoo Inc&#039;s most recently disclosed hack, adding that the FBI is investigating the breach. Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that U.S. investigators would have to ensure that releasing any public information about those behind the attack would not compromise the probe. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Susan Heavey; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)</p><br clear="all"/>


Milwaukee ex-cop charged with black man's shooting death
6:01:47 PM
Ex-officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 24, was charged by District Attorney John Chisholm with first-degree reckless homicide, according to an online filing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The filing says that Heaggan-Brown is scheduled for an initial appearance on Friday. Two nights of rioting erupted in August after Heaggan-Brown, who is also African-American, fatally shot Sylville Smith, 23, after a traffic stop.


Colorado school district votes to allow employees to carry guns
5:57:56 PM
A tiny school district in central Colorado has voted to allow teachers or other employees at its two schools to carry concealed handguns on the job if they volunteer to serve double duty as security officers in case of an emergency. The Board of Education for Hanover School District #28 voted 3-2 to approve the resolution on Wednesday night, said Mark McPherson, board president. The written resolution, however, says in part that it was drafted "in light of recent events nationally," apparently in reference to a string of shootings on school campuses.


Brazil prosecutors hit ex-president Lula with more corruption charges
5:37:41 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/brazil-prosecutors-charge-ex-president-lula-more-alleged-154828221--business.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CS.hTNO9RLutqXkY0VRUfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T154828Z_1_LYNXMPECBE18C_RTROPTP_2_BRAZIL-CORRUPTION-LULA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of Brazil&#039;s President Lula da Silva at Havana&#039;s Revolution Palace" align="left" title="File photo of Brazil&#039;s President Lula da Silva at Havana&#039;s Revolution Palace" border="0" /></a>By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday charged former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his wife and a former finance minister with more corruption charges in the investigation of graft at state-run oil company Petrobras. It is now up to federal judge Sergio Moro to decide if the new charges will result in another trial for Lula, who is already accused in Moro&#039;s court in southern Brazil with separate corruption charges, with a ruling not expected before late January or early February. Lula, an extremely popular two-term president who left office in January 2011, faces another trial on graft charges in a Brasilia court, but a start date has not been set.</p><br clear="all"/>


U.S. FCC chairman to step down, handing GOP a majority
4:56:28 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/u-fcc-chairman-step-down-handing-gop-majority-151746469.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1bxH.YHYcQR8aYCGVagGHA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T151934Z_2_LYNXMPECBE16R_RTROPTP_2_FCC-DATASERVICES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of Wheeler testifying before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington" align="left" title="File photo of Wheeler testifying before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington" border="0" /></a>By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler plans to step down on Jan. 20, he said on Thursday, a move expected to hand Republicans a 2-1 majority on the panel when Donald Trump takes office as president. Wheeler could have kept the commission at 2-2 until Trump names a new member who needs to be confirmed by the Senate. Last week, two Republican FCC commissioners said the Trump administration should quickly reverse many significant policies set by the telecommunications and cable regulatory body under Democratic President Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/>


Traces of explosives found in EgyptAir crash - investigators
4:46:44 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/traces-explosives-found-remains-victims-egyptair-ms804-crash-135057949--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ctr.ntPmxQkQAMikKuAt4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T135057Z_1_LYNXMPECBE0YQ_RTROPTP_2_EGYPTAIR-AIRPLANE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Relatives of the Christian victims of the crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 attend an absentee funeral mass at the main Cathedral in Cairo" align="left" title="Relatives of the Christian victims of the crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 attend an absentee funeral mass at the main Cathedral in Cairo" border="0" /></a>CAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) - Egyptian air accident investigators said on Thursday traces of explosives had been found on the remains of victims of an EgyptAir flight that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo. Egypt&#039;s investigation committee issued a statement saying the coroner had found traces of explosives on the remains of some victims. &quot;The technical investigation committee ... places itself and its expertise at the disposal of prosecutors,&quot; it said.</p><br clear="all"/>


Trump ordered to give deposition in Washington restaurant suit
4:06:41 PM
By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington judge has ordered Republican President-elect Donald Trump to give a deposition in a lawsuit against celebrity chef Jose Andres stemming from Trump's disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro ruled on Wednesday that Trump must testify in New York about Andres' restaurant deal at Trump's luxury Washington hotel.


Dozens of Afghans deported from Germany as Merkel takes firmer line
3:58:52 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/dozens-afghans-deported-germany-arrive-kabul-060610803.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lu9_RHufAlUoC1v9tzZAuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T060610Z_1_LYNXMPECBE07T_RTROPTP_2_EUROPE-MIGRANTS-GERMANY-DEPORTATIONS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghans, whose asylum applications have been rejected, arrive from Germany in Kabul airport" align="left" title="Afghans, whose asylum applications have been rejected, arrive from Germany in Kabul airport" border="0" /></a>By Mohammad Aziz and Madeline Chambers KABUL/BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of 34 rejected Afghan asylum-seekers arrived in Kabul from Germany on Thursday, the German interior ministry said, the first to be deported under an agreement reached between the two countries this year. &quot;It was early morning and I was sleeping when four policemen came to my home and arrested me,&quot; said Ali Madad Nasiri, one of the men on board a charter plane that landed in the Afghan capital from Frankfurt. &quot;I didn&#039;t have a chance to take my clothes, cellphone and laptop - all left behind,&quot; added Nasiri, who said he had been living in Germany for three years.</p><br clear="all"/>


Police say Muslim woman made up story about attack on NYC subway
3:51:51 PM
By David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman has been arrested and charged with filing a false report after telling police that three white men yelling President-elect Donald Trump's name had attacked her on a New York City subway for wearing a traditional Muslim head scarf, police said. Yasmin Seweid, 18, was also charged with obstructing governmental administration, a police spokesman said on Thursday. The false report comes as U.S. civil rights advocates have voiced alarm over a rise in attacks on Muslims and other minorities since Trump won the Nov. 8 presidential election.


U.S. sues to recover ancient Syrian artifacts looted by Islamic State
3:50:43 PM
By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is suing to recover four ancient Syrian artifacts it believes were trafficked by Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a tiny fraction of the plundered antiquities likely to have passed through the jihadist group's hands. Islamic State used the mayhem of war to establish a lucrative trade in stolen relics dug up from the territory it controlled in Syria and Iraq, which includes remnants of some of the world's oldest and most culturally rich civilizations, according to archaeological experts. U.S. Department of Justice officials filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday seeking the forfeiture of the antiquities, including a gold ring with a carved gemstone, two gold coins, and a neo-Assyrian stone stela, together worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.


Philippine government says can live with less aid from U.S.
3:40:33 PM
The Philippines government said on Thursday it could live with less aid from the United States after an agency put on hold a decision to fund a second anti-poverty programme. The Millennium Challenge Corp (MCC), a U.S. poverty reduction agency, said on its website that its board had "deferred a vote on the reselection of the Philippines for compact development, subject to further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties". U.S. embassy press attache Molly Koscina said the MCC would continue to monitor unfolding events in the Philippines, but like all country partners, it needed to demonstrate "commitment to the rule of law, due process and respect for human rights".


Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach
3:37:49 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/yahoo-says-one-billion-accounts-exposed-newly-discovered-002404321--finance.html"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/igmNRObnwECxVvWOkSf13w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T153749Z_3_LYNXMPECBD1IG_RTROPTP_2_EU-DATAPROTECTION-EU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Yahoo Mail logo is displayed on a smartphone&#039;s screen in front of code in this illustration picture" align="left" title="Yahoo Mail logo is displayed on a smartphone&#039;s screen in front of code in this illustration picture" border="0" /></a>Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history. The number of affected accounts was double the number implicated in a 2014 breach that the internet company disclosed in September and blamed on hackers working on behalf of a government. News of that attack, which affected at least 500 million accounts, prompted Verizon Communication Inc to say in October that it might withdraw from an agreement to buy Yahoo&#039;s core internet business for $4.83 billion.</p><br clear="all"/>


Crime wave worsens Venezuela's already shaky telecoms service
3:26:57 PM
<p><a href="https://in.news.yahoo.com/crime-wave-worsens-venezuelas-already-shaky-telecoms-152657889--finance.html"><img src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lMMz9YN06fqFfuZ4dr4liw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2016-12-15T152657Z_1_LYNXMPECBE177_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-TELECOMS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A vandalized backup generator is seen at a Movistar facility in Los Teques" align="left" title="A vandalized backup generator is seen at a Movistar facility in Los Teques" border="0" /></a>By Diego Oré CARACAS (Reuters) - The clanging sound of collapsing metal shook awake the residents of Guayabal, an industrial zone in the outskirts of Venezuela&#039;s capital, last October. Then they watched a 40-meter (131 feet) telecoms tower tumble after thieves had stripped even the screws holding up the installation, which was owned by state telecoms provider CANTV and rented out to private operator Movistar. The theft, which also included copper cables and a generator, was the latest of six at that station this year and one of hundreds worsening crime-rife Venezuela&#039;s already shaky telecoms.</p><br clear="all"/>


Gulf states rebuke Assad over violence in Aleppo
2:24:49 PM
Gulf Arab countries condemned the Syrian government's handling of a ceasefire and evacuation in Aleppo and called on Thursday for civilians trying to flee the war-torn city to be protected. An emergency meeting of Arab League representatives convened at Qatar's request discussed the situation in Aleppo, where an evacuation of the rebel-held eastern part of the city has come under fire from fighters loyal to the Syrian government. The evacuation of Aleppo's last rebel enclave would end years of fighting for the city and mark a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Arab League foreign ministers are expected to meet on Monday to discuss the situation further.


Some poor Venezuelan parents give away children amid deep crisis
2:24:07 PM
By Girish Gupta and Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan mother Zulay Pulgar asked a neighbor in October to take over care of her six-year-old daughter, a victim of a pummeling economic crisis. The family lives on Pulgar's father's pension, worth $6 a month at the black market rate, in a country where prices for many basic goods are surpassing those in the United States. With average wages less than the equivalent of $50 a month at black market rates, three local councils and four national welfare groups all confirmed an increase in parents handing children over to the state, charities or friends and family.


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