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US crude stocks fell last week as refineries cut output, while gasoline stocks decreased and distillate inventories fell, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. However, after Brent fell below $50 a barrel last week, analysts said producers felt forced to act. However, oil prices cut their gains on May 9, 2017, as a persistent rise in United States crude output activity seemed to lower the hopes regarding the extension of OPEC-led supply cuts.

An armed militia supporting Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has helped riot police crush protest rallies in the country's capital Caracas as huge numbers of demonstrators continue to demand Maduro's resignation, including by hurling feces at the security forces.

Democrats - already angry that Congressional inquiries have been hamstrung by Republicans' willingness to defend Trump - anxious that the FBI's investigation may also be in jeopardy "Congressional Republicans can not possibly disagree now: the only fix to this mess is an independent commission with subpoena power", said Brian Fallon, a former Justice Department and Hillary Clinton spokesman.

In March of that year, Comey rushed to the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft to physically stop White House officials in their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no-warrant wiretapping program.But his prominent role in the 2016 presidential campaign raised questions about his judgment and impartiality.

This means directing $1 billion more for existing student-targeted programs including the Learning Assistance Program (LAP), Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program, Dual Credit Programs, Special Education, Career and Technical Education and Highly Capable Program.

Sharks sometimes attack defensively, when a human has strayed into their waters, or accidentally, when they mistake a human for their preferred meal. He told The Times that the sharks are believed to be juvenile great whites. The school of sharks was spotted by Orange County Sheriff's Duke 1 helicopter around 1:30 p.m. Jason Young, Orange County's lifeguards chief, said they received two reports of shark sightings in the Capistrano Beach area, the OC Register reported.

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan - believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks, including an assault on a military hospital that claimed at least 50 lives - has been killed , according to USA and Afghan officials.

The blast occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0745 GMT) in the Zemestanyurt coal mine in Golestan. Noting that the exploded mine consisted of two sections, he added that 40 miners were trapped at one section of the coal mine, while 30-40 others were trapped at another section.

Choi Jong Kun, Mr Moon's foreign policy adviser, continued: "While doing it, he will consult with the United States, as well as China". "Politics were turbulent (in the past several months), but our people showed greatness, " he said. Japanese officials have described the call as "positive and meaningful", with the two agreeing to cooperate closely to deal with North Korea. In one of his first acts as president, Mr Moon spoke by telephone with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee ...

Benoit Hamon, the unsuccessful Socialist Party candidate in the presidential contest, said he would set up a new political movement after several of his hallmark proposals during that campaign were abandoned by his own party. Hamon came in a distant fifth in the first round of France's presidential election, capturing just over 6 percent of the vote, the Socialist Party's worst result since 1969.

European Central Bank policymaker Vitor Constancio poured cold water on expectations for an imminent scaling-back of monetary stimulus, however, saying that keeping policy ultra-loose for longer is the safer way for the European Central Bank to avoid the economy from turning negative again.