News Headlines - 19 August 2017

▽Steve Bannon leaves White House but promises to fight for Trump

Within hours of his departure, Breitbart News - the conservative news website which Mr Bannon headed before joining Trump's team - announced he had returned to his former home, as executive chairman.

▽President Trump Won't Attend Kennedy Center Honors Amid Planned Boycotts - NBC News

President Donald Trump and the First Lady will not attend the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony this December to allow honorees to celebrate "without any political distractions," the White House announced Saturday... The decision came after multiple honorees said they would boycott the 40th annual gala that is traditionally hosted by the president and first lady and recognizes artists for their contributions to American culture.

▽Neo-Nazi marchers in Berlin matched by counterprotesters | DW

After a group of neo-Nazis were controversially granted permission to hold a rally on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Hitler's former deputy Rudolf Hess, they were met by a larger gathering of counterdemonstrators.

▽easyJet to release 10-hour jet noises album to help people sleep | Metro News

Jet Sounds, a 10-hour album of the continuous drone of an airplane engine, will be available to download tomorrow in either single or album format.

▽Death rates far higher for 'alternative' cancer cures, study finds | The Japan Times

People who choose alternative cures for common cancers are up to five times more likely to die than those opting for standard treatments, the lead scientist of a new study said on Friday.
The risk of death five years after diagnosis “was highest for breast and colon cancer,” said lead author Skyler Johnson from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut — 5.6 and 4.6 times greater, respectively.