Trump pens letter slamming Pelosi, Democrats ahead of House impeachment vote
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Thousands gather to honour detective killed in Jersey City shooting
As rain poured down Tuesday, thousands of police officers lined the streets of Jersey City to honour a detective killed last week in what officials are calling a ...
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Paul Manafort hospitalized, reportedly for cardiac incident
By Nathan Layne Reuters Posted December 17, 2019 2:36 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Former ...
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U.S. House to consider implementing new trade pack CUSMA this week
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider legislation to implement the CUSMA trade pact with Canada and Mexico on Thursday, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber said. ...
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Democrats to vote on $1.4 trillion spending bill to forestall government shutdown
The Democratic-controlled House is voting Tuesday on a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package with an unusually large load of unrelated provisions on the must-do legislation.The package, some 2,313 ...
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Chinese social media app WeChat to fix ‘bug’ that mistranslates Canada flag emoji
By Global News Posted December 17, 2019 12:11 pm Updated December 17, 2019 12:12 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article ...
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Estonia sorry after minister calls Finland PM Sanna Marin, 34, a ‘sales girl’
Estonia’s president apologized to Finland on Monday after Estonia’s interior minister mocked the Nordic nation’s new 34-year-old prime minister, calling her a “sales girl.” During a radio interview ...
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Former dictator Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death in Pakistan
APakistani court sentenced former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia on Tuesday on treason charges stemming from his imposition of a state of emergency in 2007. ...
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‘I just gave them the facts’: Giuliani says Trump ‘relied’ on claims about Yovanovitch
Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer, says he provided the president with information that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was impeding investigations that could benefit Trump ...
Read moreAngry Klopp laments on Club World Cup timing
Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool are fully focused on winning this weeks Club World Cup ahead of their semi-final against Monterrey of Mexico but hit out at the timing of ...
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Rick Gates, former Trump campaign official and Mueller witness, to be sentenced
Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates, who was charged in special counsel Robert Mueller‘s Russia investigation, will learn how much his extensive co-operation with the Justice Department has ...
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Trump impeachment trial — Here’s how it will differ from a criminal one
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to be impeached on Wednesday when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to ...
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Hong Kong protesters use money as a weapon as protests continue
The Hong Kong protesters formed a line, patiently waiting their turn to buy sweet milk and tea drinks from a store that advertised ardent support for their cause ...
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Boris Johnson seeks to rule out Brexit extension as lawmakers meet in parliament
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is signalling that he won’t soften his Brexit stance now that he has a majority in Parliament, seeking to rule out any extension ...
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U.S. lawmakers to meet, set rules ahead of Trump impeachment vote
Democrats and Republicans will grapple on Tuesday over the rules of engagement for a historic vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives, where U.S. President Donald ...
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Students in India decry police as citizenship bill protests continue
Indian student protests that turned into violent clashes with police galvanized opposition nationwide on Tuesday to a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim migrants ...
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‘I will vote yes’: Democrats across U.S. start announcing their intent to impeach Trump
Utah Democrat Ben McAdams stepped into a small town city council chamber just outside Salt Lake City and took a deep breath.I will vote yes, McAdams told reporters.With ...
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China, Russia call on UN to lift sanctions on North Korean exports, overseas workers
China and Russia are calling on the U.N. Security Council to terminate sanctions on key North Korean exports such as coal, iron, iron ore and textiles, “with the ...
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3 dead after heavy storms, possible twisters tear through southern U.S.
Three people are confirmed dead and several others have been injured as powerful storms smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the Deep ...
Read more2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup:125 athletes undergo trials in Lagos - Sporting Life
About 125 senior athletes participated at the 2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup trials held at the Para Powerlifting Gymnasium of National Stadium, Surulere in Lagos on Monday. Sportinglife.ng reports ...
Read moreNigeria stumbles at world squash championship - Sporting Life
Team Nigeria started its 2019 WSF Mens World Team Championship battle with a loss against Wales inthe early hours of Monday at the Squash on Fire court in Washington, ...
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Boeing temporarily suspends 737 MAX production following FAA announcement
Boeing has suspended production of its grounded 737 MAX aircraft, after the Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would not approve the jet’s return to service before 2020. ...
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Trump threatens to bypass Presidential Debate organizers, says its full of ‘Trump Haters’
U.S. President Donald Trump made clear Monday that he intends to participate in at least three general election debates, but he is threatening to sidestep the nonprofit group ...
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U.S., Mexico seek end to tensions over labour standards in new CUSMA deal
The U.S. and Mexican governments on Monday sought to defuse a controversy over Washington’s plan to monitor Mexican labor standards under a new regional trade deal, with Mexico ...
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Here’s why people are protesting India’s citizenship bill
The streets of India were once again filled with thousands of demonstrators on Monday as protests continue over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) passed last week. On ...
Read moreTrump to announce U.S. troop drawdown from Afghanistan, Lindsey Graham says
KABUL, Afghanistan U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump will announce an American troop drawdown from Afghanistan this week, which will likely begin next ...
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UN agency fires 2 staffers, including whistleblower, after misconduct allegations
TORONTO The United Nations AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower whose allegations of being sexually assaulted sparked months of turmoil ...
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Polish newspaper sued over 50 times for defamation by populist ruling party wins case
A leading Polish newspaper on Monday welcomed a ruling in favour of one its journalists, who was taken to court by the populist ruling party over an ironic ...
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Man whose number was found on Jersey kosher market attacker facing unrelated charges
By David Porter The Associated Press Posted December 16, 2019 12:00 pm Updated December 16, 2019 12:01 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger ...
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Boris Johnson to welcome new group of lawmakers to U.Ok. Parliament
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to give a pep talk Monday to his new group of Conservative Party lawmakers as he begins his push to secure ...
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Protests continue across India as opposition builds against citizenship law
Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India‘s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on ...
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Lebanon postpones talks to name new prime minister after violent weekend
Lebanon‘s president on Monday postponed talks on naming a new prime minister after security forces repeatedly used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons against hundreds of protesters ...
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Iran protest death toll now more than 300, Amnesty International says
Amnesty International said Monday that at least 304 people were killed in last month’s anti-government protests in Iran, a significantly higher number than what the rights group had ...
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Cineplex to be bought by U.K.-based Cineworld in $2.8B deal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 16, 2019 7:39 am Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ ...
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Hong Kong faced ‘grimmest and most complex year’ since handover, China’s Xi says
Hong Kong has faced its “grimmest and most complex year” since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said Monday, before reiterating his support ...
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U.S. lawmakers shift focus of Trump impeachment probe to Senate trial
Senate Democrats are pushing for testimony from top White House officials in the rare impeachment trial that is fast becoming the next battleground ahead of House voting that ...
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75 years later, memories from WWII’s Battle of the Bulge unite people
THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshift American cemetery filled with bodies, ...
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Bricks and tear gasoline: Hong Kong police, protesters clash as Carrie Lam visits Beijing
By Staff The Associated Press Posted December 15, 2019 9:11 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ ...
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Minute of silence held for New Zealand volcano victims as death toll stands at 16
New Zealanders across the country observed a minute of silence on Monday to honor the victims of last week’s fatal volcanic eruption, as police continued efforts to recover ...
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U.S. envoy to North Korea tells Pyongyang: ‘We’re right here, you know how to reach us’
By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi Cha Reuters Posted December 15, 2019 10:08 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size ...
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Canada’s new environment minister ‘disappointed’ by results of UN climate talks
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 15, 2019 9:23 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font Increase article font size A+ ...
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China refuses to screen U.Ok. soccer match after player criticizes treatment of Muslims
Chinese television pulled coverage of Arsenals English Premier League match against Manchester City on Sunday after Mesut Ozil, a forward for the London club, criticized Beijings brutal mass ...
Read moreEliud Kipchoge wins World Sport Star of the Year – Daily Trust
ADVERTISEMENT Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has been voted BBC Sports Personalitys World Sport Star of the Year. Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two ...
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Comey admits real sloppiness in Trump-Russia probe but insists no misconduct
Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged Sunday that a Justice Departmentinspector general reportidentified “real sloppiness” in the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide and said he was ...
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Democrats seek impeachment testimony from key Trump aide, former security adviser
By Lisa Mascaro And Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press Posted December 15, 2019 7:14 pm Updated December 15, 2019 7:16 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size ...
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French New Wave cinema icon Anna Karina dies at 79
Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was ...
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Remains of at least 50 people found at Mexico farm: authorities
By Staff The Associated Press Posted December 15, 2019 6:09 pm Updated December 15, 2019 6:10 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size -A Larger font ...
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Cashing in on a remedy: affiliate of Oxycontin-maker sets sights on naloxone market
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a ...
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Thousands rally outside Lebanese parliament to protest security crackdown
Thousands of Lebanese protesters defiantly returned Sunday to rally outside parliament in Beirut, hours after security forces chased them out, using tear gas and rubber bullets and injuring ...
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On anniversary of Sandy Hook taking pictures, Newtown high school wins football championship
As the community of Newtown, Conn. continues to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting seven years ago, the city had something to celebrate after its high ...
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