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France tells Trump to stop interfering in its politics
News24 10 Dec 2018
US president has published a series of tweets criticising Emmanuel Macron's policies and his low approval rating ... ....
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Trump 'at center of massive fraud against Americans', top Democrat says
The Guardian 09 Dec 2018
Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat set to take over the panel in January, said Trump would have committed impeachable offenses if it is proven that he ordered his lawyer to make illegal payments to women to keep quiet about alleged sexual encounters ... Federal prosecutors said in ......
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New Zealand PM apologises over young British backpacker's murder
Independent online (SA) 10 Dec 2018
Her voice cracking with emotion, Ardern said there was a collective feeling of shame in the South Pacific nation over the fate of Millane, whose body was found Sunday in parkland just outside Auckland ... Wearing a blue prison-issue boiler suit, he was not required to enter a plea and was remanded in custody until January 23....
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Lion Air says November passenger numbers fell less than 5 percent after deadly crash
Reuters 10 Dec 2018photo: Public Domain / Joyce N. Boghosian
From Washington To Wisconsin, Trump And Republicans Are Using Last-Minute Power Grabs
WorldNews.com 10 Dec 2018
He’s also known as a fanatic who “believes in a dictatorship” of the presidency.1 In fact, he was the one who advised former President George H.W ... Speaking with CBS’s Bob Schieffer, Tillerson also warned as commander-in-chief, the president lacked leadership and capacity to do the job and chose not to be acquainted with foreign affairs....
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‘I can’t breathe’, Khashoggi’s last words
The Siasat Daily 10 Dec 2018
“I can’t breathe,” were the last words uttered by Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he was killed by a Saudi hit squad at the country’s consulate in Istanbul in October, a CNN report said ... “You can’t do that,” Khashoggi replies ... In response to the development, a Saudi official told CNN....
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Indian tycoon Mallya to find out extradition fate
Arab News 10 Dec 2018
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya will appear in a London court on Monday to find out whether he will be extradited to his homeland, where he is accused of fraud ... He left India in March 2016 owing more than $1 billion after defaulting on loan payments to state-owned banks and allegedly misusing the funds....
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Pakistan continues to harbour terrorists, US should not give it even one dollar: Nikki Haley
DNA India 10 Dec 2018photo: AP / Francois Mori
Tesla’s Elon Musk on ’60 Minutes’: ‘I do not respect the SEC’
The Tribune San Luis Obispo 10 Dec 2018
Elon Musk stuck a finger in the SEC's eye Sunday night on "60 Minutes." "I want to be clear. I do not respect the SEC. I do not respect them," ... ....
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Brexit: UK can revoke Article 50, European court rules
The Irish Times 10 Dec 2018
“In today’s judgment, the Full Court has ruled that, when a Member State has notified the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the European Union, as the UK has done, that Member State is free to revoke unilaterally that notification ... This unequivocal and unconditional decision must be communicated in writing to the European Council.”....
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Nadia Murad: from jihadist captive to Nobel winner
This is Money 10 Dec 2018
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yazidi activist Nadia Murad who was taken hostage by the Islamic State group in 2014 but escaped, is the first Iraqi to receive the prestigious award ... Murad, who was taken hostage by IS in 2014 but escaped, is the first Iraqi to receive the prestigious award....
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James Bond's brisk martini consumption puts him 'well into the fatal range'
Canberra Times 10 Dec 2018
Close viewings of 24 Bond movies from 1962 to 2015 show the secret agent has engaged in some very dangerous activity while inebriated ... ....
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Astronomers find a treasure trove of planets hiding in dust
The Siasat Daily 10 Dec 2018
“Super-Earths” and Neptune-sized planets could be forming around young stars in much greater numbers than scientists thought, a new research by an international team of astronomers suggests ... The research, published in the Astrophysical Journal, helps scientists better understand how our own solar system came to be....
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Climate change: Trump coal event overshadowed at COP24
BBC News 10 Dec 2018
As ministers meet this week for UN climate talks in Poland, they must push for this report to be at the heart of the conference." ... "The world saw the IPCC report launched, and they understood that we need to do more, to act faster and ......
