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Norway stunned as latest warship sinks after collision
CNN 17 Nov 2018
(CNN)A maritime blunder then a ruinous rescue attempt has left a multi-million dollar warship under NATO command almost entirely submerged in a Norwegian fjord. A large hole was torn into the side of KNM Helge Ingstad when it collided with a Malta-registered oil tanker, Sola TS, in the early hours of November 8....
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Trump says 'good time' for a government shutdown if no money for border wall
CNN 17 Nov 2018
"I think probably, if I was ever going to do a shutdown over border security, when you look at the caravans, when you look at the mess, when you look at the people coming in, this would be a very good time to do a shutdown," Trump said ... with barbed wire, in the coming days....
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Priyanka Chopra's mom Madhu reaches Jodhpur but refuses to speak on Nickyanka wedding
Deccan Chronicle 17 Nov 2018
Priyanka had made her relationship official with Nick after a pooja ceremony held at the actor's residence in Mumbai on August 18, ending months of speculation about their relationship. The wedding will reportedly take place in the city....
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Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched to ISS
The Siasat Daily 17 Nov 2018
EST on Saturday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, the US space agency said in a statement ... The spacecraft for this mission is named in honour of astronaut ... Young passed away in January....
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Argentina: Submarine found sunk year after disappearing
Federal News Radio 17 Nov 2018
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s navy announced early Saturday that searchers had found the missing submarine ARA San Juan deep in the Atlantic a year after it disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard. The vessel was detected 800 meters (2,625 feet) deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia, the statement said....
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PM Imran Khan compares himself with Hitler, Napoleon
The Times of India 17 Nov 2018
Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte would not have suffered losses in wars in Russia if they had taken U-turns,” he remarked ... “Are you planning on invading Russia that you are recalling Hitler and Napoleon? Do not look for justifications in the pages of history for your hypocrisy and opportunistic behavior.”....
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Violence Breaks Out As First Wave Of Migrant Caravan Reaches Tijuana
WorldNews.com 16 Nov 2018
President Donald Trump and Republicans focused their rhetoric on immigration reform and warnings about the caravan of migrants ahead of last week's midterm elections in attacks that some said were racist in nature. The GOP went on to lose dozens of seats in the House of Representatives, but it maintained its majority in the Senate....
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Xi likely to visit N Korea next year
The Times of India 17 Nov 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit North Korea next year, South Korea’s presidential office said in a statement on Saturday. The statement was issued after a bilateral meeting between Xi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in ... Beijing would move in this ......
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Woman killed by ‘panicked driver’ as protesters block roads across France
Metro UK 17 Nov 2018
A woman has been killed in apparent tragic accident after a car rammed into protesters in France. She was hit in the eastern Savoie region by a driver who apparently accelerated in a panic while caught in the demonstration, according to a regional official ... The protesters block a motorway exit in Marseille, southern France (Picture....
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Saudi media ignore US reports on Khashoggi
BBC News 17 Nov 2018
Likewise, the Dubai-based, Saudi-funded Al-Arabiya TV has ignored the CIA story in its morning coverage and news bulletins ... The channel's coverage was focused on developments in Yemen, Syria, Israel and Iraq ... Al-Hayat daily, another Saudi-funded paper based in London, also turned a ......
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US intel agencies have concluded Saudi prince ordered Khashoggi killing, official says
TVNZ 17 Nov 2018
The conclusion will bolster efforts in the US Congress to further punish the close ally for the killing ... Saudi Arabia's top diplomat has said the crown prince had "absolutely" nothing to do with the killing ... The sanctions freeze any assets the 17 may have in the US and prohibit any Americans from doing business with them....
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Astronomers see how brightest galaxy eating its neighbors
China Daily 16 Nov 2018
WASHINGTON -- A study published on Thursday in the journal Science has revealed that the brightest galaxy ever discovered is devouring at least three of its smaller neighbors ... Now, new observations by ALMA, a telescope built in Chile, showed distinct trails of dust being pulled from three smaller galaxies....
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Klarna: 'buy now, pay later' system that is seducing millennials
The Guardian 17 Nov 2018
Klarna was set up in 2005 by Swedish entrepreneur Sebastian Siemiatkowski, 37, and is currently valued at about $2.5bn (£2bn) ... It launched in the UK in 2017 and recently announced a $20m partnership with H&M ... I now have a date in my diary each month to pay off my Asos balance on Klarna, which suggests how often I use this option.”....
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Know how head injuries lead to serious brain diseases
The Siasat Daily 17 Nov 2018
In a recent study, biologists discovered how head injuries adversely affect individual cells and genes that can lead to serious brain disorders ... The researchers analysed thousands of cells in the hippocampus of both groups of mice ... “Maybe Alzheimer’s disease-related genes do not have to be active in all different cell types.”....
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Democrat Abrams says she can’t win Georgia governor’s race, ends challenge
The Press Enterprise 17 Nov 2018
ATLANTA — Democrat Stacey Abrams ended her challenge to Republican Brian Kemp in the Georgia governor’s race on Friday, but pledged to fight the former secretary of state’s “gross mismanagement” of the elections with a federal lawsuit ... But ultimately she declined to do so....
