
Headlines 2018-10-31
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2018-10-31 3:26 PM | Northern Ireland ad campaign tackles paramilitary violence | Raw Politics…
A new ad campaign launched by the government in Northern Ireland is urging parents not to bring their children to paramilitary groups for extra-judicial punishments…. |
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2018-10-31 3:22 PM | Dinosaurs laid colourful, speckled eggs — just as birds do today…
Eggshells come in a dazzling range of colours and patterns, from the vivid blue of a robin’s to the deep brown speckles on quail eggs. And it seems modern birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for this kaleidoscope of colour…. |
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2018-10-31 3:17 PM | Opinion: Explaining Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil…
Brazil’s ailing economy and rampant crime and corruption may have contributed to some voters’ decision to cast their ballots for of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, Hildegard Stausberg writes in this guest commentary…. |
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2018-10-31 3:16 PM | Life’s a beach for Brazil’s Bolsonaro as spaceman joins his team…
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2018-10-31 3:15 PM | PMQs get fiery as May defends economic record | Raw Politics…
British Prime Minister Theresa May was met with a chorus of shouts from opposition politicians in parliament as she defended her government’s economic record during prime minister’s questions…. |
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2018-10-31 3:12 PM | Germany proposes law to increase organ transplants…
Just under 800 people donated their organs in 2016. Health Minister Jens Spahn wants to improve those numbers by revamping hospitals and introducing a system where you opt out of donating organs, rather than opting in…. |
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2018-10-31 3:11 PM | Raw Politics: Italian budget, EU immigration, Brexit talks…
On this episode of Raw Politics, the panel discusses a looming humanitarian crisis with an estimated 5,000 people on the Bosnian-Herzegovinia |
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2018-10-31 3:09 PM | Approval ratings for French President Macron hit record lows | Raw Politics…
New approval ratings show that French President Emmanuel Macron is more unpopular than ever, with no-confidence levels hitting a record 71%…. |
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2018-10-31 3:02 PM | Iran denies journalists trip to DW workshop…
A group of journalists was barred from coming to Germany to take part in a workshop on environmental reporting. The Iranian embassy in Berlin has not responded to DW’s request for comment…. |
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2018-10-31 2:55 PM | Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered immediately after entering consulate: prosecutor…
Turkey’s chief prosecutor’s office says the journalist was suffocated in a premeditated killing as soon as he entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate four weeks ago and his body was then dismembered and disposed of…. |
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2018-10-31 2:53 PM | Oprah Winfrey jumps into historic Georgia race, backs Democrat Abrams…
Oprah Winfrey plans to lend her star power to Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams’ quest to become the United States’ first black woman governor…. |
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2018-10-31 2:52 PM | NATO chiefs urges Russia to shed light on new missile system…
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Russia to provide details about a new missile system the United States and other allies claim violates an important nuclear weapons treaty…. |
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2018-10-31 2:47 PM | Saudis release Filipina cleaners held after police raid on Halloween party…
Saudi Arabia has released 19 Filipina women detained in a raid on a Halloween party in Riyadh, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday, which the authorities said was prompted by complaints of loud music and frightening costumes…. |
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2018-10-31 2:45 PM | NATO chiefs urges Russia to shed light on new missile system…
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Russia to provide details about a new missile system the United States and other allies claim violates an important nuclear weapons treaty… |
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2018-10-31 2:43 PM | FDA announces recall of another heart medicine for possible cancer risk…
Irbesartan, a high blood pressure medicine, is being recalled by ScieGen as certain lots contain NDEA, a suspected carcinogen…. |
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2018-10-31 2:40 PM | Prosecutors: Package bomb suspect ran web searches of targets, planned attacks for months…
Cesar Sayoc committed a “domestic terrorist attack” in mailing possible bombs to prominent liberals, new court filing alleges…. |
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2018-10-31 2:28 PM | Norwegian diplomat becomes UN’s fourth Syria envoy…
Pedersen also served as Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority between 1998 and 2003… |
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2018-10-31 2:26 PM | ‘We do not do stunts’, Mattis says on troops to border… | |
2018-10-31 2:16 PM | Mafia hit man Fotios Geas suspected in Whitey Bulger’s slaying…
A Mafia hit man who is said to hate “rats” is under suspicion in the slaying of former Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger…. |
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2018-10-31 2:15 PM | Khashoggi’s Fiancee Asks Trump to ‘Help Reveal the Truth’ About Murder…
Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz calls on U.S. President Donald Trump to “help reveal the truth and ensure justice be served.”… |
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2018-10-31 2:14 PM | Honduran government preventing many from fleeing to US…
Hondurans say Washington’s pressure has led to the crackdown on those fleeing poverty and violence…. |
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2018-10-31 2:13 PM | Innovative farming game aims to transform business in the field…
A ‘smart’ game is trying to help farmers make decisions about new tech products before they invest in them…. |
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2018-10-31 2:07 PM | UN chief announces new Syrian envoy _ Norway’s Geir Pedersen…
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of veteran Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen to one of the U.N.’s toughest jobs on Wednesday — trying to bring peace to Syria after more than seven years of war…. |
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2018-10-31 2:04 PM | Earliest discovery of lead exposure found in Neanderthal children…
Two 250,000-year-old teeth from two Neanderthal children revealed that both of them were exposed to lead twice during their short lifetimes, the first known case of lead exposure in Neanderthals…. |
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2018-10-31 2:04 PM | How a warmer Arctic could lead to more extreme weather…
Climate experts are concerned we may soon start to see more extreme weather events in the Northern Hemisphere. The culprit? A warmer Arctic, which could potentially disrupt the polar jet stream…. |
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2018-10-31 2:00 PM | Had your appendix removed? Your Parkinson’s risk may be 20% lower…
Those who have had their appendix removed are 20% less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, a new analysis of more than one million people in Sweden shows…. |
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2018-10-31 2:00 PM | Take Five: World markets themes for the week ahead…
Take Five: World markets themes for the week ahead… |
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2018-10-31 2:00 PM | EU-China partnership centre stage at Global Tourism Economy Forum…
Leading experts and decision-makers come together in Macao to discuss future face of travel industry,… |
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2018-10-31 2:00 PM | Exclusive Report: Bureaucratic Chaos Rife in Hours Before Laos Dam Burst…
PNPC had informed government of impending disaster, but emergency efforts were hampered by inefficient communication… |
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2018-10-31 1:55 PM | Doctors and nurses who have killed their patients…
After a former German nurse admitted to killing 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany, Euronews takes a look at other doctors and nurses who have killed patients…. |
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2018-10-31 1:42 PM | Friedrich Merz makes pitch to lead CDU after Angela Merkel…
Friedrich Merz, a ghost from the chancellor’s past, appeared in Berlin to explain why he should succeed Angela Merkel as the leader of the Christian Democrats. The lobbyist’s intervention has taken many by surprise….. |
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2018-10-31 1:39 PM | UN chief announces new Syrian envoy — Norway’s Geir Pedersen…
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of veteran Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen to one of the U.N.’s toughest jobs — trying to bring peace to Syria after more than seven years of war… |
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2018-10-31 1:38 PM | Iran summons Danish envoy over alleged deadly Tehran plot…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Wednesday summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran over Copenhagen’s allegations about an Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark, the official IRNA news …… |
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2018-10-31 1:35 PM | Iran Warns Against ‘Hasty’ Actions As Tensions Rise Over Danish Murder Plot Allegations…
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Danish ambassador to Tehran to issue a “strong protest” over Copenhagen’s allegations about an Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist on the Scandinavian country’s territory…. |
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2018-10-31 1:35 PM | Russia opens terrorism investigation after teenager blows himself up…
The 17-year-old boy walked into the lobby of the Federal Security Service and let off a bomb in the northern city of Arkhangelsk…. |
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2018-10-31 1:33 PM | Republican campaign poster outrages English village…
A Republican politician from Illinois has angered the residents of a coastal English village by featuring a picture of its streets to depict… |
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2018-10-31 1:28 PM | Will Nevada elect the US’s first female-majority legislature?…
After winning record number of primary races, Nevada female candidates set their sights on making history on November 6…. |
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2018-10-31 1:28 PM | Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect now charged with 44 counts…
The suspect in a mass shooting at asynagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshippers has beencharged on a total of 44 counts, up from 29 counts previously,according to a federal indictment filed on Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 1:27 PM | US-backed Syria force suspends anti-IS attacks after Turkey hits…
On Tuesday, IS counter-attack killed at least 72 fighters from the SDF, which is dominated by Kurdish YPG… |
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2018-10-31 1:25 PM | Britain hopes to reach Brexit deal with EU by November 21…
Britain hopes to reach a deal with the EU over Brexit by November 21, a senior government minister has claimed in a letter. Dominic Raab,… |
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2018-10-31 1:25 PM | Egypt to host joint military exercises in what could become ‘Arab NATO’… | |
2018-10-31 1:25 PM | German minister slams Merkel on migration as he seeks to lead CDU…
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2018-10-31 1:20 PM | Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair up for grabs as great physicist’s items auctioned…
An online auction of Stephen Hawking’s personal items will include his wheelchair and PhD Thesis…. |
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2018-10-31 1:17 PM | Delingpole: Food Magazine Editor Forced to Quit After Making Joke About Vegans…
William Sitwell, the editor of Waitrose Food magazine, has been forced to quit his job after upsetting a vegan in a private email…. |
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2018-10-31 1:15 PM | Turkey: Khashoggi strangled to death then dismembered…
The chief prosecutor in Istanbul has alleged that Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled to death as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate…. |
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2018-10-31 1:11 PM | THE LATEST: Jamal Khashoggi was strangled moments after stepping into Saudi Consulate – Turkish prosecutor…
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being disposed of, says a top Turkish prosecutor…. |
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2018-10-31 1:09 PM | ‘Tug-Tooth’ Strikes Again: Ukrainian Takes Bite Out Of Record Book…
A man from Ukraine has successfully pulled a 614-ton cargo ship — with his teeth. It’s just the latest bite at world fame by “Tug-Tooth” Skavysh…. |
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2018-10-31 1:07 PM | Indonesia believes it has located Lion Air’s fuselage, black box…
Transport minister suspends Lion Air’s technical director amid investigation into the crash that left 189 people dead…. |
2018-10-31 15:54 | Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha vows to continue father’s Leicester City legacy…
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, son of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, says he will do his best to continue his father’s… |
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2018-10-31 15:54 | South Sudan rebel leader says ‘guns must stop’ at peace ceremony…
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2018-10-31 15:47 | The Latest: Khan warns radical Islamists after acquittal…
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will take stern action against any radical Islamists who incite people to kill three judges who acquitted a Christian woman who faced the death penalty under the country’s blasphemy laws… |
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2018-10-31 15:45 | UK chief Brexit negotiator says he expects deal by Nov 21…
Britain’s Brexit secretary says he expects a divorce deal with the European Union to be finalized before Nov. 21… |
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2018-10-31 15:43 | India unveils world’s tallest statue, twice the size of the Statue of Liberty…
The tallest statue in the world, honoring India’s first Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 15:38 | Watch: the lab-made chicken nuggets that avoid killing any birds…
Not paltry? The chicken nuggets that don’t kill any birds… |
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2018-10-31 15:34 | U.S., UN hope to build momentum for peace talks to end Yemen war…
The Trump administration is calling for an urgent halt to the Saudi-Iran proxy war in Yemen and the start of negotiations in November toward a political settlement to end the yearslong conflict that has killed over 10,000 people and pushed Yemen to the br… |
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2018-10-31 15:33 | Simone Biles was too busy leading her USA team to a world title to worry about a kidney stone…
Less than 24 hours after spending most of the night in the ER, Biles led her team to first place at the 48th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar…. |
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2018-10-31 15:31 | US midterms 2018: All the latest updates…
Voters head to the polls on November 6 in an election seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s first two years in office…. |
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2018-10-31 15:30 | As telecoms fraud mounts, are we ready for 5G?…
The Capacity Europe conference in London looked at the opportunities and challenges facing world telecoms on the eve of the introduction of revolutionary new 5G technology…. |
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2018-10-31 15:29 | Facebook’s Zuckerberg summoned to appear before session of U.K., Canadian politicians…
The British government has announced an unprecedented “international grand committee” on disinformation and fake news, with a summons for Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to appear…. |
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2018-10-31 15:25 | Denmark arrests suspect over Iranian ‘assassination’ plot…
Denmark’s security forces say they have arrested a man over an alleged plot by the Iranian intelligence service to assassinate an Iranian-Arab opposition figure on Danish soil…. |
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2018-10-31 15:24 | Istanbul prosecutor: Khashoggi strangled to death, body dismembered…
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2018-10-31 15:19 | Two Massachusetts officers indicted on charges they beat Latino teens…
Gregg A. Bigda and Steven M. Vigneault were arrested and charged in federal court Wednesday for using excessive force during the arrest of two Latino teenagers…. |
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2018-10-31 15:18 | Which countries grant unconditional birthright citizenship?…
Donald Trump has said children born on American soil should not automatically get citizenship, claiming that the US is “the only country in world” to do this. DW shows where else “jus soli” is enshrined in law…. |
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2018-10-31 15:17 | Plot to smear Robert Mueller unravels as FBI is asked to investigate…
An effort to smear the special council has involved suspicious emails offering women money in exchange for fabricating sexual misconduct claims…. |
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2018-10-31 15:16 | Cuba’s new president reaches out to an old ally…
Cuba’s new President Miguel Daz-Canel will begin an official trip to Russia on Thursday, a visit that will have historic resonance…. |
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2018-10-31 15:15 | Turkish attacks in Syria prompt halt to fight against Islamic State – SDF…
Turkish attacks in Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria have led to a temporary halt in an offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against Islamic State in eastern Syria, the SDF said on Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 15:15 | EU condemns Denmark attack plot, urges support for Iran deal…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that Washington stood behind Denmark, a NATO ally… |
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2018-10-31 15:12 | 1 of 3 Great Pyramids of Giza to reopen after restoration…
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry says the second of Egypt’s three famed pyramids of Giza will open to tourists this week after the completion of restoration work that lasted about two months… |
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2018-10-31 15:10 | Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered Saudi Consulate: Turkish prosecutor…
A Turkish prosecutor confirms for the first time that Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered soon after the journalist entered the Saudi Consulate on Oct. 2…. |
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2018-10-31 15:09 | Ted Cruz to i24NEWS: ‘Israel would love peace, Palestinian leaders are impediment’… | |
2018-10-31 15:09 | Concern for migrants as tensions rise and temperatures plunge on Bosnia-Croatia border…
Tensions rise and temperatures plunge for stranded migrants in Bosnia…. |
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2018-10-31 15:09 | Fighting fire with fire – Jews train to stop repeat of Pittsburgh shooting…
David Ortner adjusted his yarmulke, cocked his pistol and took aim – something he wishes a civilian had done to defend Pittsburgh… |
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2018-10-31 15:09 | Party job contender downplays tension with Germany’s Merkel…
A onetime rival of Chancellor Angela Merkel who is running for her party’s leadership after a decade-long absence from front-line politics downplayed potential tensions with the German leader on Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 15:08 | Khashoggi was strangled or suffocated and body dismembered, Turkish prosecutor says…
This marks the first time Turkey has offered a detailed explanation of what they believe happened to Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor…. |
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2018-10-31 15:03 | Watch: Man jumps in freezing Russian river to rescue dog…
A man has jumped into a freezing river in St Petersburg to rescue his dog after it slipped and fell in…. |
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2018-10-31 15:00 | Why I left ISIS: Former Baghdadi ‘friend’ and aide, others speak out…
Sheikh Hussam Naji, born in Baghdad in 1980, thought his wildest dreams had come true when ISIS and its so-called “caliphate” captured swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria in the summer of 2014. Only for Naji who was personally appointed by Baghd… |
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2018-10-31 14:59 | Trump blasts Pittsburgh protests as ‘fake news’ after visit… | |
2018-10-31 14:59 | Top Cop Slams ‘Hate Crime’ Obsession, Demands Focus on Real Crime…
One of the UK’s most senior police officers has slammed the prioritisation of “hate crimes,” calling for officers to solve more burglaries…. |
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2018-10-31 14:57 | Denmark Consults Allies Over Possible Iran Sanctions…
Denmark said Wednesday it was consulting with its allies about possible sanctions against Iran after accusing Tehran of plotting an attack against Iranian dissidents living in the Scandinavian country. | London / Europe… |
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2018-10-31 14:56 | 5 Albanians arrested for trafficking Syrian migrants…
Albanian police say they have arrested five people suspected of trafficking migrants from Greece to Montenegro… |
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2018-10-31 14:55 | Rubella is eliminated in Australia as the disease prompts a travel warning for Japan…
Australia has eliminated rubella, health experts announce, just as an outbreak of the disease prompts a warning for some pregnant travelers to avoid Japan…. |
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2018-10-31 14:55 | Watch: Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli Shocks in Burqa ‘Freedom’ Ads…
An advertisment showing Israeli model Bar Refaeli tossing off a Muslim burqa head-covering has stirred anger in the Islamic world…. |
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2018-10-31 14:54 | Istanbul prosecutor: Khashoggi strangled to death, body dismembered…
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2018-10-31 14:53 | Angola expects economy to grow 2.8 pct in 2019 – minister…
Economic growth in Angola, Africa… |
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2018-10-31 14:51 | UEFA investigates Athens stadium after fan video shows structural movement…
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) are investigating over fears Athens Olympic ‘Spyros Louis’ Stadium is moving more than it should…. |
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2018-10-31 14:49 | Nazi slavery recalled at UNESCO-listed Vlklinger Ironworks…
Grenades, aircraft parts and military equipment originated in Nazi Germany’s largest steel smelter, which utilized slave laborers from occupied Europe. An installation by French artist Christian Boltanski remembers them…. |
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2018-10-31 14:47 | Turkish prosecutor says Jamal Khashoggi was strangled, body dismembered…
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled to death and dismembered after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office said…. |
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2018-10-31 14:47 | Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered…
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being disposed of, a top Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 14:46 | Pentagon identifies 7,000 U.S. troops that could go to Mexico border – U.S. official…
The Pentagon has identified about 7,000 troops that could be deployed to the border with Mexico if needed, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 14:44 | German professor ordered to pay thousands in late fees…
The psychology professor lost her appeal against her university’s library after she kept books months past their due date. The case has highlighted many of the major problems plaguing German academia…. |
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2018-10-31 14:43 | Life on the contact line: stories of resilience from eastern Ukraine…
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has caused thousands of victims and disrupted civilians’ lives. But in that region, people also want to look at the future…. |
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2018-10-31 14:41 | Indonesia says it had no warning Saudi Arabia would be executing maid…
The move has sparked outrage in Indonesia, whose president said he called the Saudi foreign minister to file a complaint…. |
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2018-10-31 14:41 | Romanian PM to visit Oman, Qatar to strengthen trade ties…
Romania’s prime minister will visit the Gulf state of Oman and Qatar as part of a government initiative to strengthen ties between the East European nation and countries in the Middle East… |
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2018-10-31 14:40 | Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered…
ISTANBUL (AP) — Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before being dis…… |
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2018-10-31 14:38 | Velka Pardubicka: Is this the hardest horse race in the world?…
The Velka Pardubicka Steeplechase (otherwise known as the Grand Pardubice Steeplechase) with its notorious 31 obstacles, has been drawing crowds to the city of Pardubice, 60 miles east of Prague in the Czech Republic since 1874…. |
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2018-10-31 14:35 | Rouhani anticipates difficult months ahead for Iranians…
Iran’s Rouhani says Iranians may face more difficulties in months ahead after US imposes new sanctions on Monday… |
2018-10-31 12:51 | Indonesian official: Lion Air black box signal detected but object thought to be fuselage still not sighted visually…
Indonesian official: Lion Air black box signal detected but object thought to be fuselage still not sighted visually… |
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2018-10-31 12:50 | Indonesian official: Lion Air plane search effort has found aircraft debris, passenger belongings on sea floor…
Indonesian official: Lion Air plane search effort has found aircraft debris, passenger belongings on sea floor… |
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2018-10-31 12:50 | Rouhani anticipates difficult months ahead for Iranians…
President Hassan Rouhani says Iranians may face more difficulties in the months ahead after the U.S. imposes new sanctions on Monday… |
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2018-10-31 12:47 | Turkish military again shells Kurdish positions in Syria…
Turkey says its military has again shelled positions of US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, east of Euphrates… |
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2018-10-31 12:46 | Venice floods: Warnings salt water could damage artifacts…
Officials in the flooded lagoon city of Venice warned that salt water may have caused significant damage to historic sites…. |
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2018-10-31 12:41 | Rutgers football player Izaia Bullock charged with conspiring to commit murder…
Rutgers University student and college linebacker Izaia Bullock was arrested Tuesday on charges of attempted murder…. |
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2018-10-31 12:38 | Macron’s strategist says goal is to reshape fracturing EU politics…
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2018-10-31 12:38 | Southern California Edison says its equipment helped spark huge California fire…
Southern California Edison said Tuesday its equipment likely sparked one of two ignition points for the massive wildfire that tore through California’s central coast last year…. |
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2018-10-31 12:37 | Simone Biles leads US gymnastics team to team gold in Qatar…
She won the first of what could be many gold medals at the ongoing Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha…. |
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2018-10-31 12:33 | A foiled assassination plot in Denmark may just have cost Iran a partner against Trump…
The plot was already uncovered in September and triggered a massive police operation at the time…. |
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2018-10-31 12:32 | Carrying bloodstained backpacks, Yemeni children return to class…
The absence of 42 boys who were killed in a Saudi-led attack on a school bus weighs heavily on young survivors…. |
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2018-10-31 12:25 | George Osborne Says Tories Made ‘Mistakes’ in Allowing People to Vote for Brexit…
Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne has said “mistakes” led to the Brexit vote and that people should not have been given a say on the EU…. |
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2018-10-31 12:23 | Death at Yosemite: Travel-blogging couple perishes in 250-metre fall…
Last week, Vishnu Viswanath and Meenakshi “Minaxi” Moorthy’s travels took them to Yosemite National Park. It would be their final journey…. |
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2018-10-31 12:22 | US calls for end of Yemen conflict, Sweden willing to host talks…
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2018-10-31 12:18 | Shopping at well-stocked Venezuelan stores? Better take dollars…
At a luxury hotel in Venezuela… |
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2018-10-31 12:17 | Church of Trump…
An insight into the Trump administration’s relationship with the religious right and implications for US politics…. |
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2018-10-31 12:16 | Republican senators urge Trump to suspend nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia…
A group of Republican senators asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend civilian nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi actions in Yemen and Lebanon…. |
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2018-10-31 12:10 | Asia Bibi’s blasphemy verdict: Islamists protest across Pakistan…
Thousands of Islamist protesters have taken to the streets in Pakistan’s cities, blocking roads and damaging infrastructure. They’re opposing the release of a Christian woman accused of committing blasphemy…. |
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2018-10-31 12:09 | Nigerian Shi’ite group says 42 killed when security forces fired upon protests…
A Nigerian Shi… |
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2018-10-31 12:09 | What’s behind Denmark’s ‘Iran murder plot’ claims? | Euronews answers…
Denmark is calling for the EU to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, accusing Tehran of being behind a foiled assassination plot on Danish soil…. |
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2018-10-31 12:07 | Bolsonaro, ‘gender ideology’ and hegemonic masculinity in Brazil…
Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power marks the return of white, male, sexist and authoritarian politics in Brazil…. |
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2018-10-31 12:06 | Cameroon defense minister warns foreigners against travel…
Cameroon’s defense minister has called on all foreign nationals in the country’s restive regions to be cautious after an American missionary died after being shot in the head amid fighting between armed separatists and soldiers the northwest… |
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2018-10-31 12:05 | Bones discovered at Vatican property may be tied to decades-old mystery…
Lawyers for the family of 15-year-old girl who went missing in 1983 say they are pressing for more details… |
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2018-10-31 12:04 | Germany: Poverty threatens almost 20 percent of population…
Unemployment is at a historic low in Germany, but millions of people aren’t earning enough to pay their bills or adequately heat their homes. The latest EU figures show poverty poses a greater risk to women…. |
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2018-10-31 12:00 | In Canada, pretending to be a witch is a punishable offense…
Practicing witchcraft is not a crime in Canada, but faking it in order to extort or deceive others is…. |
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2018-10-31 11:57 | UK police charge drug company after babies die in hospital…
British police have charged a drug company over the supply of contaminated food given to premature babies after deaths were reported… |
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2018-10-31 11:53 | France opens national investigation after reports of spike in birth defects…
France has launched a nationwide investigation into why babies in some parts of the country have been born without hands or arms after several new cases were reported this week, the health minister said on Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 11:53 | Thai Red Cross wants bloody-minded donors for Halloween…
Hoping that the annual Halloween gusto for gore will inspire donors, Thailand’s National Blood Center has staff and volunteers dress up as ghosts, monsters and witches… |
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2018-10-31 11:53 | King Salman’s brother ‘returns to Riyadh’ amid Khashoggi crisis…
Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz’s reported return is seen as a potential challenge to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…. |
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2018-10-31 11:52 | Crashed Indonesian aircraft’s fuselage, black box may have been found…
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2018-10-31 11:50 | How a right-wing troll and a Russian Twitter account created 2016’s biggest voter fraud story…
How a right-wing troll and a Russian Twitter account created 2016’s biggest voter fraud story… |
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2018-10-31 11:48 | Central American migrant caravan: What we know…
On Tuesday, the migrants were still nearly 1,000 miles and weeks away from the nearest U.S.-Mexico border entry in McAllen, Texas…. |
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2018-10-31 11:47 | Afghan army helicopter crashes, killing all 25 on board…
An Afghan army helicopter crashed Wednesday in bad weather in the western Farah province, killing all 25 people on board, including the deputy corps commander of the western zone, a provincial spokesman said…. |
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2018-10-31 11:46 | Feds charge Chinese intelligence officers with stealing U.S. plane technology…
According to the indictment, the officers and their hackers stole technology for a turbofan jet engine used in U.S. and European commercial airliners…. |
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2018-10-31 11:45 | Saudi Arabia not fully cooperating with Khashoggi investigation, Turkish official says…
The visiting Saudi prosecutor seems more interested in what evidence the Turks have rather than helping out, said the official…. |
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2018-10-31 11:40 | Israel Aerospace Industries Seals $1.3 Billion in Defense Deals with India…
Israel Aerospace Industries announced two deals worth a total of $1.3 billion with India between Oct. 24 and 29…. |
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2018-10-31 11:40 | Kenya’s 2018/19 foreign borrowing to depend on global financial markets…
Kenya will make a final decision on the amount of foreign borrowing in its 2018/19 (July-June) fiscal year after it has studied conditions in global financial markets, the finance minister told Reuters on Wednesday…. |
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2018-10-31 11:37 | Battling Iran in Syria, Israel moves closer to Gulf… | |
2018-10-31 11:35 | Taliban assign ex-Guantanamo inmates as future peace brokers…
The Taliban have appointed five former commanders who spent more than a decade as prisoners in Guantanamo Bay as members of the political office in Qatar where they will take part in any future peace talks, officials in the movement said…. |
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2018-10-31 11:30 | Myanmar officials try to convince Rohingya to return, accept ID cards…
Myanmar officials visited camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday in an effort to kickstart a process to repatriate hundreds of thousands who fled an army crackdown last year…. |
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2018-10-31 11:29 | Israel defends Trump amid synagogue shooting criticism…
Israel’s envoy to the memorial ceremonies for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims says it’s “unfair and wrong” to link the tragedy to President Donald Trump… |
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2018-10-31 11:29 | Far-Left: Teen Raped and Murdered by Migrants Was ‘Lucky’…
A far-leftist ITalian Facebook page has said Desire Mariottini was… |
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2018-10-31 11:27 | Indonesia protests to Saudi over execution of maid convicted of murder…
Indonesia has protested to Saudi Arabia over the execution of an Indonesian maid, convicted of murdering her employer who a workers… |
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2018-10-31 11:25 | NBA: Kevin Love on mental health: ‘Beating that stigma has been great’… | |
2018-10-31 11:24 | Democrats up in hard-fought Florida; Republicans close gap in Arizona…
Democrats have pulled ahead in Florida… |
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2018-10-31 11:24 | Report: University of Michigan Hosts ‘Pro-BDS’ Event Despite Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre…
The University of Michigan held a town-hall program fostering BDS on Monday, featuring advocates of the anti-Israel movement…. |
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2018-10-31 11:22 | Remains at Vatican property probed for links to 35-year-old mystery…
Human remains found at a property owned by the Vatican in Rome have raised hope that a 35-year-old mystery involving a teenage girl’s disappearance could be nearing a resolution…. |
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2018-10-31 11:22 | FIFA concern after hackers breach data…
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2018-10-31 11:21 | German defence minister visits NATO military exercises in Norway…
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