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Hong Kong police launch operation to flush out protestors after officer hit with arrow
TVNZ 17 Nov 2019
Riot police began moving in on one group of protestors outside the campus after issuing an ultimatum for people to leave area ... A large group of people arrived in the morning to try to clean up the road but were warned away by protestors ... They are the holdouts from larger groups that occupied several major campuses for much of last week....
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Putin just offstage in impeachment drama
The Los Angeles Times 17 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON — . When the impeachment inquiry opened in September, it centered on a single question. Did President Trump block U.S. military aid to muscle Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and others, and risk national security to boost his reelection campaign?. The evidence is steadily mounting that he did. Now, the scandal is expanding ... ....
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Back-to-back blasts hit Afghan capital; at least 4 wounded
Yahoo Daily News 18 Nov 2019
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Back-to-back explosions targeting a military training center in the Afghan capital wounded at least four Afghan national army soldiers early Monday, police and the interior spokesmen said ... Emergency workers and investigators were on the scene of what Rahimi called suicide attacks ... ....
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"Worse Than What Richard Nixon Did": Nancy Pelosi Hits Out At Trump
NDTV 18 Nov 2019
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is amplifying her unfavorable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon, saying that disgraced president at least cared enough about the... ....
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How Iraq helped to flush out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
CNN 17 Nov 2019photo: USMC / Sgt. Gabriela Garcia
British government and army accused of covering up war crimes
The Observer 17 Nov 2019
The UK government and the British army have been accused of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq. Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence implicating troops in killing children and the torture of civilians ... No case investigated by IHAT or Operation Northmoor has led to a prosecution. An IHAT detective told Panorama ... ....
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U.S. condemns 'unjustified use of force' in Hong Kong: senior official
Reuters 18 Nov 2019
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Prince Andrew Says He Doesn’t Regret His ‘Very Useful’ Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein
Time Magazine 17 Nov 2019
Prince Andrew’s recent attempts to clarify his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein have backfired, sparking even more criticism about his lack of remorse about the wealthy financier’s actions. Epstein died August in an apparent suicide in a federal jail after being convicted on sex trafficking charges involving minors ... MORE....
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UK PM Johnson pledges to end Brexit uncertainty, says it has paralysed economy
Eye Witness News 18 Nov 2019
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At least 9 people were shot at a football watch party in Fresno
CNN 18 Nov 2019photo: AP / Michael Probst
2 jets collide after landing in Frankfurt, no one injured
The News Tribune 17 Nov 2019
Authorities say a collision between two passenger jets on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport caused damage but left no one injured. The Korean Air Boeing and Air Namibia Airbus planes hit each other shortly after both landed at the airport on Saturday evening ... Authorities are working to determine the cause....
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Yahoo Japan, Line to merge business to form online giant
Yahoo Daily News 18 Nov 2019
TOKYO (AP) — Online services Yahoo Japan and Line Corp. have announced they are merging. Z Holdings Corp., which owns SoftBank Corp. that operates Yahoo Japan, and Naver Corp. of South Korea, which owns a majority stake in Line said Monday they are aiming for a final agreement by next month ... ....
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What Rudy and 'Three Amigos' were up to
CNN 17 Nov 2019
(CNN)It was a powerful television moment. the ex-US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, listening to a snippet from a rough transcript of President Donald Trump -- the man who ousted her -- predicting to a foreign leader, "She's going to go through some things." ... Then to top it, Committee Chairman Rep ... "Let's be clear ... "It was also nonsensical ... ....
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Bitcoin adoption in these industries would boost 2020
Cryptopolitan 18 Nov 2019
Bitcoin adoption rate is increasing reportedly by a margin as high as 700 percent in the last five years despite legal swords hanging on the cryptocurrency sphere. Bitcoin has been around for a while now, and ever since it grabbed serious attention in the financial department, but a lot of industries are still hesitant to use it ... .......
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New Mars rover will visit perfect spot to find signs of life, says scientists
The Independent 17 Nov 2019
On some sunny day next summer, in front of a crowd at Kennedy Space Centre, a rocket carrying Nasa's next, best hope at finding life on Mars will launch into the sky. Seven months later, the car-size Mars 2020 rover will touch down near Jezero Crater, a dried-up lake in Mars' northern hemisphere ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Show all 13 ... ....
