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‘#YouTubeIsOver’: Why users and creators are threatening to delete their accounts
Metro UK 12 Dec 2019
People are furious about new rules forbidding ‘harassment’ which they fear will shut down freedom of expression (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images). YouTubers are threatening to close their accounts today after the video site made another controversial policy change ... On Twitter, YouTube wrote ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... ....
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Trump didn’t win Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ so he mocks the teen who did
Market Watch 12 Dec 2019
Donald Trump supporters were left aghast — shocked! — last week when Professor Pamela Karlan had the nerve to wise crack about the president’s young son, Barron, during the impeachment hearing in Washington D.C. After all, he’s just a kid ... “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics,” she tweeted ... So ridiculous ... ....
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Sound the alarm on deadly US-Russia nuclear threat
CNN 12 Dec 2019
(CNN)As I looked around the large square conference table, I watched the faces settle into worried frowns ... For a long minute, no one spoke. Then, one of them broke the silence. "Someone needs to sound the alarm." ... Jill Dougherty. "... Several are former top-level military and diplomatic officials. Some are religious leaders or physicians ... Read More ... ....
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Could talking about football help combat dementia?
BBC News 12 Dec 2019
Patients and their carers in Birmingham meet to reminisce about players and the game they love. ....
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North Korea says ready to respond to any corresponding measure that U.S. chooses
Reuters 12 Dec 2019
North Korea's foreign ministry criticized the United States for convening the U.N. Security Council and warned that it is ready to respond to any corresponding measure that Washington chooses, state media said on Thursday ... ....
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Russia's aircraft-carrier Admiral Kuznetsov on fire during repairs
Pravda RU 12 Dec 2019
A fire has sparked on board the Russian aircraft-carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which currently undergoes repairs at Zvyozdochka shipyard. The fire has engulfed the entire power compartment of the vessel. Several people were hurt. The fire on board the aircraft-carrier started during welding works in the first power compartment on the second deck ... ....
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Jennifer Lopez fights tears as she reacts to SAG awards nomination
Toronto Sun 12 Dec 2019
Jennifer Lopez was overcome with emotion after receiving her first-ever nomination for the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday ... “I don’t think I’ve ever been nominated for a SAG award before,” she said in a video, while working out at the gym. Holding back tears, the star added ... It’s happening. Thank you so much ... ....
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Man allegedly dresses up as mother, tries to take driving test for her
Toronto Sun 12 Dec 2019photo: Creative Commons
The apocalypse may have begun without anyone noticing, scientist warns
Metro UK 12 Dec 2019
You might think it’d be easy to notice the onset of doomsday because incoming asteroids, global nuclear warfare or the outbreak of a deadly plague are kind of hard to ignore. But we may already be living through the apocalypse and might have failed to observe the beginning of the end ... ‘The apocalypse. It’s not the end of the world.’ ... He wrote ... Getty) ... ....
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Chilean Air Force finds debris believed to be from missing plane
The Jerusalem Post 12 Dec 2019
The Chilean Air Force said on Wednesday it had located debris believed to be from a military cargo plane that crashed this week with 38 people aboard over a remote stretch of frigid sea between South America and the Antarctic ... The parts were being recovered for analysis to determine if they belonged to the Hercules C-130 cargo plane ... ....
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'Clasico will be played', says Barcelona president Bartomeu
Supersport 12 Dec 2019
</p>Spain's most prestigious fixture was originally scheduled for October 26 but had to be postponed following a wave of pro-independence demonstrations in the city ... </p>"In an exceptional situation, we should act in an exceptional way," said a statement from the group on Tuesday....
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Trump says US and China 'very close' to trade deal
BBC News 12 Dec 2019
US stocks have rallied after Donald Trump said the US and China were "very" close to a "big" trade deal. "They want it and so do we!" the US President wrote on Twitter ... ....
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Sudan's opposition group demands secular state during peace talks
China.dot.org 12 Dec 2019
SPLM-N is the largest rebel group based in the Nuba Mountain and South Kordofan regions ... The Sudan government has been negotiating with rebel groups under the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) that include the Sudan Liberation Movement under Minni Minnawi, SPLM-N and Sudan Liberation Movement-Transitional Council led by El Hadi Idris....
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French union mounts pressure on gov't with "no Christmas break" strike
Xinhua 12 Dec 2019
PARIS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), France's largest union in the public sector, planned rolling strikes in transport sector during Christmas holidays, mounting pressure on the government to reconsider a pension reform, a union official announced on Thursday ... Transport workers have been out of the workplace since Dec....
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US warns North Korea of consequences of missile test 'Christmas gift’
The Guardian 12 Dec 2019
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