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Lawyer: American Detained For Espionage In Moscow Handed Flash Drive
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2019
The lawyer representing Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in Moscow on spying charges said he was given a flash drive containing a “state secret,” The Washington Post reported Tuesday....
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Man’s tree-like growths have spread from his hands and feet to other body parts
Metro UK 22 Jan 2019
A father with a rare condition that makes him produce bark-like growths on his body has taken a turn for the worse. Doctors thought they’d got Abul Bajandar’s disease under control but he had a relapse last year and has now been re-admitted to hospital. The growths have returned and spread to other parts of his body ... AFP/Getty Images) ... AFP/Getty) ... MORE....
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Model who said she had dirt on Russian oligarch walks free
Lexington Herald-Leader 22 Jan 2019
A Belarusian model and self-styled sex instructor who last year claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has been released from detention pending trial ... election ... ....
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US Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin. To Revive Transgender Military Ban
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2019
The United States Supreme Court lifted two injunctions blocking President Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members in the military on Tuesday, voting 5-4 on the issue with the conservative majority winning, according to National Public Radio ... Military.” ... Lambda Legal counsel, Peter Renn, said in a statement ... -WN..com, Maureen Foody....
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Ukraine’s ex-PM announces presidential bid
Federal News Radio 22 Jan 2019
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has announced her presidential bid ... Tymoshenko lost to Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential vote and to the current incumbent, Petro Poroshenko, in 2014 ... Insight by Citrix Public Sector ... ....
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China’s population growth continues to fall
The Japan News 22 Jan 2019
The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s population growth rate continued to slow in 2018, spelling possible trouble ahead as a swelling number of retirees pushes up against a shrinking labor pool. Numbers released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics put the population at 1.395 billion in 2018 ... Yet China also faces a unique dilemma ... + - ... ....
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Joe Biden says he ‘regrets’ supporting ‘tough-on-crime’ drug laws in 1990s as he considers presidential bid
The Independent 22 Jan 2019
Former US vice president Joe Biden has said that he regrets supporting the "tough-on-crime" drug legislation of the 1990s ... Speaking at the event at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Mr Biden spoke about his remorse over a bill that created different legal standards for powdered cocaine and street crack cocaine ... ....
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Italy's Salvini says France has no interest in stabilising Libya
The Star 22 Jan 2019
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, continuing a war of words between Rome and Paris, said on Monday that France had no interest in bringing calm to violence-ravaged Libya because of its energy interests ... ....
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DACA, Gun Rights, And The Mueller Probe: Busy Day For United States Supreme Court
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2019
The Supreme Court did not take action on the Trump administration's attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on Tuesday, leaving the protections for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children for the next several months, according to CNN ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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11 dead after 2 ships catch fire in Kerch Strait off Russia coast, 15 Indians among...
Hindustan Times 22 Jan 2019
The fire broke out on Monday off Russia’s territorial waters. Both vessels were flying Tanzanian flags. One of them was a liquefied natural gas carrier and another one was a tanker. The fire broke out as the two ships were transferring fuel from one to the other. india Updated. Jan 22, 2019 10.37 IST. Press Trust of India. Moscow ... First Published ... .......
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NASA will attempt to knock an asteroid out of orbit for the first time in 2022
Business Insider 22 Jan 2019
If an asteroid were to head towards Earth, we would be quite defenceless as we have not successfully developed a method that could reduce the impact of — or entirely avert — a devastating collision. However, that may be about to change ... The asteroid in question, informally known as Didymoon, is a moon asteroid about 150 meters tall ... ....
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Brexit battle looms as UK lawmakers attack May’s ‘Plan B’
The Tribune San Luis Obispo 22 Jan 2019
Prime Minister Theresa May is determined to get a tweaked version of her rejected European Union divorce deal through Parliament. British lawmakers have other ideas — lots of other ideas ... ....
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Cristiano Ronaldo accepts 23-month suspended sentence and £16.5m fine for tax fraud
Metro UK 22 Jan 2019
The Portuguese arrived in Madrid on Tuesday after playing for Juventus the night before (Picture. EPA). Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a suspended sentence and hefty fine after pleading guilty to tax fraud in Madrid on Tuesday morning, a court spokesman has confirmed ... AP) ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... More. Football ... ‘Everything perfect.’ ... Getty) ... More ... ....
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Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala aboard missing plane
The Telegraph Macon 22 Jan 2019
The French civil aviation authority says Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala was aboard a small passenger plane that went missing off the coast of the island of Guernsey ... ....
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