Vladimir Putin tries to rewrite history in speech pretending that the Soviets didn't help the Nazis start WWII. Polish PM furious.

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Starting January 1, three single-use plastic products will be banned in France: plates, cups, and cotton buds. More will be banned next year, marking the first steps toward the government’s goal of phasing out all single-use plastics by 2040

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Trump and Putin had another phone call, but the public didn't learn about it until the Kremlin issued a statement

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Hong Kong: reporter blinded covering protests on her bid to sue police — Police cannot shoot people ‘because they are panicked or angry’, says Veby Mega Indah

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Canada to send additional firefighters to help Australia fight massive wildfires

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Trump says Iran will be held "fully responsible" for attack on U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Trump’s tweet came after Iraqi Shiite protesters stormed the compound.

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UK censors all Saudi Arabia conversations from latest release of cabinet minutes

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Millions of people began ringing in 2020 with fireworks, dancing and champagne on Wednesday, but Australia’s celebrations were overshadowed by deadly wildfires while protests dampened the festive mood in Hong Kong and India.

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Protesters Chanting 'Death to America' Storm U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Following Airstrikes By American Forces In Iraq

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Brazil Fines Facebook R$6.6 Million for Data Leak in Cambridge Analytica Affair

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South Africa now requires companies to disclose salary gap between highest and lowest paid employees

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Ambassador and staff evacuated as Iraq protesters attack US embassy

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Taiwan passes law targeting Chinese political interference

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The bushfires in Australia are so big they're generating their own weather — 'pyrocumulonimbus' thunderstorms that can start more fires

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The Amazon lost the equivalent of 8.4 million soccer fields this decade due to deforestation

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Thousands of people trapped in Australian coastal town of Mallacoota by huge wildfires

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Hunt for Chinese tourist who ‘vandalised’ sacred religious site in Europe to remove message of support for Hong Kong protests. ‘We have done a good thing today,’ says woman as video shows her throwing away Catholic cross. ‘Our motherland is great’

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Trump missed call on Ukraine aid to play golf on day whistleblower complaint was filed: report. | Trump golfed with John Daly as officials reportedly tried to convince him to release aid appropriated by Congress

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4000 people trapped on a beach in south-eastern Australia as a bushfire closes in, fire trucks preparing to defend them with a “wall of water”

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Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela for a meeting with a top aide of President Nicolas Maduro

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US atomic waste dump in Marshall Islands to be investigated

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More Canadian firefighters ship out to battle Australia wildfires

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Scientists Use Recycled Sewage Water to Grow 500-Acre Forest in the Middle of Egyptian Desert

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A group of eight trade organizations that collectively represent 90% of the world’s merchant fleet have proposed a collaborative shipping research and development program to help eliminate CO2 emissions from international shipping.

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South Korea to pardon 1,800 conscientious objectors

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Top Syrian Official Says US Has 'Absolutely No Right' to Occupy or Plunder Nation's Oil Fields

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Russia’s Richest Gain $51 Billion In 2019

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Polish PM claims Russia's rewriting of history is a threat to Europe

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Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said on Monday that talking to Trump at a UN summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention.

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Ukraine fears Trump hold on aid exposed vulnerability in war with Russia

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The White House always knew Trump's order to freeze Ukraine aid could blow up, New York Times details

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Poll: Majority of Israelis Oppose Immunity From Prosecution for Netanyahu

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Tokyo 2020 organisers will take “emergency countermeasures” after asbestos was found at the water polo venue for next year’s Olympic Games after initially opting against treating it when it was discovered two years ago, according to a report.

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Taiwan's citizens battle pro-China fake news campaigns as election nears - Citizen groups in Taiwan are fighting a Russian-style influence and misinformation campaign that is believed to originate across the strait in mainland China with just weeks to go before it votes for its next president

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Chinese Tourists Vandalize Pro-Hong Kong Crosses at Lithuania’s Hill of Crosses

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Climate change could render assets ‘worthless’, Bank of England governor warns

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Fires worsen as every Australian state hits 40C

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Australian volunteer firefighter dies after firefighting truck rolls

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Hong Kong to end 2019 with multiple protests; big march planned for Jan. 1

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'Risk is just too high': Deputy Premier backs calls to cancel Sydney NYE fireworks

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Chinese man charged with taking photos of US Navy base

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The United States has bombed the headquarters of the Iran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah militant group in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said Sunday, following a rocket attack in Iraq that killed a US civilian contractor

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Ireland: New laws to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030

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Top EU lawmaker raises prospect of easy Scottish return to EU — An independent Scotland could return to the European Union after Brexit, says David McAllister. The German chair of the EU parliament's foreign affairs committee has hinted he's ready to assist.

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Germany: 75,000th 'Stolperstein' for Holocaust victims laid — "Stolpersteine," literally "stumbling stones" or "stumbling blocks," are brass plaques inserted into sidewalks and roads throughout Germany and Europe to preserve memory of Nazi victims. Each stone features a victim name and information.

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Chinese state 'likely' linked to cyber spies targeting human rights workers | Science & Tech News

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Bears in Ukraine have started suffering from Insomnia because it’s too warm to hibernate

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call on Sunday, thanked his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump for passing on an information which helped prevent “acts of terrorism” in Russia, the Kremlin said.

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“We’re the first generation to know that we are destroying the world and the last that can do something about it,” says WWF UK’s chief executive.

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Private firms invited to run NHS services with cancer and kids treatments up for grabs in a stealth Tory sell-off

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Taiwan president says China threatening island's democracy

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Muslim children beaten up and tortured by Uttar Pradesh police (North Indian state) after being detained.

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Shocking fall in groundwater levels Over 1,000 experts call for global action on 'depleting' groundwater

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Iranian Chess Player Who Refused To Play For His Country Wins Silver Med

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Moscow resorts to fake snow in warmest December since 1886

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Almost 37,000 Scots paid less than minimum wage Data from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) also revealed that employers across the UK owed about £6,500 on average in unpaid arrears to workers.

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Kenya Installs the First Solar Plant That Transforms Ocean Water Into Drinking Water

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Taiwan president channels HK protests in appeal for votes: 'Don't believe the Communists'

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Samoa ends their measles state of emergency after a successful mass vaccination of 95% of the population.

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Japan Airlines to give away 50,000 free flights to international visitors in 2020

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Fireworks suspected of sparking two fires south of Adelaide

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Growing cannabis for personal use not illegal, Italy supreme court rules

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In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared

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Australian PM announces compensation for volunteer firefighters

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Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders to hold Muhammad cartoon contest

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Britain is set for warmest New Year's Eve in 178 Years

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Grooming ‘epidemic’ as almost 19,000 children identified as sexual exploitation victims in England

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Volunteer firefighters in New South Wales will get compensation for loss of earnings after spending time away from jobs to battle bushfires in the state, Australia's federal government says.

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China Might Have Stolen The Secrets To Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense

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Fury as Tory welfare slasher Iain Duncan Smith is handed a knighthood

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More than a quarter of a million people have signed a petition calling for Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent on fighting fires that threaten the city.

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Attack of the 'heat blobs': Moscow endures record Christmas temperatures, Antarctic ice melts at the fastest rate ever and a huge patch of warm sea appears off New Zealand

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Trump personally stepped in to cut health funding for Puerto Rico in new spending deal, report says

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Police Use Face-Recognition Software as India Protests Intensify. Indian police have started using facial-recognition software to screen large crowds as protests over a new religion-based citizenship law intensify, the Indian Express newspaper reported, citing people it didn’t identify.

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'You guys will be kicked out soon': Netanyahu's son calls on Israel to expel British diplomats

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First nuclear power plant in the Arabian peninsula lacks key safety features, is a potential target for terrorists and risks sparking nuclear arms race in the Middle East, expert warns

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145 days of internet shutdown in Kashmir, no word on service restoration by India

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Sydney's population is set to soar past seven million people in the next two decades as water supplies fall to record lows. Development planners had failed to take into account the water shortage says Sustainable Australia Party spokesman Kelvin Thomson

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Turkey's highest court rules that the Turkish government violated freedoms by banning Wikipedia

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Nearly 500 million animals killed in Australian bushfires

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Video showing India's cops beating boy goes viral, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath orders probe

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Fossil Fuel Giants Claim To Support Climate Science, Yet Still Fund Denial

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Climate change caused 15 disasters costing over $1 bn this year: At least 15 natural disasters linked to climate change this year caused damage of over $1 billion and seven of them cost at least $10 billion,

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Huge suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, leaves 'over 90 dead' including 'foreign nationals'

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More than 1,000 Indonesians protest China’s detention of Uighur Muslims

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On land, Australia’s rising heat is ‘apocalyptic.’ In the ocean, it’s even worse

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Leo DiCaprio slams Brazilian government for failing to protect Indigenous land against illegal mining

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Trump Retweets Article Outing Name of Alleged Ukraine Whistleblower: legal experts have said outing a whistleblower is likely a federal crime.

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Greta Thunberg will interview environmentalist and broadcaster David Attenborough as part of a special BBC radio takeover to air on Monday.

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A group of Navy SEALS who accused their platoon leader of war crimes have spoken out in never-before-seen footage: SEAL Team 7 described Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher in grim terms, calling him “freaking evil,” “toxic” and a “psychopath.”

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Chinese company approved to run water mining operation in drought-stricken Queensland, as nearby residents placed on water restrictions and face risk of running dry. The company plans to send the water to a bottling plant.

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Dehydrated koala approaches cyclist for help as Australian wildlife suffers in heatwave and fires. ‘It walked right up to me ... and climbed up onto my bike while I gave him water,’ says rider.

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As Guatemala pursues war criminals, a dark secret emerges: Some suspects are living quiet lives in the U.S.

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Al Shabaab shoot locusts with machine guns as Somalia battles biggest swarms in 25 years

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Italy court rules home-growing cannabis is legal in landmark decision

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Gay Jesus Netflix Special Creators Suffer Molotov Cocktail Attack

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Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change - "Bulls cannot breed at Inverell. They are becoming infertile from their testicles overheating. Mares are not falling pregnant, and through the heat, piglets and calves are aborting."

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Italy court rules home-growing cannabis is legal, reigniting dispute Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that small-scale domestic cultivation of cannabis is legal, in a landmark decision triggering calls for further legalisation from weed advocates and anger from the country's conservatives.

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Malaysian tourists arrested in China for praying in an Uighur place of worship

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Netherlands to drop 'Holland' as nickname

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World's 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion in Wealth in 2019: Analysis

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Thai navy SEAL who took part in cave rescue dies after year-long infection

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Ruslan Shaveddinov: Russian opposition activist 'kidnapped' by army

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India orders Norwegian to leave country for protesting. A 71-year-old tourist has said she was asked to fly home after taking part in rallies against a new Indian citizenship law. A German student also left the country this week as protesting violates India's visa rules.

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Microplastic pollution is raining down on city dwellers, with research revealing London has highest levels yet recorded. The rate of microplastic deposition measured in London is 20 times higher than in Dongguan, China, 7 times higher than in Paris and nearly 3 times higher than Hamburg, Germany.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing pressure from within his own ranks to pay volunteer firefighters, as one Minister questions the sustainability of unpaid brigades working for months on end.

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Worker fired for declining a face scan awarded $23,200

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Several hundred mostly Muslim men face having their property confiscated after being given “unpayable” fines for allegedly vandalizing police batons, motorbikes and loudspeakers during protests against a new Indian citizenship law

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Video: Hong Kong police accidentally apprehend undercover officers during Boxing Day mall protest

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MI6 building plans go missing. Construction giant Balfour Beatty is sacked from refurbishment of Secret Service headquarters after major security breach saw layout and alarm details lost.

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CBC edit of Trump scene from Home Alone 2 was done in 2014

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Policeman who showed journalist’s personal data to thousands condemned

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Researchers found a brand new mineral tucked in a tiny meteorite. It's never been seen in nature before

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Trump blames Trudeau for being cut from Home Alone 2 in Canada

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Smoking ban: Austria's cafe society calls time on cigarettesOnce dubbed the ashtray of Europe, Austria has finally banned smoking in restaurants, bars and cafes.

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Pakistan's Capital City to plant a million trees in 2020

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Russian Artist Faces Six Years in Prison For Sharing Art Featuring Pro-LGBTQ Messages on Social Media

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Xinjiang re-education camps must close, Europarl says

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Donald Trump is 'Greatest Threat to World Peace,' Ahead of Putin and Kim Jong Un, Germans Say in New Poll

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Afghan war caused 100,000 civilian casualties in last decade: UN

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French Union cuts power to Amazon facility in support of workers

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China will rewrite the Bible and the Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on Muslim Uighur minority

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Evo Morales Says He Is 'Absolutely Convinced' US Led Coup in Bolivia to Exploit Lithium Reserves -- U.S. President Donald Trump and officials in his administration have openly and enthusiastically celebrated the coup in Bolivia

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Russian authorities raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Moscow office

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Turkey's Block on Wikipedia Violates Freedom of Expression, Constitutional Court Rules

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For 'the braves' there is no turning back in battle for Hong Kong. Bruised and exhausted young protesters have promised to keep on fighting against the Hong Kong government.

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Belarus' leader warns Russia against forceful merger

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Shoppers to 'spend £200 million less' at Boxing Day sales due to environmental concerns

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Armie Hammer, Sofia Richie and more stars slammed for Saudi Arabia trip: 'F****** sellout'

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Comedy group's office petrol bombed after outcry over Netflix film depicting Jesus as gay | The Independent

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Russia's warm winter has deprived Moscow of snow, caused plants to bloom and roused bears out of hibernation

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China set to abolish forced labour detention system for sex workers. ‘Custody and education’ allows prostitutes and clients to be detained for up to two years without trial, and forced to make toys and household goods

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‘It doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas’: Hong Kong Protesters Continue Marching

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Japan executes first foreigner in years, a Chinese man who killed a family

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Japanese professors issue appeal for Chinese colleague missing in China

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'We're all family now': Protesters gather for free Christmas dinner in Hong Kong

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Anti-Putin activist Ruslan Shaveddinov 'forcibly conscripted' and sent to Arctic

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China to rewrite Quran, Bible amid crackdown on Uighur minority

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II used her Christmas Day message Wednesday to pay tribute to young environmental campaigners who were inspired to global action by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg.

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Israel army admits 'mistakes' over Gaza attack that killed family of nine including five children

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Thousands of children in care are increasingly being placed in homes that are illegal or unregulated, in what critics have labelled a national scandal, a Guardian investigation has found | UK

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Nigeria is trying 47 men arrested in a hotel under its anti-gay laws

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The United States has flown four surveillance planes over the Korean Peninsula at the same time, according to an aviation tracker Wednesday, amid heightened concern that North Korea could test-fire a long-range missile as a "Christmas gift" to Washington

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After Epstein, Prince Andrew Left Out in The Christmas Cold - Prince Andrew’s humiliation is complete as he is banned from attending the traditional 11am Christmas day church service.

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Pope Francis denounces 'inhumane detention camps' for migrants in Christmas message

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Brazilian comedy group hit by Molotov cocktails after film on 'gay Jesus'

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U.S. has 'no right' to Syrian oil, adviser to President Assad says

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Israeli air force kills 14 civilians in the Gaza Strip, including three women and eight children in operation branded “Impressive success”

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Student ‘fears for life’ after being attacked during anti-government protest in India. Students in India who are protesting against a controversial citizenship law, say they ‘fear for their lives’ after being beaten by counter protesters, while ‘police do nothing’.

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Nepal arrests 122 Chinese over suspected cyber scam

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‘We have power of truth, China has power of gun’: Dalai Lama

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Morales claims US orchestrated 'coup' to tap Bolivia's lithium

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Panama declared a day of national mourning for Friday, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that ousted dictator Manuel Noriega and resulted in hundreds of deaths in the Central American nation.

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Japan's Abe tells China no improvement in ties without stability in East China Sea - Reuters

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Journalist mysteriously resigns after surprising Vladimir Putin with question, commenting on cosmetic surgery rumors

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Samsung vice president sentenced to jail over union-busting, Korean media reports

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Japan newborns in 2019 projected to hit its lowest level since 1899

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'We are not giving up': Hong Kong marks Christmas Eve with mall clashes and tear gas

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Khashoggi's fiancee says execution of those convicted would conceal truth

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Canadian geologist who revealed fraud in a Dubai-based company detained since 2015

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Black Christmas: Bush fires rage on as hundreds of homes destroyed. As Australians wake to Christmas Day, bushfires continue to rage across the country, with more than 3000 homes lost or destroyed and several lives lost.

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Clashes at Christmas Eve protests in Hong Kong: Even though this is a very joyful event and holiday for us, some [protesters] are in jail... we should remind others that our fight has not ended yet

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Saudi Arabia moves to ban child marriage with a new ruling

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Chess player 'won't play for Iran' due to ban on Israeli players

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Khashoggi's fiancee says execution of those convicted would conceal truth

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Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet — Russia government has announced successful test of country-wide alternative to the global internet. "It means people will not have access to dialogue about what is going on in their own country, they will be kept within their own bubble."

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Firefighters in Australia Say Situation 'Out of Control' as Prime Minister Denies Request for Emergency Aid

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Harry Dunn's family launch US campaign for extradition of Anne Sacoolas

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Russia's top secret $155m Su-57 stealth fighter crashes just days before it is due to enter service

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Rising popularity of Chinese medicine threatens global wildlife populations, say conservation groups

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Putin blames Poland for WWII and says Soviet occupation “saved lives”

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Free-range Christmas turkeys ‘plucked alive’ at award-winning farm in England - Hidden cameras reveal grim scenes with chickens still flapping as they are put in a scalding tank

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India: Deadly Force Used Against Protesters, 25 people killed says Human Rights Watch

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German Boy, 15, Who Disappeared Two Years Ago Is Found By Police In Suspected Paedophile's Cupboard

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Malware broker behind U.S. hacks is now teaching computer skills in China

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Modi's party loses fifth state election in a year as India rocked by citizenship protests - Prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party won only 25 of 81 state seats in Jharkhand, ending five years of rule

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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes ‘Capable of Destroying the Last Cancer Cell’ in clinical trial: “We have a group of 44 patients with metastatic melanoma that are likely cured."

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Tories break promise on minimum wage hike just a week into their administration

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Palestinian woman said Israeli cop fractured her skull with a rifle stock. Police tried to convince her it was a stray rock

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Vietnam seizes two tonnes of ivory, pangolin scales

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Anti-Modi Regime Protest - German student deported for carrying a placard that said “1933-1945. We have been there,” denoting the beginning and end of Hitler’s regime.

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“It’s impossible to clean up” 600 gallon oil spill in the Galapagos kills wildlife and disrupts food chains

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Russia successfully disconnected from the internet

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Trump rails against windmills: 'I never understood wind'; Trump claims the production of wind turbines causes a large carbon footprint.

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‘We do not see eye-to-eye’: Jacinda Ardern lashes out at China and says New Zealand takes foreign interference very ‘seriously’

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Homelessness among ill and disabled people rises 53% in a year, figures show

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'Out of control': Volunteer firefighters demand income support, equipment | The president of the body representing thousands of volunteer firefighters is demanding immediate income support and masks for firefighters, warning the situation is now "out of control".

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House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again

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Australia burns as government resists calls for climate action

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Kim Jong Un Wants Trump To Win In 2020, Former White House Adviser Says: 'All The Bad Guys Want Trump To Win'

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France to Raise Pollution Tax on SUVs and Trucks to $22,240

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1500 killed during Iran Protests after Supreme Leader ordered crackdown on unrest - "Do whatever it takes to end it"

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China orders Christians to rewrite the Bible for the era of President Xi

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Amnesty International on Khashoggi Verdict: “This verdict is a whitewash which brings neither justice nor the truth for Jamal Khashoggi and his loved ones. The trial has been closed to the public and to independent monitors, with no information available as to how the investigation was carried out.

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Trump has reportedly invited Boris Johnson to the US for a general election ‘victory tour,’ but Johnson is ‘reluctant’ to accept

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Boris Johnson compared to Trump after banning ministers from BBC Today programme

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Ability of re-grown Amazon forest to combat climate change 'vastly overestimated', study suggests - The capacity of re-grown areas of the Amazon rainforest to draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and combat climate change may have been “vastly overestimated”, scientists fear.

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'Australian Prime Minister response to Greta Thunberg’s bushfires tweet: ‘ i’m not here to try and impress people overseas’

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Germany on Saturday accused the United States of interfering in its internal affairs, in an increasingly angry spat over Washington's decision to impose sanctions on companies involved with a major project to supply western Europe with Russian gas

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Wife of Zimbabwe vice-president accused of trying to kill him by disconnecting his life support while he was undergoing treatment in hospital

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UK's number of doctors per capita is one of lowest in Europe

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'Shameless' influencers face backlash for promoting Saudi Arabia music festival

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Saudis sentence five to death for Khashoggi murder - BBC News

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Hong Kong braces for protests over Christmas holidays

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Public push to legalize same-sex marriage in China.

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Australian PM Scott Morrison says compensation for volunteer firefighters not a priority

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Tesco shuts down production at China factory amid claims Christmas cards ‘packed by prison slaves’

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Hong Kong riot police pepper-sprayed protestors to disperse crowds after rally in support of China’s ethnic Uighurs turned chaotic. “Free Uyghur, Free Hong Kong”. “I think basic freedom and independence should exist for all people, not just for Hong Kong,” said a 41-year-old woman surnamed Wong.

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Trump administration opposes Graham's Russia sanctions bill after meeting with Kremlin official

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#WouldYouShootMeToo Hashtag Trends After Reports Canadian Mounted Police Asked Snipers to Target Indigenous Protesters. "How far is Canada willing to go to protect the billionaires who run the oil and gas industry?"

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ToTok, a popular Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is actually a spying tool used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to try to track every conversation, movement, relationship, appointment, sound and image of those who install it.

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Chinese researcher accused of trying to smuggle vials of ‘biological material’ out of US hidden in a sock

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Tigers Extinct in Laos - That’s the conclusion of a detailed new study that found no evidence wild tigers still exist in the country.

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Effort to freeze Ukraine aid began about 90 minutes after call between Trump and Zelensky

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Landmark ruling that Holland must curb emissions to protect citizens from climate emergency upheld | The Dutch government will now have to cut emissions by at least 25% by the end of 2020 from benchmark 1990 levels.

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Brazil: "We Have to Raise Cattle on Indigenous Land to Reduce Meat Prices," Says Bolsonaro

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Hong Kong protesters rally against China's Uighur crackdown. Many Hong Kongers are watching the scale of China's crackdown in Xinjiang with fear. A protest in support of the Uighurs was violently put down by riot police.

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175 children abused by Mexican branch of Catholic Church: report

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Tibetan students and government workers are banned from participating in religious observances, as Chinese authorities continue efforts to separate Tibetans from their cultural heritage and identity.

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Scott Morrison returns from holiday and signals no change to climate policy despite bushfires crisis

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At least 23 dead as protests grow against India's citizenship law despite ban on protests and continuous shutdown of internet services

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Three French executives convicted in the suicides of 35 of their workers

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British Supermarket giant ‘Tesco’ halts roll-out of charity Christmas cards after girl, 6, finds note from Chinese inmates The note urged whoever purchased the cards to contact a British man who had been imprisoned in China in the same jail.

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Uyghur Boy Dies in Ditch in Hotan While Parents in Jail, Internment Camp

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Sweeping ban on semiautomatic weapons takes effect in New Zealand

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Government Tries to Curb Media Coverage of India Protests

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New Docs Show That White House Froze Ukraine Aid Two Hours After Zelensky Call

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'Everything is Burning': Australian Inferno Continues, Choking Off Access to Cities Across Country and "These fires are likely to continue to spread well past Christmas."

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UK Election: Exit poll predicts Tory majority

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General election voters 'turned away from polling stations despite being registered'

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Senate passes Armenian genocide resolution

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Canadian Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to resign imminently | His resignation comes as a direct result of new revelations that he was using Conservative Party money to pay for his children’s private schooling

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Parents of U.K. teen killed in car crash to file lawsuit in Virginia against American woman

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Boeing removed a feature that protects its 787 planes during lightning strikes as a cost-cutting measure, even after FAA experts objected

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Patients die as lawyers ransack Pakistan hospital

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Trump launches snide attack on Greta Thunberg after she beats him to Time Person of the Year

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Saudi Arabia is quietly spending millions on a fresh lobbying effort in the US, hoping to finally put to bed Jamal Khashoggi's brutal murder

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Boris Johnson’s ‘surprise’ milk delivery appears to be exposed as staged by woman's remarks - 'I didn’t realise there was going to be this many people...'

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“It’s hell”: Meet the starving grandfather outside Tory HQ who Boris Johnson is ignoring. Peter Cole, 76, a professor of respiratory diseases and doctor, is on hunger strike for Extinction Rebellion.

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Queensland school runs out of water as commercial bottlers harvest local supplie - "The government is buying water back from Coca-Cola to bring here, which is where it came from in the first place.”

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Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates

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Australian water sold for $490m to foreign company during drought

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Trump called the FBI 'scum' and hit out at the report that discredited his theory the Russia probe was a deep-state plot: "They've destroyed the lives of people that were great people, that are still great people. Their lives have been destroyed by scum. OK, by scum."

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Donald Trump Jr. got approval to hunt an endangered sheep days after he killed it

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Trump called for Seoul evacuation at height of North Korea tensions, new book says — According to Peter Bergen, Trump was shown satellite image of Korean peninsula at night, showing lights of China and South Korea and blackness of North Korea in between. Trump initially mistook the void for ocean.

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Hours after sharing a podium at 196-nations climate talks with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the head of Greenpeace International found herself locked out of the building Wednesday along with hundreds of other observers ejected from the talks

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Giuliani Ally Parnas Got $1 Million From Russia, U.S. Says

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Greenland’s ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario, scientists say | “What that means is that really, the midrange scenario becomes what was previously the upper scenario, & they will have to invent a new upper scenario because one currently doesn’t exist."

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Mongolian ambassador visited Mar-a-Lago before Trump Jr. got coveted permit to hunt rare sheep

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Egyptian anti-circumcision group calls for an end to 'male genital mutilation'

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes climate change ‘contributed’ to bushfires

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Greta Thunberg blasts soft emissions targets and denounces the pledges of wealthy countries and businesses to curb climate change as hollow and deceptive, calling them "clever accounting and creative PR" in a speech before world leaders at the United Nations' annual COP25 climate meeting in Madrid.

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Cave art depicting a hunting scene has been found in Indonesia dated to 44,000 years old, making it the oldest rock art created by humans.

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The Vatican is using majority of donations for the poor to fight its budget deficit with as little as 10% going to charities for the poor, report says

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Trump claims that 'the US is no longer laughed at' just days after European leaders mocked him

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Don't invest in Brazilian meat, warn deforestation campaigners - An international group of 30 non-profit groups published an open letter on Wednesday warning investors considering buying shares in two Brazilian meat giants of their exposure to deforestation.

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Greta Thunberg accuses Canada and Norway of violating children's rights by prioritizing economic gains over climate future

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Almost every Tory advert is dishonest, compared to none of Labour’s, research finds

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Mongolian government retroactively granted Trump Jr. rare permit after he killed endangered sheep: report

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Brexit will not get done by 2021, EU chief negotiator admits in leaked recording that blows hole in Boris Johnson promise.

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98% of people in Bougainville (a region of Papua New Guinea) have voted for independence in an official referendum with a turnout of 87%.

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Donald Trump Jr. Went to Mongolia, Got Special Treatment From the Government and Killed an Endangered Sheep

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Prince Andrew accuser's sends out cryptic tweet: "I am making it publicy known that in no way, shape or form am I sucidal. I have made this known to my therapist and GP- If something happens to me- in the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them"

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Lib Dem candidate endorses Labour rival in his own seat out of 'human dignity and concern for our country'

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