news: December 2018

Monday, December 31, 2018

Assured India sniff maiden series win in Sydney

Overflowing with confidence and buoyed by the blossoming of a rare pace talent, India can sniff a first-ever series win on Australian soil ahead of the fourth and final test in Sydney.

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Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 per cent in 2018

The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 percent in 2018, Ireland's foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the European Union.

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AVA investigates pet boarding service Platinium Dogs Club for alleged mistreatment

SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) is investigating reports of alleged mistreatment of animals by a pet boarding service. Authorities raided the premises of Platinium Dogs Club as part of the investigation on Saturday (Dec 29) following several complaints that ...

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Volunteers strive to stave off shutdown chaos at US parks

Sabra Purdy is just back from Joshua Tree National Park in southern California, which was crammed with tourists. It is high season, and to prevent chaos from the partial shutdown of the US federal government, she put on her gloves, cleaned toilets and picked up trash.

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Football: Arsenal's season at crossroads as Fulham await

Riding high until two weeks ago, Arsenal's season has taken a sudden downturn that has thrown the focus firmly onto the club's plans for the January transfer window.

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China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan

China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue.

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India university official urges students to kill instead of complaining

NEW DELHI: A top official at an Indian state-run university urged his students to "murder" fellow students if confronted instead of complaining to him, amid a wave of violence being reported from across the state where the school is based. "If you're a student of this University, never come crying ...

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Sydney to kick off global New Year parties with dazzling spectacle

Australia's largest city Sydney will put on its biggest-ever fireworks display to welcome the New Year and kick off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world.

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Tokyo court extends detention of Nissan's Ghosn by 10 days: Report

The Tokyo District Court has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days, TV Asahi reported on Monday.

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson buys his mum a house – any house – for Christmas

Dwanta came to town.

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Tennis: Federer relishing 'once in a lifetime' Serena clash

The Hopman Cup might have saved its best for last as excitement builds for the most anticipated tennis match involving a man and woman since the "Battle of the Sexes" in the 1970s.

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Boxing: 'Money' Mayweather takes on 'Ninja Boy' kickboxer in Japan rumble

US boxing superstar Floyd "Money" Mayweather fights undefeated Japanese kickboxing prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa on Monday, a New Year's Eve multi-million-dollar rumble outside Tokyo to be held under boxing rules.

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North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Report

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to US President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday (Dec 31). Kim's "letter-like" message to Trump was delivered on Friday through an unspecified channel, the ...

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Year-end surprise: K-pop band BTS’ Jimin drops his first solo track Promise

The Korean oppa, who co-wrote the track with band mate RM, says it is a song made for him... and, erm, also for you.

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Wall Street may gain Monday but unlikely to mute December losses

Investors could see one last boost to Wall Street stocks in the final trading session of the year on Monday, but they do not expect gains to offset losses in the worst December since the 1930s.

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3 sisters feared drowned in Terengganu, search operations underway

KUALA TERENGGANU: Three siblings, aged between five and 10, are feared drowned after being swept away by waves while playing on the beach at Teluk Lipat, Dungun, in the Malaysian state of Terengganu on Sunday (Dec 30). Dungun fire and rescue station chief Saifuddin Muhammad said the three children ...

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Asia stocks cheer Sino-US trade talk, still see red for the year

Asian stocks crept higher on Monday as hints of progress on the Sino-U.S. trade standoff provided a rare glint of optimism in what has been a disappointing year for equities in the region.

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At least 2 dead in Russia's high rise apartment collapse: Reports

MOSCOW: At least two people died and 10 were rescued after a section of a high rise housing apartment collapsed in the early hours of Monday (Dec 31) in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk in the southern Urals, local news agencies reported. RIA news agency said, citing the emergencies ministry, that ...

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Amazon to expand Whole Foods stores: Report

Amazon.com Inc is planning to expand its Whole Foods Market portfolio by adding more stores to put more customers within its two-hour delivery service range, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources.

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Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 per cent in 2018

Volunteers strive to stave off shutdown chaos at US parks

Sydney to kick off global New Year parties with dazzling spectacle

Tokyo court extends detention of Nissan's Ghosn by 10 days: Report

The Tokyo District Court has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days, TV Asahi reported on Monday.

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North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Report

Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019

Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions.

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69 migrants rescued off Malta: Navy

VALLETTA: A group of 69 migrants on a rickety wooden boat were rescued on Sunday (Dec 30) off Malta, the navy said, while 49 more were still at sea waiting for a country to allow them to dock. The migrants sent out a distress call 117 nautical miles southwest of Malta and a Maltese navy vessel was ...

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Commentary: Watch this, ignore that. A guide to US politics in 2019

Recognising what might happen in the year ahead of the US politics can help us better anticipate the biggest political shifts in the year to come, says writer Lincoln Mitchell.

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Top Republican says Trump vows to 'destroy' IS before leaving Syria

WASHINGTON: A senior Republican senator said on Sunday (Dec 30) that President Donald Trump had promised to stay in Syria to finish the job of destroying the Islamic State group - just days after announcing he would be withdrawing troops immediately. "The president understands the need to finish ...

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Russian IS fighters' children return home from Iraq

MOSCOW: Thirty Russian children whose mothers are in prison in Iraqi for belonging to the Islamic State arrived on Sunday (Dec 30) in Moscow from Baghdad, Russian authorities said. The fathers of the children, aged three to ten years old, are believed to have been killed in combat during Iraq's ...

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Trump not building a 'wall': White House chief

"Illegal immigrants, overwhelmingly, are not bad people," Kelly told the LA Times, adding that many had been manipulated by traffickers.

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Bangladesh PM Hasina wins third straight term despite vote-rigging claims

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ruling party was on course for a landslide victory on Monday after an election tainted by violence and widespread allegations of rigging, with the opposition demanding a fresh vote.

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Iraq hints at bigger role in Syria after US withdrawal

BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and hinted at a bigger Iraqi role fighting Islamic State militants as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria. "This issue has a lot of complications," Adel Abdul ...

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Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of 'when, not if' - Israel's prime minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of "when, not if" he moves his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

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UN says Yemen Houthis' redeployment in Hodeidah should respect Stockholm deal

DUBAI: The United Nations welcomed on Sunday any redeployment of Yemen's Houthi forces away from the port city of Hodeidah, but said this should be independently verified to ensure it is in line with the Stockholm ceasefire agreement. On Saturday, the Iranian-aligned movement said it had started ...

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Belgium to appeal against order to repatriate Islamic State families

BRUSSELS: Belgium will appeal against a judge's order forcing it to repatriate two Belgian women convicted of being Islamic State militants and their six children from Syria, the migration minister said on Sunday. A judge said on Wednesday that Belgium had to bring back Tatiana Wielandt, 26 ...

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Afghanistan to delay presidential election to July - election body

Afghanistan's presidential election will be postponed by three months to July 20 to give authorities more time to organise the ballot, election authorities announced on Sunday, following mounting speculation of a delay.

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Germany's Kramp-Karrenbauer more popular than mentor Merkel - poll

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Germany's Christian Democrats, heads into 2019 more popular than Chancellor Angela Merkel, who supported her rise to the top of their party, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.

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Heads up: Israeli woman stumbles upon Roman busts

JERUSALEM: An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two Roman-era busts, archaeologists said Sunday (Dec 30). The life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of Beit Shean earlier this month ...

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Sacked Macron bodyguard defends use of diplomatic passports

PARIS: Emmanuel Macron's former security aide, who was sacked this summer after his violent conduct fuelled a political scandal, acknowledged on Sunday he was still travelling on a diplomatic passport, in an affair that has rattled the French presidency. After he was fired when a video emerged of ...

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Philippines' Duterte under fire for saying he 'touched' maid

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte drew outrage Sunday after saying he "touched" his maid when he was a teenager, with women's rights groups accusing him of attempted rape and encouraging sexual abuse.

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Putin, in New Year letter to Trump, says Moscow is open for dialogue

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a New Year letter to his US counterpart Donald Trump, said on Sunday (Dec 30) that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a "wide-ranging agenda", the Kremlin said. At the end of November, Trump abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with Putin on the sidelines ...

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UAE regulator evaluating resuming flights by national carriers to Damascus

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said it is evaluating the possibility of resuming flights by national carriers to the Syrian capital of Damascus. GCAA made the comment in a statement on Sunday, following the UAE's reopening on Thursday of its embassy in ...

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Australia a 'soap opera' and 'I feel like a director' - Langer

MELBOURNE: Australia cricket coach Justin Langer admitted Monday (Dec 31) he feels like a "director of a soap opera" as speculation grew around the future of banned Steve Smith and David Warner. Debate about the pair reared again during the third Test against India in Melbourne, after Smith and ...

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Near-blind ex-boxer puts troubled kids on right path

In some ways, says Portuguese ex-boxer Jorge Pina, the loss of most of his sight was the making of him. "I didn't lose my sight, I just see things differently," he says.

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Assured India sniff maiden series win in Sydney

Football: Arsenal's season at crossroads as Fulham await

Riding high until two weeks ago, Arsenal's season has taken a sudden downturn that has thrown the focus firmly onto the club's plans for the January transfer window.

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Tennis: Federer relishing 'once in a lifetime' Serena clash

Boxing: 'Money' Mayweather takes on 'Ninja Boy' kickboxer in Japan rumble

Football: Dinnage turns her back on Premier League chief exec role

LONDON: Susanna Dinnage has shocked English football by deciding she no longer wants to be the chief executive of the Premier League despite previously accepting the post. Dinnage, a television executive, was announced as the successor to the long-serving Richard Scudamore in November, with her ...

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Premier League searches for new boss after Dinnage u-turn

MANCHESTER, England: Susanna Dinnage, who was due to take charge as new chief executive of the Premier League, has changed her mind and will not be replacing Richard Scudamore after all, the league said on Sunday. "Despite her commitment to the Premier League in early November, Susanna Dinnage has ...

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Pogba doubles again as Solskjaer extends perfect start

MANCHESTER UNITED 4 BOURNEMOUTH 1

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Ski Jumping: Kobayashi first Japanese opening Four Hills winner in 21 years

OBERSTDORF, Germany: Ryoyu Kobayashi became the first Japanese man in more than 20 years to win the opening leg of the Four Hills ski jumping competition in Oberstdorf, Germany on Sunday (Dec 30). He scored a combined 282.3 points after two jumps to beat Germany's Markus Eisenbacher who finished ...

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Football: Solskjaer tells two-goal Pogba to cut out showboating

A third consecutive victory since Solskjaer took caretaker charge until the end of the season keeps United eight points adrift of Chelsea in the fight for a top-four finish.

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Burnley end run of defeats with win over West Ham

REUTERS: BURNLEY 2 WEST HAM UNITED 0 Goals from Chris Wood and teenager Dwight McNeil gave struggling Burnley a much-needed 2-0 Premier League win over West Ham United at Turf Moor on Sunday, ending a run of three straight defeats for Sean Dyche's team. Victory lifted Burnley above Fulham into ...

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Football: Guardiola warns defeat against Liverpool will mean title race is 'over' for City

SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester City cut Liverpool's lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points with a 3-1 win at Southampton as Paul Pogba shone again for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United by scoring twice in a 4-1 victory over Bournemouth on Sunday (Dec 30). City's shock run of three ...

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Cricket: India mop up Australia tail, take 2-1 Test series lead

MELBOURNE: A clinical and "obsessed" India mopped up Australia's tail to win the third Test in Melbourne on Sunday (Dec 30) by 137 runs and take an unassailable 2-1 lead into the final clash at Sydney. The home team resumed at 258 for eight after the morning session was wiped out by rain in their ...

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Man City bounce back to beat Saints and close on Liverpool

REUTERS: SOUTHAMPTON 1 MANCHESTER CITY 3 Manchester City bounced back from two consecutive defeats to beat Southampton 3-1 on Sunday and cut the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to seven points before the top two meet on Thursday. Pep Guardiola's champions needed to regain their footing ...

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Yachting: It's Alive! Tasmanian entry claims Sydney-Hobart overall glory

SYDNEY: Alive won the gruelling Sydney to Hobart handicap honours on Sunday (Dec 30) for being the yacht that performed best according to size, after a protest against line honours victor Wild Oats XI was dismissed. The 628-nautical mile (1,163-kilometre) bluewater classic down Australia's east ...

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Tennis: Federer off to winning start in Hopman Cup

PERTH, Australia: Roger Federer made an almost flawless start to his Australian Open preparation with a superb straight-sets win over Cameron Norrie as defending champions Switzerland beat Britain in the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth on Sunday (Dec 30). Federer, who has won the past two ...

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Football: Injuries a worry for Sarri as Chelsea beat Palace

LONDON: Maurizio Sarri said Chelsea's lengthening injury list is causing concern ahead of his side's crowded January schedule. Striker Olivier Giroud became the Blues' latest casualty, hobbling out of the 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday (Dec 30) and leaving ...

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Kante strike gives Chelsea 1-0 win at Crystal Palace

CRYSTAL PALACE 0 CHELSEA 1

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Impressive Federer gives Switzerland winning start at Hopman Cup

World number three Roger Federer outplayed Briton Cameron Norrie 6-1 6-1 to secure a winning start for defending champions Switzerland at the Hopman Cup on Sunday.

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Pique's investment group Kosmos takes over FC Andorra

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has expanded his business stable by taking over tiny Spanish lower-league soccer club FC Andorra, the player's Kosmos investment group said on Saturday.

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Bancroft flops on return from ball-tampering ban

Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft's return from a ball-tampering ban proved to be short lived after he was dismissed for two runs for the Perth Scorchers in the domestic 'Big Bash' Twenty20 competition at Launceston on Sunday.

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Vape shop employee fired after INSANE anti-Trump tantrum (VIDEO)

After a video of his unhinged verbal and physical attack on a customer wearing a Trump t-shirt went viral, a clerk at an Atlanta vape store has reportedly been fired. Score one for Twitter vigilante justice?
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3 killed, 79 missing as gas blast partially destroys residential building in Russia (VIDEOS)

At least three people have been killed and four others injured, while the fate of 79 remains unknown after a gas explosion shattered a 10-story residential building in downtown Magnitogorsk in Russia’s Urals.
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Chinese probe in lunar orbit and set to make historic 1st landing on the 'dark side' of the moon

China is set to become the first nation to explore the far side of the moon, after Chang'e-4 lunar probe entered a planned orbit, ahead of its much-anticipated landing on the unexplored part of Earth’s satellite.
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PC eats itself: California Women’s March canceled over fears it would be ‘overwhelmingly white’

An upcoming Women’s March event in California has been canceled as organizers feared it would be ‘overwhelmingly white,’ despite taking place in overwhelmingly-white Humboldt County.
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Saudi-led coalition accused of using Sudanese child mercenaries ‘like firewood’ to fuel Yemen war

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen is recruiting Sudanese child soldiers from war-torn Darfur to serve on the front lines, according to a new report claiming children as young as 14 comprise up to 40 percent of some units.
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US Navy hoping for hypersonic missiles ‘by 2025’ as Putin WATCHES Russia's Avangard glider fly

Worried at Russia and China’s technological edge, the US aims to have a hypersonic weapon by 2025, the US Navy said in a report. A fortnight later, Vladimir Putin was watching the test launch of Russia’s newest hypersonic missile.
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British Empire 2.0? Defence Sec vows to put UK bases in Caribbean & Asia in post-Brexit expansion

UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has given a wildly optimistic interview, in which he harked back to the historic influence enjoyed by Britain, and promised to build two foreign military bases “in a couple of years.”
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Tel Aviv furious over Jordanian minister ‘desecrating’ Israeli flag (PHOTO)

Israel has summoned the Jordanian ambassador and condemned one of the country’s ministers after the official was pictured walking over an Israeli flag painting on the floor of the engineers trade union’s office in Amman.
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30 Russian children born to ISIS parents & kept in Iraqi jail at last get to return home

A plane carrying 30 Russian children, some as young as three years old, who had been kept in a Baghdad prison together with their Islamic State-linked mothers, has landed in Moscow.
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Retired Gen. McChrystal slams ‘immoral liar’ Trump for pulling out of Syria, says ISIS on the rise

Retired General Stanley McChrystal became the latest military heavyweight to round on the US president for curtailing American army presence in Afghanistan and Syria.
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Transgender woman challenges store assistant to fight after being called ‘sir’ (VIDEO)

In an epic tantrum that was caught on video, a furious transgender shopper threatened to “take it outside” with a store worker, after the counter server called her “sir” instead of “ma'am”.
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Fundraiser aims to build tunnels under Trump’s border wall

A fundraising page has been launched to buy shovels to help tunnel diggers burrow a passage underneath President Donald Trump’s controversial wall along the US border with Mexico.
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#MeToo-inspired feminists write new ‘Women’s Bible’ as current text ‘reinforces patriarchal views’

More than a dozen Catholic and Protestant feminist theologians have rewritten key passages in the Bible that they believe had been misinterpreted or edited, to create what they say is a more faithful and up-to-date scripture text.
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US-led coalition admits 1,100+ civilians killed in Iraq & Syria in latest death toll

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Turkish media reveals half of French bases in Syria to get gaps in defenses once US troops withdraw

US troops pulling out of Syria have been manning several of France’s bases there, Turkish state media reported, while exposing locations of 9 French-occupied sites. It implied that Paris soon won’t be able to defend Syrian Kurds.
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Russia’s Kateryna Lagno wins World Blitz Chess title in St. Petersburg

Russian chess player Kateryna Lagno claimed the women’s World Blitz Chess crown with a dominant performance in St. Petersburg on Sunday.
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Newshound or gone to ground? Test your knowledge of 2018 with RT’s Quiz of the Year

From Britain’s Brexit woes to Donald Trump’s administrative turnovers, here’s the definitive test of how well you’ve been paying attention to the news this year.
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'I was scared crapless': Bald eagle swoops onto fans at Cotton Bowl college football game (VIDEO)

American college football fans at the Cotton Bowl game between Clemson and Notre Dame got more than they bargained for when a bald eagle swooped into the crowd and landed on spectators.
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Hotel fires 2 employees who called cops on black guest for talking on phone (VIDEO)

In the latest example of people calling the cops because a black person is doing something completely ordinary, an Oregon hotel has fired two of its employees after they called the police on a guest who was talking on his phone.
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Lightning hits F/A-18 fighter jet, leaves pilot shaken in rare cockpit VIDEO

The moment when a lightning strike hit an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet was captured on video by a cockpit cam. The jolt has left the pilot visibly shaken and even left markings on the plane’s canopy.
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UFC fighter Zingano reveals gruesome toe-poke eye injury that led to TKO defeat (PHOTOS)

UFC women’s flyweight Cat Zingano has shared pictures of the bizarre eye injury caused by a toe poke to her face, leading to her TKO defeat against Megan Anderson on Saturday night.
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From Logan Paul & PewDiePie to French Spiderman, here are the viral winners and losers of 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, RT takes a look back at the weird and wonderful world of viral news, from the death-defying heroism to rage-inducing moments that grabbed our attention. Here are the viral winners and losers of 2018.
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Looking back on a wild year for oil prices

For the oil market, 2018 has been a roller coaster ride. Ups and downs are always expected, but the twists and turns seen this year were exceptional by any standard.
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Polish vampires and vegetarian sausages: UK Foreign Office reveals 2018’s strangest queries

The UK Foreign Office has compiled a list of the oddest calls made by Britons abroad in 2018 to remind them that the direct line is for emergencies only. The list includes questions about everything from vampires to Braveheart.
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Yellow Vests v police: ‘They want us to go NAKED against flashballs’

The Yellow Vests’ anti-government protests, which have been rocking France since mid-November, are far from dwindling as police continue to shower the angry crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets, one of the activists told RT.
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Like Hitler, like Macron? Twitterstorm after Le Monde publishes controversial magazine cover

Le Monde has issued an apology over its cover after facing a barrage of accusations of ‘comparing’ President Emmanuel Macron to Adolf Hitler. The magazine insisted that it “obviously” had no such parallel in mind.
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'DC is no champ champ': Jon Jones issues clear challenge to Daniel Cormier - at light-heavyweight

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones has detailed his challenge to Daniel Cormier, saying his rival was never the legitimate 205lb champion and that the pair should meet for a third time to end the discussion once and for all.
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‘Dude has a head start everytime!’: Cormier mocks Jon Jones as social media reacts to UFC return

Controversial MMA star Jon Jones returned to the octagon to claim the UFC light-heavyweight title with victory over Alexander Gustafsson on Saturday night – sparking celebration as well as scorn online.
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Foreign hackers disrupted distribution of multiple US newspapers – report

Foreign hackers reportedly crashed vital software at the Los Angeles Times and several other US newspapers, triggering delays in production and widespread distribution problems.
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WATCH the terrifying moment a rescue helicopter crashes in UAE mountains

A rescue helicopter has crashed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), killing its four crew members. The aircraft spun out of control and plummeted to a fiery doom.
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जल्द फिर साथ नजर आएंगे सलमान-शाहरुख?

बॉलिवुड में Shah Rukh Khan और Salman Khan की लंबी फैन फॉलोइंग है। इन दोनों सुपरस्टार्स के फैन्स इन्हें पर्दे पर एक साथ देखना चाहते हैं। बताया जा रहा है कि Zero के बाद सलमान और शाहरुख एक बार फिर संजय लीला भंसाली की फिल्म में साथ दिखाई दे सकते हैं।

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Sunday, December 30, 2018

'Perfect performance': Russian prodigy Dubov wins World Rapid Chess title, gets praise from Putin

Russia’s Danill Dubov, 22, has won the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in St. Petersburg, seeing off rivals including world number one Magnus Carlsen to claim the $1 million prize and earning praise from Vladimir Putin.
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Persecution & intimidation: Fate of Russians in US prisons casts shadow on American justice system

As Washington continues detentions of Russians across the world the plight of those, who have already fallen into the clutches of the US authorities, raises suspicion about the true colors of the US justice system.
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Putin takes to the ice on Red Square for festive hockey game (VIDEO)

Russian President Vladimir Putin took to the ice on Moscow's iconic Red Square on Saturday for a traditional festive game with fellow government officials and former NHL stars.
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Russians ask Father Frost for good health & peace, not money, in 2019

Most Russians are asking Father Frost for good health for all and for peace on Earth, with money only ranking third on their New Year wish lists, a fresh survey has revealed. Take part in RT’s poll and share your wishes for 2019.
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Russian authorities & WADA ‘settle technical issues over Moscow lab access’ – Sports Ministry

The Russian authorities have reached agreement with World Anti-Doping Agency officials on the technical aspects of access to data in the Moscow laboratory at the center of the country’s doping scandal, according to reports.
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‘European’ man rams car through gate at Hannover airport, prompting tarmac chase & lockdown

Hannover Airport, one of Germany’s biggest air hubs, was put on lockdown for hours after a man, apparently on drugs, rammed his car through a gate and drove on the tarmac runway area, before being stopped and detained by police.
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‘It’s better to see female figure skaters with formed bodies’ – Olympic medalist Zhulin

Russian former figure skating world champion Alexander Zhulin has lamented the domination of young female figure skaters, suggesting it’s “more interesting to see women with formed bodies” in senior competition.
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From #FIFA2018 fever to #FreeAssange: The biggest hashtags of 2018

Twitter users posted 125 million hashtags during 2018, but what got users the most excited, enraged and impassioned? After the year’s intense rollercoaster of news, RT looks back at the most-tweeted stories.
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Erdogan nominates ex-PM Yildirim to run for Istanbul mayor

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'Stratospheric': Juventus win sets Serie A points tally record

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as he inspired Juventus to a 2-1 win against Sampdoria to break the record for the most points at the midway stage of the season, but the Turin club needed some help from VAR to ensure victory.
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Jones, Nunes power to UFC title triumphs

Jon Jones returned from a 15-month doping ban to reclaim the Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight title with a third-round technical knockout win over Alexander Gustafsson, capping off a dominant display with series of ground strikes.

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Batsmen will be running scared of Bumrah after Melbourne masterclass: Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli says the world's top batsmen will have reason to fear Jasprit Bumrah after the talented young paceman put Australia to the sword in the third test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Cricket: Beaten Australia struggle without banned batsmen - Paine

Australia captain Tim Paine praised India's bowling attack for securing victory in the third test on Sunday, but believes the result could have been different had Steve Smith and David Warner been available for the home side in Melbourne.

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Cricket: India beat Australia in third test by 137 runs

India completed a 137-run victory over Australia in the third test after a rain-delayed start on day five at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

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Football: Gerrard steers Rangers to long-awaited league win over Celtic

Rangers should take confidence and belief from their first league win over Celtic since 2012, manager Steven Gerrard said after watching his side win the 'Old Firm' derby 1-0 at Ibrox to join the champions at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

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Cricket - Rain delays India's push for victory in Melbourne

Rain showers delayed the start of play on day five of the third test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, with the tourists seeking two wickets for victory and a 2-1 lead in the four-test series.

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Nightmare draw for Venus and Azarenka in Auckland

Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka have been drawn to face each other in a blockbuster first-round clash at the WTA ASB Classic, which starts in Auckland on Monday.

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New Zealand beat Sri Lanka in second test, win series

WELLINGTON: Trent Boult and Neil Wagner wrapped up Sri Lanka's second innings in 12 minutes on Sunday as New Zealand completed a 423-run victory in the second test early on the fifth day. The victory also clinched the two-match series 1-0 after the first test in Wellington ended in a damp draw. It ...

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Milan and Higuain end goal droughts in win over SPAL

MILAN: AC Milan ended a four-match goal drought and striker Gonzalo Higuain was on target for the first time in two months as they came from behind to beat SPAL 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday. The Argentine forward, without a goal since Oct. 28, endured another frustrating evening until Hakan ...

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'We are all Koulibaly': Napoli fans don masks to support racism victim

MILAN: Thousands of Napoli fans showed their support for Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly who was subjected to racist chanting at Inter Milan in midweek by wearing masks and holding up his picture before their team's Serie A game against Bologna on Saturday (Dec 29). Posters with the message ...

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Formula One: Top 5 drivers of 2018

LONDON: ESPN rates the top five drivers of the 2018 Formula One season - a mix of two of the grid's most experienced drivers with three of its most exciting talents. 5. FERNANDO ALONSO It was a great shame that the vast majority of Alonso's final season in F1 was spent in the second ...

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Mertens gives Napoli last-gasp win against brave Bologna

NAPLES, Italy: Napoli's Dries Mertens scored two minutes from time to give his second-placed side a 3-2 win over Bologna after the struggling visitors twice fought back to equalise in Serie A on Saturday. Arkadiusz Milik put Napoli ahead on two occasions but Bologna, without a win in 12 league ...

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Delighted Klopp tells players to stay focussed

LONDON: Jurgen Klopp refused to get carried away with the growing expectation that Liverpool can lift the league title for the first time in 29 years saying his players must stay focussed after they thrashed Arsenal 5-1 on Saturday (Dec 29). Roberto Firmino's hat-trick - the first by a Liverpool ...

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Watford's Doucoure shows why he is January transfer target

Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure produced the sort of second-half cameo display in a 1-1 Premier League draw with Newcastle United on Saturday to explain why his own manager believes he will be a target in the January transfer window.

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Football: Firmino hat-trick fires Liverpool to 5-1 win over Arsenal

LIVERPOOL, England: Rampant Liverpool opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the Premier League after Roberto Firmino scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 crushing of Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday (Dec 29). The visit of the fifth-placed Gunners was seen as a major test of Liverpool’s title credentials ...

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Tennis: Djokovic equals Nadal with fourth Mubadala title

World number one Novak Djokovic won a fourth Mubadala World Tennis Championship title on Saturday, coming back from a set down to beat Kevin Anderson 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

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Vieira tells Balotelli to decide on Nice future

Troublesome Italian striker Mario Balotelli has been given extended leave by French outfit Nice and told to make up his mind about his plans with the club.

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Shiffrin passes heroine Schild with record 36th World Cup slalom win

American Mikaela Shiffrin became the women’s all-time World Cup leader in slalom wins, surpassing childhood heroine Marlies Schild with her 36th career victory in Semmering, Austria, on Saturday.

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Rampant Wolves raid Wembley to hurt Spurs' title hopes

REUTERS: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3 Tottenham Hotspur's status as Premier League title chasers was seriously harmed on Saturday as they fell to a first defeat in seven league games, losing the lead to go down 3-1 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Harry Kane fired a largely ...

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Football: Spurs title chances hit by Wolves defeat

Tottenham's Premier League title hopes took a major hit on Saturday when Wolves beat them 3-1 at Wembley to end their winning run.

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Lazio held after debatable penalty and two red cards

MILAN: Lazio's Champions League hopes took a knock on Saturday when they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Torino in a bad-tempered game featuring two red cards and two debatable penalty decisions. Torino went ahead in first-half stoppage time when the referee awarded a penalty for minimal ...

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Cardiff earn first away win with late Camarasa strike at Leicester

REUTERS: LEICESTER CITY 0 CARDIFF CITY 1 A 92nd-minute goal from midfielder Victor Camarasa and a penalty save from goalkeeper Neil Etheridge ensured Cardiff City beat Leicester City 1-0 for their first away victory of the Premier League season on Saturday. Claude Puel's Leicester, carrying ...

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Locadia strike gives Brighton 1-0 win over unlucky Everton

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1 EVERTON 0

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Doucoure comes off the bench to save Watford

WATFORD 1 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1

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Late Mitrovic strike earns Fulham win over Huddersfield

REUTERS: FULHAM 1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0 Fulham boosted their Premier League survival hopes as Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a stoppage-time winner to give them a dramatic 1-0 victory over bottom team Huddersfield Town at Craven Cottage on Saturday. The result lifted Claudio Ranieri's Fulham side one ...

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Substitute Ilicic scores hat-trick in Atalanta rout

MILAN: Atalanta forward Josip Ilicic came off the bench to score a hat-trick in the last 20 minutes and lead Serie A's dark horses to a 6-2 rout away to Sassuolo on Saturday. Duvan Zapata headed Atalanta in front from an Alejandro Gomez free kick in the 19th minute and Gomez himself added the ...

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Keita gives Inter hard-fought win at Empoli

Third-placed Inter Milan needed a second-half goal from Keita Balde to earn a hard-fought win away to lowly Empoli in Serie A on Saturday.

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Rugby: Wisniewski guides Lyon to crushing win over Agen

Lyon maintained their chase for a place in the end of season Top 14 play-offs with a crushing 52-20 win over Agen at the Stade Matmut on Saturday.

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Football: Gerrard ends former boss Rodgers' Old Firm dominance

Steven Gerrard emerged victorious in the Old Firm clash with his former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as Rangers deservedly beat champions and bitter rivals Celtic 1-0 on Saturday.

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Football: Ronaldo brace seals new record for Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace as Italian champions Juventus finished 2018 on a high with a 2-1 win over Sampdoria giving the Italian champions a new record of 53 points before the winter break.

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Commentary: The world’s plastic problem is bigger than the ocean

Sorting or recycling the estimated 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in the world's oceans won't be easy, one observer points out.

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Commentary: A truce won't solve a trade war but here's what might

Political commentator Robert Boxwell shares three actions US President Donald Trump can take to strengthen his position with China.

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China willing to work with US to implement Argentina talks agreement - Foreign Ministry

China is willing to work with the United States to implement the consensus reached during talks between the two countries' leaders in Argentina, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

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Polling stations open in eastern Congo for presidential election - witness

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Polling stations opened in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday for a presidential election that is meant to lead to the country's first democratic transfer of power, according to a Reuters witness in the city of Goma. Due to the time difference ...

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Congo heads to the polls for tense, long-delayed presidential vote

Voters in Democratic Republic of Congo head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election that could lead to the country's first democratic transfer of power but has been marred by campaign violence and chaotic preparations.

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Oregon hotel fires two employees who called police on black guest

REUTERS: A Hilton hotel in Portland, Oregon fired a security guard and a manager after a black guest captured them on video calling the police to report him for trespassing after he had been speaking to his mother by phone in the lobby, the hotel said on Saturday. Police responded to the call and ...

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Trump blames Democrats for migrant children's death, amid budget impasse

US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed opposition Democrats for the death of two immigrant children in US custody, comments set to heighten tensions as the second week of a government shutdown began over his demands for a wall on the US-Mexico border.

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Clashes mar Bangladesh election where turnout appears thin

Bangladeshis vote in a general election on Sunday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a third straight term in a face-off against a main opposition party whose leader is in jail on what she says were trumped up charges.

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Hundreds flee Islamist attacks in northeast Nigeria to seek refuge in Maiduguri

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Hundreds of people in northeast Nigeria who fled a town targeted by militants linked with Islamic State have sought refuge in capital of Borno state, Reuters witnesses said on Saturday. An uptick in attacks by Islamists and the resulting upheaval in the region comes in the run ...

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Morocco arrests Swiss national in connection with killing of Scandinavians

Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said.

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German police arrest Syrian man Dutch suspect of attack plot

BERLIN: German police said they arrested a 26-year-old Syrian man on Saturday who is wanted in the Netherlands on suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist attack there. The man was arrested in the western town of Mainz, the criminal police office in the western state of Rheinland-Palatinate ...

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Israel's Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election

A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of an April election.

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Dutch mounted police break up 'yellow vest' protest in The Hague

THE HAGUE: Dutch police on horseback broke up a protest on Saturday by "yellow vest" demonstrators who threw rocks and fireworks at them, a statement said. The police statement said the mounted officers "carried out several charges" to end the demonstration in The Hague, which had not been ...

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Germany's Hanover airport suspends flights after man drives car onto apron area

BERLIN: Germany's Hanover airport suspended flights on Saturday after a man drove onto the apron area before police stopped his car and overpowered him, they said. "Flight operations are currently suspended," Hanover police tweeted, adding that the man drove onto the apron area at about 3.40 p.m ...

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Belgium reviews smartphone use by troops to counter spying: Media

Belgium's defense ministry is reviewing restrictions on the use of smartphones by active-duty soldiers on operations to counter potential espionage and data tracking especially by Russia, local media reported on Saturday.

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Football: Ronaldo brace seals new record for Juventus

Brazil's president-elect plans decree allowing wider gun ownership

Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he plans to issue a decree allowing all Brazilians without criminal records to own firearms, welcome news to many core supporters who want him to loosen Brazil's strict gun laws.

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Turnout falters but France's 'yellow vest' protests rumble on

France's "yellow vest" demonstrators kept numerous roads across the country blocked on Saturday as groups of protesters gathered in city centres, but the anti-government backlash was more muted than in previous weeks.

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Russia widens ban on Ukrainian imports in tit-for-tat sanctions row

Russia expanded a ban on imported goods from Ukraine on Saturday, saying it would halt some US$500 million (393.6 million pounds) worth of annual imports of mainly industrial products in retaliation for economic sanctions by Kiev.

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Turkey, Russia have common aim to clear Syria of terror organisations - Anadolu

ISTANBUL: Turkey and Russia have the common aim of clearing Syria of all terror organisations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday following a meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Cavusoglu also said Turkey would continue to be ...

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Russia, Turkey to discuss US withdrawal from Syria in Moscow - RIA

MOSCOW: Foreign and defence ministers from Russia and Turkey will discuss in Moscow the United States' decision to withdraw troops from Syria, Russian news agency RIA reported on Saturday, citing Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. In an abrupt policy shift, Trump has said that Washington ...

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New Year's Eve party in Times Square to cheer for press freedom

Reporters will be the guests of honour at the New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square on Monday, in what organizers said was a celebration of press freedom after an unusually deadly year for journalists at U.S. news outlets.

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UK splashes £100 million on ferries to ease Brexit fears

Britain has spent more than £100 million on chartering ferries to mitigate the risk of "severe congestion" at the port of Dover in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to government documents.

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British divers involved in Thai cave rescue recognised in UK New Year Honours list

LONDON: A team of British divers who helped save a junior football team stranded in a flooded cave in Thailand were awarded in Britain's traditional New Year Honours, alongside former supermodel Twiggy and Monty Python's Michael Palin. The seven underwater specialists involved in the remarkable ...

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Egypt security forces kill 40 suspected militants after tourist bus bombed

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, the ministry of interior said on Saturday, a day after a deadly bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza killed four people. The ministry did not say whether the suspected ...

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Egypt security forces kill 40 suspected militants after Vietnamese tourist bus blast

Egyptian security forces have killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, the ministry of interior said on Saturday, a day after a deadly bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza killed four people.

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Bangladesh deploys 600,000 security forces ahead of vote

Bangladesh toughened security Saturday for an election expected to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term but dominated by opposition claims that they have been shackled by a government clampdown.

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Yemen's Houthis start redeployment in Hodeidah as part of UN deal

HODEIDAH, Yemen: Yemen's Houthi forces have started to redeploy from the port of the Red Sea city of Hodeidah as part of a U.N.-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this month, a U.N. source and a spokesman for the group said on Saturday. The Iranian-aligned Houthis have agreed with ...

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Indonesian tsunami volcano lost two-thirds of its height

The Indonesian volcano which caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption which triggered the killer waves.

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Commentary: Small things make a big difference in giving dementia patients the power of choice

A person with advanced dementia may not be able to speak at all, making it difficult for those caring for them, two observers point out.

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Commentary: The year America finally pushes back against China

I would have assumed the US would continue to slide into a future of decline without serious resistance until Donald Trump came along, one observer says.

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Commentary: A truce won't solve a trade war but here's what might

Political commentator Robert Boxwell shares three actions US President Donald Trump can take to strengthen his position with China.

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Indonesia's latest tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness

As Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities around the globe are working on how they can prepare for the kind of freak tsunami that battered coasts west of Jakarta this month.

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China willing to work with US to implement Argentina talks agreement - Foreign Ministry

Taliban dismiss Afghanistan's peace talks offer

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Taliban have rejected Kabul's offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the militants, fighting to restore strict Islamic law in Afghanistan, will meet U.S. officials to further peace efforts, a Taliban leader said on Sunday. Representatives from the Taliban ...

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Heatwave bakes Australia for seventh straight day as northern cyclone brews

SYDNEY: Seven people have drowned as a heatwave grips Australia, sending big crowds to the beach to cool down, while a tropical depression in the far north threatens to turn into a cyclone by New Year's Day. Five of the deaths were in the southeastern state of Victoria between Christmas Eve and ...

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Heatwave bakes Australia for 7th straight day as northern cyclone brews

Seven people have drowned as a heatwave grips Australia, sending big crowds to the beach to cool down, while a tropical depression in the far north threatens to turn into a cyclone by New Year's Day.

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China to mark Year of the Pig with Peppa Pig movie

BEIJING: China is set to mark the Year of the Pig with a film starring Peppa Pig, the popular British cartoon character that fell foul with its censors earlier this year. A government document listing upcoming movie projects shows a new film in the works titled Peppa Pig celebrates Chinese New ...

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China probe readies to land on dark side of the moon: Report

SHANGHAI: A Chinese space probe is moving into position to land on the dark side of the moon for the first time, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday (Dec 30), a mission seen as an important step as the country looks to push forward its space programme. The probe, the Chang'e-4 ...

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Clashes mar Bangladesh election where turnout appears thin

Bangladesh went to the polls on Sunday after violence-plagued campaigning, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confident of a third straight term in a face-off against an opposition whose leader is in jail charged with corruption.

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In Bangladesh, a 47-year-old war dominates election campaign rhetoric

Bangladesh's premier and ruling party leaders have attacked the opposition in the bitter campaign for Sunday's general election by relying on references to the country's 1971 war for independence from Pakistan.

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Colombia probing plots against president, arrests Venezuelans - foreign minister

Colombian authorities are investigating possible plots to assassinate President Ivan Duque that may involve Venezuelan nationals arrested carrying "weapons of war," Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said on Saturday.

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India steps up efforts to rescue trapped coal miners

NEW DELHI: High pressure pumps and divers from the Indian Navy were brought to Ksan in northeastern India on Saturday (Dec 29) to aid rescue operations for 15 coal miners trapped underground. The miners have been trapped since Dec 13 after floodwaters rushed through an illegal "rat-hole" mine ...

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'Believe that only the Malays can save the Malays': Mahathir at party general assembly

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday (Dec 29) called on Malays and Bumiputera to place their trust in Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) as the party that will save, develop and bring success to them. Speaking at the party's second annual general assembly at the ...

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Clashes mar Bangladesh election where turnout appears thin

Malaysia moves to reap the benefits of processing global plastic waste

After China shut its doors to the world's plastic waste, Malaysia became a go-to destination for some countries looking to get rid of their trash.

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Trump says "big progress" on possible China trade deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter that he had a "long and very good call" with Chinese President Xi Jinping and that a possible trade deal between the United States and China was progressing well.

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Exclusive: For Bangladesh PM, authoritarian tag is 'badge of honour', son says on poll eve

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina considers being called authoritarian by the western media a "badge of honour", the leader's son told Reuters on the eve of a national election on Sunday.

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Some first-time home buyers in Malaysia exempt from stamp duty from Jan 1

KUALA LUMPUR: First-time home buyers in Malaysia will be fully exempted from paying stamp duty for properties that cost between RM300,001 and RM1 million (US$240,800), the Finance Ministry announced on Saturday (Dec 29). This will apply to properties bought directly from developers between Jan 1 ...

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Lee Kuan Yew took ‘deep interest’ in China’s development, laid foundation for Sino-Singapore ties: PM Lee

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says the Reform and Friendship Award that the Chinese government recently conferred on the late Mr Lee is a “strong affirmation” of his long-standing support for China’s development.

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British divers involved in Thai cave rescue recognised in UK New Year Honours list

Bangladesh shuts down high-speed mobile internet on election eve

DHAKA: Bangladesh's telecoms regulator has ordered mobile operators to shut down high-speed mobile internet services until midnight on Sunday, the day of a national election. The measure is effective immediately, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said on ...

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Bangladesh deploys 600,000 security forces ahead of vote

Four dead as storm sweeps through central Philippines

MANILA: Four people were killed in landslides and thousands of others evacuated from their homes after a storm swept through the central Philippine islands on Saturday (Dec 29), officials said. Three members of a family were buried in a landslide in Legazpi City southeast of Manila while a woman ...

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Spike in bomb and grenade attacks in Thailand's restive south

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha decried "opportunists" on Saturday after a wave of coordinated bomb attacks by suspected insurgents hit Thailand's Muslim-majority "deep south" in the lead-up to the New Year holidays.

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Cambodia strongman Hun Sen derides 'democracy' in fiery speech

Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen lashed out at Western governments for pushing "democracy and human rights" on his country, capping off a tumultuous political year with a fiery speech on Saturday.

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Indonesian tsunami volcano lost two-thirds of its height

China court orders retrial for Canadian jailed for drug smuggling

BEIJING: A Chinese court ordered a retrial of a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges on Saturday after prosecutors said his sentence of 15 years was too light: a case that could further test relations between Beijing and Ottawa. Tensions between the two governments have been high since ...

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Saturday, December 29, 2018

मिथुन चक्रवर्ती यूएस के अस्पताल में भर्ती

ऐक्टर मिथुन चक्रवर्ती इन दिनों फिल्म की शूटिंग में बिजी थे। हालांकि, पीठ से जुड़ी समस्या बढ़ जाने के कारण उन्हें सभी काम से ब्रेक लेते हुए यूएस में इलाज के लिए जाना पड़ा है।

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'द ऐक्सिडेंटल प्राइम मिनिस्टर' MP में बैन नहीं

फिल्म 'द ऐक्सिडेंटल प्राइम मिनिस्टर' को लेकर विवाद जारी है। महाराष्ट्र यूथ कांग्रेस ने मांग की है कि फिल्म के रिलीज से पहले उन्हें इसे दिखाया जाए। इस बीच मध्य प्रदेश जनसंपर्क की ओर से जानकारी दी गई है कि प्रदेश में इस फिल्म पर बैन नहीं लगेगा।

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पढ़ें: रणवीर सिंह और सारा की 'सिंबा' का रिव्यू

रणवीर सिंह की 'सिंबा' रोहित शेट्टी स्टाइल की टिपिकल मसाला मूवी है, जिसमें डांस, ऐक्शन, कॉमिडी, रोमांस सब है। रणवीर यानी सिंबा पढ़-लिखकर ऐसा पुलिस वाला बन जाता है जो बेईमानी भी पूरी ईमानदारी से करता है।

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The Tech That Was Fixed in 2018 and the Tech That Still Needs Fixing

Personal technology was so awful this year that nobody would think you were paranoid if you dug a hole and buried your computer, phone and smart speaker under two metres of earth.

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Boeing wins US$400 million US defence contract - Pentagon

Boeing Co has been awarded a US$400 million U.S. defence contract for B-1 and B-52 bomber engineering services, the Pentagon said on Friday.

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Migrants to affluent nations may be healthier than the native-born

(Reuters Health) - International migrants who relocate to high-income countries to work, study or join family members are less likely to die prematurely than people born in their new homelands, a research review suggests. For the analysis, researchers examined data from 96 studies with mortality ...

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Five reasons why Man City's title defence is showing strain

MANCHESTER: Less than a month ago, Manchester City enjoyed a two-point lead over Liverpool in the Premier League table and boasted a superior goal difference of 15. Suddenly, they're seven points behind the Reds, who are now level on goal difference, and City aren't even in second after Tottenham ...

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Renting out your home? The most common scams Singapore landlords fall for

Mention rental scams, and you could be forgiven for thinking that tenants are usually the victims, for example by giving a deposit to a fake landlord. But did you know that landlords in Singapore are more commonly the targets of scammers posing as legit tenants? Here is a list of rental scams ...

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Buying property overseas: Risks and opportunities

SINGAPORE: For Singaporeans seeking to diversify their portfolios, investing in a property overseas might be an enticing option. The relative strength of the Singapore dollar compared to regional currencies means you might get more bang for your buck elsewhere. Ismail Gafoore, co-founder ...

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Stuck, but sticking together: Refugees and their years of uncertainty stranded in Indonesia

Indonesia is home to about 14,000 refugees. Each carries a unique story and diverse reasons for ending up stranded in Southeast Asia.

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Commentary: The future of Singapore housing is in bigger HDB flats

Consider building more jumbo flats to encourage young Singaporean couples to live with their aged parents and have kids, says Sing Tien Foo, director of the NUS Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies.

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Turkey & Russia ministers to talk Syria as Damascus claims its troops entered Kurdish-held Manbij

Top diplomatic and military officials from Russia and Turkey are meeting in Moscow on Saturday to discuss developments in Syria’s northeast, where Kurdish militias have sought Damascus’ protection from Ankara.
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‘Perverting history’: Bulgarian priest condemns Constantinople for splitting Orthodox Church

A Bulgarian Orthodox priest has condemned the actions of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who is set to grant self-rule to a schismatic Orthodox church in Ukraine – contrary to the religion’s canonic law.
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Did this muppet drop the f-bomb or is Twitter projecting its emotions onto Sesame Street? (POLL)

A deceptively simple conversation between two Sesame Street muppets has the Twittersphere in a frenzy. Has our beloved childhood friend Grover been corrupted?
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Russian architect offers miracle replacement to Malta’s lost landmark (PHOTO, VIDEO)

One of Malta’s favorite tourist attractions, a natural arch known as the Azure Window, was crushed by a massive storm last year. But a Russian architect vows to return the landmark to the island by rebuilding it in glossy metal.
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7.0 quake in Mindanao triggers brief tsunami warning for Philippines & Indonesia

A brief tsunami warning has been issued for the Philippines, as well as for the coasts of Indonesia and Palau, after a powerful 7.0 earthquake hit the southern island of Mindanao.
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Late Christmas miracle? US army repeals oddly specific sex ban

US troops at a German barracks breathed a collective sigh of relief this week on learning they could have sex again without fear of court-martial. An involuntary celibacy order for the battalion and its barracks has been repealed.
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7 people trapped under twin avalanche in Russia’s Far East

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Netanyahu & Bolsonaro talk ‘brotherhood’ on Israeli PM’s visit to Brazil, but not of embassy moves

Despite considerable courtship efforts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far failed to get a public assurance from Brazil’s president-elect of his intent to move that country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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US helicopters spotted over Manbij as Turkish forces enter Syria (VIDEOS)

Tension is mounting around the key Kurdish-held hub of Manbij in northern Syria. Shortly after Damascus announced the deployment of troops in that city, Turkish APCs crossed into Syria and US helicopters were filmed in the air.
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Ukraine ‘formally’ lifts entry ban for Russian males yet de facto restrictions remain in place

With the end of martial law, Kiev’s blanket ban on entry for Russian men should have been lifted. Yet, according to Ukraine’s customs spokesman, full scrutiny of not only males but also females will now be increased at the border.
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Illegal alien with Mexican gang ties arrested in murder of California cop

A Mexican national was arrested in California for the murder of Police Corporal Ronil Singh. He reportedly has a criminal record and gang ties and is in the US illegally, but police say their hands were tied by ‘sanctuary’ laws.
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Israeli helicopter attacks Hamas target in Gaza in response to rocket fire – IDF

The Israeli military has deployed a helicopter to attack Hamas positions in the southern Gaza Strip, in retaliation to an earlier rocket attack on Israeli territory.
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Take that, Trump! Russia finishes ‘The Wall’ on Crimea-Ukraine border (VIDEO)

While certain politicians are still having difficulties getting their walls built, Russia has announced it had finished a border barrier between Ukraine and Crimea. Construction took just over a year and less than $3 million.
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