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China steps up efforts to control new coronavirus outbreak
The Telegraph India 21 Jan 2020
Heightened precautions were being taken in China and elsewhere Tuesday as governments strove to control the outbreak of a new coronavirus that threatens to spread further during the Lunar New Year travel rush ... The first cases late last month were connected to a seafood market, and transmission was suspected to be occurring from animal-to-human ... ....
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Rockets land near US embassy in Baghdad
Kurdistan Media 21 Jan 2020
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – US embassy sirens went off early Tuesday as three missiles landed near the compound in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone area, an official statement said ... Two of them landed near the US embassy, the report added ... On Jan. 9, two rockets landed in Iraq’s fortified Green Zone early but caused no casualties ... Read More....
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Opening statements in Harvey Weinstein's sex assault trial are set to begin Wednesday. Here's what you need to know
CNN 21 Jan 2020
New York (CNN)Harvey Weinstein, whose alleged predatory behavior sparked the #MeToo movement, is set to face the sexual assault charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life ... Since then, more than 100 women have publicly accused Weinstein, 67, of various forms of sexual misconduct ... He is charged with five felony counts ... Read More ... ....
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Should the world be worried about the coronavirus in China?
The Guardian 20 Jan 2020photo: AP / Alex Brandon
Iranian MP offers $3m reward for ‘whoever kills Trump’
Gulf News 21 Jan 2020
Tehran. An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who killed US President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehran’s latest standoff with Washington ... The standoff erupted into tit-for-tat military strikes this month ... sanctions ... The Morning and Evening Brief ... ....
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Why Americans should be concerned about Julian Assange’s extradition case
Alternet 20 Jan 2020
On Monday January 13, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in his fight against extradition to the US. The administrative hearing concerned Assange’s lack of access to legal counsel, making it difficult for him to adequately prepare for his case ... She has only had 2 hours with him since last hearing in December ... ....
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Prince Harry arrives in Canada to prepare for non-royal life
The Himalayan 21 Jan 2020
Britain’s Prince Harry has arrived in Canada to join his wife Meghan as the couple prepare for a new life after agreeing to stop using their royal titles as part of a deal to end a crisis in the Windsor family ... Buckingham Palace and the queen said on Saturday that Harry and Meghan would no longer be working members of the royal family ... ....
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Taiwan president complains to Pope Francis about Chinese pressure
The Times of India 21 Jan 2020
TAIPEI. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has written to Pope Francis to complain about Chinese pressure on the island Beijing claims as its own, saying China seeks to threaten its democracy and freedom. The Vatican is one of just 15 countries that has diplomatic ties with Taiwan and the only one in Europe ... 1 ... Download The Times of Indiafor Latest News ... ....
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Isabel dos Santos did not loot Angola alone
Mail Guardian South Africa 21 Jan 2020
“The world is still full of prejudice,” said Isabel dos Santos, speaking to a receptive audience at the London School of Economics in 2017. By then she was already Africa’s richest woman, worth more than $2-billion, but she wanted the audience to know that she hadn’t always had it easy. “Either you are too young to do something ... Your identity is key....
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US-bound migrants cross into Mexico through river, hurl stones at military as soldiers block road (VIDEOS)
Russia Today 20 Jan 2020
Hundreds of men, women and children crossed from Guatemala into Mexico through a river on Monday as a migrant caravan continues its journey onwards toward the US border, only to be met by a wall of soldiers on the other side ... Some of the migrants hurled rocks at the soldiers and tried to flee past them ... Vía. Alejandro Gómez ... #AHORA 🔴 . ... #AlMomento ....
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Ukrainian plane hit by two short-range TOR-M1 missiles, Iran says
China.dot.org 21 Jan 2020photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Trump takes center stage at Davos as impeachment showdown begins in US
Yahoo Daily News 21 Jan 2020
President Donald J. Trump cheered the strength of the U.S. economy during an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, while back home the U.S. Senate begins its impeachment trial of the 45th president ... Trump claimed that when he took office the U.S ... “I wouldn’t say it ... agreed to just last week ... local time ... ....
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Parasite creates history at SAG
Mid Day 21 Jan 2020
From Game of Thrones to Fleabag, the 26th edition of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards honoured this year's winners in various categories. As per reports, South Korean class drama Parasite became the first foreign-language film to win the best ensemble award at SAG ... Joaquin Phoenix's act in Joker earned him the Best Actor nod ... It was a big stretch."....
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NASA asteroid warning: Not one but TWO huge space rocks to hurtle past Earth today
Russia Today 20 Jan 2020
The new year brings with it new asteroid threats, with NASA warning of two close cosmic flybys in a single day following a busy festive period of Near Earth Object (NEO) approaches to our planet. The first NEO to buzz the Earth today is identified as 2020 AQ1 – and was only first spotted on January 11....
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Doubted Van Gogh self-portrait is real, say experts
The Jordan Times 21 Jan 2020
AMSTERDAM — A gloomy self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh was declared genuine on Monday after decades of uncertainty, experts identifying it as the only work painted by the Dutch master while he suffered from psychosis ... 'Very happy' ... Van Tilborgh said that unlike them the Oslo painting "firmly depicts someone who is mentally ill" ... Image. Section....
