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World leaders rally in Jerusalem against anti-Semitism
Rio Rancho Observer 23 Jan 2020
JERUSALEM — Dozens of world leaders descended upon Jerusalem on Thursday for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating rising modern-day anti-Semitism — a politically charged event that has been clouded by rival national interpretations of the genocide ... ADVERTISEMENTSkip. ....
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Snakes could be the source of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
CNN 23 Jan 2020
(CNN)Snakes -- the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra -- may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter. Wuhan coronavirus death toll rises, as city imposes transport lackdown ... Read More. What is a coronavirus? ... Read ... Zoonotic transmission ... ....
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Trump downplays US troops’ concussion injuries from Iranian missile attack
Press TV 23 Jan 2020
At a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, Trump said military officials told him about the injuries “numerous days” after the strikes on the military bases hosting US forces in Iraq ... “I don't consider it very serious relative to other injuries that I've seen,” Trump added ... ....
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'Africa's richest woman' Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud
News24 23 Jan 2020
Angola's billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol ... ....
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Boris Johnson declares UK has ‘crossed Brexit finish line’
Metro UK 23 Jan 2020
Boris Johnson said ‘at times it felt like we would never cross the Brexit finish line, but we’ve done it’ (Picture. PA). Boris Johnson says the UK has ‘crossed the Brexit finish line’ after Parliament approved his deal and cleared the path to leave on January 31 ... He said the country would ‘move forwards as one United Kingdom’, adding ... Advertisement ... ....
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Up to 40 Syrian troops killed, 80 injured as militants stage SIX attacks in Idlib – Russian military
Russia Today 23 Jan 2020
Hundreds of fighters have attempted to break through Syrian Army lines, losing dozens of militants in the process while inflicting heavy casualties on government troops who eventually had to retreat. Almost 600 fighters staged six attacks on Syrian forces, the Russian military’s Reconciliation Center in Syria told the media on Thursday ... ....
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Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church
The Times of India 23 Jan 2020
JERUSALEM. "Go outside," French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference. The French tricolour has flown over the Church of St ... Ouch ... Chirac refused to enter St ... "Go outside ... Top Videos ... ....
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says Greta Thunberg can criticize "after she studies economics"
Yahoo Daily News 23 Jan 2020
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dismissed Thunberg’s call for private and public sector divestment from fossil fuel companies, telling Yahoo Finance at a press briefing, “After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us.”. Mnuchin joked about Thunberg. “Who is that? Is she the chief economist?” ... ....
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Democrats: Trump Engaged in ‘Corrupt Scheme’ to ‘Cheat’ in 2020 Election
Voa News 23 Jan 2020
The Democrats accused Trump of designing "a corrupt scheme" to press Ukraine to investigate a political rival, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, for one reason — "to cheat" to win re-election this year....
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Myanmar must end ‘genocide’ campaign against Rohingya Muslims, ICC rules
The Independent 23 Jan 2020
Emergency measures must be implemented in Myanmar to end what has been described as a genocidal campaign against Rohingya Muslims, the International Court of Justice has ruled in a first victory for the country’s accusers ... Download the new Independent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now ... Show all 15....
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Wuhan coronavirus: City-wide lockdown disrupts Lunar New Year travel plans of millions
CNN 23 Jan 2020
(CNN)Authorities in China have enforced a partial lockdown of transport links in and out of the central city of Wuhan, disrupting the Lunar New Year travel plans of millions as part of efforts to contain a deadly coronavirus outbreak ... All public transport services in the city of 11 million people have also been suspended until further notice ... ....
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Hezbollah will find the urgent Lebanese priorities are clashing with its regional loyalties
The National 23 Jan 2020
In discussing the popular protests in Lebanon, many people have tended to focus on internal dynamics and public disgust with the political class. That is certainly legitimate, given that some of Lebanon’s politicians are the personification of incompetence and corruption, individuals who in any normal country would be in prison ... It has little choice....
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1 dead, 7 hurt in downtown Seattle shooting; no suspects in custody
9news 23 Jan 2020photo: White House / Shealah Craighead
If Trump Isn’t Impeached, Will America Normalize Totalitarian Rule?
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingFirst they came for the climate and immigration activists, and I did not speak out-because I wasn’t a climate or immigration activist. Then they came for the whistleblowers and public protesters, and I did not speak out-because I wasn’t a whistleblower or a public protester ... Trump lied about U.S ... 201. ....
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Surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression
PhysOrg 23 Jan 2020
A group of University of Chicago scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality ... ....
