Australian State Declares Emergency as Wildfires Surround Sydney
The state of emergency declaration gave firefighters broad powers to control government resources, force evacuations, close roads and shut d...
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Showing posts with label World News. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Impeachment Explained: What’s Next for Trump? A Senate Trial and No Chance to Appeal if Convicted
A two-thirds majority — 67 senators — is required to convict and remove the president from office. But Republicans control the Senate, 53-47...
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Mexican Asylum Seekers, Including 200 Children, Shiver in Tents as Temperatures Freeze Near US Border
Weather forecasts predict freezing temperatures in the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area through the weekend. from Top World News- News18.com htt...
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'Restore Order, Fairness...': White House Says Confident Senate Will Exonerate Trump After Impeachment
The White House in its statement said that Donald Trump is confident the Senate will restore regular order, fairness, and due process, '...
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'These People Are Crazy': Third US Prez to be Impeached, Trump Says Democrats 'Consumed With Hate'
Donald Trump said the Democratic Party, which controls the House of Representatives where the votes took place, was 'trying to nullify t...
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi Again Writes to UN on Kashmir Issue
Qureshi apprised the UN Security Council and Secretary General on Indian actions that continue to escalate tensions in an already tense envi...
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India Working on Greater Collaboration in Defence Sector with US, Says Rajnath Singh
While 2+2 mechanism has brought about greater synergy in diplomatic and security policies, Rajnath Singh said noting that the two countries ...
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UN Calls on US for Lifting Restrictions on Iran Diplomats, Condemns Visa Denial to Russian Envoys
Since the summer, Iranian diplomats and ministers have been under strict movement restrictions when they are in the US. They are limited lar...
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Stabbing at Oregon Shopping Centre Kills One, Three Others Wounded
After the stabbings, the assailant stole the man's car and drove into the suburb of Tigard, where he stole another woman's car and s...
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'Those in High Position...': Pervez Musharraf Sees 'Personnel Vendetta' Behind His Conviction
It was Pervez Musharraf's first reaction to Tuesday's court verdict, which had already been denounced by the country's powerful ...
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Donald Trump Impeached by US House for Abuse of Power, Faces Senate Test
By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th US president becomes just the third occupant of the White House in American ...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
5,700-year-old ‘Chewing Gum’ Holds Key to Lives of Ancient People and Bacteria in Their Body
The researchers extracted the complete ancient human genome from a sample of birch pitch -- a gummy substance derived from the distillation ...
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Australia Has Its Hottest Day on Record with 40.9 Degrees Celsius, More to Come
The heatwave is another alarm bell about global warming in Australia, where this year's early and intense start to regular summer bushfi...
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Two Policemen Escorting Polio Workers Shot Dead by Gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
The assailants managed to flee from the scene after the incident, police said, adding that a search is on to nab them. from Top World News...
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Protests Over Pension Reform Plans Continue in France, Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets
Police said they fired tear gas in Paris after protesters hurled projectiles at them, with 30 people arrested in the French capital. from ...
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Days Ahead of Wang Yi's Visit to India, China Test Waters on Kashmir Issue in UNSC
China had toned down its stand on the Kashmir issue ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to India, stressing on the need for dialogue b...
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Japanese Journalist Wins Damages in High-profile Lawsuit over Alleged Rape
The court said that the credibility of the accuser's account, in which she said she was forced to have sex while unconscious and despite...
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'Have to Wait for Mother Nature': New Zealand Scales Down Search for 2 Missing After Deadly Volcanic Eruption
The official death toll from the eruption on White Island, also known by its Māori name of Whakaari, stands at 16. Six bodies were retrieved...
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'Cheapened Importance of the Very Ugly Word': Trump Writes to Speaker Pelosi to Stop Impeachment
Donald Trump said in a letter that this impeachment represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat lawmakers, u...
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8 Killed During Shootout Between National Guard and Suspects in Mexico
Authorities said the suspects opened fire on a National Guard patrol on a highway near the city of Irapuato and the officers returned fire. ...
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