Archive for the January 8, 2019
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British Prime Minister Theresa May came under pressure Monday to explain what further assurances she can secure from the EU before MPs vote on her unpopular Brexit deal next week, after the bloc repeated it
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Six crew members were killed after a Panama-flagged cargo ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on Monday, state news agency Anadolu reported. Osman Kaymak, governor of the northern Turkish province of Samsun, told Anadolu
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A noise heard by US diplomats in Cuba who suffered mysterious brain injuries came not from technological weapons but local crickets, a new study suggests. In late 2016, US diplomats in Havana began to report
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The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to reinstate the murder conviction of a member of the Kennedy clan, a case that has fascinated Americans for decades. Michael Skakel, nephew of Robert Kennedy - president
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A fragile truce in Singapore's founding family was shattered Monday after state prosecutors alleged the wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's estranged brother may be guilty of professional misconduct. The allegations mark the latest
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Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defence minister and one-time mentor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died Monday aged 93, officials said. Arens, an aeronautics engineer, was also known for having played a key role in
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Three skiers in Austria died at the weekend and four others are still missing after heavy snowfall plunged large parts of the country into chaos, authorities said on Monday. Two German skiers were killed in
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The US intelligence community launched a campaign Monday to help US business defend against hacking by foreign governments like China and Russia. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center began sending out detailed advisories, in brochure
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Copper prices steadied on Monday after the biggest rise in three months in the previous session on investor hopes that Chinese measures to boost lending would be followed by progress in trade talks with the
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Energy-hungry India will allow state-owned explorers to rope in the private sector to raise production from old fields as the world's third biggest oil importer strives to better exploit its hydrocarbon resources and cut dependence
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