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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan confirm they're skipping Christmas with royal family
Toronto Sun 14 Nov 2019
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess Of Sussex have confirmed they will not spend Christmas with Queen Elizabeth ... Buckingham Palace officials confirmed the news in a statement, explaining the new parents and their six-month-old son Archie would instead spend the holiday season with the Duchess’ mother, Doria Ragland ... ....
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At least 5 wounded in US high school shooting: Officials
Khaleej Times 14 Nov 2019
At least five people were wounded after a shooter opened fire at a high school in Santa Clarita, California, a city north of Los Angeles, officials said. A suspect described as a male Asian in black clothing was still at large, the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff said on Twitter. "This is still a very active situation ... Several injured ... ....
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Government set to declare state of emergency in Venice: Italian PM
The Times of India 14 Nov 2019photo: NASA / CXC/MIT/F. Baganoff, R. Shcherbakov et al.
Star spotted flying through universe at blistering speed after being thrown out of black hole
The Independent 14 Nov 2019
A star has been spotted speeding through the universe after being thrown out of a supermassive black hole. It is going so fast that it will eventually be thrown out of the galaxy and never return, scientists said. The star was thrown out of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A* ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... ....
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US Senator blocks move to say Armenian mass killing was genocide
BBC News 14 Nov 2019
There is general agreement that hundreds of thousands of Armenians died when the Ottoman Turks deported them en masse from eastern Anatolia to the Syrian desert and elsewhere in 1915-16 ... Armenians say 1.5 million died ... ....
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Unlike Trump Ukraine scandal, no one died at Watergate
CNN 14 Nov 2019
(CNN)Prosecutors in serious criminal cases like to start strong and finish strong to bring home a guilty verdict. They have to grab the attention of the jury before defense attorneys sully the water ... He also hinted at a surprise. The real case against President Trump may rest on "abuse of power" as charged in prior impeachment cases ... Read More. Mr ... ....
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MH17 investigators say phone taps reveal Russian political ties
Yahoo Daily News 14 Nov 2019
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Investigators released a series of phone intercepts on Thursday which they said revealed Moscow's influence over pro-Russian rebels accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine five years ago ... All 298 passengers and crew died ... In June, the JIT charged three Russians and a Ukrainian with 298 murders ... ....
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Astronomers Puzzled By Large Numbers Of Synchronized Galaxies
IFL Science 14 Nov 2019
A Korean team of astronomers has investigated the rotational properties of galactic neighbors and discovered something peculiar. Galaxies that are near each other all seem to rotate in the same direction. The role of galaxy interactions is crucial to understand how they evolve ... Two papers have recently been written on this topic ... [H/T. Vice]. ....
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Bolivia Interim President: Morales to Be Barred from Next Election
Voa News 14 Nov 2019
Addressing a news conference, Anez added that Morales' vice president, Alvaro Garcia, would also not be allowed to run for president ... 20 election ... � ....
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U.S. wrong to push Turkey to drop Russian defenses: Erdogan
Reuters 14 Nov 2019
Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan said Washington was not right to propose that Ankara get rid of the Russian S-400 missile defenses it purchased, calling it an infringement of sovereign rights, according to Turkish media ... ....
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ICC approves investigation into deportation of Myanmar's Rohingya
Yahoo Daily News 14 Nov 2019
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had approved a request from ICC prosecutors to investigate crimes against humanity against Myanmar's Rohingya minority who were systematically driven across the border to Bangladesh ... investigators say was carried out with "genocidal intent" ... ....
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Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warning after 7.4-magnitude quake hits near Malaku islands
The Independent 14 Nov 2019
A tsunami alert has been issued after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the northwest of Indonesia‘s Maluku Islands ... ....
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US presses European countries to take Islamic State fighters
Star Tribune 14 Nov 2019
With historic impeachment hearings underway, Democrats and Republicans are hardening their arguments over the actions of President Donald Trump as they set out to win over a deeply polarized American public ... “Bribery,” they said, and “extortion.” Republicans counter that the hearing showed none of that ... national security,” said Rep....
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Second death in Hong Kong protests as Xi Jinping demands end to violence
The Guardian 14 Nov 2019
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We just want our right to self-determination – Palestine’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
Independent Online 14 Nov 2019
While tensions are at a high between Israel and the Palestinian people, The Palestinian Authority’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Amal Jadou told The Malta Independent during an interview that they just want their right to self-determination ... So many years of occupation and subjugation need to come to an end." ... We only have police forces....
