Sunday, 17 November 2019

Arizona Deputy Placed on Leave After Tackling 15-Year-Old With No Limbs


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Venice Floods Threaten Priceless Art And History, Submerge 70% Of City

Earlier this week, Venice faced another monumental "acqua alta," or "high water," this time coming just inches shy of the 1966 record. Dispatches from the scene described people tromping around in...

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"Women Shouldn't Feel Like Second-Class Citizens," Says Indra Nooyi

Women must not see themselves as second class citizens and know that they too have arrived on the scene, Indian American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi said on Sunday.

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2017 North Korean Nuke Test 'Equivalent To 17 Hiroshimas': ISRO Report

A North Korean nuclear test in 2017 was so powerful that it moved the surface of Mount Mantap, the test location, as the explosion was 17 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, a...

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Radio Host Says Was Fired Mid-Show For Criticising Trump On Air

A host from a conservative radio station in Denver said he was abruptly fired after criticizing President Donald Trump during his weekly talk show Saturday morning.

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2 US Chemistry Professors Arrested For Making Meth At University

Henderson State University chemistry professors Terry David Bateman, 45, and Bradley Allen Rowland, 40, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, were arrested Friday and face charges of manufacturing methamphetamine...

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Fire Holds Off Hong Kong Police At Protest Campus

A large fire held off an apparent police advance on the Hong Kong campus where hundreds of pro-democracy protesters were holed up early Monday, hours after officers warned they may use "live rounds"...

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Leaked China Documents Reveal 'No Mercy' For Muslims In Xinjiang: Report

A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, where President Xi Jinping ordered officials to act with...

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Bloomberg’s Bogus, Belated Mea Culpa


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Hassan Rouhani Warns Cannot Allow Protests To Cause "Insecurity" In Iran

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Sunday that riot-hit Iran could not allow "insecurity" after two days of unrest killed two people and saw authorities arrest dozens and restrict internet...

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Economy In Focus As Winter Session Of Parliament Starts Today: 10 Points

The winter session of parliament, which will run till December 13, starts today amid concerns over the slowing economy, rising unemployment, farmers' distress and the continued detention of political...

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Eyes On Maharashtra, NCP's Sharad Pawar, Sonia Gandhi To Meet Today

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet today to explore the feasibility of forming a coalition government with ideologically opposite Shiv...

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Denver Radio Host Fired in Mid-Show After Criticizing Trump


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Kyle Busch Stays Mistake-Free to Win NASCAR Cup Title


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Lamar Jackson, Delaying the Spectacular, Shows an M.V.P.’s Steadiness


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WeWork May Lay Off Thousands


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Phones, Wallets Of Mumbai Marathon Runners Stolen From Cars: Cops

Unidentified thieves allegedly stole mobile phones and other valuables from the parked vehicles of marathon participants in south Mumbai early on Sunday, the police said.

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Russia Set To Return Seized Ukrainian Ships: Report

Russia is set to return Ukrainian navy ships seized a year ago, as it prepares for a summit to try to resolve the wider conflict between them, Interfax news agency said Sunday.

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University of Colorado Retiring Its Mascot, a Buffalo Named Ralphie V


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Iran Slams Mike Pompeo For Backing Protesters, Says "Statements Are Void"

Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo for backing protestors.

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Made Travel Free For Women, Instead Of Buying A Plane: Arvind Kejriwal

Taking a veiled dig at his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that instead of buying a Rs 191 crore-plane for himself he preferred to provide free...

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The N.F.L.’s Tug of War With Colin Kaepernick’s Didn’t Resolve Anything


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Stefanos Tsitsipas Outlasts Dominic Thiem to Win ATP Finals


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"Release Them": Relatives Of Gaza Hostages Break Into Israeli Parliament Panel

A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza rushed into a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Mo...