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Taylor Swift Speaks Out About Not Using Her Body as an "Exercise of Control"
E! Online 05 Dec 2019
In her next decade, Taylor Swift intends on calling the shots.
With her 30th birthday fast approaching on Dec. 13, the superstar songstress is looking forward to feeling "a bit more... ....
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Pelosi Says House Will Begin Drafting Impeachment Charges vs. Trump
Democratic Underground 05 Dec 2019
WASHINGTON Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the House of Representatives on Thursday to begin drafting impeachment articles against President Trump, pushing ahead with a rapid timetable that could set the stage for a deeply partisan vote before Christmas to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors. Ms ... Biden Jr ... Pelosi said ... Read more ... ....
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George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin’s family for $100m
The Independent 05 Dec 2019
George Zimmerman, the former neighbourhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in a criminal case that drew worldwide attention, has filed a $100m lawsuit against Martin’s parents and lawyers accusing them of using a fake witness ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Shape Created with Sketch ... ....
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France, Germany and UK reiterate claim that Iran has nuclear-capable ballistic missiles
CNN 05 Dec 2019
(CNN)Ambassadors from France, Germany and the UK have again alleged that Iran has developed nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, in a joint letter addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General officially released by the UN on Wednesday ... Intelligence agencies have tracked Iranian short-range ballistic missiles into Iraq, US official says ... ....
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Police officer caught on body-cam ‘fondling dead woman’s breasts’
The Independent 05 Dec 2019
A police officer who is under investigation for allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts has been suspended, the Los Angeles Police Department has said. The man, who has not been identified, was removed from active duty after a review of body camera footage apparently showed him groping the woman, according to a source familiar with the case ... Getty....
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France: Police and protesters clash in massive strike over Macron's pension reform
Deutsche Welle 05 Dec 2019photo: Creative Commons
Wreck of German cruiser discovered off Falkland Islands a century after being sunk by Royal Navy
The Independent 05 Dec 2019
Marine archaeologists have uncovered the century-old wreck of a German warship sunk in the south Atlantic during the First World War. SMS Scharnhorst was destroyed during the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914, having been chased down by a Royal Navy squadron seeking revenge for an earlier defeat ... Shape Created with Sketch ... 1/6 ... 2/6....
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UN climate talks aim to pave way for global carbon market
Wtop 05 Dec 2019
BERLIN (AP) — On a cold afternoon in late November, Jan Gerrit Otterpohl eyes the chimneys of Berlin’s Heizkraftwerk Mitte, a state-of-the-art power plant that supplies the city with heat and electricity. It’s not the billowing steam he’s interested in, but the largely invisible carbon dioxide that the power station exhales as it burns natural gas....
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NASA's Sun-Kissing Parker Solar Probe beams back first insights from Sun's edge
One India 05 Dec 2019
Washington, Dec 05 . NASA's Parker Solar Probe - the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun - has beamed back its first observations from the edge of the Sun, unveiling a "spectacular trove" of data on the atmosphere of our star, the .......
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Melania Says Children Should Be Kept Out of Politics, Twitter Reminds Her of All the Kids Her Husband Caged
Newsweek 05 Dec 2019
Melania Trump has been described as a hypocrite after making a rare public political statement on Stanford University professor Pamela Karlan's comment about Barron Trump. The First Lady was one of a number of people who reacted to Karlan's quip about the president's youngest son before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, December 4 ... Cages ... ....
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Does the Constitution justify impeaching Trump?
CNN 05 Dec 2019
(CNN)For two tumultuous months, Washington has been fixated on what President Donald Trump did. Now it's time to work out what should happen to him ... They had been called to explain the arcane business of impeachment -- the investigation, trial and possible removal of a president -- to Americans watching on TV ... Read More ... ... You're mad ... ... Trump vs ... ....
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Killers lurk in the shadows as Haiti chaos takes a sinister turn
The Guardian 05 Dec 2019
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Justin Timberlake apologises to Jessica Biel, says ‘nothing happened’ with co-star
Gulf News 05 Dec 2019
Justin Timberlake swears that “nothing happened” with ‘Palmer’ co-star Alisha Wainwright during a drunken night out in New Orleans the Thursday before Thanksgiving. “A few weeks ago I displayed a strong lapse in judgement but let me be clear nothing happened between me and my co-star. I drank way too much that night and I regret my behaviour ... ....
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Man Burnt to Death in Nigerian Church after Pastor Mistakes Petrol for Water during Healing Ritual
News18 05 Dec 2019photo: AP / Leo Correa
Global measles deaths surge to 142,000, WHO estimates
Business Day 05 Dec 2019
London — Measles infected nearly 10-million people in 2018 and killed more than 142,000, mostly children, as outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday ... Globally, measles vaccination rates have stagnated for almost a decade, the WHO said ... Highly contagious ... ....
