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An Uzbek man is charged in Moscow with killing a Russian general in a bombing claimed by Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — An Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged by Russian authorities with this week's…
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Woman lives next to train, here's why she will never move out
A video showcasing a woman's enchanting view of a "magical" holiday train, as seen from her apartment window in Chicago, Illinois, has…
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Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation's most pressing security threat, with…
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The Afterimage of Arlene Croce
Arlene Croce, who wrote the Dancing column in The New Yorker from 1973 to 1996, died on December 16th, at the age of ninety. She was a…
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Tree topper keeps falling off, then pet cam footage reveals the culprit
A woman was left perplexed at how her Christmas tree topper kept ending up on the floor, but once she looked at her pet camera footage,…
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Who are the men convicted in French mass rape trial?
France's trial of a man who drugged his now ex-wife so he and dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious ended on Thursday with…
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Every anime coming to Crunchyroll this Winter
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Anime is seasonal, which means that every few months, anime studios start releasing new seasons of…
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CDL Hospitality Trusts ventures into student accommodation with £37.3 million UK deal
CDL Hospitality Trusts is venturing into the student accommodation business for the first time, with the purchase of a purpose-built…
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Germany triples submarine order to six boats in joint buy with Norway
PARIS — Germany will buy four more submarines from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to increase the number of boats to six, part of a joint…
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Jay-Z's legal defense Is groundbreaking—other accused celebs could copy him
Rapper Jay-Z is making all the right moves in defending himself from a rape allegation, a senior trial attorney has said. Wayne Dennison,…
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Rolling hills are now barren: BBC sees destruction in cyclone-hit Mayotte
Landing over Petite-Terre, Mayotte's smaller island, the level of destruction from Cyclone Chido is immediately apparent. It's hard to…
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US: Wall St jumps at open after selloff on Fed rate cut caution
WALL Street’s main indexes broadly rose at the open on Thursday (Dec 19), a day after the Federal Reserve’s projections of…
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IReit Global inks lease agreement with second hospitality company in less than a month
EUROPE-focused real estate investment trust IReit Global has signed a 20-year agreement with hospitality operator Stayery, which will be…
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Fed’s hawkish tilt has emerging markets scurrying to save currencies
CENTRAL banks from Brazil to Indonesia scrambled to defend their struggling currencies on Thursday (Dec 19), hours after the Federal…
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German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation designed to protect the country's highest court against possible future…
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Swedish police to go aboard Chinese ship that was seen near Baltic cable ruptures
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police said Thursday they would participate as observers as Chinese authorities conduct investigations aboard a…
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Scoot apologises after KL-bound flight took off 1½ hours earlier than scheduled on Nov 1
BUDGET carrier Scoot has apologised after one of its flights took off from Changi Airport about 1½ hours earlier than scheduled on Nov 1.…
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Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France said Thursday that Burkina Faso released four French nationals it had detained for a year, following…
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Saudi Global Ports, co-owned by PSA, taps banks for up to US$1 billion IPO
STATE-backed Saudi Global Ports has picked banks including Goldman Sachs Group and HSBC Holdings to help arrange a planned Riyadh initial…
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Saudi Global Ports, co-owned by PSA, taps banks for up to US$1 billion IPO: sources
STATE-backed Saudi Global Ports has picked banks including Goldman Sachs Group and HSBC Holdings to help arrange a planned Riyadh initial…
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CapitaLand Investment sells 4.9% stake in CapitaLand Ascott Trust for S$162 million
PROPERTY investment manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI), through its subsidiary The Ascott Ltd, has sold its stapled securities in…
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Transgender people working in U.S. government see peril under Trump
WASHINGTON — The Air Force lieutenant colonel left the Pentagon one day and returned the next — with a new name and a new gender identity.…
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A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians' thirst for justice and revenge
DAMASCUS, Syria — The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all…
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Women's prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she…