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Shooting at Florida base prompts questions about screening of foreign military students
Stars and Stripes 07 Dec 2019
A shooting at a U.S. military base in Florida by a Saudi military student has prompted questions about how the U.S. government scrutinizes candidates for military exchange programs as the Pentagon highlighted the layers of screening already in place ... After the attack, Sen. Rick Scott, R.-Fla., called for a "full review" of U.S ... Sen ... Rep ... .......
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The truth about whether Boris Johnson is misleading voters over his Brexit deal
The Independent 06 Dec 2019
Jeremy Corbyn has unveiled a confidential government report which he claims provides "cold, hard evidence" that Boris Johnson misled the public over a critical part of his Brexit deal with the EU. The Labour leader said the Treasury document, entitled "NI protocol ... 1 What has Boris Johnson said before? ... 2 What does the leaked document say? ... ....
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Australian firefighters worry about wildfires approaching Sydney
Yahoo Daily News 06 Dec 2019
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters battled to contain nearly 150 fires burning in New South Wales state on Friday as strong winds fanned the flames and again shrouded Sydney, Australia's biggest city, in hazardous smoke ... Fires are still burning in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland states ... ....
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North Korea's U.N. envoy says denuclearization off negotiating table with United States
Reuters 07 Dec 2019
North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations said on Saturday that denuclearization is already off the negotiating table with the United States and lengthy talks with Washington were not needed ... ....
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If Tehran is pushed too far, it may hit out in ways that are disastrous
The Guardian 07 Dec 2019photo: Creative Commons
Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack
Boston Herald 07 Dec 2019
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos of mass shootings, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday ... official, who spoke on condition of anonymity after being briefed by federal authorities ... U.S ... A U.S....
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slammed For Boast: ‘Won’t You Look At That: Amazon Is Coming To NYC Anyway’
Inquisitr 07 Dec 2019
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Oceans losing oxygen at unprecedented rate, experts warn
The Guardian 07 Dec 2019
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R Kelly’s girlfriend Azriel Clary moves out of his house to ‘distance herself’ from the drama
Metro UK 07 Dec 2019
Azriel Clary has moved out of R Kelly’s home (Picture. Getty/Rex). One of R Kelly’s girlfriends, Azriel Clary, has moved out of his home in a bid to distance herself from the drama surrounding the singer ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... Azriel and Joycelyn are R Kelly’s long-time live-in girlfriends (Picture. AP) ... R ... Rex Features) ... More. R Kelly ... Advertisement....
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Mega bushfire near Sydney ‘too big to put out’
The Siasat Daily 07 Dec 2019
Sydney. Australian fire officials warned on Saturday that a mega bushfire raging across a 60 km front north-west of Sydney cannot currently be put out. The Gospers Mountain mega blaze, which is a combination of several fires, across almost 300,000 hectares is just an hour’s drive from the nation’s most-populous city, the BBC reported....
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Real Madrid ease past Espanyol to move top of La Liga
Independent online (SA) 07 Dec 2019
MADRID – Real Madrid's Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema scored in each half to earn a comfortable 2-0 win over Espanyol that sent their team provisionally top of La Liga on Saturday. Madrid were not at their best but moved three points clear of rivals Barcelona, who host Real Mallorca in the late game ... We played well and they did too ... Reuters ....
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Tensions as yellow vests join French retirement protests
Artesia Daily Press 07 Dec 2019
PARIS (AP) — Paris police skirmished Saturday with yellow vest activists joining a wave of protest actions against the government’s overhaul of France’s national retirement system, as highway blockades and train stoppages disrupted weekend travel around the country ... The travel chaos is not deterring the government so far, though ... ___ ... ....
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Intrigue and indignation reign ahead of Saudi dust-up between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr
RTE 07 Dec 2019
Early morning muezzins and the salacious beats of shipped-in rap superstars have contributed a cacophonous backdrop to Anthony Joshua's rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia tonight ... It could well herald a lucrative new financial era not only for their division, but for the sport itself ... "It affected me, but not in a negative way ... ....
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Mexican President Praises Trump Decision to Delay Terrorist Designation for Drug Cartels
US News 07 Dec 2019
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to... ....
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US says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital
Arab News 07 Dec 2019
The US military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, US Africa Command says ... “But they certainly know who it belongs to now and they are refusing to return it ... Christopher Karns ... TIPPING THE BALANCE....
