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Donald Trump threatens to axe emergency fire aid for California
Gulf News 09 Jan 2019
Washington. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is cutting emergency federal aid sent to help California after devastating wildfires unless the Democratic-led state gets its "act together." ... ....
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Australia considering resettlement for Saudi woman
Hong Kong Standard 09 Jan 2019
Australia will assess runaway Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun for settlement after the United Nations on Wednesday deemed her a refugee. The Department of Home Affairs confirmed in a statement that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees had referred 18-year-old Alqunun to Australia for consideration for refugee settlement ... Gen ... Alsheaiby ... ....
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein To Leave DOJ Once New AG Is Confirmed
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
Deputy United States Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is preparing to depart from his role at the U.S. Department of Justice in the coming weeks once President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the department takes over, according to a department official who spoke to NBC News on Wednesday. Rosenstein has been overseeing the U.S ... Barr was already U.S....
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Merkel Will Make Rare Visit To Greece To Discuss Economic Reforms, Macedonia Vote
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Greek leaders in Athens on Friday for the first time since 2014 to discuss economic reforms, according to Reuters ... During Merkel's visit, she will likely press Athens on the austerity measures implemented during the debt crisis, even though those made her deeply unpopular among Greek citizens....
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Led By Ocasio-Cortez And Tlaib, Will Women Finally Quit Playing ‘Nice’ As Pankhurst Did?
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they are ready to fight for their own human rights.” – Suffragette Emmeline PankhurstIn his book, “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” Robert A ... Championing a “Deeds Not Words” campaign, she blended a new and more aggressive kind of approach ... ....
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China Will Allow 2,000 Kazakhs To Leave Xinjiang If They Drop Their Chinese Citizenship
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
The Kazakh foreign ministry said Beijing will allow more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to abandon their Chinese citizenship and leave the country on Wednesday, one of the first major signs of China reacting to the international pressure over its crackdown in the Xinjiang region on Muslims and other ethnic groups, according to The Associated Press....
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French Air Force fighter jet missing in mountains
Gulf News 09 Jan 2019photo: Creative Commons / Tiia Monto
Israeli ex-minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran
Yahoo Daily News 09 Jan 2019
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli former cabinet minister admitted to spying for Iran on Wednesday in a plea deal in exchange for an 11-year prison sentence, the Israeli Justice Ministry said. Gonen Segev, energy minister from 1995 to 1996, was indicted in June ... There was no immediate response from Iran to the Justice Ministry statement ... ....
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MPs force Theresa May to present Brexit ‘plan B’ quickly
The Irish Times 09 Jan 2019
MPs have forced Theresa May to come up with a plan B on Brexit within days if her deal is defeated in parliament next week, in a further sign of growing rebellion at Westminster ... It forces the British prime minister to present an alternative plan within three sitting days if the vote is lost next Tuesday ... Commons defeat ... BREXIT. The Facts ... . ....
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Kim Jong Un heads home via train after 2-day Beijing visit
Deseret News 09 Jan 2019
BEIJING — A special train believed to be carrying Kim Jong Un departed Beijing on Wednesday after a two-day visit by the North Korean leader to the Chinese capital ... It comes after U.S. and North Korean officials are thought to have met in Vietnam to discuss the site of the summit ... Kim was accompanied by his wife, Ri Sol Ju, the news agency said....
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Iran's Khamenei: some US officials are 'first-class idiots'
This is Money 09 Jan 2019
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on August 13, 2018 shows him gesturing during a rally in the capital Tehran ... "Some US officials pretend that they are mad ... "Christmas was a few days ago. This is how US calculations work." ... ....
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Man in India asks police to help him find his “stolen heart”
Gulf News 09 Jan 2019
What you need to know.. Man wanted to file complaint after a girl had stolen his heart. He was turned away by authorities. Police officers were left perplexed with the case. . Dubai ... A young man asked officers to help him find his heart after a girl “stole” it ... ....
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R. Kelly under criminal investigation following 'Surviving R.Kelly'
Independent online (SA) 09 Jan 2019photo: Creative Commons
Hostway, Hosting.com To Merge
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
Two hosting companies have announced they will merge, Domain Name Wire reported Wednesday....
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Pompeo meets Iraq officials on unannounced Baghdad visit
Gulf News 09 Jan 2019
Baghdad - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Iraqi officials, including the speaker, on an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, a statement from parliament said ... Pompeo flew in from Amman and was also due to visit Cairo, Manama, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat and Kuwait City on his longest trip since taking office last year ... ....
