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[UPDATE] Trump Walks Out Of Meeting With Congressional Democrats On Ending Shutdown
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
Trump continued to demand more than $5 billion for his U.S.-Mexico border wall as a condition for reopening the government, while Democrats say they will not agree to any new money for a border wall.During the White House meeting, Democrats once again pressed Trump to reopen most of the government ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, wife MacKenzie divorcing after 25 years of marriage
WPXI 09 Jan 2019
SEATTLE - Amazon founder, president and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, announced they are divorcing after a period of trial separation. They were married for 25 years. Bloomberg reported that Jeff Bezos tweeted a statement about the news Wednesday morning. It was signed by the couple ... TRENDING NOW ... They were married three months later ... ....
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Felix Tshisekedi Named Winner In DRC Presidential Election
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019
Congo's electoral commission announced opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi as the winner of a tense presidential election early on Thursday morning, marking an important step in the African country's first democratic transfer of power, according to The Washington Post ... He will now replace the longtime leader Joseph Kabila ... 30 vote....
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[UPDATE] Debris from missing fighter jet found in eastern France
WorldNews.com 09 Jan 2019
Debris has been found after a French Air Force Mirage 2000D fighter jet went off radar on Wednesday morning, RT reports. Search efforts for the missing crew members are ongoing.The jet, which had a pilot and a weapons officer on board, went missing at about 11 a.m ... The crew included a man and a woman, according to some media reports....
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Citizen Scientists Discover Earth-Like Planet In Distant Star's 'Goldilocks' Zone
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019
A new super-Earth has been discovered in the habitable zone of a binary system thanks to the effort of citizen scientists looking through the data of the Kepler telescope, IFL Science reports.The exoplanet is known as K2-288b and is located 226 light-years away ... The new planet orbits the smaller one, which is classified as a cool M star....
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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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'El Chapo' Jurors See Intimate Texts Between Drug Lord And His Wife, Mistress
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
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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Eight Republicans Vote For House Measure To Reopen Part Of US Federal Government
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019
The House of Representatives passed a financial services spending bill on Wednesday as an attempt to reopen portions of the shuttered federal government as the standoff between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats continued over funding his border wall construction, according to CNN ... ... Rep ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Beijing Says Trade Talks With US Created Foundation To Resolve Trade War Conflicts
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019
China's commerce ministry said the trade talks held this week with the United States were "extensive, deep and thorough" on Wednesday, and provided a "foundation for the resolution of each others' concerns," according to Reuters ... The U.S ... The Trump administration also threatened to tax all imports from China if Beijing did not meet their demands ... ....
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Sears Chairman Lampert Increases Chance For Sears To Escape Liquidation With $5 Billion Bid
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019
Reuters reported on Wednesday Sears Holding Corp Chairman Eddie Lampert submitted a revised takeover bid after Sears previously rejected his bid of $4.4 billion ... Lampert agreed to assume tax and vendor bills the company had amassed since filing for bankruptcy protection in October ... Sears will consider the new bid during a Jan. 14 bankruptcy auction....
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French Air Force fighter jet missing in mountains
Gulf News 09 Jan 2019photo: AP / Luis Soto
Guatemalan Court Blocks President's Attempt To Eject UN Anti-Corruption Group
WorldNews.com 10 Jan 2019
The Guatemalan Constitution Court convened late Tuesday night after President Jimmy Morales ended the mandate of a United Nations-supported anti-corruption commission, according to Al Jazeera ... "The court has held up the law and returned the principles of international law that are held up in [the Guatemalan] constitution ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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US citizen Michael White arrested in Iran, confirming earlier reports
Canberra Times 10 Jan 2019
Iran confirmed on Wednesday it had arrested an American, confirming U.S. media reports about a case that risks further worsening relations with Washington ... ....
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Jennifer Lopez reflects on her 'up and down' relationship journey
Music News 09 Jan 2019
Jennifer Lopez has reflected on the "up and down" relationship journey she experienced before dating Alex Rodriguez. The singer has previously dated high-profile celebrities like Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Ben Affleck, and has also been married three times - most recently to Marc Anthony, with whom she shares 10-year-old twins Max and Emme ... ....
