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January 22, 2020
India’s Supreme Court begins hearing petitions against citizenship law amendments

The Supreme Court in India on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law. The hearing follows nationwide protests and a security crackdown...

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January 22, 2020
Cases of new viral respiratory illness rise sharply in China

Chinese health authorities have urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning that a new viral illness that has infected hundreds and caused...

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January 22, 2020
Cases of new viral respiratory illness rise sharply in China

Chinese health authorities have urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning that a new viral illness that has infected hundreds and caused...

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January 22, 2020
Death-toll from coronavirus in China rises to nine with WHO to decide on calling global health emergency

The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control...

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January 22, 2020
Death-toll from coronavirus in China rises to nine with WHO to decide whether to call global health emergency

The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control...

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January 22, 2020
Death-toll from coronavirus in China rises to nine with WHO to decide on calling global health emergency

The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control...

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January 22, 2020
Senate approves rules for Trump impeachment trial but rejects more witnesses

The US Senate has plunged into Donald Trump's impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but rejecting Democratic demands for more witnesses to...

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January 22, 2020
Democrats seek more witnesses in Donald Trumps impeachment trial

Donald Trump's impeachment trial has begun with Republicans abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two late-night sessions and Democrats wanting more witnesses to expose the president's alleged treble of...

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January 22, 2020
Harry and Meghan issue legal warning as they complain they are ‘being stalked’ by paparazzi

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning over paparazzi photographs of Meghan and Archie in Canada, complaining they are being "stalked" following their split from the...

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January 22, 2020
Harry and Meghan issue legal warning as they complain they are ‘being stalked’ by paparazzi

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning over paparazzi photographs of Meghan and Archie in Canada, complaining they are being "stalked" following their split from the...

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January 22, 2020
Iran asks for West’s help in jet crash probe

Iran said it had asked the US and France for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want them analysed abroad.

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January 22, 2020
North Korea abandons nuclear freeze pledge

North Korea said yesterday that the United States had ignored a deadline for nuclear talks and it no longer felt bound by its commitments, and may "seek a new path".

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January 22, 2020
Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Trump’s presidency fails on every front – and is even shortening people’s lives’

As the world's business elites trek to Davos, people should be asking a simple question: Have they overcome their infatuation with Donald Trump?

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January 22, 2020
Weinstein’s lawyers want to use ‘loving’ emails in court battle

Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of...

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January 22, 2020
Iran asks for West’s help in jet crash probe

Iran said it had asked the US and France for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want them analysed abroad.

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January 22, 2020
North Korea abandons nuclear freeze pledge

North Korea said yesterday that the United States had ignored a deadline for nuclear talks and it no longer felt bound by its commitments, and may "seek a new path".

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January 22, 2020
‘Nobody liked him’: Clinton hits out at old election rival Sanders

Hillary Clinton has criticised the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective senator who accomplished little...

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January 22, 2020
Iran asks for West’s help in jet crash probe

Iran said it had asked the US and France for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want them analysed abroad.

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January 22, 2020
Senate rejects bid to obtain White House documents for Trump’s trial

The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected a second Democratic bid yesterday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, an early sign the trial could proceed along lines...

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January 22, 2020
Harry and Meghan issue legal warning as they complain they are ‘being stalked’ by paparazzi

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning over paparazzi photographs of Meghan and Archie in Canada, complaining they are being "stalked" following their split from the...

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January 22, 2020
Weinstein’s lawyers want to use ‘loving’ emails in court battle

Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of...

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January 22, 2020
Weinstein’s lawyers want to use ‘loving’ emails in court battle

Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of...

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January 22, 2020
Harry and Meghan issue legal warning as they complain they are ‘being stalked’ by paparazzi

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning over paparazzi photographs of Meghan and Archie in Canada, complaining they are being "stalked" following their split from the...

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January 22, 2020
Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Trump’s presidency fails on every front – and is even shortening people’s lives’

As the world's business elites trek to Davos, people should be asking a simple question: Have they overcome their infatuation with Donald Trump?

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January 22, 2020
‘Nobody liked him’: Clinton hits out at old election rival Sanders

Hillary Clinton has criticised the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective senator who accomplished little...

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January 22, 2020
‘Planting trees is not going to save the planet’ – Greta Thunberg scolds Davos elites

Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to criticise the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned...

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January 22, 2020
Harry and Meghan issue legal warning as they complain they are ‘being stalked’ by paparazzi

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a legal warning over paparazzi photographs of Meghan and Archie in Canada, complaining they are being "stalked" following their split from the...

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January 22, 2020
China warns against killer virus cover-up as it spreads across borders

Chinese officials have warned that any of its citizens found covering up information about the country's deadly coronavirus will be "nailed on a pillar of shame for eternity" as the...

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January 22, 2020
Iran asks for West’s help in jet crash probe

Iran said it had asked the US and France for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want them analysed abroad.

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January 22, 2020
Senate rejects bid to obtain White House documents for Trump’s trial

The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected a second Democratic bid yesterday to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, an early sign the trial could proceed along lines...

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January 22, 2020
China warns against killer virus cover-up as it spreads across borders

Chinese officials have warned that any of its citizens found covering up information about the country's deadly coronavirus will be "nailed on a pillar of shame for eternity" as the...

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January 22, 2020
Weinstein’s lawyers want to use ‘loving’ emails in court battle

Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of...

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January 22, 2020
‘Planting trees is not going to save the planet’ – Greta Thunberg scolds Davos elites

Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to criticise the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned...

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January 22, 2020
‘Disney D-Day Land’ row over plan to open tourist attraction

Plans to create a permanent tourist attraction recounting the Normandy Landings in France have sparked warnings against turning the bloody Allied invasion into a "Disney-style", commercial "D-Day Land".

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January 22, 2020
‘Planting trees is not going to save the planet’ – Greta Thunberg scolds Davos elites

Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to criticise the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned...

Continue Reading
January 22, 2020
‘Disney D-Day Land’ row over plan to open tourist attraction

Plans to create a permanent tourist attraction recounting the Normandy Landings in France have sparked warnings against turning the bloody Allied invasion into a "Disney-style", commercial "D-Day Land".

Continue Reading
January 22, 2020
‘Nobody liked him’: Clinton hits out at old election rival Sanders

Hillary Clinton has criticised the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective senator who accomplished little...

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January 22, 2020
‘Nobody liked him’: Clinton hits out at old election rival Sanders

Hillary Clinton has criticised the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective senator who accomplished little...

Continue Reading
January 22, 2020
‘Planting trees is not going to save the planet’ – Greta scolds Davos elites

Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to criticise the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned...

Continue Reading
January 22, 2020
China warns against killer virus cover-up as it spreads across borders

Chinese officials have warned that any of its citizens found covering up information about the country's deadly coronavirus will be "nailed on a pillar of shame for eternity" as the...

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