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January 3, 2020
Sanders’s campaign fund boosted by $96m during calendar year

US Senator Bernie Sanders raised $34.5m (€30.8m) for his White House bid in the final three months of 2019, his campaign said yesterday, a massive sum fuelled by his online...

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January 3, 2020
Trump warns Iran will pay ‘big price’ for embassy raid

US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for an attack on the American Embassy in Iraq that further damaged US relations with Baghdad and appeared to put Mr Trump's hopes...

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January 3, 2020
Trump warns Iran will pay ‘big price’ for embassy raid

US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for an attack on the American Embassy in Iraq that further damaged US relations with Baghdad and appeared to put Mr Trump's hopes...

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January 3, 2020
Turkey braced with 250,000 more heading for its border

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria's north-west Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government...

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January 3, 2020
Woman killed by shots fired to mark new year

A man reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend as he fired rounds into the air to celebrate New Year's Eve in one of a string of gun deaths to mark...

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January 3, 2020
Prince Andrew ‘pleaded with Maxwell to defend him over Epstein’

Prince Andrew begged Jeffrey Epstein's alleged "madam" to clear his name by publicly defending him but she refused, it has been claimed.

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January 3, 2020
PM heckled out of town as anger builds over fire disaster

The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.

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January 3, 2020
‘A very intense couple of hours – Irishman trapped on Australian beach during raging bushfires

An Irishman living in Australia told of his "very intense" experience after being trapped on a beach with his family while the raging bushfires broke out on the east coast.

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January 3, 2020
Sanders’s campaign fund boosted by $96m during calendar year

US Senator Bernie Sanders raised $34.5m (€30.8m) for his White House bid in the final three months of 2019, his campaign said yesterday, a massive sum fuelled by his online...

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January 3, 2020
Trump warns Iran will pay ‘big price’ for embassy raid

US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for an attack on the American Embassy in Iraq that further damaged US relations with Baghdad and appeared to put Mr Trump's hopes...

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January 3, 2020
Turkey braced with 250,000 more heading for its border

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria's north-west Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government...

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January 3, 2020
Woman killed by shots fired to mark new year

A man reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend as he fired rounds into the air to celebrate New Year's Eve in one of a string of gun deaths to mark...

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January 3, 2020
‘It was a very intense couple of hours, it got scary,’ says Irishman trapped on beach

An Irishman living in Australia told of his "very intense" experience after being trapped on a beach with his family while the raging bushfires broke out on the east coast.

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January 3, 2020
‘Sky went orange and it got very scary’ – Irish dad trapped by raging Australian bushfires

An Irishman living in Australia told of his "very intense" experience after being trapped on a beach with his family while the raging bushfires broke out on the east coast.

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January 3, 2020
PM heckled out of town as anger builds over fire disaster

The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.

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January 3, 2020
Banking giant drawn into Hong Kong protests

HSBC is being drawn into Hong Kong's turmoil with protesters attacking branches and graffiti daubed on the famous pair of lions guarding its city-centre headquarters.

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January 3, 2020
PM heckled out of town as anger builds over fire disaster

The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.

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January 3, 2020
Castro ends run for Democratic nomination for presidential race

Former Obama administration housing secretary Julián Castro has ended a run for president which pushed the 2020 field on immigration but never found a foothold to climb from the back...

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January 3, 2020
PM heckled out of town as anger builds over fire disaster

The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.

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January 3, 2020
Sanders’s campaign fund boosted by $96m during calendar year

US Senator Bernie Sanders raised $34.5m (€30.8m) for his White House bid in the final three months of 2019, his campaign said yesterday, a massive sum fuelled by his online...

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January 3, 2020
Prince ‘pleaded with Maxwell to defend him over Epstein’

Prince Andrew begged Jeffrey Epstein's alleged "madam" to clear his name by publicly defending him but she refused, it has been claimed.

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January 3, 2020
PM heckled out of town as anger builds over fire disaster

The Australian prime minister was heckled out of a fire-ravaged town in New South Wales yesterday as a mass evacuation in the state got under way ahead of worsening conditions.

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January 2, 2020
‘Constructive but no quick fix solution’ – DUP after powersharing talks in North

Agreement to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland can be reached in the short term, Sinn Fein has insisted, but the DUP has cautioned against "quick fix solutions".

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January 2, 2020
‘Constructive but no quick fix solution’ – DUP after powersharing talks in North

Agreement to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland can be reached in the short term, Sinn Fein has insisted, but the DUP has cautioned against "quick fix solutions".

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January 2, 2020
‘Constructive but no quick fix solution’ – DUP after powersharing talks in North

Agreement to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland can be reached in the short term, Sinn Fein has insisted, but the DUP has cautioned against "quick fix solutions".

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January 2, 2020
‘Constructive but no quick fix solution’ – DUP after powersharing talks in North

Agreement to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland can be reached in the short term, Sinn Fein has insisted, but the DUP has cautioned against "quick fix solutions".

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January 2, 2020
Trump administration clamps down on flavoured vaping products

US health officials will ban most flavoured e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-emitting devices.

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January 2, 2020
Catalan party’s abstention could pave way for new Spanish government

The possibility of a new government in Spain moved closer when a small party said it will abstain in upcoming confidence votes in parliament.

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January 2, 2020
Global markets enjoy New Year rally, but pound drops on Brexit fears

London's blue chip share index has joined stock markets worldwide in staging a new year rally thanks to economy-boosting moves in China, but the pound sunk lower on ongoing Brexit...

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January 2, 2020
Global markets enjoy New Year rally, but pound drops on Brexit fears

London's blue chip share index has joined stock markets worldwide in staging a new year rally thanks to economy-boosting moves in China, but the pound sunk lower on ongoing Brexit...

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January 2, 2020
Large buoy removed from Florida beach

A large navigation buoy that bobbed around the Atlantic Ocean for two years has been removed from a US beach where it had become something of a tourist attraction after...

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January 2, 2020
In Pictures: Chalk another one up: London Zoo launches animal audit

Keepers at ZSL London Zoo had their clipboards, calculators and cameras at the ready for the annual stocktake of every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the attraction.

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January 2, 2020
Shopper footfall for post-Christmas sales down 4% on last year

Shopper footfall for the post-Christmas sales was down 4% on 2018 in a bitter blow for retailers hoping for a positive end to a difficult year.

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January 2, 2020
Shopper footfall for post-Christmas sales down 4% on last year

Shopper footfall for the post-Christmas sales was down 4% on 2018 in a bitter blow for retailers hoping for a positive end to a difficult year.

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January 2, 2020
Shopper footfall for post-Christmas sales down 4% on last year

Shopper footfall for the post-Christmas sales was down 4% on 2018 in a bitter blow for retailers hoping for a positive end to a difficult year.

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January 2, 2020
Shopper footfall for post-Christmas sales down 4% on last year

Shopper footfall for the post-Christmas sales was down 4% on 2018 in a bitter blow for retailers hoping for a positive end to a difficult year.

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January 2, 2020
Australia wildfires: Magpie mimics sirens after ‘hearing so many fire trucks’

An Australian magpie has been filmed mimicking the sound of a fire engine's siren as wildfires in the country continue.

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January 2, 2020
Australia wildfires: Magpie mimics sirens after ‘hearing so many fire trucks’

An Australian magpie has been filmed mimicking the sound of a fire engine's siren as wildfires in the country continue.

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January 2, 2020
Australian PM confronted by angry residents on visit to wildfire-ravaged town

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents when he visited a wildfire-ravaged town.

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January 2, 2020
Australian PM confronted by angry residents on visit to wildfire-ravaged town

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents when he visited a wildfire-ravaged town.

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