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Jennifer Aniston Hilariously Throws Her Cell Phone While Joking About Breaking Instagram
Yahoo Daily News 17 Oct 2019photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell
Gun battles rock Mexican city after El Chapo's son detained
Gulf News 18 Oct 2019
Mexico City. Heavy gunfire on Thursday rocked several neighbourhoods in the Mexican city of Culiacan, home to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel, after security forces detained a son of the notorious kingpin ... A senior government source confirmed the reports were correct ... Read more ... It was not immediately clear how many had escaped ... Subscribe ... ....
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Turkey agrees to Syria ceasefire, VP Mike Pence says
WPTV 17 Oct 2019
US Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday that he and President Erdogan of Turkey agreed to a ceasefire halting Turkey's incursion into northern Syria ... "All military operations will be paused, and Operation Peace Spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal," he said ... ....
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'All roads lead to Putin,' Pelosi said she told Trump as photo of meeting was snapped
USA Today 17 Oct 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a photo of her appearing to upbraid President Donald Trump was taken as she told Trump his recent actions help Russia. ... ....
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Trade war with US: China's GDP growth sinks to 6% in 3rd quarter, lowest in 27 years
The Times of India 18 Oct 2019photo: AP / Manu Fernandez
Barcelona and Real Madrid Face Testing Week Amid El Clasico Uncertainty
Yahoo Daily News 18 Oct 2019
Madrid. Political turmoil may have thrown next weekend's Clasico into doubt but Barcelona and Real Madrid cannot afford to let focus waver ahead of what could prove a pivotal period in their seasons ... But the game will go ahead, which cannot be said for sure of the Clasico against Real Madrid, scheduled to take place on October 26 at Camp Nou ... ....
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Google Books redesign makes it easier to find background info
Engadget 18 Oct 2019
It's Google Books' 15th birthday, and the tech giant is celebrating it by giving the service a makeover. The redesigned version makes each title's most pertinent information easier to access -- and it puts details in neat little boxes that make them... ....
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Jacqui Lambie rejects Dutton's claim most veterans would want medevac laws abolished
Yahoo Daily News 18 Oct 2019
The independent senator Jacqui Lambie has rebuffed Peter Dutton’s claim that “the vast majority of veterans” would want her to abolish the medevac laws, as pressure mounts from all sides to secure her crucial swing vote ... Speaking to Guardian Australia, Lambie disagreed with Dutton’s assessment. Related ... “That has not happened ... Related ... ....
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Plan to close New York’s notorious Rikers jail complex by 2026 approved
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 18 Oct 2019
56 minutes ago. NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to close the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, which has become synonymous with violence and neglect, and replace it with four smaller jails intended to be more modern and humane ... Breaking News. New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex is closing ... https.//t.co/T7fKrenJwZ ... .......
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EU Brexit deal endorsed; next hurdle for Johnson is Parliament
The Malta Independent 18 Oct 2019
He now faces an opponent closer to home. his own Parliament ... ADVERTISEMENT ....
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Venezuela wins seat on UN rights body despite opposition
Springfield News-Sun 17 Oct 2019
Venezuela won a contested election for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday despite a campaign by over 50 organizations and many countries opposed to Nicolas Maduro's government and its rights record ... ....
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India among fastest growing economy despite IMF's projection, says FM
Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2019
India remains among the fastest growing economies of the world and efforts are being made to make it grow faster, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said ... "The IMF (in its latest projections) reduces the growth (rate) for all the global economies ... But even with that, India is still growing as the fastest growing economy," she said....
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Rick Perry, a key figure in Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, will resign as energy secretary
Vox 18 Oct 2019
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry visits Mornings With Maria with anchor Maria Bartiromo at Fox Business Network Studios on September 24, 2019, in New York City. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Perry has found himself at the center of a firestorm involving the president and Ukraine ... It’s unclear, though, when exactly he plans to leave ... ....
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Powerful Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings Dead at 68
Voa News 17 Oct 2019
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the powerful chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems. He was 68 ... House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Rep ... city ... ....
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Angela Merkel to make relations with China top priority when Germany takes on EU presidency ...
South China Morning Post 17 Oct 2019
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