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Friday, November 30, 2018
House Democrats nominate Pelosi to be next speaker
U.S. House of Representatives Democrats voted on Wednesday to nominate Nancy Pelosi to be the next speaker of the chamber. Pelosi, 78, who held the speakership from January 2007 to January 2011 and currently is House Democratic leader, still must be formally elected in early January in a vote by the entire House. A small group of Democrats have been maneuvering to deny her a victory in that vote. Democrats' wins in this month's congressional elections gave them a majority in the House over Republicans, who maintained their majority in the Senate.
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Argentina prosecutor takes on case against Mohammed bin Salman
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, ahead of the G20 summit. A prosecutor in Argentina has accepted a request to prosecute Mohammed bin Salman for alleged crimes against humanity, hours after the Saudi Arabia crown prince arrived in the country for the G20 summit.
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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Michael Cohen’s New Guilty Plea
Doomed Lion Air jet was 'not airworthy' on penultimate flight
Next US moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA
California AG Considering Legal Challenge to Use of Force on Border
California attorney general Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that his office is “monitoring” the use of force against a caravan of migrants and the possible closure of the southern border and considering filing a legal challenge. “We have been approached by folks who have expressed complaints,” Becerra told Reuters in an interview. Becerra, a Democrat and former member of Congress, suggested that president Trump’s threat to close the border in response to the influx of central American migrants arriving in caravans might provide a legal avenue to challenge the administration, provided the border closure affects a California resident.
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Senate Panel Delays Vote On Trump's Pick To Lead ICE Over Tweet Critical Of President
Town threatens to shut down man's Christmas lights
The Latest: Alderman rejects plea deal; heads to trial
President cheers as Ukraine on cusp of church independence
Poroshenko's comments came after the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, home to the global spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, announced it had drafted a constitutional charter for an "autocephalous", or self-governing, Ukrainian church. Ukraine's push to create an independent church has incensed Moscow at a time of escalating crisis between the two neighbors following Russia's capture of three Ukrainian vessels that Kiev fears may be a precursor to a full-scale invasion. Relations collapsed following Russia's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and the outbreak of a Kremlin-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 10,000 people.
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Nancy Pelosi Wins Democratic Speaker Nomination
China orders halt to baby gene-editing activities: state TV
China's science ministry has ordered that people involved in the controversial baby gene-editing experiment halt their activities, a government official told state media Thursday. The ministry "firmly opposes the baby gene-editing incident and has already demanded that the relevant organisation suspend the scientific activities of relevant personnel," a ministry official said, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The National Health Commission is investigating the claims.
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Ukraine bars Russian men from entering country
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Mueller focused on tip about WikiLeaks plans, document shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller's team believes a conservative author and conspiracy theorist tipped off Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone months before WikiLeaks released thousands of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to a document newly made public.
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'Unruly' young boy upstages Pope Francis
A young boy upstaged Pope Francis on Wednesday, escaping from his mother and running onto the papal podium at a general audience, tugging on the hand of a Swiss guardsman and playing behind the pontiff's chair. Pope Francis told her to let him carry on playing. As she left the stage, a smiling Francis leaned towards Bishop Georg Ganswein sitting next to him and whispered: "He is Argentinian.
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Jerome Corsi, Roger Stone, and the Austin Powers Theory of Russian Collusion
At the risk of oversimplifying, there are two broad “Russian collusion” theories. The other just got a slight boost yesterday when Jerome Corsi provided to the Washington Post what appears to be a draft statement of offense from the special counsel’s office. The James Bond theory is fading.
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How WikiLeaks, Paul Manafort And Roger Stone Fit Into The Mueller Investigation
Cindy Hyde-Smith's Response To Whether She Regrets Racist Comments: 'I'm A Cowgirl'
Mueller court documents suggest Trump campaign advisor was tipped off about Wikileaks data dump
Robert Mueller's office is aware of emails sent to Trump confidant Roger Stone tipping him off about "very damaging" data dumps Wikileaks released during the 2016 presidential election, a draft court document has revealed. The emails, detailed within in draft court documents, were sent by right-wing commentator Jerome Corsi to Mr Stone — who was serving as a campaign adviser to Donald Trump — two months before the data dumps were published online. Mr Stone has denied any involvement in the release of the emails.
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Putin defiant on Ukraine crisis despite Trump summit talks threat
Russia seized the Ukrainian vessels and their crews on Sunday near Crimea, the Ukrainian region which Moscow annexed in 2014, over what it said was their illegal entry into Russian waters, which Ukraine denies. Some of Ukraine's Western allies have also raised the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Russia over the episode, which could deliver a blow to the Russian economy. Putin said he also still hoped to meet Trump at the G20, while the Kremlin said the meeting was still being prepared and Washington had not informed Moscow it was off.
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Senate Advances Judicial Nominee Known For Weakening Black Voters' Rights
Merkel declines to come to Ukraine's aid amid Russian military standoff
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, on Thursday declined to come to Ukraine's aid after its president appealed for help to block Russian aggression. Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, appealed to Nato on Thursday, asking for naval support in the standoff with Russia and accused the neighboring state of wanting to annex the Sea of Azov. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Mr Poroshenko called Germany one of Ukraine's “closest allies” and urged it - together with other Nato countries - to deploy naval ships to aid his country after Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels near Crimea on Sunday. “We simply cannot accept this aggressive policy, originally there was Crimea, then eastern Ukraine, now the Sea of Azov,” he said in the interview. Mrs Merkel blamed Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, for the tensions, but warned that there is “no military solution” to the conflict in the region. Crimean bridge map “We ask the Ukrainian side too to be sensible because we know that we can only solve things through being reasonable and through dialogue," Mrs Merkel said during her opening speech at the annual German-Ukrainian economic forum in Berlin on Thursday. Nato, which Ukraine hopes to join, called on Russia to release the captured vessels and the crews, but didn’t say it had any plans to send its naval forces to the region. The incident over the weekend marked the most serious escalation of the conflict between the states since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Russian officials insist that the Ukrainian vessels breached its border on Sunday morning and later attempted dangerous manoeuvres in Russia’s territorial waters. Mr Putin defended Russia’s actions on Wednesday, accusing Mr Poroshenko of organising a provocation in an attempt to boost his poor ratings ahead of the next year’s presidential elections. Recent polls suggest that roughly 10 percent of the electorate would vote for the incumbent president. Ukraine has denied any wrongdoing and imposed martial law in the country’s regions bordering Russia for 30 days. Mr Poroshenko called on Europe to introduce new sanctions and re-think Nord Stream-2, an undersea pipeline project that would increase Russia’s gas direct supplies to Germany. Ukraine, which currently earns transit fees from piping Russian gas to Europe, has objected the project. Ihor Voronchenko, the Ukrainian Navy Commander, said Thursday that Kiev would also seek a ban on passage for Russian vessels through the Bosporus Strait. Meanwhile, Russian state media reported that the country’s Black Sea Fleet had deployed a battalion of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, the fourth one, to north Crimea, and also plans to build a new missile early-warning radar station there. Crimean courts put all 24 captured Ukrainian servicemen suspected of breaching the Russian state border under pre-trial two-month arrest. Ukraine's infrastructure minister, Volodymyr Omelyan, on Thursday accused Russia of imposing a de facto blockade on two Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov by preventing ships from leaving and entering the sea via the Kerch Strait. The Kremlin’s spokesman denied any restrictions for shipping in the area, saying that no problems had been reported. Mrs Merkel said she was going to discuss the crisis with Putin during the G20 summit, which starts Friday in Argentina.
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Trump Floats Potential Pardon For Paul Manafort In Mueller Probe
Europe rebuffs Ukrainian calls for action in Russia standoff
European leaders rebuffed calls from Ukraine for greater support against Russia on Thursday, after Kiev urged NATO to send ships into waters disputed with Moscow. German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Kiev to be "sensible" following the request from President Petro Poroshenko, just hours after the European Union failed to agree to threaten new sanctions against Moscow. Kiev has called on Western allies to back expressions of support with concrete action after Russian forces on Sunday seized three Ukrainian ships off the coast of Crimea.
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Heatwave Britain could see rise in violence, suicide and self harm, major report warns
Hotter summers will drive a spike in violence, suicide and self harm, the authors of a major study into the health impacts of climate change have warned. More than 150 experts from fields including climate science, health, engineering, agriculture and transport have assessed the implications of global warming on populations and warned that sweltering summers could have unexpected side effects. The new Countdown on Health and Climate Change report published in The Lancet warns that climate change ‘aggravates’ risks to mental health and wellbeing and increases aggression, violence, self-harm and suicide. Extreme events could also spark psychological problems such post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorder, and depression. Speaking at a briefing in Central London Dr Nick Watts, Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown, said: “Heat also has effects in terms of what it does to our mental health. “We know that in periods of hot weather there are spikes in violence, suicide and depression. “This is most evident in a few countries like Australia but we’re now developing ways of considering that across the world.” How hot is 2018 compared to previous summers? Research suggests that extreme heat can seriously impact brain chemistry, damaging neurotransmitters which regulate emotion. Heat is also known to increase testosterone production, which can promote aggression. Studies in the US and Australia have found that increases in mean temperature by just 1C can see suicides rise more than two per cent and increase the number of people attending A&E through self harm by 0.7 per cent. Adelaide researchers also found rising temperatures led to significant increases in admissions to A&E for assaults and an increase in ambulance call-outs by four per cent, while mental health admissions increased by six per cent. A study in 2015 found droughts lead to an increase in farmers committing suicide while last year soaring temperatures was linked to collective violence. This week a climate change report from the Met Office warned that heatwave summers such as experienced in Britain this summer would become normal in the coming decades, with temperatures rising by more than 5C. Heatwave | Read more Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “When it comes to heatwaves in the UK, a sense of triviality often prevails – ‘bumper summer temperatures’ or ‘barbecue weather’ are more likely headlines than any focusing on the threat to our health. “GPs and our teams witnessed the effects of this summer’s heatwave first-hand, and they are anything but trivial.” The report found that on average, everyone on Earth was exposed to an additional 1.4 days of heatwave between 2000 and 2017 compared with the period 1986-2005. And while average global temperatures rose by 0.3 per cent between 1986 and 2017 the impact on human populations was much greater. The average temperature increase people were exposed to over the same period was 0.8C. Heat rising above physiological limits also made sustained work more difficult or impossible, the authors said. In 2017, 153 billion hours of labour were lost due to heat exposure, an increase of 62 billion hours since 2000.
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Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin Amid Ukraine-Russia Conflicts
Yahoo News Explains: The cost of Trump’s tariff war
General Motors recently announced its plan to cut more than 14,000 jobs. Earlier this year, the car manufacturer warned the Trump administration about the cost of his tariff war. Trump lashed out at GM after its job reduction announcement and allegedly told its CEO that she “better” reopen plants in the U.S. soon.
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Trevor Noah Blasts Paul Manafort For 'Resting Snitch Face'
Safely on Mars, InSight unfolds its arrays and snaps some pics
After safely landing on Mars following its nearly seven month journey, NASA has released the first pictures taken by its InSight spacecraft, which has opened it solar arrays to charge batteries. The $993 million lander, which landed on Monday and appears to be in good shape, will soon begin unfolding its robotic arm and deploying its quake-sensors on the Martian surface. NASA engineers are planning to begin work with its robotic arm soon, but are proceeding with caution.
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US indicts Iranians over hospital ransomware attacks
The US Justice Department charged two Iranian hackers Wednesday with extorting at least $6 million from hospitals, city governments and public institutions in the US and Canada by remotely locking down their computer systems. The DOJ said Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri deployed the SamSam Ransomware into the systems of more than 200 institutions, encrypting their operations to make them inaccessible until the owners paid ransoms by bitcoin. Victims included the city governments of Atlanta, Georgia and Newark, New Jersey, the University of Calgary in Canada, major US hospitals in Los Angeles and Kansas City, and Laboratory Corporation of America, or LabCorp, one of the world's largest medical testing businesses.
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Soaking rain, flash floods in California could pose a risk of mudslides near wildfire-scorched areas
Nancy Pelosi Wins Democratic Speaker Nomination
Trump vows to retaliate against GM
Senate Panel Delays Vote On Trump's Pick To Lead ICE Over Tweet Critical Of President
Melania Trump Thinks White House's Red Christmas Trees 'Look Fantastic'
EU plays it cautious over Ukraine-Russia tensions
The European Union is aiming to de-escalate tensions between Kiev and Moscow this week after Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships and their crew, worrying about putting fuel on the fire, diplomats and analysts say. The bloc is aware of the risk of playing hardball against Russia, which has been locked in a low-level militarised conflict with Ukraine for nearly five years. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Bild newspaper she wanted Ukraine to be "sensible" and help lower tensions through dialogue.
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Trump Floats Potential Pardon For Paul Manafort In Mueller Probe
California AG Considering Legal Challenge to Use of Force on Border
California attorney general Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that his office is “monitoring” the use of force against a caravan of migrants and the possible closure of the southern border and considering filing a legal challenge. “We have been approached by folks who have expressed complaints,” Becerra told Reuters in an interview. Becerra, a Democrat and former member of Congress, suggested that president Trump’s threat to close the border in response to the influx of central American migrants arriving in caravans might provide a legal avenue to challenge the administration, provided the border closure affects a California resident.
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Mandatory evacuations underway in California due to mudslides
Trump outsources his Twitter rage to fan and parody accounts
Federal authorities raid office of Chicago alderman
Trump says he may pull out of Putin meeting over Russia-Ukraine crisis: 'I don't like aggression'
Donald Trump has suggested he may cancel a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in response to Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian naval ships. “Maybe I won’t even have the meeting,” he told The Washington Post. The comments were Mr Trump’s strongest criticism of the Kremlin since Russian border forces shot at and seized the Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea on Sunday.
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Drug lord who changed his face testifies against 'El Chapo'
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
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Russia-Ukraine crisis clouds G20 summit in Buenos Aires
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Charlottesville driver Alex Fields Jr acted in anger, trial told
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Berta Cáceres: Seven convicted of murdering anti-dam activist
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South Korean train crosses DMZ into North Korea
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Whale stranding: Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ
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MeToo founder Tarana Burke: Campaign now 'unrecognisable'
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Australian students in mass climate protest
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Michael Cohen in court: Trump ex-lawyer admits lying to Congress
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Merkel's plane makes unscheduled landing after technical hitch
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Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking girl's name
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Georgia woman jailed as 'cops mistake candy floss for meth'
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G20: So how does the summit work?
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Michael Cohen: What Trump lashing out at his ex-lawyer reveals
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How Disney's Wreck It Ralph is challenging Disney's stereotypes
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'Miss Environment': The 11-year-old girl 'saving Lagos'
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Syrian on 'sound and smell of freedom' after months in airport
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How do you make a vinyl record?
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Like Ali v Frazier, how Magnus Carlsen kept his World Chess title after 50 hours and 12 draws
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Starbucks to block porn on free wi-fi in US
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Shenzhen Half Marathon: Traffic cameras catch cheats taking shortcut
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China employees fined for walking fewer than 180,000 steps
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Sabarimala: India activist held for 'explicit' thigh photo
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The French village that fears for its British community
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Carmichael project: Visiting Australia's controversial Adani mine
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'Hermione has taught me how to be angry'
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Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 November 2018
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Republicans Sink Trump Judicial Nominee Hostile To Black Voters' Rights
House Democrats agree: It's time for the same generation
Police Arrest Suspect In Thanksgiving Day Shooting At Alabama Mall
Evacuations ordered in California amid mudslide and flash flood fears
Yahoo News Explains: The cost of Trump’s tariff war
General Motors recently announced its plan to cut more than 14,000 jobs. Earlier this year, the car manufacturer warned the Trump administration about the cost of his tariff war. Trump lashed out at GM after its job reduction announcement and allegedly told its CEO that she “better” reopen plants in the U.S. soon.
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