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Hunter shoots deer with two heads. One was already dead
scmp.com - Tribune News Service
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources posted a photo last week on Facebook of an unusual harvest: a deer with two heads. One head …
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Rohingya
Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness
Reuters - by Shoon Naing
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar police shot and injured four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling people out of a camp for displaced people in western Rakhine state, a witness
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National Crime Agency
From a Czech warehouse to a street near you: the journey of a gun
The Guardian - Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
On the outskirts of Hlučín, beside a sports bar and pizza joint, is a two-storey warehouse increasingly familiar to British criminals and police. Here, a short stroll from the rolling farmland of the Czech
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Haunting photos show Argentine submarine wreck in its Atlantic grave 800 metres deep
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Hours after announcing the discovery of an Argentine submarine lost deep in the Atlantic a year ago with 44 crew members aboard, the government said …
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Downing Street
Ex-Brexit minister: May not standing up to EU bullies
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Britain's former Brexit secretary has slammed Prime Minister Theresa May for lacking political will and resolve when dealing with the European Union over Brexit negotiations. Dominic Raab,
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China
Interpol meets to select new president after China's arrest
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next Image 1 of 2 prev Image 2 of 2 Police chiefs from around the world gathered in Dubai on Sunday for Interpol's general assembly to select a new president after the agency's former leader was detained
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Mike Pence
Apec summit: Mike Pence warns of China's ‘constricting belt’ and ‘one-way road’
The Guardian - Agence France-Presse
Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations battled to paper over gaping differences after a sharp exchange of words between the United States and China at the annual Apec gathering. The summit in Papua New has
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Developing Countries
China says no developing country will fall into debt trap by cooperating with China
Reuters - by Michael Martina and Xu Muyu
FILE PHOTO: Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of China's Foreign Ministry, speaks at a regular news conference in Beijing, China, January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s foreign ministry
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News Industry
Liberman was not as hawkish as he claims, Security Cabinet ministers say
jpost.com - Lahav Harkov
“I don’t ever remember him asking the IDF to present alternatives, for a broader attack,” Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan added. > • > Defense …
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'Stingray' attack kills Australian man in Tasmania
bbc.co.uk
A 42-year-old man has died after a suspected stingray attack off the Tasmanian coast, Australian police say. They said the man developed a cardiac arrest after "sustaining a puncture to his lower abdomen"
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Central America
Cold welcome for migrant caravan at US border
Euronews - euronews
After spending more than a month walking some 4,000 kilometers to the US-Mexico border, the Central American migrant caravan is facing a desperate situation. It arrived to a cold welcome in Tijuana and
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Pope Francis
Pope: the din of 'ever more rich' drown out cries of poor
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is praying with thousands of poor people in the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica and decrying that the "few rich" grow even wealthier. The Catholic Church dedicated Sunday
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North Korea
North Korea's new 'tactical' weapon test highlights military modernization
Reuters - By Hyonhee Shin
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's claim last week that it had tested an unidentified "ultramodern tactical weapon" highlighted its desire to upgrade its conventional arms and reassure its military even talks
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEC leaders fail to agree on joint statement amid US-China tensions
DW News - DW English
It is the first time that world leaders meeting at the APEC summit have been unable to sign a final joint communique. The gathering in Papua New …
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Ashraf Ghani
U.S. peace envoy hopes for deal with Taliban in 2019: media
Reuters - by Rupam Jain
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan hopes to cement a peace deal with Taliban insurgents by April 2019, local media reported on Sunday. The U.S. envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, who is in to
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Northern California
North California fire: Death toll at 76, more than 1,000 missing
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Trump visits affected area as 1,300 still unaccounted for more than a week after deadly Camp Fire hit western state. The death toll from wildfires in Northern California has risen to 76, with thousands
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Congo health workers face violence as Ebola virus spreads
CNN - By Jennifer Hauser and Susannah Cullinane, CNN
(CNN) — The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise as violence hampers health workers' efforts to battle the virus. There are now 358 cases of Ebola and
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Meng Hongwei
‘It’s not justice’: wife of detained Interpol chief faces down China
The Guardian - Emma Graham-Harrison in Lyon
Slight, urbane and with a doctorate in economics, Grace Meng seems an unlikely candidate to take on the might of the Chinese state. Until last month she was living in expatriate obscurity in the French
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Environment
Rain on the way as search for missing continues after California wildfires
Reuters - By Terray Sylvester and Steve Holland
PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) - Rain is on the way for fire-scorched and smoke-choked northern California, forecasters said on Sunday, as the search for the dead and missing continued after the state's most
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Emmanuel Macron
France ‘yellow vest’ protests turn violent as President Macron’s popularity plummets
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A protester was accidentally killed and more than 220 injured as tens of thousands of people blocked roads across France in a “yellow vest” protest …
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Hamas: IDF commandos killed in Gaza raid sent to plant listening devices
jpost.com - Anna Ahronheim
Brandishing IDF Glock handgun, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar warns next round of rockets to target Tel Aviv. > • > An Israeli soldier stands next to an …
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Sikhism
Bikers hurl grenade at religious gathering in India, three killed
Reuters - By Nidhi Verma
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two men on motorcycles threw a grenade at a Sikh religious gathering of about 250 people in Amritsar city in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Sunday, killing three and injuring
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Ashraf Ghani
Taliban hold talks with US envoy in Qatar
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The Taliban have held three days of talks with U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the Afghan insurgent group has a political office, a Taliban official and another individual
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Norwegians protest against restricting abortion as PM tries to cling to power
Euronews - euronews
Thousands in cities across Norway have been protesting against proposals to restrict women’s access to abortion. “My body my right” and “Defend abortion” were among the messages scrawled on banners and
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Angela Merkel
Macron, Merkel seek common approaches to Trump, euro
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, both limping in the polls, are looking for common approaches to Donald Trump and fixing the flaws in the
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel's Netanyahu makes 'last effort' to save government
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister says he is making a "last effort" to prevent the collapse of his government. Benjamin Netanyahu says Sunday that it would be wrong to go to early elections during
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Judiciary
Interpol renews arrest warrant for MOL's CEO, Croatia says
Reuters - by Igor Ilic
ZAGREB (Reuters) - International police organisation Interpol has decided to renew an arrest warrant for the head of Hungarian energy group MOL issued by Croatia, Croatian police said, while MOL on Sunday
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu in political showdown to avoid early Israeli election
Reuters
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would make a last-ditch effort on Sunday to avoid the collapse of a coalition government weakened by the resignation of his defence
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu: Early election could bring Intifada-level disaster
jpost.com - Lahav Harkov
In 1992, Yitzhak Shamir was voted out of office and replaced by Yitzhak Rabin, and in 1999 it was Netanyahu who was followed by Ehud Barak as prime …
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Daphne Caruana Galizia
Malta police identify suspected journalist murder masterminds: report
Reuters - by Christopher Scicluna
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Investigators have identified a group of at least three Maltese nationals who they believe masterminded the killing of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia 13 months The