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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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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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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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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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Catalan president blames 'infiltrators' for violent protests
The Guardian 17 Oct 2019photo: AP / Emrah Gurel
Syria conflict: Kurds urge humanitarian corridor to evacuate dead and wounded
The Independent 17 Oct 2019
Kurdish authorities have called for a humanitarian corridor along the frontline of the battle with Turkish forces in northern Syria, saying hundreds of civilians and teams of medics were trapped within the ferocious fighting ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Shape Created with Sketch ... Show all 25 ... 1/25 ... EPA. 2/25 ... 3/25....
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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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Ethiopian Airlines crash: families to subpoena US operators of 737 Max
The Guardian 17 Oct 2019
Lawyers representing families of passengers killed in a Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in March are set to issue subpoenas to Southwest Airlines and American Airlines, the two biggest US operators of the jet, according to documents seen by Reuters. The subpoenas will be issued over the next couple of days....
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How the jailing of pro-independence leaders triggered unrest in Catalonia
CNN 17 Oct 2019
(CNN)Roadblocks, street clashes and burning containers. furious protests across Catalonia continued for a fourth day on Thursday, triggered by the lengthy prison sentences handed to pro-independence politicians this week ... "The streets will always be ours," protesters have been chanting ... But how did it come to this?. Read More ... Who are the protesters? ... ....
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Erdogan's actions mean Turkey’s ultimate destiny lies towards the East – and not with Nato
The National 17 Oct 2019
They have been fighting forever ... — Donald J ... Despite the SDF’s heroic performance in helping to destroy ISIS and its self-proclaimed caliphate, Mr Trump now says that the Kurds are “not angels”, and that it might be necessary for Syria and Turkey to “fight it out” over who ultimately controls the Kurdish-occupied territory in northern Syria ... Updated ... ....
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China bans importation of black clothing into Hong Kong
The Irish Times 17 Oct 2019
Chinese authorities have clamped down on the importation of black clothing into Hong Kong in an attempt to stifle ongoing protests, as well as a host of other items associated with the increasingly violent street demonstrations ... “There are extra checks on everything going into Hong Kong now, so we tell customers to expect delays ... Looming recession ... ....
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