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Saudi king backs son amid furor over Khashoggi murder
The Jakarta Post 20 Nov 2018
In a show of defiance, the prince will come face-to-face with international leaders from Turkey, the United States and other European nations at the two-day summit that begins November 30 ... "Effectively, he is daring his international critics to put their rhetoric into action and betting that they won't."....
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Judge bars US from enforcing Trump asylum ban
The Himalayan 20 Nov 2018
HOUSTON. A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally ... ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt said that some people seeking asylum cross between official ports because “they’re in real danger,” either in their countries of origin or in Mexico ... ....
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Trump pressed to levy harsh US response to Khashoggi killing
The State 20 Nov 2018
Germany on Monday announced that it has banned 18 Saudi nationals from entering Europe's border-free Schengen zone because of their suspected connections to the killing ... The United States has stepped up its opposition to Saudi Arabia's war against Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen....
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Brussels attack: Police officer stabbed in Belgium's capital before attacker shot
The Independent 20 Nov 2018
The leaders of France and Germany jointly remember the victims of European wars, presenting also a united front in countering global turmoil stoked by US President Donald Trump ... Voters cast their ballots at the Tuttle Park Recreation Center polling location in Columbus, Ohio ... Magareb prayer for many, was their last....
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4 fatal shootings across the US mark the beginning of the holiday week
WPTV 20 Nov 2018
Attacks in a Chicago hospital, on a Denver street, at a suburban St ... When officers responded to the scene, the gunman opened fire on them before they could exit their vehicle ... St ... The victims -- two men and two women who appeared to have been in their 30s -- each were shot in the head, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross told reporters ... ....
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Brexit: Theresa May goes to Brussels for critical talks with Jean Claude Juncker
The Independent 20 Nov 2018
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Being bullied at work can increase risk of heart attack, stroke
Deccan Chronicle 20 Nov 2018
. Although the study does not show that workplace bullying or violence directly cause cardiovascular problems, researchers said that their results are robust and have important implications for employers and national governments ... The more bullying or violence that was encountered, the greater the risk of CVD ... ....
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey condemned for 'hate mongering' against India's Brahmins
The Independent 20 Nov 2018
Several prominent Indians, including TV Mohandas Pai, a former finance chief of software exporter Infosys, accused Dorsey of "hate mongering" against Brahmins ... Dalits are at the bottom of the social hierarchy in Hinduism - when it hosted a closed-door discussion with a group of women to know more about their experience using Twitter ... ....
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Italy orders seizure of migrant rescue ship amid waste concerns
RTE 20 Nov 2018
Italy has ordered the seizure of migrant rescue ship Aquarius for alleged illegal waste treatment, Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) said today ... During the same period Italy has seen 600,000 migrants land on its coastline, while other European nations have closed their borders. ....
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Dead whale washes up on Indonesian beach with over 1,000 pieces of plastic in its stomach
The Independent 20 Nov 2018
Chimpanzees have been documented rocking back and forth, sucking their lips, salivating and swaying against enclosure perimeters in distress ... Unfortunately, people are often unaware that these animals are captured in the wild and torn from their families or traded between different parks around the world....
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Van Dijk consoles grieving referee with 'tears in his eyes'
RTE 20 Nov 2018
Holland captain Virgil Van Dijk has revealed why he consoled referee Ovidiu Hategan at the end of Monday's 2-2 draw with Germany in Gelsenkirchen ... The Romanian official appeared to wipe tears from his eyes. And Van Dijk was quoted by Voetbal International as saying....
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Trump says he loves the military, but he keeps insulting its members
CNN 20 Nov 2018
Read More ... Gen ... Stanley McChrystal, who lost his job as commander of US forces in Afghanistan after he and some of his colleagues were quoted mocking Vice President Joe Biden and other civilian officials in 2010, said on CNN's "Newsroom" on Monday that soldiers in the field need confidence in their commander in chief and what he stands for ... ....
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Ivanka Trump used personal email for government business: report
Gulf News 20 Nov 2018
Washington. The US president's daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump used a personal email account for government business in violation of federal records rules, The Washington Post reported Monday ... ....
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Ivanka Trump Used Private Email Account For Government Business During 2017
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
... “Ms ... “There is no reasonable suggestion that she didn’t know better ... Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner established their personal emails with the domain "ijkfamily.com" in December 2016 while they were preparing to move to Washington with Kushner planning to join the White House staff, according to people familiar with the investigation ... ....
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For hard-right revolutionaries, Brexit is cover for a different end
The Guardian 20 Nov 2018
Leaving Europe is only a part of their revolutionary project, a means not an end ... Their seminal work in 2012 was Britannia Unchained, written with other 2010 young turks, Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng, Priti Patel and Chris Skidmore ... Their dominant theme is “private-good, public-malign”....
