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Canada says second citizen ‘missing’ in China
Raw Story 13 Dec 2018
A second Canadian citizen who has been questioned by authorities in China is “presently missing”, Canadian officials said Thursday, adding to tensions following the arrest of a top Chinese telecom executive on a US request in Vancouver. The Canadian foreign ministry identified the second.. ... ....
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Monk Meditating in Forest Killed by Leopard After Being Warned Not to Go
Newsweek 13 Dec 2018
A monk has been attacked and killed by a leopard while meditating in a forest in India’s western Maharashtra state. The holy man, identified by the BBC as Rahul Walke, was killed in the Tadoba forest, part of the large Tadoba Andhari National Park which doubles as a tiger reserve. Read More. Men in cage used as bait to catch man-eating leopard....
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Apple goes big in Austin; ECB meeting; Brexit nerves
CNN 13 Dec 2018
London (CNN Business)1. Apple goes big in Austin. Apple (APPL) said Thursday that it will invest $1 billion to build a new campus in Austin, Texas. The tech firm also said it would establish new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City. It will expand operations in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder ... 2. Europe puts its bazooka away ... Read More ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... ....
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Mexican president says he and Trump discussed joint program on migration
Reuters 13 Dec 2018
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke by telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday and discussed the issue of migration, he said in a tweet ... ....
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Senate Expected To Vote To End Military Support For Saudi Arabian War In Yemen
WorldNews.com 12 Dec 2018
In an historic rebuke to both Saudi Arabia and the Trump administration, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution Wednesday evening demanding an end to U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia’s ongoing war in Yemen, National Public Radio reported ... Bernie Sanders told NPR ... The U.S ... Chris Murphy and Sen....
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Pancreatitis is a lifestyle disease now: Docs
The Times of India 13 Dec 2018
Nagpur. The incidence of pancreatitis (inflammation in pancreas) is growing at an alarming pace in the city. Last year (November 2017 to November 2018), 72 patients were admitted to Seven Star Hospital alone. Of these 59 were males and 47 of them developed pancreatitis owing to excessive alcohol consumption ... “Cholesterol lipid profile is changing ... 3000....
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UK leader seeks EU lifeline after surviving confidence vote
Myrtle Beach Online 13 Dec 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking a lifeline from European Union leaders after winning a no-confidence vote triggered by Conservative lawmakers unhappy with her Brexit plan ... SIGN UP ... SUBSCRIBE NOW. #ReadLocal .......
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Theresa May is using the political tactics of the Middle East's dictators to delay her own demise
The Independent 13 Dec 2018
To postpone a vote – or to “defer” the vote, as Theresa May decided to do this week – is a common enough habit among the dictators and kings of the Middle East. They are always worried that the wrong side may win when the government faces a vote. That’s why Chadli Bendjedid postponed the second round of parliamentary elections in Algeria in 1991....
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UN pushes Yemen rivals for truce at Sweden talks
This is Money 13 Dec 2018
Yemen's warring parties are in the rural Swedish village of Rimbofor UN-brokered talks, now in their seventh day, seeking agreement on key issues including a cessation of hostilities in Hodeida port, the main entry point for imported food and aid ... The four sources requested anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the press ... ....
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Qualcomm seeks iPhone import ban, stepping up patent fight
South China Morning Post 13 Dec 2018
Qualcomm Inc. persuaded a US trade agency to consider banning imports of Apple Inc. iPhones that use Intel Corp. chips, though the agency appeared to be grappling with ways to forge a compromise that would protect America’s dominance in the next generation of phone technology ... ....
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Eritrean president arrives for first visit to Somalia, minister says
This is Money 13 Dec 2018photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici
Train crash in Turkish capital leaves nine dead and dozens injured
Belfast Telegraph 13 Dec 2018
A high-speed train has hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital, killing nine people and injuring 47 others, officials said ... The high-speed train normally passes through that station without stopping. The aftermath of the crash (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) ... Rescue services work at the scene (DHA/AP) ... ....
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France ready to take Strasbourg suspect dead or alive, says government spokesman
This is Money 13 Dec 2018
By John Irish and Gilbert Reilhac. STRASBOURG, France, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Hundreds of police scoured eastern France on Thursday for a fugitive gunman behind a deadly Strasbourg Christmas market attack that left two people dead and six others fighting for their lives ... "It doesn't matter. The best thing would be to find him as quickly as possible." ... ....
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Trump intervention comment may be gift to Huawei CFO
The Star 13 Dec 2018photo: AP / Thibault Camus
