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France tells Trump to stop interfering in its politics
News24 10 Dec 2018
US president has published a series of tweets criticising Emmanuel Macron's policies and his low approval rating ... ....
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Trump 'at center of massive fraud against Americans', top Democrat says
The Guardian 09 Dec 2018
New court filings show Donald Trump was “at the center of a massive fraud” against the American people, the incoming chair of the House judiciary committee said on Sunday. Mob mentality. how Mueller is working to turn Trump's troops. Read more ... “Whether they are important enough to justify an impeachment is a different question,” he said ... Read more ... .......
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Lion Air says November passenger numbers fell less than 5 percent after deadly crash
Reuters 10 Dec 2018photo: AP / Emrah Gurel
‘I can’t breathe’, Khashoggi’s last words
The Siasat Daily 10 Dec 2018
Washington. “I can’t breathe,” were the last words uttered by Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he was killed by a Saudi hit squad at the country’s consulate in Istanbul in October, a CNN report said ... “You are coming back,” the man says. “You can’t do that,” Khashoggi replies ... IANS. ....
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Pakistan continues to harbour terrorists, US should not give it even one dollar: Nikki Haley
DNA India 10 Dec 2018
Pakistan continues to harbour terrorists that turn around and kill American soldiers, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said, asserting that Washington should not give Islamabad even a dollar until it addresses the issue ... I think we just blindly allow money to keep going without thinking that this is real leverage ... Use the billion dollars ... ....
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James Bond's brisk martini consumption puts him 'well into the fatal range'
Canberra Times 10 Dec 2018
Close viewings of 24 Bond movies from 1962 to 2015 show the secret agent has engaged in some very dangerous activity while inebriated ... ....
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Tesla’s Elon Musk on ’60 Minutes’: ‘I do not respect the SEC’
The Tribune San Luis Obispo 10 Dec 2018
Elon Musk stuck a finger in the SEC's eye Sunday night on "60 Minutes." "I want to be clear. I do not respect the SEC. I do not respect them," ... ....
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Astronomers find a treasure trove of planets hiding in dust
The Siasat Daily 10 Dec 2018
Bejing. “Super-Earths” and Neptune-sized planets could be forming around young stars in much greater numbers than scientists thought, a new research by an international team of astronomers suggests ... The research, published in the Astrophysical Journal, helps scientists better understand how our own solar system came to be ... Source. IANS. ....
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Australia overtakes Qatar as world's biggest LNG exporter - Refinitiv data
Yahoo Daily News 10 Dec 2018photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim
Saudis reject extraditions to Turkey over Khashoggi murder
This is Money 09 Dec 2018
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks during in the capital Riyadh during a summit of Gulf Cooperation Council states on December 9, 2018. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Sunday rejected demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as sought by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... ....
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New Zealand PM apologises over young British backpacker's murder
Independent online (SA) 10 Dec 2018
Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern choked back tears on Monday while offering a heartfelt apology to the family of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, as the man accused of killing the young traveller made his first court appearance ... The image was captured on Saturday night, about 7.15 p.m ... Picture ... AFP ....
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Indian tycoon Mallya to find out extradition fate
Arab News 10 Dec 2018
LONDON. Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya will appear in a London court on Monday to find out whether he will be extradited to his homeland, where he is accused of fraud. Mallya, chairman of the UB Group drinks conglomerate and chief executive of the Force India Formula One team, will discover his fate at Westminster Magistrates’ Court ... Main category....
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Kenya's president hires 91-year-old to secure youth sports fund
Joy Online 10 Dec 2018
Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, appointed former vice president, Moody Awori, to an oversight board that will manage the sports, art and social development fund ... Kenyatta, however, defended his decision, saying he chose Awori over ‘young people’, in the interest of securing the fund from corruption ... ....
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Trump commits to $750 bn defence budget
Sify 10 Dec 2018
Washington. US President Donald Trump has agreed to a request from Defence Secretary James Mattis to propose a defence budget of $750 billion for the coming year, according to an administration official. Last week, Trump appeared to call the Defence Department budget of $716 billion "crazy" in a tweet ... Col ... ....
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Former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn charged with financial misconduct
The Observer 10 Dec 2018
Prosecutors in Japan have charged the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn with under-reporting his income by tens of millions of pounds, as the fallout from the scandal threatened to engulf other senior executives ... Nissan crisis sheds new light on Japan Inc’s awkward secrets. Read more ... That’s not surprising ... That becomes the main focus now.” ... It added....
