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Iranian media: CIA agent behind Soleimani killing shot down in Afghanistan
The Jerusalem Post 28 Jan 2020
Iranian media claims that “many CIA” officers were killed in a plane crash on Monday. The Taliban initially claimed large numbers of Americans were killed, while Russian media and Iranian media then asserted that a senior CIA officer responsible for killing IRGC general Qasem Soleimani was on board ... ....
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Kobe Bryant’s pilot’s last message showed he was trying to avoid low cloud
Metro UK 28 Jan 2020
Pilot Ara Zobayan was flying in low visibility (Picture. AP). The pilot in Kobe Bryant’s fatal helicopter crash had told air traffic control he was trying to avoid a cloud layer, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said yesterday. When asked what he planned to do after that, there was no reply ... Getty) ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... USA Today)....
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Trump proposes Palestinian state with capital in East Jerusalem
Yahoo Daily News 28 Jan 2020
By Steve Holland. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians taking steps to become self-governing, in an attempt to achieve a peace breakthrough in their decades of conflict with Israel ... U.S ... The U.S ... official said ... [nL8N29X2N9] ... ....
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Two satellites could collide ‘directly’ above a populated area this week, experts warn
Metro UK 28 Jan 2020
Illustration of the space telescope that could be involved in a collision tomorrow (Image. Nasa). A pair of large satellites could smash into each above a populated area tomorrow. That’s the warning from analysts who’ve been monitoring the movements of two orbiting pieces of space junk ... This close encounter will take place above Pittsburgh in the US ... ....
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Nicki Minaj’s brother jailed for raping 11-year-old girl
NME 28 Jan 2020
Nicki Minaj’s Jelani Maraj has been jailed for 25 years to life after he was found guilty of raping an 11-year-old girl. The 41-year-old was sentenced in New York yesterday, some three years after his 2017 conviction for the offence. He was first arrested and charged back in 2015 ... In a statement, Maraj said ... Getty) ... He told Pitchfork ... ....
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Current U.S. government is the worst in America's history: Iran president
Reuters 28 Jan 2020
The current U.S. government is the worst in the history of America, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state TV on Tuesday ... ....
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American Law Does Not Take Rape Seriously
The Atlantic 28 Jan 2020
When Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Superior Court of New York each day, frail, aged, sometimes hobbling on a walker , he settles into a courtroom crowded with spectators and freighted with a legacy of distrust ... Rape is rarely investigated or prosecuted, making sexual assault the easiest violent crime to get away with ... This makes the People v ... ....
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Trump is heading for a major clash with Boris Johnson over Huawei as Republican allies warn 5G deal would rupture UK-US relations
The Times of India 28 Jan 2020
Boris Johnson is set to defy the United States on Tuesday and allow Huawei to help build the UK's 5G network, a move which risks a major diplomatic row with President Trump ... Tim Morrison, a former advisor to President Trump, warned on Monday that approving the Huawei deal could lead Congress to block a UK-US trade deal ... {{}}. ....
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‘Confused and angry’: Brexit unsettles EU citizens in the UK
Artesia Daily Press 28 Jan 2020
LONDON (AP) — Anxious, angry, abandoned. Brexit elicits strong emotions, and as Britain’s departure from the European Union approaches, more than 3 million U.K. residents who are citizens of EU countries are feeling the impending separation more strongly than most ... The U.K ... For others, it’s deeply alienating ... nationals who reside there ... The U.K ... ___ ... ....
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Russia criticizes Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ peace plan
Pravda RU 28 Jan 2020
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the peace plan during a joint meeting at the White House on January 28 ... According to the deal, the West Bank can be given to Israel ... ....
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Billionaire apologises for saying ‘Africa loves you’ to Donald Trump
Belfast Telegraph 28 Jan 2020
A South African billionaire businessman has apologised for telling US President Donald Trump that “Africa loves you” during the World Economic Forum in Davos last week ... In the video, Mr Motsepe can be heard telling Mr Trump during a group dinner that “Africa loves America. Africa loves you. It is very, very important. “We want America to do well ... PA. ....
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China counts 106 virus deaths as US, others move to evacuate
Stars and Stripes 28 Jan 2020
BEIJING — Deaths from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern rose by 25 to at least 106 in China on Tuesday as the United States and other governments prepared to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak ... The U.S ... Japan, France, Mongolia and other governments also planned evacuations ... 9. U.S ... .......
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US Stops Weapons Delivery to Iraq Amid Tensions With Baghdad - Reports
Sputnik 28 Jan 2020photo: AP / Trevor Collens
Federer saves 7 match points, reaches Australian Open semis
Canada Dot Com 28 Jan 2020
Roger Federer, at age 38, showed Tuesday that he still has some magic left. The 20-time Grand Slam champion saved seven match points, all of them in the fourth set, and rallied for a 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3 win over the United States’ Tennys Sandgren in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open ... 100 in the world ... –Field Level Media ....
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Israeli prime minister Netanyahu formally indicted in court on corruption charges
The Irish Times 28 Jan 2020
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted in court on Tuesday on corruption charges after he withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution ... The immunity bid seemed doomed to fail from the beginning since Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, lacked sufficient votes in the legislature for approval ... Rival ... ....
