Turkey begins military offensive in Syria, days after Trump announced pullback of US troops
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President Trump's lawyers said the President and his administration won't cooperate in an ongoing impeachment inquiry
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Military police declare strike in Bahia, Brazil
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Norway decides against participation in NATO missile defence system
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Swedish King Carl Gustaf removes grandchildren from royal house – observers say move reflects a wider view that there is no need to pay so many members of the royal family
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Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if their websites are not accessible
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Harry Dunn crash: Chief constable demands suspect's return to UK
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US to step aside for Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria
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Second whistleblower comes forward after speaking with IG, has first-hand knowledge: Attorney
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Ron Johnson says he was blocked by President Trump from telling Ukraine foreign aid was coming
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Trump’s calls with foreign leaders have long worried aides, leaving some ‘genuinely horrified’
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Iraq blocks Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram, then shuts down internet amid civil unrest
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Bernie Sanders hospitalized for blocked artery, had two stents inserted; campaign events canceled until further notice
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Donald Trump administration will deny visas to US immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs
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According to leaked emails from Natalia Veselnitskaya, Russia’s disinformation campaign may have broken U.S. law and exposed details of a witness who later fell from a window
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Stockholm court has acquitted police officers who fired twenty-five shots at a man with Down's syndrome while he played with a toy gun
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Chairmen of House Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs Committees provide update on investigative work and excerpts of Ambassador Volker's text messages
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Elon Musk hired a convicted felon to investigate the cave rescuer who is now suing him
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Four police officers killed in knife attack at police HQ in Paris
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Finland's papers are dominated on Thursday by President Sauli Niinistö's extraordinary meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump
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360° view of Hong Kong’s National Day turmoil: Thomas Boarder shot a 360° frontline, 2k-resolution feature from the protests on Hong Kong Island, taking a blast from the water cannon in the process.
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A woman has been killed and ten other people wounded in a sword attack at a vocational school in the Finnish city of Kuopio
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Amber Guyger, police officer who shot a man to death in his apartment, found guilty of murder
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As one of the world’s most unequal cities, why aren’t Hong Kong protesters angry at the rich and powerful?
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Facebook has taken down the popular 'World USA' page with almost 1 million followers after being exposed as a Ukrainian-based operation targeting older Americans with pro-Trump content
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Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?
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Police shoot teen protester with live ammunition as Hong Kong violence escalates
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US President Donald Trump pressed Australian leader to help William Barr investigate Robert Mueller inquiry’s origins
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Sweden's navy HQ is returning to a vast underground cold war fortress designed to withstand a nuclear attack – seen as a defensive move against a resurgent Russia
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'Everything you're seeing is deception.' How right-wing media talks about impeachment
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NRA was 'foreign asset' to Russia ahead of 2016, new US senate report reveals
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US Navy Surface Action Group consisting of a cruiser, three destroyers, and a helicopter strike squadron are operating in the Arctic waters surrounding Iceland
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The whistleblower complaint alleging that Trump solicited foreign interference from Ukraine has been released
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New York passes legislation extending the party registration deadline from October 11th, 2019 to February 14th, 2020
@nygovcuomo: Today I signed legislation to move the deadline for party enrollment changes to February 14. This law takes effect immediately. With this action, we continue working to break down barriers to the ballot box & encourage more people to exercise their right to vote. https://t.co/Wm5f5Iu7Ms
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Proroging parliament was unlawful
The UK Supreme Court just ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful, which means it didn't happen. https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0193.html...
The UK Supreme Court just ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful, which means it didn't happen.
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0193.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49810261
This is a pretty big deal.
It's hard to see how Johnson can continue as PM.
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Nancy Pelosi plans formal impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump
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Chechen authorities are carrying out literal witch hunts
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Video showing Chinese police transferring hundreds of blindfolded, shackled Uighur prisoners
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Pentagon will deploy US forces to the Middle East after Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia oil facilities
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US drone strike kills thirty pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore brownface makeup to a party at the private school where he was teaching in the spring of 2001
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Mike Pompeo calls attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘act of war’ as Donald Trump tightens Iran sanctions
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PayPal co-founder Ken Howery confirmed as US ambassador to Sweden
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When prosecutors bury NYPD officers' lies
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Russia carried out a massive breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on US soil
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Victorian treaty negotiations move closer as voting opens for First People's Assembly
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Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties – sources
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Democratic Debate #3 - Sept 12 2019
I don't have as much to put up here as @alyaza but I thought it'd kick off the discussion as the debate begins. Watch live on your local ABC station. Edit: or on YouTube (thanks @deimos)...
I don't have as much to put up here as @alyaza but I thought it'd kick off the discussion as the debate begins.
Watch live on your local ABC station.
Edit: or on YouTube (thanks @deimos) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWVO0Trd1cOnly 10 candidates and 1 night of debates this time.
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Denmark frees thirty-two inmates over flaws in phone geolocation evidence – two-month moratorium on the use of mobile phone records
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Brexit: Operation Yellowhammer no-deal document published
16 votes