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House Democrats Vow Investigation Into Ivanka Trump’s Personal Email Use
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
In the wake of a report First Daughter Ivanka Trump violated federal law by using a personal email account to conduct government business, the incoming head of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, said the panel would investigate the violation, The Washington Post reported ... Cummings, the report said, was careful to point out....
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Thousands Flee As Guatemala's Fuego Volcano
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
Nearly 2,000 people are living in temporary shelters, according to the Guatemalan agency responsible for natural disasters.Prensa Libre, a Guatemalan newspaper, said local leaders and community residents made the decision to evacuate, even though all the affected communities were warned on Sunday about the growing volcanic activity ... ... ....
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Russian-Chinese Proposal To Curb Powers Of Chemical Weapons Watchdog Fails
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
The full membership of the Organization of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons voted to reject a Russian-led attempt to curb the new powers given to the agency to place blame on the use of banned toxic munitions in Syria on Tuesday, according to Reuters ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Russian agencies fight over private US satellites
Skynews 20 Nov 2018
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and its cash-strapped space agency Roscosmos are in conflict over a $1bn contract to launch private satellites on behalf of a US company ... ....
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Whitaker Paid $1.2 Million By Conservative Nonprofit With Obscure Roots, Secret Donors
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec declined to answer detailed questions about his involvement in FACT, referring a reporter to the charity.A FACT spokesman who provided a statement on the condition that his name not be used declined to disclose the source of its ......
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Saudi king backs son amid furor over Khashoggi murder
The Jakarta Post 20 Nov 2018
Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises ... "Effectively, he is daring his international critics to put their rhetoric into action and betting that they won't." ... Topics .. ....
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DHS Has Paid Undercover Informants In Migrant Caravan
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
citizens is not illegal, said John Cohen, former acting undersecretary of intelligence for DHS, but it does raise some concerns about the allocation of resources."Those resources have to come from someplace....
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Trump Releases Statement Refusing To Condemn Saudi Prince For Khashoggi Murder
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
Trump's statement began with one of his favorite lines, "America First!" ... Jamal Khashoggi ... ... CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed Trump after traveling to Turkey to meet with intelligence officials about their findings, where she heard an alleged recording the Turkish officials made of the killing inside the consulate ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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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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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. US District Judge Jon S Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments in San Francisco ... “It couldn’t be clearer.” ... ....
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UN Environment Chief Quits After Audit On Travel Expenses
NDTV 20 Nov 2018
UN environment chief Erik Solheim resigned on Tuesday after an audit questioning his huge travel expenses triggered an outcry, UN officials said ... ....
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How mudslides and rivers of debris could suddenly hit California cities
CNN 20 Nov 2018
(CNN)The Camp Fire ravaged Northern California quickly and ferociously. Now flooding, mudslides and rivers of charred debris could do just the same ... Who's at risk of flash flooding?. Read More ... But while the south will get only about an inch of rain this week, Northern California could get inundated with 3 to 6 inches, Hennen said ... ....
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Clashes Break Out Around Port of Hodeidah Despite Calls For Truce In Yemen
WorldNews.com 20 Nov 2018
Saudi-UAE coalition planes carried out at least 10 air raids on Houthi-controlled positions late on Monday, with the rebels firing artillery in response ... Residents told Al Jazeera some of the most intense fighting in weeks happened this week. "Most of the fighting is happening around the 7th of July neighborhood, about 4km from the port ... ... ... ....
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Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital, 40 killed
Wtop 20 Nov 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Muslim religious scholars in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, Afghan officials said ... He said the toll could rise ... He said police had not been asked to provide security for the event, and that the bomber had easily slipped into the hall ... All rights reserved ... ....
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Trump pressed to levy harsh US response to Khashoggi killing
The State 20 Nov 2018
But there are increasing calls for more action amid a growing consensus that the crown prince, who controls virtually all major levers of power in Saudi Arabia, must have known about the operation ... death, there continue to be questions about the degree to which he was involved....
