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Nearly 1,000 Central American migrants in new caravans enter Mexico
The Times of India 18 Jan 2019
TECUN UMAN. Almost 1,000 Central American migrants entered southern Mexico on Thursday in a test of the new government's pledge to manage an ongoing exodus fueled by violence and poverty that has strained relations with the Trump administration ... In exchange, he wants Trump to help spur economic development in the region. The U.S ... ....
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US Discusses Potential Missile Defence Cooperation With India
Yahoo Daily News 18 Jan 2019
The Trump administration has discussed a potential missile defence cooperation with India as part of its effort to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership, the Pentagon has said, asserting that New Delhi is a "key element" in America's Indo-Pacific strategy ... The US has shown reluctance to offer its missile defense system to India ... ... ....
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Analyst: Bitcoin Could Surge to $5,000 if $3,500 Holds as Support
NewsBTC 18 Jan 2019
Bitcoin has experienced a relatively volatile week, trading between lows of $3,550 and highs of $3,750. This choppy trading has given analysts more guidance as to what trading range Bitcoin is currently caught in, which also signals where the cryptocurrency may be heading in the near future ... Bitcoin Volatility Gradually Decreasing ... ....
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Trump Told Cohen To Lie To Congress About Moscow Tower Project: BuzzFeed
WorldNews.com 18 Jan 2019
A new report published by BuzzFeed News on Thursday said United States President Donald Trump told his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to construct a Trump Tower in Moscow, Russia ... Sources told BuzzFeed Trump told Cohen. "Make it happen." ... 7 ... about the project ... played in the negotiations ... "Ms....
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Donald Trump announces space-based anti-missile defence system
The Siasat Daily 18 Jan 2019
Washington. Declaring that “space is a new war-fighting domain”, President Donald Trump has announced an ambitious plan to develop a space-based anti-missile defence system to track and destroy weapons-bearing rockets. In a speech at the Pentagon on Thursday, Trump said. “It’s new technology ... He said ... He said at the Pentagon ... ....
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Malaysia says Goldman Sachs must pay, apology not enough
Star Tribune 18 Jan 2019
Malaysia's Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said Friday that an apology by Goldman Sachs for its role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB was insufficient and that it must pay $7.5 billion as compensation ... ....
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Indian Spiritual Guru Ram Rahim Singh Sentenced To Life For Murder Of Journalist
WorldNews.com 18 Jan 2019
An Indian guru who was already serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his female followers was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday over murdering a journalist who published a letter detailing his sexual exploitation of his female followers, according to NBC News. . The outlandish guru calls himself Dr....
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FBI: Man Wanted to Attack White House With Anti-Tank Rocket
Hamodia 17 Jan 2019
A Georgia man accused of plotting to use an anti-tank rocket to storm into the White House was arrested in a sting Wednesday after he traded his car for guns and explosives, authorities said ... Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Taheb had an attorney who could comment on the allegations ... ....
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Largest Trove Of Breached Data Ever Found On Hacking Site
WorldNews.com 18 Jan 2019
A cybersecurity researcher found one of the largest collections of stolen data in history this week, according to The Guardian ... Hunt said the data was likely “made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources” instead of just one large hack ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Sweden votes for Lofven, ends political deadlock
Wtop 18 Jan 2019
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish lawmakers have approved a center-left minority government led by caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, ending a four-month political deadlock ... 9 national election. Copyright © 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ... ....
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Trump Denies Pelosi Use Of Aircraft For Planned Trip Abroad
WorldNews.com 17 Jan 2019
"In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I'm sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate." ... According to a defense official, Pelosi did request Defense Department support for overseas travel, and it was initially approved ... "We want to keep her in Washington," Sanders said....
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Former officer to be sentenced in fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald
CNN 18 Jan 2019
(CNN)More than four years after 17-year-old Laquan McDonald died in a barrage of bullets, former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke will be sentenced Friday for the fatal shooting. The veteran police officer was convicted in October of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm for the shooting in October 2014 ... ....
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US president grounds speaker Nancy Pelosi's Afghan trip in shutdown tit-for-tat
Hindustan Times 18 Jan 2019
As commander in chief Trump has the authority to cancel the trip, some people have argued. world Updated. Jan 18, 2019 08.19 IST. Yashwant Raj ... “Due to the shutdown, I am sorry to inform you that your trip to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan has been postponed,” Trump wrote ... He also derided their trip as a “seven-day excursion”....
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UN chief hails Azerbaijan-Armenia meeting over Nagorno-Karabakh
China.dot.org 18 Jan 2019
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday welcomed a meeting between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said his spokesman ... Enditem ....
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