Elderly couple's plan to give weed for Christmas thwarted by Nebraska cops

(Reuters) - An elderly California couple discovered by Nebraska sheriff's deputies with 60 pounds of marijuana in their truck during a cross-country trip said they had planned to give the weed to family as Christmas presents, police said.

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Vice Media co-founders apologize for 'boy's club' environment at firm

(Reuters) - Vice Media co-founders issued an apology on Saturday, saying the Millennial-focused media company had allowed a "boy's club" atmosphere that included sexual harassment to flourish.

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Miss America CEO, other leaders resign after report of derogatory emails

(Reuters) - The head of the organization that stages the Miss America beauty pageant and other leaders with the group resigned on Saturday after a report this week alleging that emails he had sent were derogatory toward past winners.

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North Korea: New UN sanctions an act of war

The country condemns the US-backed United Nations moves against its missile and nuclear programmes.

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Tropical Storm Tembin: Philippines rescuers seek victims

Some 200 people have died in flash floods and mudslides brought by Tropical Storm Tembin.

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Miss America leaked emails: CEO Sam Haskell and two others quit

Three executives resign after the leaking of misogynistic emails about contestants.

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Philippines mall fire: At least 37 feared dead in Davao

At least 37 people are believed to have been trapped in a burning mall in the city of Davao.

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Venezuela expels top Brazil and Canada diplomats

Brazil and Canada - which is also having an envoy expelled - are open critics of President Maduro.

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Peru's ex-President Fujimori taken from jail to hospital

The 79-year-old has low blood pressure and an abnormal heart rhythm, his doctor says.

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Conductor Charles Dutoit denies 'forced physical contact' claims

Charles Dutoit says allegations by women of "forced physical contact" have "no basis in truth".

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Bruce McCandless, who made first untethered space flight, dies at 80

In February 1984, Bruce McCandless pushed off from the Space Shuttle and drifted alone into space.

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India bus plunges from bridge killing 33

The vehicle, ferrying passengers to a temple, crashed through a railing and fell 30 metres.

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Syria war: Assad 'may evacuate cancer children' from Eastern Ghouta

Seven children could be brought from a besieged suburb if Syria's president agrees, a charity says.

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No, Islamic State group has not been defeated

US-backed forces may be celebrating after taking back another city, but fighting will not end soon.

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North Korea fan club: "We had lots of hate messages"

Meet Japan's all-female North Korean fan club. Its leader says they love the communist state's art and music, but don't support Kim Jong-un's politics.

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Naples: Christmas commercialism or just tradition?

The battle between traditional and modern in city's nativity scenes.

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Mysterious lights over LA baffle onlookers

The phenomenon was visible from parts of California and Arizona - the culprit: A SpaceX rocket.

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Bruce McCandless's pioneering spacewalk 'quite comfortable'

The first person to fly untethered in space, Nasa astronaut Bruce McCandless, has died.

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Model mystery death

The tragic death of a model in Malaysia raises questions about the dark side of a glamorous world.

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North Korea says new U.N. sanctions an act of war

BEIJING (Reuters) - The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against the country, North Korea's foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure.

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Rescuers search for Philippine storm victims as toll rises to 200

MANILA (Reuters) - Rescuers in the Philippines searched on Sunday for survivors of a storm that triggered floods and landslides and killed about 200 people, left scores missing and thousands homeless, most of whom apparently ignored warnings to move to safety.

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Myanmar to grant families access to two Reuters journalists after remand period expires: media

YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar will be allowed to meet their families once their first 14-day period of remand expires, according to local media reports.

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Israel frees three Turks arrested amid Jerusalem unrest

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli court on Saturday freed without charge three Turks who had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting police outside a Jerusalem holy site contested by Jews and Muslims, a police spokesman said.

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World's largest amphibious aircraft makes maiden flight in China

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's domestically developed AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, performed its maiden flight on Sunday from an airport on the shores of the South China Sea, the latest step in a military modernization program.

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Turkey dismisses more than 2,700 with emergency rule decree

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said on Sunday that 2,756 people were dismissed from their jobs in public institutions including soldiers, teachers and ministry personnel over links to "terror" organizations.

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Myanmar, accused of crackdown, invited to U.S.-Thai military exercise

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Myanmar military, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited back as an observer in a major multinational military exercise next year led by the United States and Thailand.       

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Peru's Fujimori taken to hospital from prison, life at risk: doctor

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori was rushed from prison to a local hospital by ambulance late on Saturday after suffering a severe drop in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm that put him at risk of dying, Fujimori's doctor said.

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Fire in Philippine shopping mall kills 37

MANILA (Reuters) - Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call center, city government officials said on Sunday.

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In 'China's Jerusalem', Christians say faith trumps official Sunday School ban

WENZHOU, China (Reuters) - When authorities in China's southeastern city of Wenzhou outlawed Sunday School earlier this year, Christian parents determined their children must still learn about Jesus and the Bible.

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