New Jersey urges patients at facility to check for HIV infections

New Jersey health officials have urged more than 3,700 former patients of a surgical facility to get blood tests "out of an abundance of caution," because they may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2GCPD3P

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Eight-year-old Guatemalan dies after being detained by U.S. border agents

An eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday after being detained by U.S. border agents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement, the second migrant child this month to die in U.S. detention.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2CyEf52

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Guatemalan boy dies after being detained by U.S. border agents

An eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday after being detained by U.S. border agents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement, the second migrant child to have died this month after being detained at the border between Mexico and the United States.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2Q2gyFD

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Security forces disperse Sudanese demonstrators after week of protests

At least three Sudanese protesters were wounded by gunshots on Tuesday when security forces dispersed rallies in the capital, witnesses said, after a week of demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir's three-decade rule.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EKkGbj

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British professor returns to UK after detention in Iran: BBC

A British-Iranian academic who had been detained in Iran on security charges has returned to the United Kingdom, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EOwLgn

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Migrant caravan: Boy dies after being held at Mexico-US border

The eight-year-old migrant boy from Guatemala was trying to cross the border from Mexico.

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Syrian army reinforced close to front with Turkish-backed forces

Syrian government troops backed by Russian forces have sent extra troops toward the city of Manbij in coordination with the militia that controls it, a militia spokesman said, as Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said they were preparing to attack it.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Sj6b23

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Indonesian rescuers use drones as tsunami death toll tops 400

Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people.

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Still believe in Santa at your age? Trump ignites Twitter storm

President Donald Trump set off a Christmas social media storm when he asked whether a 7-year-old was too old to believe in Santa Claus, capping a week of plunging stocks, a government shutdown and the U.S. defense chief's unceremonious departure.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2AgZwPb

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Trump says U.S. government shutdown to last until agreement on border wall

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met.

from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2VaPuaQ

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Bosnian Serb police detain grieving father, activists

Police dispersed activists gathered at the central square in the northwestern Serbian city of Banja Luka on Tuesday following the arrest of a man who had been leading protests demanding the truth about the murder of his son.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2BJd1ai

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Turkey determined to push east of Euphrates "as soon as possible"

Turkey is determined to cross to the east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria as soon as possible, Ankara's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday, signaling renewed intent to launch a military campaign delayed by the U.S. withdrawal.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SkfTRP

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Head of Rothschild in Russia pens fairy tales between flights

Giovanni Salvetti, the head of Rothschild in Russia and CIS, takes five flights a week in his job managing the bank's operations from Kazakhstan to Ukraine.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2AeYq6a

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German police find Islamic State flag after suspected attack on railway

German police said on Tuesday they had found a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group near the site of a suspected attack on a railway track in Berlin and that investigators were examining whether the perpetrators had any political motives.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2T8viVl

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