Trump and Egypt's Sisi discuss Middle East in phone call

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed the stability of the Middle East with U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the Egyptian presidency said.

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Peru's Vizcarra vows to fight graft after turn in Odebrecht case

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra on Tuesday denounced a surprise decision by Peru's top prosecutor to remove two key investigators responsible for probing the massive graft scandal triggered by Brazilian builder Odebrecht.

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Bolsonaro: Brazil 'liberated from socialism' with him in power

Brazil's newly inaugurated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said in his address to the nation on Tuesday that his country had been "liberated from socialism and political correctness" now that he has taken power.

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Kim ready to meet Trump 'anytime', but warns of 'new path'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday he is ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump again at anytime to achieve their common goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, but warned he may have to take an alternative path if U.S. sanctions and pressure against the country continued.

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Trump congratulates Brazil's President Bolsonaro

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Brazil's newly inaugurated far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, telling him on Twitter that "the U.S.A. is with you!"

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New best story on Hacker News: Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue

Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue
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EU, U.S. denounce Bangladesh election violence, irregularities

Western powers condemned election day violence in Bangladesh and described a range of other irregularities that marred a vote in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance secured more than 90 percent of parliamentary seats.

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Brazil's new President Bolsonaro vows to 'strengthen democracy'

Right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president on Tuesday, and immediately called on Congress to combat endemic corruption and promised to "work tirelessly so that Brazil reaches its destiny."

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Gunmen attack security base in Pakistan's Balochistan province

Gunmen attacked a security forces' training base in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Tuesday, setting off a gunbattle in which at least four members of the security forces and four attackers were killed, officials said.

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Brazil inaugurates far-right firebrand Bolsonaro as president

Right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro, who has vowed to crack down on political corruption, violent crime and ignite a moribund economy with deregulation and fiscal discipline, was sworn in as Brazil's president on Tuesday.

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Retired U.S. Marine suspected of spying on Russia is innocent: family

A retired U.S. Marine detained by Russia on spying charges was visiting Moscow for a wedding and is innocent, his family said on Tuesday.

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Retired U.S. Marine suspected of spying on Russia is innocent: family

A retired U.S. Marine detained by Russia on spying charges was visiting Moscow for a wedding and is innocent, his family said on Tuesday.

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Pompeo says cooperation with Israel over Syria and Iran to continue

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to cooperate with Israel over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

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Urbana Conference Draws Thousands of Young People Eager to Play Role in Great Commission

Urbana 18, InterVarsity’s 25th student missions conference, has drawn over 10,000 college students and others to St. Louis for a 5-day conference. The conference, which is held every three years, has been challenging each generation of college students to find their place in the Great Commission for 75 years.

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Bloody Christmas Season for India's Persecuted Christians

Instead of Christmas being a season of joy and glad tidings, it became a time of horror and persecution for some of India's Christians.

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Paul Whelan: Family deny American arrested in Moscow is spy

The brother of a US citizen arrested for spying in Moscow says he was attending a wedding.

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New Year's Eve beach bonfire sparks 'firenados' in the Netherlands

Revellers watched as on as multiple fires broke out in the resort of Scheveningen, in the Netherlands.

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Magnitogorsk: Russian rescuers pull baby from rubble

An 11-month-old baby is pulled from the rubble of a collapsed block of flats in Magnitogorsk, Russia.

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French revellers start 2019 stuck on fair ride

A helicopter was called in to help in Rennes after eight people got stuck more than 50 metres up.

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Pompeo, Netanyahu vow to continue cooperation over Syria and Iran

The United States and Israel vowed on Tuesday to continue cooperating over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

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