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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New Year's Eve Terror: Stabber Shouted Islamic Slogans as He Slashed People

The incident happened at Manchester's Victoria Station on New Year's Eve, a busy rail station that's next to the Manchester Arena where a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017.

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New Horizons: Nasa probe survives flyby of Ultima Thule

Nasa's probe is in a "healthy" state after its flypast of Ultima Thule, the most distant object ever explored.

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Bottrop: Four injured in Germany in New Year's Eve 'racist attack'

A 50-year-old man is accused of driving into people in Bottrop, injuring Syrian and Afghan citizens.

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Federer beats Williams in first meeting

Roger Federer teams up with Belinda Bencic to beat Serena Williams and Frances Tiafoe 2-1 at the Hopman Cup.

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Sabarimala temple: Indian women form '620km human chain' for equality

Women in Kerala form a huge "women's wall" after protesters stopped them entering a Hindu temple.

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Four injured after German man rams car into crowd; racist motive suspected

Police detained a 50-year-old German man early on Tuesday on suspicion of ramming his car into a crowd of people in the northwestern German town of Bottrop, injuring four, in what authorities say may have been a xenophobic attack.

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Baby boy found alive after 35 hours under rubble after Russia blast

A baby boy has been found alive after 35 hours spent in freezing cold in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion, emergency officials reported, calling it a miracle.

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Former Israeli FM Livni out in cold as left-wing opposition splits

Israel's main left-wing opposition split on Tuesday, leaving one of the country's most prominent politicians, former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, out in the cold ahead of an April general election.

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UK police look for terrorism links in Manchester New Year's Eve stabbings

A man armed with a kitchen knife stabbed three people, including a police officer, at Manchester Victoria train station on New Year's Eve in an attack police are treating as terrorism-related.

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India ruling party confident of doing well in general election: Modi

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of doing well at this year's general election despite the party's recent losses in state polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview with Reuters partner ANI on Tuesday.

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Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees peace opportunity in 2019

The top U.S general in Afghanistan told NATO troops on Tuesday to prepare themselves to deal with "positive processes or negative consequences" as peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban to end a 17-year war gain momentum.

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French revellers spend New Year's Eve trapped on fair ride

A helicopter rescued eight French people after eight hours spent 52 metres (171ft) above Rennes.

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Magnitogorsk: Baby found alive after block of flats explosion

Rescuers pull an 11-month-old baby from the rubble after an apartment block collapsed in Magnitogorsk.

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Pope bemoans disjointed world, praises unity over diversity

Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year on Tuesday, bemoaned a lack of unity across the world, and warned against a soulless hunt for profit that benefits only a few.

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Infant found alive in rubble after Russian gas blast - TASS

Rescuers have found a 10-month-old child alive in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion, TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the local emergency operations center.

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