Bloomberg News will not investigate Michael Bloomberg or Democratic rivals

Bloomberg News said on Sunday it will not investigate its founder and former New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, after he launched his candidacy for the Democratic primaries, continuing a policy of limiting coverage of its top executive. 

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U.S. defense secretary fires Navy chief over handling of SEAL saga

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy's top civilian after losing confidence in him over his handling of the high-profile case of a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Sunday.

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U.S. defense secretary fires Navy chief over handling of SEAL saga

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy's top civilian after losing confidence in him over his handling of the high-profile case of a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Sunday.

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Web inventor attacks Tories over misinformation

Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells the BBC the renaming of a Conservative Twitter account was "unbelievable".

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Artificial eyes: How robots will see in the future

Laser scanning technology, Lidar, is getting cheaper and could be how machines see in the future.

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Do you know when you're being manipulated?

When it comes to Black Friday shopping deals, do you know when you're being manipulated?

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Hong Kong voters throng to vote early, avoid anticipated clashes

Hundreds of thousands of voters thronged polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday for district polls seen as a key barometer of support for the city's embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has grappled with nearly six months of often violent protests.

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Breakthrough in Bolivia as bill for new elections sails through Congress

Both chambers of Bolivia's Congress unanimously passed legislation on Saturday to annul the contested Oct. 20 elections and pave the way for a new vote without former President Evo Morales, a major breakthrough in the country's political crisis.

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Pope urges abolition of nuclear weapons at Nagasaki ground zero

Pope Francis, speaking in one of only two cities hit by atomic bombs in history, appealed on Sunday for the abolition of nuclear weapons, saying their mere possession was perverse and indefensible.

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Factbox: Pope Francis calls for nuclear abolition at Japan's bombed cities

Pope Francis on Sunday called for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a visit to Japan's western cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the only two cities in the world subjected to atomic bombing during World War Two.

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Bill for new elections in Bolivia sails through Congress

Both chambers of Bolivia's Congress unanimously passed legislation on Saturday to annul the contested Oct. 20 elections and pave the way for a new vote without former president Evo Morales, a breakthrough in the political crisis.

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Canada's new foreign minister says he pressed China on detainees

Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, who has been in the job for four days, said on Saturday he had pressed his Chinese counterpart about the case of two Canadian citizens jailed in Beijing.

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China meddling allegations roil Taiwan election campaign

New allegations Beijing tried to infiltrate Taiwan's democracy roiled election campaigning on the island this weekend, with President Tsai Ing-wen's main opponent saying would drop out if he had taken money from China's Communist Party.

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Harvard-Yale football game disrupted by student climate protest

They stormed the football field and urged the two universities to stop investing in fossil fuels.

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Pope calls nuclear weapons possession indefensible and perverse

Pope Francis, speaking in one of the only two cities hit by atomic bombs in history, appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons on Sunday, saying their mere possession was perverse and indefensible.

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Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished

How did Ruja Ignatova make $4bn selling her fake cryptocurrency to the world - and where did she go?

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Once allies, Nicaragua's elite aim to unseat Ortega

When Nicaraguan police pulled over his luxury SUV, businessman Jose Adan Aguerri thought it was a routine traffic stop.

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Hong Kong voters queue up early over fears of later clashes

Hong Kong voters at some polling stations for district council elections were queuing up by the hundreds on Sunday morning, citing concerns voting could be halted later in the day after six months of sometimes violent unrest in the Chinese-controlled city.

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