Monday, December 16, 2019

Hong Kong protests flare ahead of Xi meeting with city leader

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Hong Kong police fired tear gas in late night street clashes with anti-government protesters, ahead of a potentially pivotal meeting between Hong Kong's leader and China's president in Beijing on Monday.


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Clashes rock Beirut as security forces fire tear gas at protest

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Tear gas engulfed central Beirut as security forces chased protesters near Lebanon's parliament on Sunday in a second night of street clashes that wounded dozens of people.


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Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor

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Landslide debris from the collapsed Anak Krakatau volcano is imaged on the seabed for the first time.

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Poorest countries facing both obesity and malnutrition

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Food systems are behind poor growth and over-eating in many low-income countries, a report says.

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How a university dropout built a toy empire

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Nick Mowbray went from sleeping on the factory floor to leading a multi-million dollar toy firm.

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Imported for my body: The African women trafficked to India for sex

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BBC Africa Eye uncovered an illegal network that lures women to India from Africa for sex work.

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'If President Putin can't help me, who can?'

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How ordinary Russian have taken to appealing directly to Vladimir Putin to solve their problems.

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My Anna Delvey story: Strange encounters with a fake heiress

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DJ Elle Dee shares her story of meeting con woman Anna Delvey on the New York party scene.

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How a university dropout built a toy empire

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Nick Mowbray went from sleeping on the factory floor to leading a multi-million dollar toy firm.

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Responsible Child: Can a 10-year-old be a cold-blooded murderer?

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A new BBC drama tells the story of a 12-year-old boy on trial for murder, who was tried as an adult.

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Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery

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The Eritrean-American comedian hopes the discovery of her Jewish identity can inspire others.

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What does business want from Boris?

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Many firms will welcome an end to the Brexit stalemate but firms want action elsewhere too.

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Christmas lights from online sellers 'can be fire risk'

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Which? says six out of 13 sets of Christmas lights it bought from online marketplaces were unsafe.

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Sunday, December 15, 2019

Strong earthquake strikes southern Philippines, no tsunami expected

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A powerful earthquake struck near the Philippines city of Davao on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, the latest tremor to strike the southern part of the country in recent months, but there was no threat of a tsunami.


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Last days of Long Clawson village butcher's shop

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It has been run by three generations of the same family and originally delivered meat by horse and cart.

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Strong earthquake strikes Philippines, no tsunami risk seen

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A powerful earthquake struck near the southern Philippines city of Davao on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there was no threat of a tsunami.


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New best story on Hacker News: Challenging projects every programmer should try

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New best story on Hacker News: The Outer Worlds: Fixing the “game thinks my companion is dead” bug

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New Zealand volcano: Death toll rises to 16 as two remain missing

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A person who was being treated in hospital in Australia dies, as two bodies remain missing.

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Deadly eruption hits New Zealand volcano tourist town hard

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Helicopter pilot Mark Law did not hesitate to fly out to New Zealand's White Island volcano immediately after it erupted to carry survivors to hospital, but after a harrowing week he knows his town's adventure tourism industry faces an uncertain future.


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Passengers evacuate Qantas plane via emergency slides at Sydney airport

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Passengers on a Qantas Airways Ltd flight evacuated their plane via emergency slides at Australia's Sydney airport on Sunday after the flight was forced to turn around.


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New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing; death toll rises to 16

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New Zealand recovery teams returned to the volcanic White Island on Sunday but were unable to locate two remaining bodies in their search, as the death toll from Monday's eruption rose to 16, police said.


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Bolivia's interim leader says arrest warrant to be issued against Morales

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Bolivia will issue an arrest warrant in the coming days against former leftist President Evo Morales, accusing him of sedition, interim Bolivian President Jeanine Anez said on Saturday.


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Negotiators work through the night to salvage U.N. climate summit

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Negotiators worked into the early hours of Sunday to try to salvage a strong global commitment to fight climate change after some of the most vulnerable nations said they were being sidelined at a marathon U.N. summit in Madrid.


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New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing

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New Zealand recovery teams returned to the volcanic White Island on Sunday but were unable to locate two remaining bodies in their search, the police said.


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How Mexicans saved a dying US town

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Guymon, Oklahoma, was on its way to becoming a ghost town. Then Mexican immigrants arrived 20 years ago.

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Lebanon crisis: Dozens hurt as police and protesters clash in Beirut

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Riot police fire tear gas and rubber bullets as anti-government protests continue in Lebanon.

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Post Office IT fiasco: 'Decade of hell' for accused

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Those accused of false accounting and theft by the Post Office tell how their lives were devastated.

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LSU quarterback Joe Burrow awarded 2019 Heisman Trophy

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Argentina's new government hikes export taxes on disgruntled farmers

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Argentina's new government has hiked export levies on soy, wheat and corn, according to an official decree on Saturday, hitting farmers in the grains exporting nation to raise revenue needed to avoid default on a mountain of looming sovereign debt.


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How Africa will be affected by climate change

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The African continent is more vulnerable than any other region to the world's changing weather patterns.

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Women rise up on Baghdad's walls

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Murals across the Iraqi capital show how women are taking a rare prominent role in protests.

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Stockton's universal basic income scheme

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Stockton in California is providing poor residents with a universal basic income, but could it work nationally?

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How millennials are changing the perfume business

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Perfumers describe how they're adapting to calls for sustainable contents and gender-neutral smells.

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Albania earthquake: Arrests over deaths in collapsed buildings

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Nine people are arrested on suspicion of murder and abuse of power after last month's deadly tremor.

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Dare to Dream: The organisation getting women into aviation

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Captain Phatsima founded Dare to Dream, an organisation trying to get women into aviation.

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Saturday, December 14, 2019

New Zealand divers search contaminated waters for volcano victims

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New Zealand divers searched contaminated waters near the volcanic White Island on Saturday in an attempt to retrieve two remaining bodies, following a fatal eruption earlier this week, said police.


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Body of Arizona girl swept away in floods found

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Arizona searchers on Friday recovered the body of a missing six-year-old girl at a lake northeast of Phoenix, the third child to have died when her family's vehicle attempted to cross a rain-swollen creek, authorities said.


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Australia heatwave: Next week could see hottest day on record

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Fire warnings are in place for many areas including Perth, where temperatures are set to remain high.

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