January 2020
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A drunken driver speeding on a mountain road plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11 others, Italian authorities said. The deadly crash occurred in a village of Valle Aurina, northeast of Bolzano in the Alto Adige region, shortly after 1 a.m. as the…
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself prayed over the caskets of late Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others slain in the US-led drone attack. Khamenei, who had a close relationship with Soleimani, wept at one point during the traditional Muslim prayers for the dead. The crowd wailed. Soleimani’s successor, Esmail Ghaani stood…
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Weeping amid wails from a crowd of hundreds of thousands of mourners, Iran’s supreme leader on Monday prayed over the remains of a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, an attack that’s drastically raised tensions between Tehran and Washington. The targeted killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani already has…
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Doctors often go the extra mile for their patients. One doctor in China, however, took it a little too far when he ended up on the operating table after ignoring his own symptoms. Liu Lei, a hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon at Huai’an First People’s Hospital, had to undergo emergency surgery himself on Dec 28 after he endured…
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Oprah Winfrey takes her own avocados wherever she goes. The 65-year-old media mogul – who is ready to hit the road for her ‘Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life on Focus Tour’ insisted she is “low maintenance” and doesn’t make any outlandish requests when staying in hotels and even tries to avoid some of their hefty…
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Bad blood between one family in China turned an elderly man’s funeral into an ugly one-sided brawl between a group of resentful siblings and the hapless corpse of their father. Three siblings in Jiangsu were so angry at their estranged father that they dragged his corpse out of his coffin and attacked his remains, causing…
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Sir Elton John has promised to train his children with silver gloves. The 72-year-old singer prefers to “discipline” Zachary, nine, and six-year-old Elijah – his kids with husband David Furnish – with calm discussions as he doesn’t want them to have a “fearful” childhood like his own. Elton admitted his distant father, Stanley’s explosive relationship…
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A popular Chinese childcare blogger has apologised for leaving her six-year-old daughter alone at home to punish her while the rest of the family visited an amusement park. Zou Yue, also known as Zhou Yueyue, said she had wanted to teach her daughter a lesson about finishing her homework on time, but apologised to her…
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The United States has been an ally of the Iraqi government since the 2003 U.S. invasion to oust dictator Saddam Hussein, but Iraq has become more closely allied with Iran. But reports from the Gulf confirm that the Iraqi parliament is convening an extraordinary session during which a vote to expel U.S. troops could be…
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President Donald Trump has vowed to increase drone strikes on Iran if Americans and their investments within or outside the United States are attacked. Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran retaliates to honor the death of an Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader.…
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made $125 million in the company’s 2019 fiscal year, less than the year before due in part to a lower bonus. Cook got a $3 million salary, a $7.7 million bonus and $884,466 in perks and other compensation in the latest period, the Cupertino, California-based technology giant said…
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President Donald Trump’s focus on a broadened nuclear pact rather than coming to terms with Russia on the expiring New START Treaty could eventually lead to a new arms race, experts are saying. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed arms control last weekend, and have until the end of 2020 to deal with the…
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The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. military had killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. Gen. Qassem Soleimani An air strike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran’s regional security apparatus, at Baghdad’s international airport Friday local time, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said, an…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he will ask parliament to grant him immunity from corruption charges, a step that is expected to delay his trial for months. The step most likely puts the trial on hold until after elections in March, when he hopes to win a majority coalition that will shield…
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Under house arrest and 24-hour surveillance, ousted Nissan chairman became an international fugitive when he reportedly hid inside a large musical instrument case Sunday and smuggled himself out of Japan to flee criminal prosecution there. Ghosn’s wife, Carole, whom he hasn’t seen since his arrest more than a year ago, orchestrated his dramatic escape, according to The Guardian. He…
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Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence. The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by the breach of the…
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