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Israel: Netanyahu to seek parliamentary immunity
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he would seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases he faces, a move that could delay criminal proceedings against him for months. Netanyahu was indicted in November on charges of bribery, fraud
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Hong Kong protest: Hundreds arrested in New Year’s Day protests
About 400 people were arrested in New Year’s Day protests in Hong Kong after what started as a peaceful pro-democracy march of tens of thousands spiraled into chaotic scenes with police firing tear gas to disperse the crowds. The arrests
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At least 11 people killed in shooting incidents across US on new year’s eve
MOSCOW: At least 11 people were killed in shooting incidents on New Year’s Eve across the United States, Sputnik news agency quoted US media reports yesterday. According to the USA Today newspaper, most incidents took place in nightclubs and bars.
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Study finds Google system could improve breast cancer detection
A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in the United States and Britain reported. The study, published in
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Taiwan top military official missing after helicopter made emergency landing
Taiwan’s top military official is missing after a helicopter made an emergency landing in northern Taiwan, the island’s defense ministry said today. The defense ministry said a rescue mission was underway for the 13 people on board the black hawk
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Lady Gaga spotted kissing mystery man during New Year’s Eve celebration
NEW YORK: Lady Gaga may be caught in a New Year’s Eve romance! The Grammy winner two days celebrated the start of 2020 in Las Vegas with a special concert performance inside the Park Theater at Park MGM. But after delivering
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Oil climbs on US-China trade optimism, Middle East tensions
Oil prices rose on the first trading day of 2020 as warming trade relations between the United States and China eased demand concerns, and rising tensions in the Middle East raised worries about supply. Global benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1,
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Sixteen inmates killed in Mexican prison fight, scarring troubled system
Sixteen inmates were killed and five wounded in a prison fight in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, authorities said, in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s penal system since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took
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Pope apologizes for ‘bad example’ of slapping arm of pilgrim who tugged him
Pope Francis apologized yesterday for having angrily slapped a woman’s arm when she had grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him toward her, saying he had lost his patience and set a “bad example”. His unusual apology came after
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Australian bushfires: Military moves in to help mass-scale evacuation
Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular seaside towns on Australia’s east coast yesterday, fleeing ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters planned missions to rescue thousands more trapped by the blazes. Long queues formed
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