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New Year’s Eve 2019: Google Doodle celebrates with Froggy the weather frog and fireworks
Google has created a special doodle to celebrate New Year’s Eve as everybody is gearing up to commemorate the beginning of a new decade. Today’s Google Doodle features Froggy, the weather frog, and a little bird, watching the fireworks lit
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Moscow gets tons of fake snow as New Year gift to fight Russia’s warmest winter
Ahead of New Year festivities, authorities in Moscow dumped artificial snow in several parts of the city centre as the Russian capital is experiencing its warmest December since 1886. Most of the fake snow, however, melted away soon after. The
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Kim promises ‘new strategic weapon,’ leaves room for talks
North Korea’s leader plans to further develop nuclear programs and to introduce a “new strategic weapon” in the near future, state media said today, although he signaled there was still room for dialogue with the United States. Kim Jong Un
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Trump: North Korea’s Kim is a ‘man of his word’
US President Donald Trump said yesterday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had signed a contract about denuclearization and that he thought the North Korean leader was a “man of his word.” Hours after Kim said his country would continue
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Hong Kong gears up for huge New Year’s Day anti-government march
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters are expected to join a New Year’s Day march today as anti-government demonstrations that have embroiled the Chinese-ruled city for over half a year spill into 2020. The pro-democracy march is being organized
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Australian bushfires claim third victim as more than 100 blazes burn
SYDNEY: Australian authorities today confirmed a third death in devastating bushfires that engulfed the country’s southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead. Fanned by soaring temperatures, columns of fire and smoke blackened
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Protesters burn security post at US Embassy in Iraq
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Protesters angry about US air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the US Embassy in Baghdad yesterday, setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the
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Kim to unveil ‘new path’ in New Year speech after US misses deadline
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to make a closely watched New Year address tomorrow which is likely to offer a glimpse of a “new path” he has vowed to take if the United States fails to meet
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Three people feared dead in Australian bushfires: authorities
Three people caught in bushfires in Australia’s southeast are feared dead, authorities said today as huge fire fronts cause widespread devastation and forced thousands of holidaymakers to flee to beaches to escape the flames. New South Wales Rural Fire Service
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Trump impeachment: Giuliani associate may handover vital documents
WASHINGTON: Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas’ phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use
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