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House Democrats subpoena White House for documents to probe Trump
WASHINGTON: US House Democrats yesterday subpoenaed the White House for documents they want to see as part of their impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. The chairmen of three House of Representatives committees said they want documents related to a
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Two women accuse actor James Franco of sexual exploitation
LOS ANGELES: Two women filed a civil lawsuit against Hollywood actor James Franco yesterday, accusing him of running a bogus film school where young women eager to advance their acting careers were duped into auditioning nude or shooting explicit sex
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France: IT assistant kills four in police HQ before being shot dead
A 45-year-old IT assistant at the police headquarters in central Paris went on a knife rampage inside the building yesterday, killing three police officers and an administrative worker before he was shot dead, French officials said. The officials declined to
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Arab citizens of Israel undergo quiet revolution
I just drove by Wadi Ara and saw the long lines of Arab voters by the polling stations,” said Absorption Minister Yoav Galant (Likud) on Israel Radio on Election Day. His words were ridiculed online by many, who felt they
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The Joker morphs from campy clown to a terrifying madman
LOS ANGELES: There are no capes, no special powers and no battles between good and evil in the new “Joker” movie, whose portrayal of the most famous villain in comic book history is the most chilling twist on the character
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Now Trump asks China to investigate Bidens…publicly
US President Donald Trump has again invited foreign interference in a US presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate his Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request that has already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress.
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Gandhi’s ashes stolen on 150th birthday
Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi’s remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say. The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 – the year of Gandhi’s assassination
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Paris attack: ‘Two female cops’ among 4 killed in blood-soaked knife rampage
PARIS: Two female cops were among four people killed by a knife-wielding colleague at a Paris police station today in a “moment of madness”, according to reports. The assailant is said to have entered the police headquarters in the French
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Lady Gaga jokes about next album
IN A week full of unusual album teases, the pop powerhouse suggested a surprising title for her next album. Lady Gaga recently tweeted that the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2016 Joanne will be titled after British singer-songwriter Adele. Although this title is
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Joe Biden: Trump is a bully who fears me
Former US vice president Joe Biden yesterday gave a preview of a potential general election face-off with Donald Trump by taking a more aggressive tone and assailing the president for his “abuse of power” and for “smearing” him and his
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