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California wildfire forces thousands to flee their homes

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Three Baltimore men exonerated after 36 years in prison for teen’s murder

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Third man charged in connection to Aniah Blanchard's disappearance

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The White House was placed on lockdown and Capitol Hill evacuated as US Air Force jets scrambled to intercept an "unresponsive aircraft" in the DC area. US Capi...

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Nadler said the hearing, which will focus on "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment", will take place on December 4. Trump's Republican defe...

President Trump Prepares to Pardon Bread and Butter

Standing at a podium in the Rose Garden, Mr Trump said the birds had been raised to remain calm under "any condition". "Every fall the chair of the National...

French troops pursuing Mali militants killed in helicopter collision

French president Emmanuel Macron expressed "deep sadness" and hailed the sacrifice of the men "who died in the hard fight against terrorism in the Sahel". The...

Federal judge rules Don McGahn must testify in impeachment inquiry

The department formally filed an appeal on Tuesday. But Jackson wrote in her opinion Monday that the White House's immunity claims had so little grounding i...

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The initial Judiciary hearing on December 4, the day after lawmakers return, will feature legal experts who will examine questions of constitutional grounds a...

Protests in Lebanon in front of United States embassy

Lebanon s protests have brought together people of all ages from across the political spectrum, exhausted of what they describe as sectarian politics three deca...

USA greets Hong Kong people on free, fair district council polls

Also during the press conference, Lam might have inadvertently undermined a longstanding statement by Chinese officials and state-run media, about how a "sile...

Greenhouse gases reached record high in 2018

The concentration of climate-heating greenhouse gases has hit a record high, according to a report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization . "We face...

Julian Assange's health so bad he 'could die' in prison, doctors say

Julian Assange is in such poor health he could die in prison, a consortium of 60 doctors said in a joint letter to the United Kingdom government. Assange o...

UN Urges `Quick Wins´ to Keep Climate Goals Within Reach

The UN Environment Programme says global greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2018. Limiting the rise to 2C it would mean annual cuts of 2.7%. Th...

Grandfather recounts toddler falling to her death from a cruise ship

Prosecutor Laura Hernandez denied the cruise company had any influence in the decision to bring the charge against Mr Anello. In October, Anello was charged ...

Turbulent weather pattern to bring 2 major storms this holiday week

States affected by the first wave of weather include Minnesota, Colorado and Iowa. We're now up to a 90% chance for rain in Phoenix on Thanksgiving Day. A win...

Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli prison

The foreign ministers warned against "exploiting the illegal cover provided by unilateral US decisions to encourage the Israeli government to ratify legislation...

Michael Bloomberg officially announces his 2020 Presidential campaign

And the locale offered the billionaire and former mayor of New York City more than just the latest controversy in Washington to promote his platform. Bloo...

Privacy watchdogs say firm broke rules for political ads on Facebook

Brexit referendum and US presidential election campaigns. "This applies to Canadian companies that operate across jurisdictions". It also failed to take reasona...

Trump jokes about impeachment while pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys

Schiff is leading the House impeachment inquiry for his committee. "In any event, I expect this pardon will be a very popular one with the media". After wis...

Businessman buys Nazi items; plans to donate to Jewish group

During the auction held in Munich by the German auction house Hermann Historica on Wednesday, Chatila spent 545,000 euros on 10 lots including a top hat worn by...

Three Toronto students have feces dumped on them while at school

Police said the first incident they are investigating occurred on November 22 at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library. According to Acting Chief Spoke...

No turkeys in this Thanksgiving Week forecast

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YPG/PKK terror attack kills 17 civilians in N.Syria

In a statement posted on Twitter, the ministry said more than 20 others were wounded in the explosion in the village of Tal Half, near the city of Ras al-Ayn. U...

Muslim detention camps in China: Leaked videos

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Trump pardons 'Butter' the turkey in Thanksgiving tradition

The National Thanksgiving Turkeys, weighing in at 45 and 47 pounds, respectively, were plucked from a flock raised by Butterball turkey farmer Wellie Jackson. F...

Weather warning for tonight as ex-Tropical Storm Sebastien tracks coast

The warning, which will be valid from 3am until 8pm, on Tuesday states: "A combination of high tides, together with appreciable, but generally sub-warning level...

Feral hogs attack and kill Texas woman on her way to work

The fatal attack is one of the few deaths to occur as an explosion in the population of feral hogs, an invasive species, causes widely reported destruction arou...

German minister's 5G comments spark US anger

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is a strong advocate for an open market bid for the massive 5G infrastructure project, has thrown her support behind imposi...

White House, Capitol Building briefly went under lockdown Tuesday morning

The aircraft "is not considered hostile at this time", the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. One journalist said that "agents have everything loc...