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California wildfires: Power company agrees to pay $1bn for damage
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp are facing billions of dollars worth of lawsuits over the fires. from BBC News - Worl…
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Low trust in vaccines 'a global crisis'
The biggest global study into attitudes on immunisation reveals confidence is low in some regions. from BBC News - Wo…
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Fossil proves hyenas once roamed Canada's Arctic Plains
A 50-year-old mystery has been solved by scientists who identified the teeth of ancient Arctic hyenas. from BBC News …
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Biden, Recalling Civility in Senate, Invokes Two Segregationist Senators
By KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/31DFk69
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La Scala May Slow Down in Summer, but the Show Goes On
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2INXU2I
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Mozart’s Rival Returns to La Scala in a Double Bill With Puccini
By A.J. GOLDMANN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2XVPRak
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La Scala’s Director Thinks, and Works, Globally
By REBECCA SCHMID from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2WQsRbi
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MH17 plane crash: Investigators 'expected to name four suspects'
Ukraine says the suspects will be named by the Dutch-led investigation into the 2014 plane downing. from BBC News - W…
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Haiti protests: Why are so many people on the streets?
Activists have taken to the streets in Haiti's capital to protest about what they say is government corruption. f…
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Australian government boosts Senate numbers ahead of tax cut bill
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will need to secure just three votes in the country's upper house to pass …
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US-China trade war: Officials to resume talks before G20
Mr Trump says he will have an "extended meeting" with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 next week. fr…
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El Salvador president rules out talks with criminal gangs
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele ruled out negotiations with criminal gangs on Tuesday and vowed to go after their fi…
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Scientists amazed as Canadian permafrost thaws 70 years early
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered,…
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China completes outer dome on overseas Hualong One reactor in Pakistan
China has finished building the outer safety dome at its first overseas "Hualong One" nuclear reactor in Paki…
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Trump: 'A nation must care for its own citizens first'
US President Donald Trump launches his 2020 re-election campaign in Florida. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ip…
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Xi firmly backs Pyongyang's effort to solve Korea Peninsula issues: Rodong Sinmun
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in an op-ed in North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday that China sup…
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Mexican president pitches universal internet in chat with Facebook's Zuckerberg
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke with Facebook Inc's Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, invitin…
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Brazil Senate blocks Bolsonaro move to ease gun carrying
Brazil's Senate on Tuesday overturned a decree signed last month by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that drasti…
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Should we dislike the 'Like' button?
Social media companies know approval can be addictive, so how should we manage the compulsion to be liked? from BBC N…
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Xi says China backs North Korean efforts to solve Korea Peninsula issue: Rodong Sinmun
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in an op-ed in North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday that China sup…
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U.S. seizes $1 billion worth of cocaine from ship in Philadelphia
Federal authorities seized 16.5 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 billion from a ship in Philadelphia in one of the la…
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Danniella Westbrook: Drug-free EastEnders star 'to train as therapist'
Danniella Westbrook says she is drug and alcohol-free for the first time in years. from BBC News - World https://bbc.…