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Samsung explains mystery alert sent overnight
BBC News 20 Feb 2020
Samsung has apologised after it accidentally sent an alert to thousands of devices overnight ... ....
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Pompeo: Iran must be held accountable for Baghdad attacks
Gulf News 19 Feb 2020
Addis Ababa ... “There has to be accountability connected to those very serious attacks.”. Pompeo was referring to a February 16 incident in which several rockets landed inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, causing minimal damage and no injuries ... Tehran denied involvement in that incident ... Pompeo countered that the US was ready to talk any time ... ....
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South Korean city on high alert as coronavirus cases soar at 'cult' church
The Guardian 20 Feb 2020
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Investigators see 'xenophobic motive' behind Germany shootings
The Times of India 20 Feb 2020
HANAU(GERMANY). German investigators said Thursday they suspected a "xenophobic motive" behind shootings at a shisha bar and a cafe that left 10 dead overnight in the city of Hanau ... The probe was of "particular importance" and there were "signs of a xenophobic motive", a spokesman for the prosecutors told AFP ... Top Videos....
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Bloomberg, Sanders take hits at Democratic debate: A.M. News Links
Cleveland 20 Feb 2020
Barbs aimed at Sanders, Bloomberg. Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg suffered a punishing welcome and Sen. Bernie Sanders was bludgeoned with criticism as an animated cast of rival candidates spent Wednesday’s presidential debate scrambling to stake their claims against the two rising contenders in the Democratic race ... (Washington Post) ... U.S ... ‘Mr ... ....
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Coronavirus: Two cruise ship passengers die in Japan after contracting virus
The Independent 20 Feb 2020
wo people have died after contracting coronavirus on board a cruise ship quarantined in Japan. The Japanese couple, who were in their 80s, died in hospital after being taken off the Diamond Princess last week ... ....
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Trump offered to pardon Assange if he covered up Russian interference in US election, court told
The Independent 19 Feb 2020
Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if he covered up Russia's inteference in the 2016 US election, a court has heard. The explosive claim emerged as Assange, 48, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court ahead of an extradition hearing next week ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... said Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks" ... ....
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Lufthansa Group grounds 13 aircraft over coronavirus cancellations
Canada Dot Com 20 Feb 2020
“This will have noticeable effects on business,” a spokesman said, adding it will communicate details at its news conference on March 19....
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Selena Gomez feels 'vindicated' after Justin Bieber confesses of being 'reckless'
The News International 20 Feb 2020
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber’s relationship hit the rocks a long time ago but the two rarely ever manage to escape making headlines together. After the Lose You to Love Me crooner detailed the ‘abusive’ relationship she faced at the hands of Justin, he stepped forth accounting for his actions ... ....
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CMS COP13: Not pangolins, illegal trade to blame for coronavirus
Yahoo Daily News 20 Feb 2020
Pangolin is considered to be the mammal most heavily traded for meat. (File) ... Panelist Dr Susan Lieberman from the Wildlife Conservation Society, said that the trade of wild species for food, ornaments and medicines was worth between eight and 20 billion USD per year ... Live animal food markets need to be stopped,” Lieberman said ... ....
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Ending Putin's Support of Venezuela No Easy Feat for US
Voa News 19 Feb 2020
In October 2016, the head of Russia's largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chavez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a giant bronze statue of the late socialist leader that he and his longtime friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin, commissioned from a prominent Russian artist ... adversaries ... sanctions ... ....
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Netanyahu announces 2,200 new housing units in Jerusalem's Har Homa
The Jerusalem Post 20 Feb 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that 2,200 additional housing units would be built in the Har Homa neighborhood of Jerusalem on Thursday, just two days after Peace Now reported that the approval process had begun for a 9,000 unit neighborhood in Atarot ... The additional units will make room for another 10,000 residents ... ... ....
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Roger Stone's sentencing to move ahead after judge refuses new trial request
The Guardian 20 Feb 2020
Trump ally guilty on seven counts, including lying to Congress President claims conviction ‘should be thrown out’ Roger Stone, a longtime ally of Donald Trump and a self-described political dirty trickster, is set to be sentenced on Thursday for his attempts to sabotage a congressional investigation that posed a political threat to the president ... ....
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Elizabeth Warren Says Mike Bloomberg Will Drop Another $100 Million 'to Erase America's Memory' of His Debate Performance
Newsweek 20 Feb 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren continued to go after billionaire Mike Bloomberg after the conclusion of the ninth Democratic primary debate, suggesting that the former New York mayor will shell out even more of his vast fortune to "erase America's memory" of his poor debate performance ... "And understand this ... ....
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Who Is Michael Bloomberg And Is He Trying To Buy The US Presidency?
Yahoo Daily News 20 Feb 2020
The billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg last night made his first major public appearance as a would-be Democratic presidential candidate. His uncertain debut on a TV debate stage in Nevada on Wednesday marked a significant moment in what many regard as a historic campaign that poses a huge question ... His... ....
