The worst tanker oil spill in decades is unfolding in the East China Sea
The worst tanker oil spill in decades is unfolding across hundreds of miles of the East China Sea after an Iranian oil tanker carrying more than 100,000 tonnes of toxic oil collided with a freighter and exploded, killing all 32 crew onboard. The ship burned, spewing its cargo, for more than a week before sinking in the waters between China, Japan and South Korea.
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Labour Official Tells Davos, ‘There’s an Anger Building Out There’
John McDonnell came to the World Economic Forum in Davos with an uncomfortable message for the global elite.
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Czechs Vote for President as Ties With EU, Russia in Focus
The Czech Republic is voting in a presidential election pitting pro-Russian incumbent Milos Zeman against pro-European career academic Jiri Drahos in a vote that may play an important role in Europe’s divide between east and west.
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ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has officially gained agency-wide access to a nationwide license plate recognition database, according to a contract finalized earlier this month. The system gives the agency access to billions of license plate records and new powers of real-time location tracking, raising significant concerns from civil libertarians.
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Flu Season Rages On, Hitting Baby Boomers Unusually Hard
This year's severe flu season is still pummeling the country from coast to coast. The respiratory illness appears to be unusually bad for baby boomers, federal health officials reported Friday.
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U.S. EPA reverses policy on 'major sources' of pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it was withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes changes to reduce emissions.
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Giulio Regeni murdered in Egypt 'over research' - Italian prosecutor
Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, whose mutilated body was found in Cairo two years ago, was killed because of his research on Egypt's independent trade unions, a Rome prosecutor says.
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Turkey's Erdogan vows to fight Kurdish forces as far as Iraq
Turkey is prepared to take its fight against Kurdish forces in northern Syria as far east as Iraq, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
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Syrian Kurds Ask Assad for Aid Against Turkish Aggression
Afrin's de facto autonomous government asked Assad to help them protect Syrian national sovereignty against Turkish attacks.
telesurtv.net
The Gerrymandering Fight Heats Up
It’s hard to fault Democrats for chafing when they look at North Carolina’s congressional election map.
bloomberg.com
Trump Sets High Price for Democrats on Immigration Deal
President Donald Trump offered Democrats a concession on immigration but at a price that so far they’ve been unwilling to accept.
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