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'Survive or die together': More than 400 killed in Eastern Ghouta UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire in comments made ahead of Thursday's UN Security Council meeting. "The humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta is appalling and, therefore, we need a ceasefire that stops both the horrific heavy bombardment of ...
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Weinstein apologises for citing Streep and Lawrence in defence Six women are suing Weinstein and what they call the "Weinstein Sexual Enterprise", which they say includes his brother Bob and their co-founded studio The Weinstein Company, claiming they conspired to conceal Weinstein's widespread alleged sexual harassment. The plaintiffs argue that, due to the ...
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My staff are trying to save lives in the rubble of Ghouta. Who will help us? As Syrians, we have experienced death in so many more ways than we ever dared to imagine: we have been killed by barrel bombs, chemical weapons, starvation, drowning, torture, napalm and cluster munitions. This month, in eastern Ghouta, another encounter with death was added to the list: a ...
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Teachers in West Virginia stage walkout over wages and benefits "We gotta keep the blood moving," said union leader Kim Martin as she revved up a picket line of 50 teachers dancing in the freezing rain to Michael Jackson's Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. Teachers in West Virginia, who are the 48th lowest paid in the nation, quit school for a two-day illegal wildcat ...
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Grenade thrown at US Embassy in Montenegro, attacker blows himself up "At 00:30 [23:30 UTC], in front of the US Embassy building in Podgorica, Montenegro, an unknown person committed suicide with an explosive device. Immediately before, the person threw an explosive device from the intersection near the Sport Center into the US Embassy compound," read a tweet on ...
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China overtakes US in AI startup funding with a focus on facial recognition and chips The competition between China and the US in AI development is tricky to quantify. While we do have some hard numbers, even they are open to interpretation. The latest comes from technology analysts CB Insights, which reports that China has overtaken the US in the funding of AI startups. The country ...
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Canadians call for return of relative held in Ethiopia A Canadian family is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to negotiate the release of a citizen imprisoned in Ethiopia saying "there will never be a better time than now to get him home". Canadian Bashir Makhtal, 49, has been imprisoned in Ethiopia since January 2007 on charges of "terrorism".
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