Friday, 31 January 2020

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Senate votes to approve final framework for Trump impeachment trial, scheduling final verdict vote for Wednesday of next week.

01/31/20 4:58 PM

Black and in the police: 'I've been called a traitor'

Here's how black police officers are dealing with the stigma, like Love Island's Mike Boateng.

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Kashmir avalanche: 'My baby's toy torch saved me from death'

Shakila was buried for hours under deep snow in Kashmir, hoping her daughter was alive.

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Lina Ben Mhenni: The woman who blogged Tunisia's revolution

"Freedom, better education and health: that's all we wanted," one of Lina Ben Mhenni's friends says.

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Australia fires: How a unique slug species survived

The bright pink species is only found in a small habitat in Australia, experts say.

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Amazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction

Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous groups trying to save the Amazon.

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Senate adjourns until Monday morning.


By BY CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RO3jMV

A consequential vote is captured in pencil.


By BY ALICIA PARLAPIANO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2S8BYnx

Biden says his focus is on defeating Trump at the ballot box.


By BY KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tgy6IH

Former Coast Guard Lieutenant Is Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison on Gun and Drug Charges


By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2uaZAQp

Democrats unsuccessfully try to force four amendments.


By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RJiGWO

Trump signed off on the plan for his trial’s close.


By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UlkUxz

Requiem for a Dream


By BY ROGER COHEN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2GKelfI

Roberts says it would be ‘inappropriate’ for him to act as a tie-breaker.


By BY CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UfphtG

Giuliani Sought Help for Client in Meeting With Ukrainian Official


By BY RONEN BERGMAN, ANTON TROIANOVSKI AND KENNETH P. VOGEL from NYT World https://ift.tt/3b0Qu9x

Watch Live: Senators Debate Impeachment Trial Amendments


By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aZYp78

Kobe Bryant helicopter firm was not allowed to fly in fog

Island Express Helicopters was restricted to flying in clear conditions, officials say.

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Could you handle the most remote campsite on earth?

Take a look inside an Antarctic campsite and find out how they survive.

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Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders for Not Working to Unite Democrats in 2016


By BY SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RM2iF6

Plans for Alabama’s Deadly Prisons ‘Won’t Fix the Horrors’


By BY KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aZLFgP

Brexit Has Arrived. But Boris Johnson’s Reign Is Just Beginning.


By BY RICHARD SEYMOUR from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2RNUGC1

Senators say they’ve settled on a schedule that would end the trial on Wednesday.


By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UbLc5b

Battle Lines Quickly Form Over Radical Property Tax Proposal


By BY EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS, MATTHEW HAAG AND JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2tgjTeQ

Thursday, 30 January 2020

Claudia Andujar: A glimpse of Yanomami life in the jungle

A gallery of Claudia Andujar's photographs of Yanomami tribespeople

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Iowa caucuses: Nine unusual things about the Democratic race

Democrats are deciding who they want to take on Trump - and it can be a noisy, chaotic process.

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Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India

A TikTok influencer says his videos on Hindu-Muslim unity have triggered censorship on the app.

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Making beautiful colours without toxic chemicals

Dyeing clothes uses a lot of water and chemicals, but new tech is drawing on nature for colours.

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Coronavirus: Why are we catching more diseases from animals?

Climate change is shifting our relationship with the animal kingdom and helping diseases evolve.

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Trump Lawyer’s Impeachment Argument Stokes Fears of Unfettered Power


By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2OdsS86

Defense team continues to portray the president as a victim.


By BY SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2S2hmNQ

Citing ‘Soul of Our Democracy,’ Pastor of Dr. King’s Church Enters Senate Race


By BY RICHARD FAUSSET from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Odr1QG

Trump Travels to Iowa to Energize Supporters for Caucuses Next Week


By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2GBRnr0

These Brands Said No to Running Super Bowl Commercials


By BY TIFFANY HSU from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2tT2fyh

We May Never See John Bolton’s Book


By BY JAMEEL JAFFER AND RAMYA KRISHNAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3aWu6hs

Republican senator laments starkly partisan nature of the trial.


By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38TGtZS

New York Is Urged to Consider Surge Pricing for Taxis


By BY BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2GzItup

More American Troops Sustain Brain Injuries From Iran Missile Strike in Iraq


By BY THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF from NYT World https://ift.tt/2t90lce

Impeachment trial turns to whistleblower ahead of possible weekend finish

U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday tried to shift the focus of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial to the unnamed government official whose whistleblower complaint about Trump's dealings with Ukraine spurred the drive to remove him from office.


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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Sen. Rand Paul talks impeachment fight on 'The Story,' 7 pm ET

01/30/20 3:52 PM

Everyone Wants a Piece


By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2OgG4ZQ

¿Hará el papa Francisco un milagro con la deuda de Argentina?


By BY MARCELO J. GARCÍA from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2RIDCgw

Alexander asks about the differences in bipartisanship under Nixon and Trump.


By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2uKxHPa

Day 9 of Trump’s Trial: Tedium and Tea-Leaf Reading


By BY MICHELLE COTTLE from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36N2iJq

Fred Silverman, 82, Is Dead; a TV Force When Three Networks Ruled


By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3aT23zv

Fotis Dulos, Accused of Killing Jennifer Dulos, Is Dead


By BY MICHAEL GOLD from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2S7xWM8

Senators break for dinner.


By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UerWE3

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Why Having Hunter Biden Testify Would Be Bad for Trump


By BY ELIZABETH DREW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2vy1gUB

Chris Doleman, Hall of Fame Scourge of Quarterbacks, Dies at 58


By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/314T8GN

Is the World Ready for the Coronavirus?


By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2OcgGUV

Rand Paul’s question may center on naming the whistle-blower.


By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2u1jZrc

To Senate Republicans, a Vote for Witnesses Is a Vote for Trouble


By BY CARL HULSE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aWjxuP

U.S. House passes bill to extend temporary ban on fentanyl look-alikes for 15 months

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would temporarily extend the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) class-wide ban on all variants of the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl, which has helped fuel the opioid crisis in the United States.


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'We've always said it's uphill': Quotes from Day 8 of Trump's Senate impeachment trial

A Democratic push for witnesses at Donald Trump's U.S. Senate impeachment trial appeared to flag on Wednesday, raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday, as the White House objected to the publication of a book by former national security adviser John Bolton.


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Blue States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funds — Red States Are, Too


By BY ARY AMERIKANER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2U6Aywp

To Truly Move On, the Astros Needed Dusty Baker


By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2O8w30L

U.K. Announces Rapid Review into Scale of Child Sexual Abuse by Grooming Gangs

By Stephen Castle from NYT World https://ift.tt/XTdO8mH