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Committee's report on impeachment could land next week
Donald Trump was briefed on the whistleblower complaint about his dealings with Ukraine before the White House released almost $400m in military aid to Kyiv, officials said on Wednesday, shedding new light on events that triggered the impeachment inquiry . [Full Article...]
Large pig chases Greek journalist live on air
Lazos was reporting flood damage that happened in the town of Kineta in Green when the pig chose to chase him. We have a pig here that we were chasing this morning ... Giorgos can you hear me. The video opened with the studio journalist Giorgos Papadakis, who introduced the reporter at the flood site. "Now let's go to Kineta where (people) have their wounds". [Full Article...]
TikTok Declines to Testify to US Congress About China
The videos, which were disguised as makeup tutorials, have received millions of views. Right after I finished posting a 3 part video about the Uyghurs? "I have reached out and haven't gotten any answers", Feroza tweeted. "We would like to apologize to the user for the error on our part". "Due to a human moderation error, the viral video from November 23 was removed. [Full Article...]
Australia fire survivors join global climate protests
In Hamburg alone, some 30,000 mainly young people gathered and another 17,000 congregated in Munich to voice alarm at rising temperatures, police said. Protesters in Australia, Japan and India yesterday launched a fresh round of global demonstrations against climate change, heeding the call to action from 16-year-old climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg . [Full Article...]
Meet Dogor the 18,000-year-old puppy found in Siberia
Photographs released by the Centre for Palaeogenetics show the puppy in an nearly ideal condition, with its nose, whiskers and teeth remarkably intact. He says his team at the centre has plenty of data on both species, so it shouldn't be hard to place Dogor in one category or the other. Studies based on previous discoveries in Siberian permafrost suggest that dogs may have been domesticated be... [Full Article...]
Peru's Keiko Fujimori leaves prison after top court ruling
Until Friday, Fujimori had been in jail since October 2018 after prosecutors said she led a criminal organisation and received millions of dollars from Odebrecht during her 2011 election campaign. She denied any wrongdoing and said the accusations were false. Her supporters also carried the orange banners of her political party. She is the daughter of the country's authoritarian former Presiden... [Full Article...]
What we know so far about the London Bridge attack - visual guide
Two people died and three were injured in the terrorist attack just before 2:00pm on Friday (local time). "Absolutely stunned at the bravery of those on London Bridge who took the attacker down and then disarmed him - whilst he was wearing what seemed to be an explosive vest", tweeted Liam Young. [Full Article...]
Teens charged overseas in threats made to Calgary and Edmonton schools
Calgary police say threats made against local schools Thursday are believed to be a "swatting" incident, adding they believe the comments have "no legitimacy". "Everything you do online leaves a digital footprint and law enforcement is trained to understand the layers of technology and the networks and identify where to look", Det. [Full Article...]