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Employee being fired fatally shoots 5 co-workers in Illinois
Hawaii Tribune-Herald 16 Feb 2019
AURORA, Ill. — A 15-year employee being fired from a suburban Chicago manufacturing company started shooting Friday, killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers before he was killed by police, authorities said ... — which makes valves for industrial purposes — in the city about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Chicago ... ....
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Trump’s emergency: the arbitrary action of an instinctive autocrat
Yahoo Daily News 16 Feb 2019
The phrase “national emergency” conjures up images of riots in the streets and burning cities, a disease pandemic killing millions, or an inter-planetary invasion by little green men from Mars. Donald Trump’s national emergency, over his thwarted plans to build a border wall with Mexico, is prompted by none of these horrors ... “It’s an invasion ... ....
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St Petersburg: University building partly collapses in Russian city
The Independent 16 Feb 2019
A university in St Petersburg has partially collapsed, according to Russian state news. Several walls have falled inside the building and emergency services fear that people are trapped under the debris ... Subscribe now. ....
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Vatican defrocks former US cardinal for sex abuse of minor
This is Money 16 Feb 2019
American Theodore McCarrick, 88, who resigned from the Vatican's College of Cardinals in July, is the first cardinal ever to be defrocked for sex abuse ... McCarrick, 88, who resigned from the Vatican's College of Cardinals in July, is the first cardinal ever to be defrocked for sex abuse ... He currently lives in Kansas. - Sex with adult seminarians - ... ....
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No weekend visit to China for Chancellor after threat to deploy warship
Belfast Telegraph 16 Feb 2019
Philip Hammond will not visit China this weekend amid reports that Beijing pulled out of trade talks after Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson threatened to deploy a warship in the Pacific. The Chancellor was expected to meet Chinese vice premier Hu Chunhua, but Treasury sources said the trip was never confirmed ... But a Treasury spokeswoman said ... ....
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US pullout from Syria risks boosting Russia, Iran influence: Merkel
This is Money 16 Feb 2019
Syrian soldiers advance in an area on the eastern outskirts of Douma on April 8, 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Saturday that Washington's plan to swiftly pull its soldiers out of Syria risks allowing Russia and Iran to boost their role in the region ... ....
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11 killed, 15 injured in Boko Haram Attack on Maiduguri
This Day 16 Feb 2019
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri. Eleven persons were killed and fifteen others injured in Saturday’s Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri, the Commissioner of Police in Borno State, Damian Chukwu, disclosed ... He said they shot sporadically and detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies ... ....
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Nigeria's candidates blame each other in surprise vote delay
The Oklahoman 16 Feb 2019
YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's top candidates on Saturday condemned the last-minute decision to delay the presidential election for a week until Feb. 23, blaming each other but appealing to Africa's largest democracy for calm. The decision, announced a mere five hours before the polls were to open, is a costly one ... "We will overcome this ... ___ ... ___ ... ....
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Salvini reacts as lawmaker says Italy may soon exit EU
Gulf News 16 Feb 2019
Milan. Italy should leave the European Union unless there is a decisive shift towards populist parties in European Parliament elections in May, according to a prominent member of the far-right League party, part of the country’s two-party ruling coalition ... Responding to the comments, party leader Salvini said. “We have no intention to exit Europe ... ....
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Kim Jong Un to arrive in Vietnam on February 25 ahead of Trump summit
The Times of India 16 Feb 2019
HANOI. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will arrive in Vietnam on February 25 ahead of a planned second summit with US President Donald Trump, three sources with direct knowledge of Kim's schedule told Reuters on Saturday. Trump and Kim are due to meet in Hanoi on February 27 and 28 following their historic first meeting last June in Singapore ... ....
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Donald Trump's border wall 'emergency' faces first legal challenge
Hindustan Times 16 Feb 2019
A nonprofit sued to block President Donald Trump from diverting funds from the federal budget to spend about $8 billion on his promised border wall, hours after he declared a national emergency. world Updated. Feb 16, 2019 11.48 IST. Bloomberg. Washington ... border with Mexico ... Congress is considering taking its own action against the president ... Also read ....
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Angela Merkel rejects Donald Trump’s claims that German cars are a threat
Business Day 16 Feb 2019
Chancellor Angela Merkel took President Donald Trump to task before an audience of senior security officials in Munich, calling his administration’s suggestion that European autos are a threat to US national security a “shock.” ... “Look, we’re proud of our cars,” Merkel said Saturday. “We’re allowed to be ... Bloomberg ....
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Minister says he won’t support ‘irresponsible’ Brexit no-deal
Metro UK 16 Feb 2019
Crashing out of the European Union without a deal would have a ‘very adverse effect’ on the UK’s economy, a Cabinet minister has warned. David Gauke suggested he would back an extension to Article 50 if a deal between the UK and EU was not reached. He said he expected the Government to act ‘responsibly’ if the current deadlock prevailed ... But he said ... ....
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Saudi crown prince delays visit to Pakistan by a day
The Journal 16 Feb 2019
Pakistani officials say visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been delayed by a day ....
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R.E.M. Trashes 'President Asshole' Donald Trump Over 'Everybody Hurts' Meme
Yahoo Music 16 Feb 2019
The members of former American rock band R.E.M. have made it crystal clear how they feel about President Donald Trump’s sharing of a meme mocking Democrats, which featured one of their most iconic songs. Trump shared the video, which was set to the group’s 1992 hit “Everybody Hurts,” on Friday ... pic.twitter.com/BliAo5YDqb— Donald J ... R.E.M ... Reblog ... ....
