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China and India were blanketed in hazardous smog

The capitals of the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, were blanketed in hazardous, choking smog Monday as climate change talks began in Paris, where leaders of both countries are among the participants. China’s capital Beijing maintained an “orange” pollution alert, the second-highest level, Monday, closing highways, halting or suspending construction and prompting a warning to residents to ...

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Two Israeli teens were convicted of the murder of Palestinian boy

Two 17-year-old Israelis have been convicted of the murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khdair, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014. A verdict on a third defendant, a 31-year-old Israeli man, was postponed for a mental health review. Mohammad Abu Khdair, 16, was killed in apparent revenge for the murders of three Israeli teens in the West ...

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Iran’s leader meet with Putin for closer ties between Tehran and Moscow

Iran’s supreme leader, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran, said on Monday U.S. policies in the Middle East region were a threat to both countries and called for closer ties between Tehran and Moscow. The civil war in Syria has evolved into a wider proxy struggle between global powers, with Russia and Iran supporting Syrian President ...

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Egyptian security forces shot dead 5 Sudanese migrants

Egyptian border security forces have shot dead at least five Sudanese migrants as they attempted to cross into Israel from northern Sinai. A statement issued by the Egyptian military said the migrants were with people smugglers who opened fire on the border guards when they attempted to arrest the group. Earlier this month the bodies of 15 African migrants were ...

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US Secretary in Abu Dhabi for peace talks with the Damascus regime

US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Abu Dhabi on Monday to meet his Emirati counterparts on efforts to build a Syrian opposition coalition to lead peace talks with the Damascus regime. Kerry has scheduled meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan. US ...

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Australian Government is accused of ignoring crime in Papua New Guinea

The Australian Government is being accused of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the investing of criminal proceeds in Australia, for fear of losing the right to detain asylum seekers on Manus Island. An Australian Federal Police officer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the Government is ignoring extra-judicial killings and rampant ...

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Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier at a West Bank was shot dead

A Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli soldier at a West Bank gas station on Monday before he was killed by security forces as two Palestinian teenage girls in Jerusalem attacked a 70-year-old Palestinian, apparently mistaking him for an Israeli, in a new rash of attacks. In a day of rapidly unfolding violence, the latest in an eight-week wave of stabbings, ...

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Women start out as ambitious as men but it erodes over time, says researcher

Prof Michelle Ryan, who is in Australia to deliver a lecture, says women become wearied by fighting against the barriers they face and their ambition drops Many women are just as ambitious as men when they begin their careers, but become so wearied by fighting against multiple structural and experiential barriers to their success that this ambition often wanes. This ...

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Tottenham’s two-goal Harry Kane leads way in 4-1 rout of West Ham

Predictions have been pretty pointless so far in this topsy-turvy Premier League season but much more of this and people are going to start backing Tottenham Hotspur for a Champions League finish. After the encouragement of the performance, if not entirely the result, in the 1-1 draw at Arsenal before the international break they swatted aside a West Ham United ...

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Novak Djokovic sweeps past Roger Federer to underline No1 status

Both finalists were history men but Novak Djokovic underlined that he has more of it in front of him than does Roger Federer when he beat the Swiss in two sets to become the first player to win the ATP World Tour Finals title four years in a row. He was worth it, holding his nerve under intense pressure as ...

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