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China's Top Ideologue Calls for Tight Control of Internet
The New York Times - 3 Dec 2017 09:19
Speaking to an audience that included the heads of Apple and Google, Wang Huning said China should be free to govern, and censor, its internet.
Trump: 'Crooked Hillary' got a pass, while Flynn had his life 'destroyed'
New York Post - 3 Dec 2017 04:35
President Trump expressed regret that his former national security adviser had his “life destroyed” and brought up allegations against Hillary Clinton in a pair of tweets Saturday night. “So General Flynn lies to t...
7 dead, 2 missing after boat capsizes in South Korea
Miami Herald - 3 Dec 2017 04:33
At least seven people were dead and two missing on Sunday after a South Korean fishing boat collided with a refueling vessel and capsized, the coast guard said. An official …
Witnesses get peek inside the secretive nerve center of the Mueller investigation
Chicago Tribune - 3 Dec 2017 04:46Argentine submarine hopes dashed after blurry image confirmed as sunken trawler
The Guardian - 3 Dec 2017 04:25
An underwater camera captured a 60-metre long image, briefly raising hope of recovering missing San Juan vessel A blurry image taken by an unmanned Russian submersible raised hopes that it could be the Argentine submarin...
Retired military commanders urge Congress to address 'gun violence crisis'
Chicago Tribune - 3 Dec 2017 02:55'Sleeping driver' lorry smash caught on camera
Sky News - 3 Dec 2017 23:01
Dashcam footage shows the moment a lorry driver ploughed into two cars after he apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
The Death Knell of the Government of the United States
OpEdNews - 3 Dec 2017 17:47
No government has ever survived without acting with the consent of the governed. It results in revolution. always has. always will.
Nigel Farage defends Donald Trump's Britain First tweets
BBC - 3 Dec 2017 13:17
The ex-UKIP leader says the "outrage from the liberal elite" is out of proportion to what happened.
Contributing Op-Ed Writer: What's a Bigger Threat, 'Normalization' or Alarmism?
The New York Times - 3 Dec 2017 22:14
Right-wing populists thrive in a culture of tense polarization. We shouldn't help them.
McConnell optimistic of tax bill deal between Senate and House
Reuters - 3 Dec 2017 16:50
WASHINGTON
Trump, Defending Himself After Flynn Guilty Plea, Says F.B.I. Is in 'Tatters'
The New York Times - 3 Dec 2017 16:42
In an extraordinary attack on the top law enforcement body in his own government, Mr. Trump accused the F.B.I. and its career investigators of having a bias against him.
Pope prays that Honduras peacefully solves political crisis
Miami Herald - 3 Dec 2017 16:37
Pope Francis says he is praying that Honduras can peacefully overcome a violent political crisis. Deadly protests have erupted in the Central American nation over a delayed vote count in …
Mike Pompeo warns Iran against anti-US action in Iraq
Al Jazeera English - 3 Dec 2017 15:54
CIA Director Mike Pompeo in letter to Iran's army chief says US will hold Tehran responsible if its troops are targeted.
6.0 earthquake hits Ecuador coast; no injuries reported
Miami Herald - 3 Dec 2017 15:49
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck along the coast of Ecuador Sunday in the same area where a much stronger tremor left hundreds dead last year. President Lenin Moreno said there …
How Scotland reduced knife deaths among young people
The Guardian - 3 Dec 2017 15:48
Treating knife crime as a health issue has led to a dramatic drop in stabbings: of the 35 deaths of young people in Britain this year, none were in Scotland In 2005, Strathclyde police set up a violence reduction unit (V...
Trump celebrates suspension of ABC reporter Brian Ross, proposes lawsuits against ABC
The Week - 3 Dec 2017 15:45
ABC News on Saturday suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay because of a report in which he made a "serious error" about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Ross reported that ...
The Latest: France wants African force to help migrants
Miami Herald - 3 Dec 2017 15:44
The Latest on the flow of migrants to Europe (all times local): 2:35 p.m. A French government spokesman says France doesn't plan a military intervention in Libya but supports the …
North Korea says US-South Korea military drills drive them to 'brink of a nuclear war'
Fox News - 3 Dec 2017 15:31
North Korea lambasted the U.S. and South Korea on Sunday for bringing the countries to the "brink of a nuclear war" a day before the allies begin a joint military drill in a defiant show of force against Kim Jong Un less...
Trump attempts to deflect obstruction of justice accusations by attacking Comey
The Week - 3 Dec 2017 15:28
Early Sunday, President Trump responded to accusations that one of his Saturday tweets inadvertently admitted to obstruction of justice by indicating he knew former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had lied to the...
US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east Euphrates free of IS
Miami Herald - 3 Dec 2017 15:23
Syria's main Kurdish forces say it has successfully cleared areas east of the Euphrates river of Islamic State militants. Noureddine Mahmoud, spokesman for the People's Defense Units, known as the …
Jordanian kidnapped for ransom in southern Syria is freed
Miami Herald - 3 Dec 2017 14:40
Jordan's military says it has rescued a Jordanian civilian who was kidnapped for ransom by an armed group in southern Syria several days ago. The military-linked Hala Akhbar site said …