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Brexit: Your simple guide to the UK leaving the EU
BBC - 25 Nov 2018 02:48
Feeling a little lost about what is going on with Brexit? Here's our basic guide.
Taiwanese reject legalizing same-sex unions in referendum
Miami Herald - 25 Nov 2018 04:23
Voters in Taiwan passed a referendum asking that marriage be restricted to one man and one woman, a setback to LGBT couples hoping their island will be the first place …
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gives Arsenal win despite Bournemouth scare
The Guardian - 25 Nov 2018 17:29
Related: Bournemouth v Arsenal: Premier League -- live! At the end of a week in which Unai Emery stated his desire to lead Arsenal back into the Champions League, having had it stated on his behalf by the club's managing...
Khashoggi's daughters vow their father's legacy 'will never fade'
New York Post - 25 Nov 2018 04:29
"His light will never fade," the daughters of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vowed in a moving new letter. "His legacy will be preserved within us," daughters Noha and Razan wrote of the murdered dissident and...
Hugh Hefner's iconic silk pajamas are up for auction
New York Post - 25 Nov 2018 04:20
Sorry, bunnies not included. Playboy pooh-bah Hugh Hefner's iconic pipe, silk pajamas and smoking jacket are up for sale next week as items from the raunchy rebel's personal collection go under the hammer in La La Land. ...
Trump says asylum seekers will wait in Mexico, won't be allowed in U.S. until courts approve
USA Today - 25 Nov 2018 02:32Black Man Killed by Officer in Alabama Mall Shooting Was Not the Gunman, Police Now Say
The New York Times - 25 Nov 2018 03:22
The police said the man, Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21, was likely not the gunman who shot at least one person. His death drew criticism from his family and protesters on Saturday.
Finland, Denmark and Germany stop arm sales to Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi's death
USA Today - 25 Nov 2018 02:14
Finland and Denmark joined Germany in halting arms sales to Saudi Arabia after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Relentless firefighters prevail: California wildfires now almost completely contained
ABC News - 25 Nov 2018 05:44
With both fires nearly fully-contained, the worst is finally over.
Migrant caravan: Mexican officials deny US border deal
BBC - 25 Nov 2018 03:45
The denial comes as a tweet from Donald Trump suggests an agreement was reached.
Gas tax protests turn violent in Paris
New York Post - 25 Nov 2018 03:08
In a scene straight out of "Les Miserables," 5,000 angry demonstrators set fires and stormed barricades Saturday in Paris along the famed Champs-Elysees to protest president Emmanuel Macron and the rising gas taxes in Fr...
She survived the deadliest US race riot
BBC - 25 Nov 2018 02:19
Olivia Hooker, who has died aged 103, went on to become the first black woman to join the US Coast Guard.
Dozens injured by shelling in Aleppo, Syrian state media reports
The Guardian - 25 Nov 2018 01:14
Insurgent shells caused choking, while government bombardments killed at least nine people in the rebel-held Idlib region Insurgent shells wounded dozens of people in Syria's Aleppo, causing choking, state media said on ...
Nine killed as Kashmir reels from its deadliest year since 2009
Al Jazeera English - 25 Nov 2018 16:54
Teenager among those dead as the India-administered Himalayan region suffers its worst bloodshed in a decade.
Syria, Russia accuse rebels of wounding scores in Aleppo gas attack
Reuters - 25 Nov 2018 16:50
More than 100 people were wounded in a suspected toxic gas attack in Syria's Aleppo late on Saturday, which a health official said was the first such assault in the city.
Turkish defense minister discussed Syria's Idlib with Russia: CNN Turk
Reuters - 25 Nov 2018 16:50
Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar discussed the latest developments in Syria's Idlib with his Russian counterpart by telephone on Sunday, Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
Democrats shun idea of Pelosi floor fight in speaker's race
Boston - 25 Nov 2018 16:42
Those trying to stop California Democrat Nancy Pelosi from becoming House speaker say they don't need a rival now, but instead plan to show she lacks the votes to win, and at that point, they say, challengers will emerge
Spain revives call for shared control over Gibraltar after Brexit
Reuters - 25 Nov 2018 16:36
Spain will revive its bid for shared sovereignty over Gibraltar once Britain has left the European Union, the country's prime minister said on Sunday, adding Madrid had the support of the bloc to resolve the 300-year-old...
GM mosquitoes to be released in Burkina Faso malaria project
The Guardian - 25 Nov 2018 16:33
Representatives at UN biodiversity conference debate ban on gene-drive technology Thousands of genetically-modified mosquitoes will soon be released in Burkina Faso as a step towards the world's first field test of "gene...
Over 100,000 children in UK at risk of Christmas hardship
The Guardian - 25 Nov 2018 16:17
In-built delay of universal credit payment for new claimants means families will be forced to borrow to survive until new year More than 100,000 children live in families at risk of debt and hardship over Christmas becau...
Spaniards join global call to end violence against women
Miami Herald - 25 Nov 2018 15:51
Activists are marching in more than 40 cities and towns in Spain to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In Madrid, tens of thousands …
European Union Endorses Brexit Divorce Deal
Time - 25 Nov 2018 15:50
Theresa May now has to sell the deal to her recalcitrant parliamentarians