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Spurs fans should fear four years of Mourinho's small-minded cynicism | Jonathan Liew
The Guardian - 12 Jan 2020 19:25
Desperate negativity of his approach to playing Liverpool at home is José Mourinho's management style in microcosm Champions aren't flawless. It's just that you glimpse their flaws for only a fleeting instant - a shadow...
AOC, sworn enemy of dark money, now pushing her own PAC
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 04:53
Socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday began a fundraising push for her very own political action committee -- despite her status as the party's leading foe of big money in politics.
Trump Expected to Be Praised for Soleimani Killing, but Majority Say it Made U.S. Less Safe
Slate - 12 Jan 2020 16:30
A new poll shows 56 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling the situation with Iran.
High-ranking pro-Iranian militia commander shot dead in Iraq: report
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 06:48
Taleb Abbas Ali al-Saedi, a top leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces, was killed in Karbala, a city in central Iraq, by "unidentified gunmen," the outlet reported.
More than 20 million people under flood watch after killer storms power through Midwest, East
CNN - 12 Jan 2020 03:57
More than 20 million people were under a flood watch Saturday as storms responsible for at least eight deaths cut through the Midwest and Southeast.
Trump Tied Soleimani Hit To Support From GOP Hawks Ahead Of Impeachment Trial: Reports
The Huffington Post - 12 Jan 2020 03:50
New motivation emerges after contradictory Trump administration accounts of "imminent" threats justifying airstrike assassination.
Florida man gets 90 days in jail for spitting on Trump supporter in MAGA hat
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 02:40
A Florida man who was caught on a restaurant security camera spitting on a 67-year-old Trump supporter wearing a MAGA hat was sentenced to 90 days in Indian River County Jail, a report said. Democrat Matthias Ajple, 43, ...
US warns Iraq that cash crunch is coming if troops get booted
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 02:01
The US is warning Iraq that it will pay big time if Baghdad boots out American troops. State Department officials took aim at Iraq’s central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City, promising a cash c...
Malta gets a new prime minister amid scandal over the killing of a journalist
CNN - 12 Jan 2020 16:37
Lawyer Robert Abela will become Malta's new Prime Minister after securing a surprising victory in his party's leadership contest, which was triggered by a political scandal over the assassination of an investigative jour...
Mother of UK's worst serial rapist 'didn't know he was gay'
The Guardian - 12 Jan 2020 16:02
We are a good Christian family, says Normawati Sinaga. 'He is my baby' Reynhard Sinaga: the 'Peter Pan' student who raped scores of men How serial rapist posed as a good samaritan to lure victims The mother of a mature s...
Australia turns from defense to offense in wildfire battle
Boston - 12 Jan 2020 15:20
A break in the weather is changing how firefighters in Australia are battling the flames.
Warning of 80mph gales as Storm Brendan set to sweep across UK
Sky News - 12 Jan 2020 05:25
Forecasters are warning of strong gales of up to 80mph as Storm Brendan is set to sweep across parts of the UK.
Woman who sat in ER with chest pain left after waiting for hours - and died soon after
USA Today - 12 Jan 2020 05:12
Tashonna Ward's family is seeking answers from Froedtert Hospital, where she spent more than two hours in the emergency department before she left.
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's actions on Iran: poll
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 16:26
A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Trump is handling the situation in Iran and believe the drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani makes the country less safe, a poll released Sunda...
Libya's rival factions accuse each other of violating ceasefire
Al Jazeera English - 12 Jan 2020 16:15
LNA and GNA blame each other for breaking truce, aimed to stop more than nine months of clashes around Tripoli.
Impeachment: Pelosi prepares to transmit articles as Trump fumes
The Guardian - 12 Jan 2020 15:25
President claims speaker is 'absolute worst in US history' How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil Whether or not Nancy Pelosi is the "absolute worst Speaker of the House in US history", as Donald Tru...
World leaders travel to Oman to meet its newly named sultan
ABC News - 12 Jan 2020 15:16
World leaders are traveling to Oman to meet the country's new sultan, named just a day earlier after the death of the nation's longtime ruler
Anti-government protesters in Iran face off against police in tense video
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 06:40
Iranian protesters faced down police in riot gear Saturday, shouting criticisms of the "immoral"republic, and being met with tear gas, a tense new video from the scene shows.
Malta gets new PM after Muscat departs over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
The Guardian - 12 Jan 2020 06:00
Robert Abela elected as Labour leader after PM Joseph Muscat resigned amid controversy surrounding investigation of journalist's death Outsider Robert Abela is set to become Malta's new prime minister after the downfall ...
Australian PM concedes mistakes, but likely won't drastically shift climate policy in light of fires
The Week - 12 Jan 2020 17:55
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday conceded he's made some mistakes since the worst season of bushfires ever recorded in Australia broke out, The New York Times reports. He said he wouldn't have taken a h...
Iraqi journalists fear for lives after Basra reporters killed
Al Jazeera English - 12 Jan 2020 22:47
Journalists say they have been increasingly targeted since wave of anti-government protests began in October.
Trump, top advisers voice support for protesters in Iran
New York Post - 12 Jan 2020 19:38
President Trump and top members of his administration provided full-throated support on Sunday for the protesters calling out the Iranian government over the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet. “To the leaders of Ira...