Kremlin Endorses New Restrictions Against ‘Foreign Agent’ Media

Kremlin Endorses New Restrictions Against ‘Foreign Agent’ Media

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation this week increasing fines and penalties against so-called “foreign agents” working in mass media — part of a...

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US Congress Approves Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Sanctions

US Congress Approves Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Sanctions

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to slap sanctions on companies working on Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline, sending a bill to...

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Tech Company Takes on Food Waste

Tech Company Takes on Food Waste

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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According to a United Nations study, the world produces enough food waste to feed as many as 2 billion people...

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Did It Keep Its Flavor? Stone-Age ‘Chewing-Gum’ Yields Human DNA

Did It Keep Its Flavor? Stone-Age ‘Chewing-Gum’ Yields Human DNA

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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Danish scientists have managed to extract a complete DNA sample from a piece of birch pitch more than 5,000 years...

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Europe Postpones Launch of Planet Mission, Seeks Soyuz Fix

Europe Postpones Launch of Planet Mission, Seeks Soyuz Fix

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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European space officials on Tuesday postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems shortly...

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Turkey: Opposition Mayor, Others Arrested Over Ties to Coup

Turkey: Opposition Mayor, Others Arrested Over Ties to Coup

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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Turkish authorities have arrested a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party over his alleged links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric,...

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Eight Migrants Die Trying to Reach Spain in 24 Hours

Eight Migrants Die Trying to Reach Spain in 24 Hours

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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Spanish police retrieved a body from a boat off the southern coast on Tuesday, the eighth migrant killed at sea...

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UK’s Johnson Seeks to Rule out Brexit Delay Beyond 2020

UK’s Johnson Seeks to Rule out Brexit Delay Beyond 2020

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is signalling that he won’t soften his Brexit stance now that he has a majority...

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As Global Refugees Exceed 70 Million, UN Forum Aims to Secure New Funding

As Global Refugees Exceed 70 Million, UN Forum Aims to Secure New Funding

12/17/2019 Newsmaker
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A three-day summit on tackling the world’s refugee crisis got under way Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. Thousands of delegates —...

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Geneva Refugee Summit Grapples With Issues of Equity

Geneva Refugee Summit Grapples With Issues of Equity

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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They keep on coming — fleeing the killing fields of war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa, escaping the...

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Putin Signs Amendments Allowing Large Fines for ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Violations

Putin Signs Amendments Allowing Large Fines for ‘Foreign Agents’ Law Violations

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 16 signed amendments to the Administrative Violations Code that allow hefty fines for violating...

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France, UK say They Look Beyond Brexit in Mali Cooperation

France, UK say They Look Beyond Brexit in Mali Cooperation

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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Sharing the cockpit of a helicopter on sizzling tarmac, French and British air force chiefs vowed to pursue the joint...

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Turkey Deploys Surveillance Drone in Northern Cyprus

Turkey Deploys Surveillance Drone in Northern Cyprus

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus amid...

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‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic Appeal Date Set for March

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic Appeal Date Set for March

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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A U.N. tribunal will hear arguments in March in the appeal of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, convicted...

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Spokesman: British PM to Present Brexit Bill to MPs on Friday

Spokesman: British PM to Present Brexit Bill to MPs on Friday

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government intends to present a bill to parliament on Friday to enable Britain to leave the...

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UN Forum to Seek Solutions for World’s Displaced

UN Forum to Seek Solutions for World’s Displaced

12/16/2019 Newsmaker
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The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, is holding a first-ever forum in an effort to drum up international support for...

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Turkey’s Erdogan Threatens to Close 2 US Military Bases

Turkey’s Erdogan Threatens to Close 2 US Military Bases

12/15/2019 Newsmaker
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday threatened to close two strategic military bases used by the United States in...

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China Pulls Football Game After Player’s Pro-Muslim Comments

China Pulls Football Game After Player’s Pro-Muslim Comments

12/15/2019 Newsmaker
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Chinese state television pulled the scheduled live broadcast of a football (soccer) game following one of the players’ comments online...

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US Democrats Squabble Over Lessons of UK Election

US Democrats Squabble Over Lessons of UK Election

12/15/2019 Newsmaker
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Hours before the official result was complete for Britain’s general election, U.S. Democrats on the other side of the Atlantic...

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Global Refugee Forum Seeks Greater International Support for Forcibly Displaced

Global Refugee Forum Seeks Greater International Support for Forcibly Displaced

12/15/2019 Newsmaker
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More than 2,000 Government, U.N., and business leaders as well as representatives from civil society and humanitarian agencies are gathering...

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Greta Thunberg, German Railway Company in Tweetstorm

Greta Thunberg, German Railway Company in Tweetstorm

12/15/2019 Newsmaker
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany’s national railway company created a tweetstorm Sunday after she posted a photo of herself...

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UK Opposition Chief Corbyn ‘Sorry’ for Election Wipeout

UK Opposition Chief Corbyn ‘Sorry’ for Election Wipeout

12/15/2019 Newsmaker
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Britain’s main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized Sunday for waging a disastrous campaign that handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a...

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