Senator Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 (£441,000) in damages after his neighbour attacked.
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Thursday 31 January 2019
Mystery illness sees Canada halve its Cuba embassy staff
A 14th employee at Canada's embassy in Havana falls ill, and the country cuts staff there by half.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sWTxuQ
China's factory activity shrinks as slowdown worries rise
The data comes as several global firms warn China's slowing economy will hit their bottom line.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UvE5l2
Emiliano Sala: Missing Cardiff striker's former club Nantes pay tribute
Nantes pay tribute to missing former striker Emiliano Sala during their 1-1 draw with Saint Etienne.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SbuBxT
The story of a US raid on al-Qaeda in Yemen
The BBC has gained rare access to Athlan village, the site of a major US attack on al-Qaeda in Yemen.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2UqHYHO
Polar vortex: What is it and how does it happen?
The deep freeze gripping much of the US has been blamed on a polar vortex. Here's what that means.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sex5LW
Actor 'tasted brutality of hatred'
Stars support Empire actor Jussie Smollet, the victim of a suspected hate crime in Chicago.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRvIJi
The Afghan Invictus athletes claiming asylum in Australia
The fears of six athletes who claimed asylum in Australia after the 2018 Invictus Games.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S8Sgz1
Zimbabwe women raped as government crackdown continues
Six women tell the BBC they were raped by security forces as part of a government crackdown.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2CRqD3G
MP defends unmasking shot reporter
Kennedy Agyapong tells the BBC he regrets journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s death, but has a clear conscious.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sVKNEY
'Why I fled Saudi Arabia and sought asylum in the UK'
Two Saudis who sought asylum in the UK explain why they risked everything.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SdhEnb
Richard E Grant in tears over Barbra Streisand's reply to 1970s fan letter
The actor and superfan was "overcome with emotion" when Streisand replied to his childhood letter.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2MGAb66
The Lord of the Ringos? Peter Jackson to direct a Beatles film
The Lord of the Rings director will use unseen footage of the tense sessions for their final album.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SdIgEx
Bulgarians decry ‘eco vandalism’ on coast
Social media outcry puts controversial construction on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast under scrutiny.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Uxh9C1
Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail
Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave. Poverty and loneliness are two of the possible causes.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2sUSv2f
How do you compost a human body - and why would you?
A US state could become one of the first places in the world to allow corpses to become fertile soil.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2S04WbU
The Indians sharing their villages with crocodiles
In most places, a crocodile would send people scurrying in fear. But not in this part of India.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sbqv8X
Maduro and Guaidó: Who is supporting whom in Venezuela?
The international community is split over who it recognises as the country's current president.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BbqOqp
Nastya Rybka: Model who got caught up in the Trump-Russia row
The story of Nastya Rybka, who was questioned in a Thai jail by the FBI about the Trump-Russia inquiry.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HHJ9kz
Why Dutch fear Brexit no deal will leave onions to rot
Imagine onions - tonnes of them, rotting in a customs queue. It's a Dutch farmer's Brexit nightmare.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2DLoiZL
Trump Says He’ll Leave Decision of Whether to Release Special Counsel’s Report to Justice Dept.
By MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2sYkIFk
On Politics: Trump Calls His Own Intelligence Officials ‘Naïve’
By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2RZBYZV
Another Go for Charles and Di, This Time With Music
By SARAH LYALL from NYT Theater https://nyti.ms/2RoY8zC
How Much Do You Know About Your Family’s History?
By KATHERINE SCHULTEN from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2TpuAU8
What’s on TV Thursday: ‘30 for 30’ and ‘The Big Lebowski’
By LAUREN MESSMAN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2FVZlgo
After Death on Subway Stairs, New Yorkers Lament Accessibility Issues
By YOUSUR AL-HLOU, ROBIN LINDSAY and NATE SCHWEBER from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2BbTfVb
Las principales noticias del jueves
By Por ALBINSON LINARES from NYT Universal https://nyti.ms/2FZFZqK
St. Louis Prosecutor Accuses Police of Obstructing Inquiry Into Killing of Officer
By LIAM STACK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TlYgl3
An Angry Trump Pushes Back Against His Own ‘Naive’ Intelligence Officials
By MARK LANDLER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Gcqb3g
Jury Awards Rand Paul Over $580,000 in Damages From Attack
By NOAH WEILAND from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GgXDp8
Undocumented Immigrant Who Worked at a Trump Golf Club Will Attend State of the Union
By MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2S0FxyM
Quotation of the Day: A Merciless Cold Lingers in the Midwest
By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://nyti.ms/2sUhliK
Mavericks Thump Knicks as Dirk Nowitzki Comes Alive at the Garden
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2sWxuUX
Samsung Forecasts Earnings Weakness Throughout 2019
By REUTERS from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2G9LOkO
China, Venezuela, Climate Change: Your Thursday Briefing
By PENN BULLOCK from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2S1jVCw
House price growth at near six-year low
The annual rise in house prices "almost ground to a complete halt" in January, the Nationwide says.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2DJKi77
Seven out of 10 water firms fail bills test
Firms have to set out how they will cut water bills as part of the regulator's five-year review.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HQS6bg
How has business been affected by Brexit so far?
With two months to go until the UK is due to leave the EU, how are firms and the UK economy faring?
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HHrR7r
China's factory activity shrinks as slowdown worries rise
The data comes as several global firms warn China's slowing economy will hit their bottom line.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2UvE5l2
MPs say fast fashion brands inaction on ethics is shocking
JD Sports, Sports Direct, TK Maxx, Amazon, Boohoo and Missguided must do more, say MPs.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HHsiyB
Brexit: Car investment halves as industry hits 'red alert'
The UK industry's trade body warns of "permanent devastation" if Britain leaves the EU without a deal.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2BbLdM1
Facebook users continue to grow despite privacy scandals
The number of people who logged into the site at least once a month rose 9% last year.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Uu7wUu
It's deadline day - can you handle the pressure?
Nearly two million people are estimated to have left it until the last minute to fill in their tax returns.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Gabtd6
Fed puts future rate rises on hold as pledges patience
The US central bank says it can "afford to wait" before making further interest rate rises.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2MHkewu
Bosses' group head in abrupt departure
Stephen Martin has been director general of the Institute of Directors for less than two years.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2MH51vx
Foxconn reconsiders Wisconsin factory plans
President Donald Trump had hailed Foxconn's investment as the start of a manufacturing revival.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2sTNqXY
Tesla reports profit as issues stabilise
The firm, which has routinely posted losses, reports a small profit for a second consecutive quarter.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2RsHcYT
Barclays shifts billions of pounds to Dublin because of Brexit
The High Street bank "cannot wait any longer" to shift business to Dublin because of Brexit.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2FYGv8q
Electric checks in rented homes confirmed by government
Landlords in England must organise a check every five years, mirroring rules already in place in Scotland.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2CTnznC
Brexit: Firms may speed up no-deal plans, says CBI
Latest twist feels like a "throw of the dice" and does nothing to take no-deal off the table, says the CBI.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Sgmwrw
Carlos Ghosn says 'plot and treason' behind arrest
The ex-Nissan chairman says some executives were opposed to his plans for the Japanese carmaker.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2sUfASF
Haidilao: Robots staff China's top hotpot chain
Robot waiters and chefs form the future of hotpot chain Haidilao.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HGanbw
The data that can save lives in rural Kenya
An app is helping healthcare workers in rural Kenya to collect data and improve their service to patients.
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2G8iLhk
The unlikely stars bucking the High Street slump
Museum and gallery shops are reporting rising sales and greater interest. What is their recipe for growth?
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2CRvcuO
Has Vale become Brazil's most hated company?
Can the country's mining giant Vale recover after its second major disaster in four years?
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from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2SlbwJK
Deep freeze grips U.S. Midwest, blamed for at least 12 deaths
A blast of icy polar air brought dangerously low temperatures to the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, causing at least three more deaths while halting mail delivery and forcing residents who pride themselves on their winter hardiness to huddle indoors.
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from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2S2U0KH
Oink, moo and brrr: Polar vortex strikes U.S. farm belt
Farmers from North Dakota to Iowa buckled down for some of the coldest weather in a generation on Wednesday, throwing extra rations to pigs or building igloos for chickens in the teeth of sub-zero temperatures and bone-chilling winds.
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from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2SeelvN
In 'Icebox of the Nation,' arctic blast is just another day
The town that embraces its nickname as the "Icebox of the Nation" barely paused on Wednesday for the polar vortex that is gripping the U.S. Upper Midwest.
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from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2ToOVsH
Senate hearings to probe unsafe housing of U.S. military families
Troubled by widespread health and safety hazards uncovered by a Reuters investigation into U.S. military housing, Congress will hold hearings next month to ensure that “what we’re seeing now can never happen again,” said Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2Gc4obS
Senator Rand Paul gets $580,000 after neighbor broke his ribs
A Kentucky jury has awarded U.S. Senator Rand Paul more than $580,000 in damages against a next-door neighbor who broke six of the Republican lawmaker's ribs in a gardening dispute.
from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2DLayOC
from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2DLayOC
U.S. secretly ships Cold War-era plutonium to Nevada
The U.S. government secretly shipped a large amount of deadly plutonium from a South Carolina site that produced the radioactive metal for nuclear bombs during the Cold War to Nevada, the Trump administration revealed on Wednesday.
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from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2WuK0bL
New York settles with sellers of 'fake' online followers, 'likes'
New York's attorney general on Wednesday said she has resolved a probe into a group of Colorado companies that once sold fake followers, "likes" and views on social media platforms, in the first U.S. settlement to deem such sales illegally deceptive.
from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2Bes5gv
from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2Bes5gv
U.S. lawmakers urge Pentagon to revise climate change report
Three Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including the House armed services committee chairman, on Wednesday urged the Pentagon to revise a report on climate change, saying it omitted required items such as a list of the 10 most vulnerable bases.
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from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2RYnlWS
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