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Norway stunned as latest warship sinks after collision
CNN 17 Nov 2018
A large hole was torn into the side of KNM Helge Ingstad when it collided with a Malta-registered oil tanker, Sola TS, in the early hours of November 8 ... Since the oil companies pay 78 percent taxes to the state for production, the two-day shutdown ultimately resulted in a substantial economic loss for the nation, national broadcaster NRK reported ... ....
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Priyanka Chopra's mom Madhu reaches Jodhpur but refuses to speak on Nickyanka wedding
Deccan Chronicle 17 Nov 2018
Jodhpur. Actor Priyanka Chopra's mother Madhu Chopra on Friday landed here as the wedding of her daughter with American singer Nick Jonas nears ... The wedding will reportedly take place in the city ... ... "Mera bahut pasandida shehar hai ... ....
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Violence Breaks Out As First Wave Of Migrant Caravan Reaches Tijuana
WorldNews.com 16 Nov 2018
President Donald Trump and Republicans focused their rhetoric on immigration reform and warnings about the caravan of migrants ahead of last week's midterm elections in attacks that some said were racist in nature. The GOP went on to lose dozens of seats in the House of Representatives, but it maintained its majority in the Senate....
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Trade war will have no winners: Xi
Suryaa 17 Nov 2018
Port Moresby, Nov 17 China's President Xi Jinping said here on Saturday that the world needs common rules of global governance that do not respond to "selfish agendas" and warned that a trade war will have no winners ... ....
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US intel agencies have concluded Saudi prince ordered Khashoggi killing, official says
TVNZ 17 Nov 2018
US intelligence officials have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US official said today. The Saudi government has denied the claim. The conclusion will bolster efforts in the US Congress to further punish the close ally for the killing ... 26, 2017, she said ... 26, 2017 ... I ask the U.S ... ....
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Know how head injuries lead to serious brain diseases
The Siasat Daily 17 Nov 2018
Washington. In a recent study, biologists discovered how head injuries adversely affect individual cells and genes that can lead to serious brain disorders. The researchers at the University of California studied more than 6,000 cells in 15 hippocampal cell types — the first study of individual cell types subject to brain trauma ... Source. ANI. ....
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HSBC places its bets on a strong dollar through 2019
The National 17 Nov 2018
One of the world’s biggest dollar bulls is sticking to his guns as the US economy powers ahead and dangles some of the highest interest rates versus Europe in history. Wall Street’s “America First” playbook in 2019 will pack more punch, boosting the greenback along the way, according to David Bloom at HSBC Holdings ... ____________. Read more. ... ....
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Argentina: Submarine found sunk year after disappearing
Federal News Radio 17 Nov 2018
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s navy announced early Saturday that searchers had found the missing submarine ARA San Juan deep in the Atlantic a year after it disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard. The vessel was detected 800 meters (2,625 feet) deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia, the statement said ... ....
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Woman killed by ‘panicked driver’ as protesters block roads across France
Metro UK 17 Nov 2018
A woman has been killed in apparent tragic accident after a car rammed into protesters in France ... AP) ... AP) ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... AFP/Getty). Leticia Leclerq, unemployed mother of two, holds a banner reading ‘Stop privileges, low the taxes’ (Picture. AFP/Getty). The fuel taxes are part of Macron’s strategy of weaning France off fossil fuels ... ....
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Klarna: 'buy now, pay later' system that is seducing millennials
The Guardian 17 Nov 2018
Swedish firm Klarna has taken online shopping by storm over the past couple of years. Millennials no longer pay for clothes and gadgets with old-fashioned money – they “Klarna” it. If you’re over 30, you’ve probably never heard of Klarna ... It says Klarna lets you “sit back and relax. Klarna will notify you when payment is due.” ... .......
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Trump to visit California fire scene as death toll rises
The Telegraph Macon 17 Nov 2018
President Donald Trump heads to Northern California on Saturday to see firsthand the grief and devastation from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, as confusion continued over how many people remain unaccounted for ... California's outgoing and incoming governors, both Democrats and vocal critics of Trump, planned to join the president Saturday ... ....
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Planet-hunting Kepler telescope put to rest with final commands
The Siasat Daily 17 Nov 2018
Washington. NASA’s Kepler space telescope, that discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and revealed that our galaxy contains more planets than stars, has received its final set of commands to disconnect communications with Earth ... “Through its survey, we’ve discovered there are more planets than stars in our galaxy....
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Ex-Oracle executive Thomas Kurian to lead Google Cloud
Sify 17 Nov 2018
San Francisco. Indian-American Thomas Kurian, former Oracle President of product development and a respected technologist, is going to head Google Cloud from early next year, the tech giant has announced ... Kurian said he "is excited to join the fantastic Google Cloud team at this important and promising time" ... ....
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Kyrie Irving scores 43, Celtics beat Raptors 123-116 in OT
The Wichita Eagle 17 Nov 2018
Kyrie Irving had 11 straight Boston points down the stretch and scored 17 in all in the last 8.06 of the fourth quarter. Then in overtime, he really turned it ... ....
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Cryptocurrency Miners in this U.S. County Could Soon be Facing Higher Electricity Bills
LB News 17 Nov 2018
A county in the U.S. state of Washington is seeking to impose higher electricity rates for cryptocurrency miners. Cryptocurrency mining is a touchy subject, especially for authorities in the cities or municipalities where the operations are happening ... Plattsburgh in New York is even looking to have mining regulated in the city ... Mohns added. ... He said. ... ....
