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Trump Calls Off US Delegation's Trip to Davos Summit
Citing the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump announced that he has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum , which runs from January 22 to 25. Donald Trump - who was centre-stage at Davos last year in a rare appearance by a sitting USA president - cited domestic problems such as his partial shutdown of the U.S.
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Russian fighter jets collide mid-air over Sea of Japan; crews eject
One of the pilots managed to eject and was rescued. "The version is being checked that the pilots failed to properly calculate the safe distance between the two aircraft, or there was a technical malfunction, and two planes could supposedly collide", writes Interfax .
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Largest group of asylum seekers yet tunnels under border wall
Around 30 unaccompanied minors were smuggled into the US after tunneling beneath the border wall near San Luis, Arizona on Monday together with a group of over 300 Central American migrants who then surrendered themselves to the Border Patrol.
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Women to march in hundreds of cities worldwide for third straight year
Ms. Wasserman Schultz , who led the DNC from 2011 to 2016, represents the most prominent elected Democrat to repudiate publicly the Women's March, although other Democratic and progressive groups have distanced themselves. "I have said many times that I feel everyone has a right to exist, I just don't feel anyone has a right to exist at the disposal of another group", Mallory said.
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Police officer who killed black teenager in Chicago gets almost seven years
Video showed Van Dyke opening fire 16 times as McDonald was moving away from the officer. The shooting has provoked periodic large street protests since 2015, when the video came to light, and the acquittals could renew that movement. Police officers often are segregated from the prison population for their safety, though studies have shown long-term isolation to be detrimental to inmates.
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Ankara condemns terrorist attack in Manbij, Syria
At the Pentagon, unofficial accounts of the number of deaths among American troops changed throughout the day as officials in Syria investigated the attack. Central Command announced in a statement hours after officials acknowledged American troops were among the people killed in the attack. "As we begin to bring our troops home, the American people can be assured, for the sake of our soldiers, their families, and our nation, we will never allow the remnants of ISIS to re-establish ...