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Mariah Carey has a disasterous New Year's Eve at Times Square
Mariah Carey performs during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square on December 31, 2016 in NY. Carey took it all in stride and went on Twitter to wish her Lambs a Happy New Year . From the beginning the audio was off but her and her background dancers tried their best to stay on time . "All right, we didn't have a check for this song, so we'll just say it went to number one".
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Indonesian tourist boat catches fire, 23 dead
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement that there were around 210 survivors - 17 of who sustained injuries - but 17 people remained missing. The head of North Jakarta's fire department, Satriadi Gunawan, said his officers received a report on the incident at 08.46 a.m.
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S. Korea court says Park won't testify in impeachment trial
But this year, the President's New Year message was given by Prime Minister Hwang Kyo Ahn, who took over her executive powers. The 64-year-old met reporters for the first time Sunday since the parliament's December 9 vote to impeach her. Opposition parties rejected this and led a motion to impeach the president by a wide margin, joined by some members of her Saenuri party. Choi is in detention while on trial.
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United Nations has failed to solve global problems, says Trump
Yesterday morning, Donald Trump announced that he's not pleased with the state of the transition process, blaming President Obama for causing turbulence. Trump later told reporters that Israel is being treated "very, very unfairly", maintaining that countries that are "horrible places" never get reprimanded.
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China asks United States not to allow Taiwan president stopover
The Taiwanese leader is scheduled to transit through the United States in her January trip to Central America, but Beijing has asked Washington to block Tsai's stopovers in Houston and San Francisco. China suspended contacts with Tsai's administration in June over her refusal to endorse China's claim that Taiwan and the mainland are part of a single Chinese nation.
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Russian Federation hacked United States grid through Burlington Electric
Politicians, including Sen. Patrick Leahy put out a stern statement based on the report that said, "State-sponsored Russian hacking is a serious threat, and the attempts to penetrate the electric grid through a Vermont utility are the latest example".