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'I still have confidence in package holidays'

New research suggests most people still want to book package holidays despite what happened after the collapse of Thomas Cook. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2rIc40I

Protect Veterans From Fraud

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36oXN8x

U.S. auto safety agency to probe fatal Tesla crash in Los Angeles

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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said late on Tuesday it will investigate a fatal Dec. 29 Tesla Inc crash in Los Angeles that killed two people. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/39sMk9z

FAA probes clusters of mysterious drones flying over Colorado

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The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into nighttime sightings of unidentified drones flying in formation over rural northeastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska over the last two weeks, the agency said on Tuesday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2SH6qXR

Protesters burn security post at U.S. Embassy in Iraq in new foreign policy test for Trump

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Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36fVtQS

Exclusive: Drugmakers from Pfizer to GSK to hike U.S. prices on over 200 drugs

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Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc , GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi SA are planning to hike U.S. list prices on more than 200 drugs in the United States on Wednesday, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/36g6p0P

Protesters burn security post at U.S. Embassy in Iraq in new foreign policy test for Trump

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Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2QBD6PN

FAA probes clusters of mysterious drones flying over Colorado

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The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into nighttime sightings of unidentified drones flying in formation over rural northeastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska over the last two weeks, the agency said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2MMIKxr

U.S. auto safety agency to probe fatal Tesla crash in Los Angeles

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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said late on Tuesday it will investigate a fatal Dec. 29 Tesla Inc crash in Los Angeles that killed two people. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2ZQ7CKd

FAA probes clusters of mysterious drones flying over Colorado

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The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into nighttime sightings of unidentified drones flying in formation over rural northeastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska over the last two weeks, the agency said on Tuesday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2SH6qXR

Texas Churchgoers Welcomed the Poor, but Sensed This One Was Trouble

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By BY DAVE MONTGOMERY, ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS AND RICK ROJAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37mK6XF

Al interior de un tribunal de guerra estadounidense: la ropa y la cultura en Guantánamo

By BY CAROL ROSENBERG AND WENDY MACNAUGHTON from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2uaRjvL

Science Panel Staffed With Trump Appointees Says E.P.A. Rollbacks Lack Scientific Rigor

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By BY CORAL DAVENPORT AND LISA FRIEDMAN from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/356WYj6

Protesters burn security post at U.S. Embassy in Iraq in new foreign policy test for Trump

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Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36fVtQS

Bailed tycoon Ghosn flees to Lebanon from 'rigged' Japan

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Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape injustice in Japan, where he was on bail awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. The auto tycoon's abrupt departure was the latest twist in a rollercoaster journey that saw him fall from boardroom to detention centre and sparked questions over an embarrassing security lapse in Japan. It was not clear how he managed to leave Japan, as his bail conditions barred him from exiting the country he had been held in since his sudden arrest in November 2018 sent shockwaves through the business world. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2sB1nxl

Greta Thunberg said it would be a waste of time for her to talk to Trump about climate change

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President Donald Trump, who is withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord, has a long record of expressing skepticism on climate science. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q97wtQ

North Korean leader calls for ‘military countermeasures’

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Kim spoke for seven hours during the ruling Workers’ Party meeting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QD2h4q

Trump says he has been denied due process. But the Constitution does not afford him that.

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Like Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson before him, President Trump does not have the same constitutional protection afforded to criminal defendants. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tjBZMz

Powerful winter storm lingers in Upper Midwest

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A fierce winter storm that created blizzard conditions in parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota shut down interstates, led to hundreds of vehicle crashes and brought a metropolitan area of more than 200,000 people to a standstill on Monday morning. Residents in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota area who are used to snowstorms were told to stay home after a foot of heavy, wet snow made that fell on top of a sheet of ice made travel difficult and stoked early fears about spring flooding. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning in northeastern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where periods of heavy snow and gusty winds were expected to create difficult travel conditions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QdKZw1

Iraq militia chief warns U.S. airstrikes could bring tough response

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A top Iraqi militia leader warned of a strong response against U.S. forces in Iraq following airstrikes in Iraq and Syria overnight that hit several bases of his Iranian-backed group and killed at least 25 people. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2F8AAuY

Here's who will be onstage for the January Democratic presidential debate in Iowa and how to watch it

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CNN and the Des Moines Register will co-host the seventh Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines three weeks before the Iowa caucuses. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39pIsq3

Bosnia indicts Serb army general over Srebrenica genocide

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A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday indicted a Bosnian Serb former army general for taking part in the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, an atrocity described as genocide by two international courts. Milomir Savcic, 60, is accused of commanding the Bosnian Serb Army headquarters 65 Protection Motorised Regiment, which included a military police battalion, to capture, kill and bury adult Muslim Bosniaks from the U.N.-protected eastern enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995. Bosnian Serb forces led by General Ratko Mladic attacked Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, separated men from women and children, and killed about 8,000 Muslims, who were then buried in mass graves. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2tihGiH

GOP Senator: President Trump 'Not a Role Model For Young People'

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In an interview with Face The Nation, Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma said Trump isn't a good role model for young people from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2sA7Zfq

Huawei's 2019 revenue to jump 18%, forecasts 'difficult' 2020

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Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said its full-year revenue would likely jump 18% in 2019 to 850 billion yuan ($121.72 billion), lower than its earlier projections, as a U.S. trade blacklisting curbed growth and disrupted its ability to source key parts. from Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2SFi3OR