GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) ― Iran will not wage war against any nation, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after the United States announced the deployment of more troops to the Middle East amid rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. Fears of a confrontation between Iran and the United States have mounted since […]
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Several well-trodden paths crisscross this lush area where people walk between Congo and Uganda to visit nearby family and friends and go to the busy markets. Interested in Ebola? Add Ebola as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Ebola news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The problem is that the
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Image copyright ITV Image caption Maura had set her sights on pairing up with Tommy Ofcom has received 794 complaints about Love Island since Friday, largely based on two issues. Maura Higgins’ advances towards Tommy Fury during Friday night’s episode have received 486 complaints. Higgins tried to kiss the boxer several times despite Tommy moving
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The 52 Places Traveler The 52 Places Traveler takes the midnight train to Aberdeen and finds an underappreciated city that’s quietly exploding with creativity. June 18, 2019 Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2019 list. He was on the Frisian Island of Texel before getting on
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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to create an alternative financial system that relies on a cryptocurrency that the company has been secretly working on for more than a year. The effort, announced with 27 partners as diverse as Mastercard and Uber, could face immediate skepticism from people who question the
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Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday. Confirming a report by online news publication Mediapart, the official said Platini was taken into custody on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the awarding of the tournament. The
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Women are forced to choose between “being an MP and being a mum” because of Parliament’s rules, a pregnant Labour MP has said. Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy told Victoria Derbyshire that following her second miscarriage, she led a public meeting on knife crime and “tried not to think about how my baby had died inside
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A nine-year-old drummer got the chance to jam with Lenny Kravitz before his recent gig at London’s O2 Arena. Nandi Bushell, from Ipswich, was invited to meet the singer-songwriter after he spotted videos of her drumming on Instagram. The family was shocked when Kravitz, famous for hits Are You Gonna Go My Way? and Fly
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Erik Karlsson had no wanderlust to test the free agent market before re-signing in San Jose. “I never thought outside that box,” Karlsson said. “I’m happy that it didn’t get to that.” A handful of other teams aren’t so happy because the two-time Norris Trophy winning defenseman would’ve been the best unrestricted free agent available.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Virginia may ban uranium mining in the state. The case, Virginia Uranium v. Warren, No. 16-1275, was decided by fractured vote, with two three-justice blocs agreeing on the bottom line but differing in their reasoning. A third group of three justices dissented. The case started with
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