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Yahoo News - Top Stories

Progressive Groups Want Doug Jones To Throw Caution To The Wind
Through a unique confluence of events, Democrat Doug Jones managed to defy the deeply Republican leanings of Alabama and win a special election on...
Manchin: 'I wanted to be more involved' in crafting tax bill
Sen. Joe Manchin tells Chuck Todd in an exclusive interview that he believes Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) convinced the president to pursue a partisan...
Mystery swirls around powerful North Korea official as Hwang Pyong-so remains missing
A North Korean official widely deemed as the nation’s second most powerful figure has been missing for some time, raising speculation that he has been...

CNN.com - Top Stories

A Pierce County, Washington official tweeted that 'injuries and casualties reported, numbers to come'
Amtrak train car dangling over interstate after derailment
An Amtrak train car derailed and is dangling on to Interstate 5 in Pierce County, Washington, according to the Washington state Department of...
Trump's mood shift on the Russia probe
President Donald Trump is privately striking a less agitated tone on the Russia investigation, sources say, even insisting he'll soon be cleared in...

WSJ.com: What's News US

The Fast and the Financed: China's Well-Funded Auto Startups Race to Overtake Tesla
An ambitious group of Chinese car developers with a foothold in Silicon Valley are vying to become the next Tesla
Premier League Powers Squabble Over How to Share the Wealth
The so-called Big Six of soccer want a larger share of the television money, leading to tensions with other owners as the league’s clubs are...
Mr. Trump's Trade War
The president is right to emphasize reciprocity. His mistake is to focus on the balance of trade with individual countries rather than on the rules of...

Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

Amtrak train derails over highway bridge in Washington state
An Amtrak train derailed on a bridge over a highway in Washington, sparking a major emergency response.
How white nationalists supersized racism to spark a movement
The Charlottesville attack that heads to a grand jury on Monday, but it has done little to dim the movement.
Man arrested forcing his way into US military base in Mildenhall, England
British police arrested a man who tried to force his way into a US air force base in central England.

The Times of India

19-5: Advantage BJP as party bags Himachal, retains Gujarat; Cong slips
With this, the Congress slide continues and it is now in power in only Punjab and Karnataka of the 18 states, which elect 10 or more Lok Sabha...
Jaitley to visit Guj for discussing leadership
BJP loses PM Narendra Modi's hometown to Cong
The BJP has retained its grip over Gujarat but lost Unjha constituency to the Congress that includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hometown of...

UK news | The Guardian

Bristol refugee murder review accuses police of institutional racism
City council and police wrongly thought of Bijan Ebrahimi, who was killed by a neighbour, as a troublemaker, says reviewAn independent review has...
Two people die and three are in hospital after Loch Lomond hotel fire
Firefighters still working to bring blaze under control at Cameron House, near BallochTwo people have died and three more are being treated in...
Building regulations unfit for purpose, Grenfell review finds
Interim report says system to ensure homes are built to be safe is open to abuse and there are concerns about privatisationA review of building...

Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis

Puerto Rico’s governor orders recount of deaths after Maria over concerns official figure may be too low
The government has attributed 64 deaths to the hurricane and its aftermath, but independent news analyses put the death count at likely more than...
Federal appeals judge retires amid investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct
The announcement by Alex Kozinski, a powerful judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, comes days after The Washington Post reported on...
GOP faces a five-day sprint to pass tax bill, forge deal to avoid a shutdown
Republicans, on a self-imposed tight deadline, aim to quickly pass their massive tax plan early in the week. But the bigger drama may come later, when...

NBC News Top Stories

In the Arizona desert, coal era burns out for Navajo
America's largest native reservation has relied on coal: for jobs and economic vitality. Now the coal era on the Navajo reservation appears near an...
Power outage brings world's busiest airport to standstill
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta — the busiest in the world — lost power, leaving passengers stuck on planes and inside terminals.
Trump's voter fraud panel has gone dark. Members don't know why.
President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission seems to have been silenced by lawsuits, and members have no clue what's going on.

PCWorld

Sorry, Apple Watch Series 3 LTE users: If you want to stop and start service it'll cost you
As the three-month promotion for Apple Watch Series 3 comes to an end, many users are going to want to suspend their cellular service. Here’s why it...
Need Stocking Stuffers? See Amazon's Highest Rated Tech Deals Under $25 - Deal Alert
This month, you'll probably need to buy stocking stuffers and cheap little gadgety things for co-workers, extended family members, or to fill in...
30% off APC 1500VA Compact UPS Battery Backup & Surge Protector
An APC UPS provides backup power power and surge protection to power and protect your PC or Mac, network router, gaming consoles like Xbox and PS4,...

Niskanen Center

The Irrelevance of Trump’s National Security Strategy
The Trump administration is poised to release its first National Security Strategy (NSS) today. For months, there has been speculation about what the...
China and the United States: Activist Investment and Merger Strategies in the Tech Industry
The technology market is constantly evolving, with Internet-based technological disruption impacting not only other technology markets, but...
Following up on Libertarian Foreign Policy
Cato Institute vice president for defense and foreign policy studies Christopher Preble—who I consider myself fortunate to call both a friend and...

Competitive Enterprise Institute

CEI Supports HR 3312’s Efforts to Restore Main Street Banks
Competitive Enterprise Institute Policy Analyst Daniel Press offered the following statement on the proposed H.R. 3312, the Systemic Risk Designation...
Rail Regs In Crosshairs After Emergency Brakes Rule Repeal
Law360 interviews Marc Scribner about the repeal of the electronically controlled pneumatic brake mandate by the Federal Railroad Administration: The...
Trump's Deregulation Binge
Investor's Business Daily covers President Trump's regulatory reform efforts. With all that was going on last week, maybe you missed this: President...

Opinion | The Guardian

Society still has a problem with women speaking out. Look at Kate Maltby | Abi Wilkinson
Women have long paid a price for confronting these sorts of issues. Following sexual harassment allegations against Damian Green, Maltby’s already...
Are the days of Christmas wrapping paper and cards over? | Phoebe-Jane Boyd
If younger people are sending fewer cards and shunning wrapping paper, it may be because they know there’s more to giving than appearancesSince early...
Ryanair has recognised unions. Hell must have frozen over | Stefan Stern
It’s a company built on contradictions: everyone moans about it and yet it’s one of the world’s biggest airlines. Something had to give“I don’t even...

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

'Injuries and casualties' in U.S. train derailment
An Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle, and authorities say 'injuries and casualties' were reported.
It's Canada and U.K. v. U.S. airplane giant at trade tribunal hearing
The Canadian government is in a tribunal hearing today, arguing against the imposition of duties on Bombardier planes. The country's ambassador to...
'It's worrisome': More babies being treated for opioid withdrawal in Canada
A rising number of infants in Canada are being born already addicted to opiates, with B.C., Alberta and Ontario seeing the highest rates of newborn...

Tallbloke's Talkshop

Spread the warmth this Christmas
The Paris Climate Treaty, the UK Climate Change Act, the US CO2 endangerment finding. These misconceived policies decided on by scientifically...
French environment minister on crusade against fossil fuels owns six cars
Volkswagen camper van Looks like a classic case of ‘don’t do as I do, do as I say’ unless he’s planning a motor museum. For a man on a mission to ban...
The Sun Watcher and the Dragon
TSIS-1 heading for the ISS [image credit: NASA] In these times of unusually low sunspot activity, it’s more important than ever to get the best...

Catallaxy Files

David Bidstrup: It’s time we shot the horse.
There were 5 articles about electricity in my daily papers today, (18 December 2017). The front page of “The Australian” tells us that “Power bill...
Beating up on the beats
Something for ageing hippies to remind themselves of the contribution to the culture war by Alan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac et al. But I have to admit...
Trump’s year
And looking to the next. Something is happening in the final days of 2017. People are noticing that Donald Trump has gotten a lot done in his...

Zee News :Zee News - Blog

Nirbhaya gang-rape case: One country, many faces
Dr. Vijay Agarwal, an acclaimed writer and columnist, recounts personal experiences from abroad that shed light on how Indian men, women and the...
'Lucky no one threw acid on me'
Pankaj Ramendu is an independent commentator and here, he writes about the fine line between crimes against women shown in movies and those that...
Feeling scared in Delhi
Nida Rehman, an acclaimed journalist and columnist, writes about how Delhi has changed since she first came here in 2004 - becoming a far more...

Zee News :Technology News

TRAI mulls reduction of 80% mobile number porting cost to Rs 4
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in a statement said that considering the upsurge in the volume of porting requests with effect from...
Vivo V7 review: Best mid-range selfie smartphone till date
Can Vivo V7 become a mid-segment selfie winner?
Twitter to begin penalising hateful, abusive accounts: Report
Twitter announced new guidelines covering abuse, hateful conduct, violence and physical harm in November.

Zee News :Zee News - Health

Merely 27% Indians covered by health insurance, says report
On the other hand, private sector expenditure constitutes 70 per cent of the total healthcare expenditure out of which 62 per cent is out of pocket...
Patient's experience with bipolar disorder can vary but all fall into seven classes of phenotypes
In fact, not one genetic change, or chemical imbalance, or life event, lies at the heart of every case of the mental health condition once known as...
Western societies may quit alcohol with alcosynth-laded drinks: Scientist
While human socialisation has been built around alcohol consumption, regular and increased intake have resulted in toxic effects on the human...

Zee News :Sci-Tech

Global sea rise possible due to melting of Antarctic ice sheet: Study
The study, based on the first-ever oceanographic survey of East Antarctica's Sabrina Coast -- revealed that the glaciers in this region may be...
World's largest coal port to opt for 'green business' now
Rob Henderson, a former chief markets economist at the National Australia Bank (NAB), said the Port of Newcastle's announcement was indicative of the...
Early hominins' walk was as energetic as modern humans: Study
The slimmer pelvis of our species entails greater difficulty for childbirth, but it reduces the force that the abductor muscles of the hip have to...

Zee News :South asia

10 research centres in China to study Xi's ideological thought
Xi's thought touted as a new roadmap for the CPC to remain in power adopting to modern conditions.
Thousands rally in Pakistan against Trump's Jerusalem move
Supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Karachi and advocates of US-wanted Islamist Hafiz Saeed in Lahore dispersed peacefully after rallying...
Pakistan church attack: Islamic State claims suicide bombing that killed 5
It said two Islamic State members had carried out the attack but provided no evidence for the claim.

Zee News :World

Possibility of N-war in South Asia cannot be ruled out: Pak NSA
Janjua claimed that India has been stockpiling a range of dangerous weapons and it threatens Pakistan continuously of conventional warfare.
10 killed in Bangladesh stampede
Most of the victims reportedly died from suffocation.
Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam in NYT powerful women list
Maryam was chosen for the article run under the NYT`s Saturday Profile section.

Zee News :India National

Gujarat election results 2017: One short of century, BJP wins Gujarat
It seems to be a see-saw ride for Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia. He is now trailing by 1800 votes from Porbandar
Assembly election 2017 results: PM Modi thanks Gujarat and Himachal voters, says India now votes only for ‘vikas’
After spearheading the campaign in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to culminate in victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that he was...
Assembly election 2017 results: Congress fought anger with dignity, accept the verdict of people, says Rahul Gandhi
Amit Shah on Monday said that BJP's victory in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls was the win of PM Modi's development agenda.

Channel NewsAsia World News

German ex-rightist jailed for plotting Islamist attack on police
BERLIN: A German court sentenced a 27-year-old German supporter of Islamic State to three years and three months in prison on Monday for plotting to...
Passengers hurt as train derails onto highway in Washington state
LOS ANGELES: An Amtrak passenger train derailed early on Monday (Dec 18) in Washington state near the city of Tacoma, with one car dropping down onto...
Egypt security forces kill five suspected militants in north - ministry
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces on Monday killed five suspected militants and arrested 10 others in raids in the north of the country, the interior...

Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

Chile's Pinera gets strong mandate for presidency; markets cheer
Billionaire conservative Sebastian Pinera will begin a second term as Chile's president in March with a strong mandate after trouncing his center-left...
Myanmar military says investigating mass grave in Rakhine state
YANGON: Myanmar's army said on Monday (Dec 18) that security forces have discovered a mass grave on the edge of a village in Rakhine State, and have...
Semi-nude body of murder victim found under Klang bridge
SHAH ALAM: The semi-nude body of a woman, believed to have been bludgeoned, was found under an overhead bridge in the Malaysian town of Klang on...

Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

WhatsApp faces French fine over Facebook data sharing
Messaging app WhatsApp could be fined if it does not comply with an order from the French data protection regulator to bring its sharing of user data...
German ex-rightist jailed for plotting Islamist attack on police
BERLIN: A German court sentenced a 27-year-old German supporter of Islamic State to three years and three months in prison on Monday for plotting to...
Passengers hurt as train derails onto highway in Washington state
LOS ANGELES: An Amtrak passenger train derailed early on Monday (Dec 18) in Washington state near the city of Tacoma, with one car dropping down onto...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

$6.3bn weed market: Canadians consume almost as much marijuana as wine
Canadians consumed $6.3 billion of marijuana in 2015, almost as much as they spent on wine.
Amtrak train derails over highway bridge in Washington state
An Amtrak train derailed on a bridge over a highway in Washington, sparking a major emergency response.
How white nationalists supersized racism to spark a movement
The Charlottesville attack that heads to a grand jury on Monday, but it has done little to dim the movement.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Canberra Times Letters to the Editor: Mantra of perpetual growth is not serving our nation's best interests
It is terrific to see Dick Smith fighting the good fight in regard to our population growth.
Make the most of your Christmas, no matter the cards you're dealt
I spent my best worst ever Christmas here in Brisbane, with my brother, in a share house up on Stuartholme Road. The house was OK and my brother was...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

$6.3bn weed market: Canadians consume almost as much marijuana as wine
Canadians consumed $6.3 billion of marijuana in 2015, almost as much as they spent on wine.
Amtrak train derails over highway bridge in Washington state
An Amtrak train derailed on a bridge over a highway in Washington, sparking a major emergency response.
How white nationalists supersized racism to spark a movement
The Charlottesville attack that heads to a grand jury on Monday, but it has done little to dim the movement.