Trump’s Volk und Vaterland

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Trump’s Besotted Republicans

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Trump Tries for a Reset

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A ‘Feel-Good’ Room

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Word + Quiz: obstinate

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‘Gloomy.’ ‘Amazing.’ Trump’s Speech Divides the Pundits.

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State of the Union, Syria, the Moon: Your Wednesday Briefing

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Animals With Cameras’ and ‘Happy!’

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Gearing Up for Distance and Form in Nordic Combined

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Melania Trump, Traveling Again Without Her Husband, Emerges at State of the Union

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Kristaps Porzingis and Enes Kanter Lead Knicks in Rout of Nets

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Corrections: January 31, 2018

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Why Ben Whishaw has murder in mind

The James Bond and Paddington star "adores" his new role as the treacherous Marcus Brutus.

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Trump’s Boring, Utterly Terrifying Warmongering

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Used clothes: Why is worldwide demand declining?

As the worldwide demand for used and worn clothing plummets, what do we do with our unwanted clothes?

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Why did Kenya's Raila Odinga 'inaugurate' himself as president?

Kenya's main opposition leader stages his own "swearing-in" after two disputed elections. We explain.

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Monkeys? Humans? The ethics of testing diesel fumes

After the revelations around Volkswagen human testing, just what are the methods and regulations?

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Why is there talk about threats to Theresa May's job?

A look at the challenges facing Theresa May if she wants to remain the UK's prime minister.

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Jamie Grace and Reba Sing Powerful Worship Song Together in Instagram Video

Contemporary Christian musical artist Jamie Grace congratulated fellow singer Reba McEntire on her recent Grammy win in an Instagram video this week. 

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Battle of the Billboards: Pro-Lifers Fight Back Against Pro-Abortion Signs

Pro-life groups are countering a group of controversial pro-abortion billboards in Ohio with their own pro-life billboards.

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Facebook's New Campaign to Combat 'Fake News' : What It Means for Your News Feed

Facebook announced this week that it is fighting misinformation on user's news feeds by favoring local news over national news. 

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Time for a Second Reformation? Why Some Say Another 'Revival' Is Not Enough

Many Christians believe they've lost the culture war and their nation is slipping away. They believe it's time for a world-changing Reformation.

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Woman Testifies in Church to Being Raped by Mother's Boyfriend - Pastor Responds

Video of a woman testifying in church that she was raped when she was 8-years-old is making its rounds on the internet.  But the pastor of the church says there is more to the story.

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Faith Leaders on Immigration: 'Families Aren't Chains'

Faith leaders are calling on the president and other political leaders to stop using the term "chain migration" as the immigration debate heats up.

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Did You Catch These 'Ordinary' American Heroes Trump Invited to the State of the Union?

President Trump gave his first State of the Union address tonight and he honored some of the nation's "hidden" heroes by inviting them as his special guests to the event. 

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Forget About the Wall, Right Now Border Patrol Is Facing This Crisis

It was a campaign pledge that helped President Donald Trump win the White House. But the battle over funding a new border wall continues on Capitol Hill. Now the agency in charge of overseeing the building of the wall has a crisis – a manpower crisis.

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'When God Gets in the Middle...Anything Is Possible': Girl Once on Life Support Is Heading Home

More good news for Chloe Clark, the young Christian girl who miraculously recovered from a severe head injury – she's finally getting to go home.  

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A God Who Restores: Michael Vick Reads Psalm 23 Over Liberty University Students

Repentance, redemption and restoration – former NFL star Michael Vick knows these topics well, and shared that message with students at the Liberty University convocation Monday.

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FBI's No.2 'Quits' Right Before Retirement: Is It Because of This 'Explosive' Memo?

Andrew McCabe's departure is fueling speculation about a congressional memo that could soon be released.

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Five-Month Abortion Ban Bill Fails to Pass Senate

The pro-life Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act failed to garner the 60 votes necessary to move forward in the Senate, coming up short 51-46. 

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Iowa Students Could Soon be Studying Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament

Iowa high school students could soon have the option of taking a Bible literacy course that focuses on the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. 

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California Arsonist Targets Places of Worship in Series of Fires; Churches Stand Strong

A 25-year-old man in Southern California has been arrested for allegedly setting a series of overnight fires and committing acts of vandalism at several different churches.

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Ben Carson to Atheists: 'I Refuse to Be Intimidated – My Faith Helps Me Serve the Nation Better'

HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson sets Atheists straight about his Christian faith and religious liberty after several groups target him over his attendance at a weekly cabinet Bible study.

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Salt, the Solution to Winter’s Dangers, Threatens US Waters

When roads turn into ice rinks, consider trying beet juice, molasses, and even beer or cheese waste to make them safer. So say experts who fear road salt is starting to take a toll on the nation’s waterways, putting everything from fish and frogs to microscopic zooplankton at risk.

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'I would think, I wish I was a good girl:' Moore and Warren Recount Shame of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay of the Saddleback Church are looking to confront the horrors of sexual abuse head on. In fact, this weekend's service was dedicated to the topic.

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Police Prevent Second School Shooting; Teen Found With Arsenal of Weapons

According to police, the teen was found with one semi-automatic rifle, one shotgun, two machetes, throwing knives, a revolver, and a host of other weapons.

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Fighting Abortion: The Battle So Far and the Battle Ahead

Pro-life advocates agree, while there has been some progress there’s still much to do to cut the number of abortions and stop the flow of tax dollars that support the industry.

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‘I Want to Pray for Him’: Grieving Parents of 15-Year-Old Girl Killed in Kentucky High School Break Their Silence With Stunning Reaction to the Shooter

The grieving parents of 15-year-old Bailey Holt, who was killed on Tuesday during a deadly shooting at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, told reporters that their daughter was “a perfect angel” with a kind heart.

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Group Dedicated to Thinning Out Abortion Workers Says 419 Workers Have Quit

So many workers in the abortion industry are quitting, a group that formed to get them out is stunned at its own success.

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House Republicans Vote To Release Classified Memo They Wrote Attacking Russia Probe

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress advanced their monthslong assault on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Monday, voting along partisan lines to release a classified memo slamming officials from the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation who have investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

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GOP Congressman Calls For Undocumented SOTU Guests To Be Arrested On The Spot

WASHINGTON ― About 30 young undocumented immigrants are attending the State of the Union on Tuesday as guests of lawmakers ― and one of their colleagues wants to use the opportunity to have those guests arrested.

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North Korea Pulls Out of a Cultural Event With South Korea Ahead of the Winter Olympics

North Korea pulled out of a joint cultural event with South Korea planned for at the North's Diamond Mountain on Feb. 4

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Trial starts for woman charged with killing her twin

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A murder trial began Monday for a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister.

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Instagram fitness model removed from American Airlines flight after 'humiliating' row

An Instagram fitness model was “humiliated” after being removed from an American Airlines flight following a row with staff. Jen Selter, who has 11 million followers on Instagram, posted footage of her arguing with a pilot and a flight attendant on the delayed flight from Miami to New York on 27 January. “I did nothing wrong but got kicked off the plane,” she wrote, adding she had the “worst experience” following a delay which left the aircraft stuck on the runway for two hours. The 24-year-old claims she and her sister were told to leave the aircraft following a disagreement with a male attendant when she got up to put her coat away and stretch her legs. She argues that two other passengers had been allowed to go to the bathroom when she stood up, adding she was being sarcastic after responding “yeah” when asked by the attendant,  “Do you want to get kicked off the plane?” Current situation @AmericanAir .. insane. pic.twitter.com/kIOh3VysnU— Jen Selter (@JenSelter) January 28, 2018 Ms Selter says the attendant told her to sit down and they began arguing resulting in the pilot calling the police who then arrived on board. “The crew is asking for you guys to be removed off the plane,” the pilot tells them in one clip. Just like that, 5 cops coming at me. Worst experience American Air ✌�� pic.twitter.com/1LY1NrAQ3k— Jen Selter (@JenSelter) January 28, 2018 In another video, a police officer tells the sisters: “American Airlines calls the shots. They don’t want you to fly on their plane today.” Ms Selter told the New York Post: “It was humiliating. They made me feel like a terrible person, and I did nothing wrong.” A spokesperson for American Airlines said in a statement: “Ms. Selter was asked to leave the aircraft after a disagreement occurred Saturday night at Miami International Airport (MIA). “American offered her hotel accommodations and transportation, which she declined. She flew on American Sunday morning back to New York (LGA) – arriving around 8:30 a.m. ET yesterday morning.” Ms Selter has vowed “to never fly American Airlines again”. 

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State Officials Fire Employee Who Sent False Missile Alert In Hawaii

The emergency worker responsible for sending a false missile alert to people in Hawaii earlier this month actually believed there was an incoming ballistic missile, The Washington Post reports.

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Taiwan holds live-fire drills as tensions with China mount

Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China steppeds up pressure on the island's President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated. The ministry did not specify that the annual drill simulated an invasion by China but said it was intended to "show determination to safeguard peace in the Taiwan Strait and national security". Tsai last month warned against what she called Beijing's "military expansion" -- the increase in Chinese air and naval drills around the island since she came to power in May 2016.

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U.N. employees in Gaza demonstrate against U.S. aid cut

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Schools, clinics and food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip were closed most of Monday by a demonstration by thousands of employees of the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees. Palestinians have been angered by a U.S. decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA), saying it will cause worse hardship in Gaza. More than half the enclave's two million residents depend on support from UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies.

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The Latest: Arizona man confirms selling ammo to shooter

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on court orders by Nevada judges to release documents that had been sealed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local):

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GOP Rep. Gaetz joins the 'Infowar' against the FBI

“We’re called conspiracy theorists because we see this cabal right in front of us,” said Gaetz. “We aggregate these data points and show what was really going on.”

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7 Glass Mosaics Around the World That Take Design to New Heights (Literally)

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Joy Behar Challenges Kirsten Gillibrand: Why'd You Push Out Al Franken?

Joy Behar kicked off an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday by confronting the lawmaker for calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct.

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India's 'Unwanted' Girls Number In The Millions, New Report Finds

Indian families’ traditional preference for sons over daughters has led to the existence of millions of “unwanted” girls in the country, a new government report estimates.

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US, Qatar reach agreement on subsidy spat with airlines

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Qatar have reached a deal to resolve a years-old quarrel over alleged airline subsidies, seven individuals familiar with the deal said Monday, as Qatar's government works to defuse tensions with the Trump administration.

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Amazon, eBay Remove 'Chinese Boy' Costumes Featuring Racist 'Slant-Eye' Images

Amazon UK and eBay UK have received immense backlash after social media users recently noticed “Chinese Boy Fancy Dress Costumes” for sale through the e-commerce sites.

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Porch Pirate Karma: Thief Suffers Nasty Fall While Trying to Make Off With Packages

The getaway driver had to come to the thief's aid as her foot was left dangling.

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Shaky start to Syria peace talks in Russia as opposition delegates refuse to leave Sochi airport

A Russian-organised peace conference aimed at ending the war in Syria had a shambolic start on Tuesday, after dozens of opposition delegates refused to leave the airport in Sochi and others backed out at the last minute. Moscow, a staunch Assad ally, is hosting what it has called a Syrian Congress of National Dialogue in the Black Sea resort that it hopes will launch negotiations on drafting a new constitution for Syria after almost seven years of war. But the conference, which is running in parallel to the United Nations-negotiated talks, looked in jeopardy after more than 70 rebel delegates refused to leave the airport until all logos and emblems representing the government were removed. A rebel source told the Telegraph Russia had promised to change or remove the symbol of the congress, which read “Peace to the People of Syria” but only featured the regime flag, only to be greeted by them at the arrivals gate. Sochi conference logo (w/only regime flag) causing problems. Apparently a group of opposition members refused to board one of the buses with it at the airport. They sat at the terminal until other transport was arranged. pic.twitter.com/hjSVlH0uR1— Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer) January 30, 2018 The Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC), the country's main opposition group, meanwhile said following two days of UN-led talks in Vienna last week that it would not attend the Sochi congress. Turkey, which backs the opposition and is co-sponsoring the talks with Iran, which supports Bashar al-Assad’s government, said it would represent the rebels. Lt. Col. Ahmad al-Saud of Idlib's Free Syrian Army claimed the opposition delegation was mistreated by Russian authorities at the airport, where he was detained for several hours Credit: Twitter/CombatChris1 Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, was heckled during his opening statement, with several delegates accusing Moscow of killing civilians in Syria with its air strikes. “In Russia, it's polite to say ‘please’ first,” Mr Lavrov responded, saying they would have a chance to speak later. The conference was initially billed as a two-day event but was cut down to one. Observers noted that much of Tuesday’s programme was taken up with a long lunch and dinner, leaving little time for discussion. Attendees shout slogans prior to a plenary session at the Congress of Syrian National Dialogue in Sochi  Credit: AFP Britain, the US and France did not send any official delegates because of what they say is the government's refusal to properly engage. Western powers support the UN process, which is now in its ninth round but has so far failed to make any major headway. The conference was also also boycotted by Kurdish delegates over Turkey’s offensive on the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in Afrin, a northern Syrian enclave on the border with Turkey. A few Kurdish officials attended in a personal capacity and reportedly met in private with Russian counterparts on the sidelines of the conference. The main aim of the Sochi talks is to establish a committee to create a post-war constitution for Syria with UN backing, according to a draft statement. However, any deal agreed without he Kurds, which control some 25 per cent of territory in Syria, will unlikely succeed.  The poor start is a blow to Russia, which has been positioning itself a Middle East peace broker and trying to consolidate influence in the region as the US increasingly takes a step back from the Syrian crisis under President Donald Trump. "The whole point of the congress was to have a serious negotiation with the Kurds, or at least the Higher Negotiating Committee (the most relevant opposition body)," Neil Hauer, s security analyst focused on Russia-Syria relations, told the Telegraph from Sochi.  "Neither of them are here, and as such there's not much that can be discussed. Nor will anything announced here have much legitimacy. It will be very difficult for the Russians to spin this as a win." The opposition has accused Russia of not being an honest broker after failing to uphold a deal made in previous round of talks in Kazakhstan. Both sides agreed to so-called de-escalation zones across Syria, which government forces have since violated. Hours before the the congress got underway, nearly a dozen civilians were killed in a pro-government air strike on the largest market in rebel-held Idlib province. The government is now focused on the northwestern province of Idlib, which is dominated by al-Qaeda-linked militants and home to more than 2.6 million people, nearly half of whom have fled from other areas. It appears to have stepped up its bombing campaign in Idlib in recent days. The Observatory reported 90 airstrikes in Idlib on Monday alone.

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Everything you need to know about tomorrow's super blue blood moon

A rare celestial phenomenon will take place January 31, when a super moon, blue moon and total lunar eclipse take place at the same time.

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“Earth”

Poetry by Tess Gallagher: “I knew earth wasn’t / what it seemed.”

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Schiff: House Intel GOP disgraced for Trump

Rep. Adam Schiff talks with Rachel Maddow about the unprecedented lengths to which House Intelligence Committee Republicans are going to undermine Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump.

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Teen's Body Found 2 Weeks After Sudden Disappearance

The body of a teenage girl who police had labeled a runaway when she vanished two weeks ago has been found near her home in a Virginia suburb of Washington.

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China denies report it hacked African Union headquarters

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - China and the African Union dismissed on Monday a report in French newspaper Le Monde that Beijing had bugged the regional bloc's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital. An article published Friday in Le Monde, quoting anonymous AU sources, reported that data from computers in the Chinese-built building had been transferred nightly to Chinese servers for five years. After the massive hack was discovered a year ago, the building's IT system including servers was changed, according to Le Monde.

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Suspect Accused of Killing 4 in Car Wash Shooting Was Jealous, Victim's Family Says

The family said he was obsessed with one of the victims

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Gold! Treasure lost at sea in 1857 shipwreck goes on display

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that's been described as the greatest lost treasure in U.S. history is about to make its public debut in California after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for more than 150 years.

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Republicans Beg Supreme Court To Let Them Keep Using An Unconstitutional Map

Republicans from Pennsylvania and six other states on Monday offered a slew of reasons why the U.S. Supreme Court should give the Keystone State permission not to comply with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2018 election.

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Tom Brady Has This Wish For Radio Host Who Insulted His 5-Year-Old Daughter

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Monday night that he doesn’t want radio station WEEI to sack the host who called his 5-year-old daughter Vivian “an annoying little pissant.”

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North Korea has stepped up executions, says top US commander

North Korea has stepped up its executions, the top commander of US troops on the Korean Peninsula said on Monday, amid increasing strain on the its military from international economic sanctions. “We’re seeing some increase in executions, mostly against political officers who are in military units, for corruption,” General Vincent K Brooks, the top US commander in South Korea told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the actions “are really about trying to clamp down on as much as possible on something that might be deteriorating and keeping it from deteriorating too quickly.” In recent months the South Korean press has reported the possible execution of Park In-young, the official in charge of Pyongyang’s nuclear test facilities, and former military chief, General Hwang Pyong-so, who was accused of allegedly taking bribes. General Brooks also noted a recent shift in the pattern of defections from the North. “We’re seeing defections happening in areas where we don’t generally see them, for example crossing the DMZ (Demilitarised Zone on the border),” he said. Meanwhile, North Korea has been cutting back on its winter military drills as harsh sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programme begin to bite, say analysts. The military exercises, which usually run from December to March, got started late and aren’t as extensive as before, the Journal reported. The United Nations has placed major restrictions on imports of oil and refined petroleum products to North Korea, which may have led to a reduction in military activities to save fuel. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting the State Academy of Sciences at an undisclosed location Credit:  AFP “Where this will have an effect in on ground-force readiness,” Joseph Bermudez, a military analyst for 38 North, a website run by Johns Hopkins University’s US-Korea Institute, told the paper. “Military units have to train to maintain their proficiency.” North Korean workers overseas, previously a big source of foreign currency for the regime, are also now being sent home from their host countries after strict new sanctions imposed by the UN in August, following Pyongyang’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. On Tuesday it emerged that Angola was the latest country to terminate all of its contracts with North Korean construction company, Mansudae, and had asked its employees to leave.  

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Lockheed Martin Has Delivered 265 F-35s (And the Profits are Pouring In)

The future is looking bright for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is set for massive growth as the program finally reaches maturity and enters into full rate production. “Our F-35 program, during the fourth quarter we met our joint government and industry commitment by delivering the 66 aircraft in 2017,” Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, told investors. Lockheed Martin expects that the program will continue to expand in 2018.

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US threatens new sanctions as Russia laughs off Putin list

The United States warned Tuesday that it may soon impose new sanctions on Russian figures, after Vladimir Putin laughed off the release of a US target list of his closest and richest allies. The world was braced for a US sanctions onslaught on Monday when a new law came into effect 180 days after President Donald Trump, still hopeful for warmer ties, begrudgingly signed it.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Investigation Into Karolyi Ranch Allegations

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered additional law enforcement to investigate allegations of sexual assault at Walker County’s Karolyi Ranch, the former training facility for USA Gymnastics athletes.

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US Air Force sergeant removed from post after expletive-filled Facebook rant about ‘black females’

An Air Force sergeant is under investigation after a profanity-laced Facebook tirade in which she denigrated “black females” who are of lower rank than her. Tech Sgt Geraldine Lovely has been “removed from her supervisory role” after the Facebook post went viral over the weekend, officials at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas have said. “It pisses me the f*** off that they have no respect and constantly have attitude,” Ms Lovely says in the video.

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Five things we learned at Davos 2018

Overshadowed by Trump and the Presidents Club scandal, could Davos have outgrown itself?

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Alex Smith traded from Chiefs to Washington, according to reports

• Kansas City quarterback moves in exchange for third-round pick
• Chiefs set to make Patrick Mahomes starting quarterback in 2018
• Trade would effectively end Kirk Cousins era in Washington

Hours after quarterback Alex Smith said he hoped to remain in Kansas City, the Chiefs reached an agreement to trade him to Washington, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday night.

Smith, 33, spent the past five seasons with the Chiefs. His deal to Washington can’t be completed until the new NFL business year begins on 14 March. It is believed the Chiefs will get a third-round pick and an unnamed player in compensation. The Kansas City Star reported that the trade of Smith, who has a $20.6m salary-cap figure for 2018, to Washington would save the Chiefs $17m.

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'He cheats like hell': Trump's pro golfing partner on playing with the president

• LPGA pro Suzann Pettersen: ‘I just laugh’ at president’s tactics
• Trump is not only US president known for cutting corners on course

Suzann Pettersen, the 15-time LPGA Tour winner and a golfing partner of Donald Trump, says the president “cheats like hell” on the golf course.

Pettersen, who has known Trump for a decade and says she is fond of the president even though she does not agree with his policies, was speaking to the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.

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MLS failed in Miami before. Will David Beckham's team be any different?

The Miami Fusion flickered and died at the start of the century. But the league – and soccer in the US – is in a very different place these days

During the darkest hours of his four-year quest to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami, which was finally approved on Monday, David Beckham may have taken heart from studying parallels with the region’s history.

In 1905 modern Florida’s founding father Henry Flagler decided to extend his East Coast Railway from Miami to Key West island, 150 miles south over land and sea. 

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Tom Brady hopes radio host who called his daughter 'a pissant' isn't fired

• Quarterback had cut short interview with WEEI after remarks
• Host Alex Reimer has been suspended indefinitely over incident

Tom Brady is not looking to have the radio host who called the quarterback’s daughter “an annoying little pissant” fired.

The Patriots star had said earlier on Monday he’s reconsidering whether to continue a long-running weekly radio appearance with the WEEI station. Hours later at the Super Bowl media night, he was asked about the incident in which host Alex Reimer made the remarks about Brady’s five-year-old daughter after watching the first episode of a Brady documentary called Tom vs. Time. Reimer made the comments on Thursday, four days before Brady’s weekly morning radio segment with different hosts.

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The Raccoons of the Resistance watch the State of the Uniom | First Dog on the Moon

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Steve Bell’s If ... time for bed for Donald Trump

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The kind of night Donald Trump loves best – when he can applaud himself | Richard Wolffe

At the State of the Union, Trump could pretend to be the president he never is, and accept support from a Congress that ridicules him

It was so heart-warming to hear about Donald Trump’s love of America and the American dream in his first official State of the Union address.

Just one day after he decided to go easy on Russia for manipulating American democracy, our “America first” president declared that “Americans love their country. And they deserve a government that shows them the same love and loyalty in return.”

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How to combat the populism that gave us Brexit? Active citizenship | Ben Okri

There’s no mystery to this. The failure of a nation begins with the abdication of responsibility to political leaders

Citizenship is one of the most vexed issues in the human story. From the ancient Egyptians to modern times, who is deemed a citizen of this or that city or state has been at the core of what constitutes a human being with rights in this world. The first thing that is done in any colonial or imperial enterprise is to redefine the idea of the citizen. Usually the colonising power revises downward the citizenship content of the indigenes, and revises upward their own status.

During the colonial enterprise, the indigene was no longer quite a citizen as citizenship then was determined from the centre of power, with the queen or king at its head. The indigenes were deemed to be living on the periphery. They were outsiders in their own land. This was true with the Romans in Britain, with the Greeks in Persia, with the Spaniards in Peru, and with the English in India and Africa.

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Pain is political – we're unequal even when we're suffering | Arwa Mahdawi

The way we talk about the US opioid crisis speaks volumes about whose pain gets taken most seriously

Not to sound like a serial killer or an angsty teenager, but I am obsessed with pain at the moment. This is partly due to an excellent essay by Lili Loofbourow, recently published in the Week, on “the female price of male pleasure”.

The article has gone viral, so you may be familiar with it already. If not, the premise is that, when it comes to sex, “we live in a culture that sees female pain as normal and male pleasure as a right”. Loofbourow points out, for example, that PubMed, a biomedical search engine, “has almost five times as many clinical trials on male sexual pleasure as it has on female sexual pain”.

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Trump may be many things but he’s not a ‘nutter’ – and I should know | Clare Allan

I’ve been sectioned and know plenty of ‘nutters’ but none is a bombastic bully like Trump. Politics and psychiatry don’t mix

There is no question that Donald Trump makes many people, myself included, profoundly uncomfortable. His politics are repulsive enough, but it’s more the way he conducts himself personally. Above all, it’s the apparent belief that he can bulldoze his version of reality through clear evidence to the contrary – that, a year on from his inauguration, has many still struggling to process the fact that this man is US president. Those of us who have been diagnosed with mental health problems face an additional head-twister.

We are repeatedly told by friends and colleagues and commentators in the media that the man is “barking”, a certified “nutter”, a “lunatic”, and any number of other choice terms used to describe the tribe of which I am officially a member. For I am indeed a certified nutter. I have been sectioned, and it doesn’t get more certified than that.

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Trump says he’s ‘100 percent’ behind releasing FISA surveillance memo

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Trump: 'I am keeping another promise' by signing order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

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Trump invites Dems to help protect all US citizens 'because Americans are dreamers too'

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‘Bad Boys For Life’ Eyes August Start With ‘Black’ Helmers Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah

EXCLUSIVE: Looks like Bad Boys are back in town and the Boys from Belgium will bring them to the screen. Sony Pictures is negotiating with the film making team of Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah to direct Bad Boys For Life, the action comedy that will bring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence back together, with an August production start being sighted. Jerry Bruckheimer is back as producer. The most recent draft of the script is by Chris Bremner. This has long been a priority…

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Trump says honoring veterans is ‘why we proudly stand for the national anthem’

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Clinton, moments before SOTU, explains why she didn't fire campaign adviser

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US threatens new sanctions as Russia laughs off Putin list

The United States warned Tuesday that it may soon impose new sanctions on Russian figures, after Vladimir Putin laughed off the release of a US target list of his closest and richest allies. The world was braced for a US sanctions onslaught on Monday when a new law came into effect 180 days after President Donald Trump, still hopeful for warmer ties, begrudgingly signed it.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders Investigation Into Karolyi Ranch Allegations

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered additional law enforcement to investigate allegations of sexual assault at Walker County’s Karolyi Ranch, the former training facility for USA Gymnastics athletes.

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US Air Force sergeant removed from post after expletive-filled Facebook rant about ‘black females’

An Air Force sergeant is under investigation after a profanity-laced Facebook tirade in which she denigrated “black females” who are of lower rank than her. Tech Sgt Geraldine Lovely has been “removed from her supervisory role” after the Facebook post went viral over the weekend, officials at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas have said. “It pisses me the f*** off that they have no respect and constantly have attitude,” Ms Lovely says in the video.

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New top story on Hacker News: GDPR and Google Analytics

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Ireland, Catalonia, F.B.I.: Your Tuesday Briefing

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What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Detour’ and ‘Citizen Rose’

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Any Brexit deal will hit UK economy - government paper

A leaked paper suggests slower growth - but government sources say its preferred deal was not analysed.

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'Ex-soldier' raiding Home Counties houses at gunpoint

Police say the violent burglar behind raids at seven expensive homes used military-style planning.

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BBC women face 'veiled threats' over equal pay queries

MPs publish evidence from women as a pay cap of £320,000 for news presenters is said to be proposed.

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CIA chief says China 'as big a threat to US' as Russia

The CIA boss tells the BBC he is as worried about Chinese efforts to influence the West as he is about Russia.

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Eddie Adams' iconic Vietnam War photo: what happened next

Eddie Adams captured one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War but he was haunted by it.

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Stranded skiers' chairlift chopper rescue

Rescuers were lowered from a helicopter to help up to 150 skiers stuck on a mountain in Austria.

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Tens of millions of prescription drugs on the black market

Criminal gangs smuggle 160 million tablets out of the UK's protected supply chain over three years.

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Beckham's fans are cheering, but will they show up on match days?

David Beckham's fans are cheering, but will they show up on match days? And what about a stadium?

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Irish abortion referendum: Vote to be held in May

The May vote will decide whether to change the constitution to reform a near-total ban.

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge begin tour of Sweden

The two-day visit will be the duke and duchess's first official visit to the country.

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Personal Independence payments: All 1.6 million claims to be reviewed

Around 1.6 million cases will be looked at, with 220,000 claimants expected to receive more money.

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India estimates 21 million of its girls are 'unwanted'

A new report finds many couples keep having children until they get a longed-for boy.

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Heads warn of 'chronic' funding shortages

The chancellor is sent a letter asking for more cash, as a school threatens reduced hours over funding.

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The Papers: May 'quit calls' and 'night watcher' burglar

Tuesday's front pages report 'unrest' among Tory donors and a police probe into a series of raids in the Home Counties.

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News Daily: Brexit leak and 'threats' over BBC pay queries

Your morning briefing for 30 January 2018.

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Wedding speech dilemma: Time to hear from the bride?

Meghan Markle is expected to make a speech on her wedding day - does anyone have any advice?

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Five tips to keep your app data safe online

After a fitness app "heatmap" revealed military information, what are your devices saying about you?

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The 2018 Grammys in 90 seconds

From Bruno Mars to Hillary Clinton reading an extract from a book on Trump. Here's a roundup of what happened.

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Paris residents battle floods as Seine level peaks

Some residents take to boats and kayaks as about 1,500 people are evacuated from their homes.

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I'm not a sexist - Neville

England women's new head coach Phil Neville tells BBC sports editor Dan Roan he is not a sexist and has huge respect for women.

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Is Tube travel damaging your hearing?

Transport for London say passengers are not being exposed to unsafe noise levels.

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The diabetic boxer fighting for his chance to compete

Muhammad Ali has type 1 diabetes and wants the British Boxing Board of Control to allow him to fight.

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David Beckham on the launch of his new team - in Miami

Former England captain David Beckham launches his long-planned Major League Soccer team in Miami.

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Lampard: Social media affects my daughters

The former footballer worries about protecting his daughters from the negatives of going online.

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China is buying UK boar semen to help strengthen pig stock

After a £200,000 deal was secured, Northern Ireland will be flying frozen boar semen 5,000 miles to China.

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Terminally ill teenager marries high school sweetheart

Dustin Snyder has a rare form of cancer and was recently told he had weeks left to live. So he proposed.

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Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack - sources

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the largest sarin nerve agent attack of the civil war, diplomats and scientists told Reuters, supporting Western claims that government forces under President Bashar al-Assad were behind the atrocity.

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