Tuesday, December 31, 2019

NTSB: Poor condition of wreckage will slow plane crash probeThe lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the cause of a fiery airplane crash in Louisiana extremely challenging, federal officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said at a press conference that it could take 12 to 18 months to figure out why the two-engine Piper Cheyenne fell from the sky about a minute after taking off from the Lafayette Regional Airport on Saturday.




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Greta Thunberg calls world leaders' attacks on her 'just funny'Greta Thunberg says it's "just funny" when she's personally attacked by world leaders like President Trump.The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist, who earlier this month was named Time's person of the year, spoke with Today on BBC Radio on Monday and was asked about recent attacks on her, such as when Trump lashed out at her in a tweet by claiming she has an anger management problem or when Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called her a "brat.""Those attacks are just funny because they obviously don't mean anything," Thunberg said. "Well, I guess, of course, it means something. It means they are terrified of young people bringing change, which they don't want."Thunberg went on to say that these attacks are "proof that we are actually doing something and that they see us as some kind of threat."This comes after Trump went after Thunberg on Twitter in response to Time's decision to name her person of the year, writing she "must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend!"Asked in the BBC interview whether Trump is one of those people who sees her as a threat, Thunberg said "it's possible.""Not me, of course, me myself alone am not much of a threat," she added. "But it's that I'm a part of a big movement that they probably see as a threat."Thunberg also reiterated that a meeting with Trump at the United Nations earlier this year would not have been productive, saying that even if she did have an opportunity to speak with the president, she "wouldn't have wasted my time."More stories from theweek.com The best headlines of 2019 Giants, Browns fire head coaches on otherwise quiet 'Black Monday' The White House always knew Trump's order to freeze Ukraine aid could blow up, New York Times details




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US strikes Iran-backed militia strongholds in Iraq and SyriaThe U.S. launched strike against Iranian military targets in Syria following a Friday attach in Iraq that killed one American.




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Duterte Renews Attacks on TV Network, Urges Owners to Sell(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continued his attacks on a local television network he’s accused in the past of bias, and urged owners of ABS-CBN Corp. to sell before its franchise expires in March.In a televised speech delivered in the local language at Davao City on Monday, Duterte suggested the media firm’s franchise renewal is uncertain. He had earlier threatened to block the network’s bid to extend the franchise for 25 years.“Your contract is expiring. I’m not sure what will happen if you renew,” he said. “If I were you, I would just sell.”Duterte has accused ABS-CBN as well as privately-owned Philippine Daily Inquirer of unfair reporting, allegations that the media companies have denied. The president’s criticisms of ABS-CBN pushed its share price to a decade low earlier this month. The stock ended 2019 with a 21% loss compared with the local benchmark index’s 4.7% gain for the year.Duterte also resumed his criticism of water utilities for alleged corruption, threatening to arrest and jail the owners of Manila Water Co. and Maynilad Water Services Inc. He reiterated a plan for a military takeover of the operations.Manila Water of Ayala Corp. and Maynilad owners Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and DMCI Holdings Inc. are among the worst-performing Philippine stocks this year, plunging since early December when Duterte started his censure.“For those of you asking where are the big fish in my fight against corruption, I’ll deliver them: Ayala and Pangilinan,” he said. “If they do something wrong, I’ll really jail them,” Duterte said, referring to the family of Jaime Augusto Zobel, which owns Manila Water and Manuel Pangilinan, who chairs Metro Pacific.The two tycoons didn’t immediately respond to requests for comments.Manila Water plunged 63% this year despite a rebound in the final week of trading ending Dec. 27. Metro Pacific was down 25%, while DMCI tumbled 48%.To contact the reporters on this story: Andreo Calonzo in Manila at acalonzo1@bloomberg.net;Clarissa Batino in Manila at cbatino@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Sam Nagarajan at samnagarajan@bloomberg.net, ;Cecilia Yap at cyap19@bloomberg.net, Clarissa BatinoFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.




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Before we all lived in a country where truth doesn't matter, there was no shared objective reality in my family

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Researchers find a shockingly strong link between economic opportunity and opioid use

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The guy who spread "anti-Semitic conspiracy theories over cocktails can take a seat," de Blasio says in response

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Greta previously did not eat or talk to people because of her depression, her father reveals in a new interview

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CBS anchor Margaret Brennan was also criticized for what many perceived as a "softball" interview of Trump

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Employees over 25 will receive a 6.2% pay rise equating to £930 a year for full-time worker

Almost 3 million workers in Britain are to receive a pay rise of more than four times the rate of inflation from April, after the government said it would increase the official minimum wage.

In an announcement designed to woo low-paid workers in the immediate aftermath of Boris Johnson’s election victory earlier this month, the government said the national living wage for over-25s would increase from £8.21 an hour to £8.72 from the start of April.

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Released papers expose ‘associate membership’ plan and Yeltsin’s drinking habits

Russia could have become an “associate member” of Nato 25 years ago if a Ministry of Defence proposal had gained support, according to confidential Downing Street files which also expose Boris Yeltsin’s drinking habits.

The suggestion, aimed at reversing a century of east-west antagonism, is revealed in documents released on Tuesday by the National Archives at Kew.

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Cancer charity expands helpline as patients find NHS staff too ‘rushed off their feet’

Growing numbers of people with cancer are seeking advice from Macmillan Cancer Support because overstretched NHS staff are too busy to answer their questions, the charity says.

Patients are having to call its helpline for information and guidance instead of asking doctors and nurses in cancer services, who are often too “rushed off their feet” to have the time needed.

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Orpheus (Maquette 1) from 1956 will go on display at Hepworth Wakefield gallery in February

A sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is among three works by British modernist artists to be donated to a public collection.

The artist’s bronze sculpture Orpheus (Maquette 1), will go on display at the Hepworth Wakefield gallery in West Yorkshire in February 2020 alongside a sculpture by Denis Mitchell and a painting by William Scott.

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Former FBI Director James Comey wrote another editorial for the Washington Post , this time arguing that President Trump has been 'diminished' by his own Twitter attacks.

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NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped a stunning image of a full moon rising over the frozen Hudson Bay in northern Canada earlier this month.

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Free-agent linebacker Rolando McClain reportedly has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL . Field Yates of ESPN reported the news Monday, noting the Alabama product ...

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The NBA fined Golden State Warriors forward Marquese Chriss $35,000 for shoving Luka Doncic in a 141-121 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday...

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Tom Holland is gearing up to return as Peter Parker again in Sony's upcoming Spider-Man 3.

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Directors Josh and Benny Safdie were attached to a 48 Hours remake but ultimately decided to focus on original projects.

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2019 was an exciting year for stock market news in Canada. CannTrust Holdings (TSX:TRST)(NYSE:CTST), Aurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB)(NYSE:ACB), and Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) dominated the headlines throughout the year. Everyone from day traders to millennials speculated about where the stock prices would be heading in the next few months in hopes of becoming the next marijuana millionaire. 

Pot stocks soared on wild speculative trading at the beginning of 2019. After the spring excitement, these same stocks began falling on the Toronto Stock ExchangeMany cannabis stocks lost over 50% of their value this past year.

In 2019, there was undoubtedly a lot of exciting news in the pot industry. Here’s a recap of the major headlines this year.

Health Canada revokes CannTrust’s licence

By far, the top stock market news in Canada surrounded CannTrust violating numerous Health Canada regulations by growing marijuana in hidden grow rooms. Health Canada suspended CannTrust’s licence to produce and distribute marijuana.

In response, CannTrust’s board of directors put together a select committee to investigate the illegal operations. The board fired the now former CEO Peter Aceto and asked Chairman Eric Paul to resign. In October 2019, after a one-year tenure, John Kaden, a member of the board of directors, resigned to focus on other endeavours.  

In 2019, CannTrust stock lost 84% of its value, beginning the year at around $7 per share and ending 2019 at just over $1 per share at the time of writing. The NYSE and TSX are both discussing the possible de-listing of shares due to low valuation and failure to file required financial restatements. Canadians may want to stay as far away from this stock as possible — at least until it regains its licence to operate.  

Canopy Growth fires Bruce Linton

Loyal shareholders were heartbroken when Canopy Growth fired Co-CEO Bruce Linton in July 2019 after the company posted substantial losses. Constellation Brands, one of the largest shareholders in Canopy Growth, allegedly had issues with Bruce Linton as CEO. As an entrepreneur, Bruce Linton seems to have bounced back from the corporate politics without any hard feelings.

Firing Bruce Linton has not helped the stock price. Since his dismissal, the stock has continued to plummet to $24.88 at the time of writing from around $50 in July. The company is also still reporting significant per-share losses. 

On the bright side, Canopy Growth boasts $2.75 billion in cash and only $720.48 million in debt on its balance sheet. Still, it may not be enough to make up for the trailing 12-month earnings per share (EPS) of negative 5.76 and levered free cash flow of negative $1.22 billion. The stock may not be approaching bankruptcy, but it still not profitable. Luckily, the company has a slew of Hollywood movie stars partnering with the pot stock including the comedian Seth Rogen.

Aurora Cannabis loses Chief Corporate Officer Cam Battley

Aurora Cannabis stock has been shedding too much value in December. Much of these losses occurred after the announcement that Cam Battley would step down as the chief corporate officer. Cam Battley will join the board of Medreleaf Australia, a private medical cannabis firm in Australia in which Aurora owns a 10% stake. 

CEO Terry Booth will remain at the helm of Aurora Cannabis to guide the company toward profitability in this competitive industry. 

This past month, Aurora Cannabis lost around 20% of its value in December from starting the month at $3.22 and ending at $2.52 at the time of writing. The losses could be unrelated to the leadership change. Much of these losses are likely due to end of year tax-selling where traders sell off losses to use as tax write-offs. For this reason, the stock price on Aurora Cannabis will likely surge again near February after the required 30-day waiting period to re-enter sold positions and qualify for the intended tax write-off.

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Monday, December 30, 2019

Ukraine, Rebels Complete Prisoner Swap Under Deal With Putin(Bloomberg) -- Ukraine and two breakaway regions supported by the Kremlin exchanged prisoners on Sunday under an agreement reached with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month as the former allies seek an end to more than five years of war in the Donbas area.Ukraine received 76 captives from the Russian-backed rebels, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said Sunday when announcing the completion of the swap. Ukraine returned 127 captives to the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics, Ukrainian Hromadske TV reported, citing Serhiy Sivokho, adviser to the head of the National Security and Defense Council.Zelenskiy and Putin met with the leaders of France and Germany in the first week of December in an effort to resume the peace process, which has become a main point of division between Russia and the West. The U.S. and European Union accuse the Kremlin of stoking the conflict and responded with economic sanctions that are still in place.Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “gave a positive assessment” of the swap, the Kremlin said Sunday after the leaders spoke by phone. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on his Twitter feed that the “all for all” formula for exchanging verified prisoners will discussed as a priority at the next Normandy format meeting with Germany, France and Russia.The deadly conflict in Ukraine’s east erupted soon after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists has claimed more than 13,000 lives since it began, and negotiators have struggled to make a ceasefire stick along the 500-kilometer (310-mile) contact line.In September, Ukraine and Russia had exchanged 35 prisoners each The Ukrainians who were freed included a filmmaker and 24 sailors while the authorities in Kyiv handed over militants captured during the fighting in Donbas.(Updates with the number of prisoners in the 2nd paragraph, reaction from Putin, Merkel, Ukraine Foreign Minister in fourth.)To contact the reporter on this story: Volodymyr Verbyany in Kiev at vverbyany1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Torrey Clark at tclark8@bloomberg.net, Andrew ReiersonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.




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'Impeachment is about Trump’s conduct, not mine': Biden expands on subpoena remarks"The subpoenas should go to witnesses with testimony to offer to Trump’s shaking down the Ukraine government," former Vice President Joe Biden said.




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Nuclear power plant in UAE risks sparking arms race, expert warnsFour nuclear reactors being built in the United Arab Emirates could spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and leave the Persian Gulf at risk of a Chernobyl-style disaster, a leading nuclear scientist has claimed. In a report, Dr Paul Dorfman, chairman of the Nuclear Consulting Group, warned the UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant lacks key safety features, poses a threat to the environment, is a potential target for terrorists and could be part of plans to develop nuclear weapons.  "The motivation for building this may lie hidden in plain sight," Dr Dorfman told the Telegraph. "They are seriously considering nuclear proliferation."  Dr Dorfman, who is also an honorary senior research associate at University College London's Energy Institute, has served as a nuclear adviser to the British government and led the European Environment Agency response to the Fukushima disaster. However, the UAE has stressed that it is committed to "the highest standards of nuclear safety, security and non-proliferation." The UAE hired the South Korean firm Korea Electric Power Corporation to build the Barakah - "Divine Blessing" in Arabic, plant in 2009. It will be the first nuclear power plant in the Arabian peninsula, and has fuelled speculation that Abu Dhabi is preparing for a nuclear arms race with the Islamic Republic. The UAE has denied allegations by the Qatari government that its power plant is a security threat to their capital of Doha and the Qatari environment, dismissing any causes for concern. Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan photographed in Germany earlier this year Credit: Reuters  However, Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed they hit the Barakah nuclear power plant with a missile in 2017. The UAE denied that the rebels fired any such missile, adding that they had an air defence system to deal with such threats. Dr Dorfman said that scrambling fighter aircraft or firing surface to air missiles in time to intercept an incoming strike would be difficult. In September, Saudi air defences failed to stop a drone attack on oil processing facilities. Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for that attack, though Saudi Arabia blamed Iran. The increase in transportation of radioactive materials through the Persian Gulf when the plant goes into operation could also raise the risk of potentially fatal collisions, explosions, or equipment and material failure. Any radioactive discharge resulting from accidents could easily reach population centres on the Gulf coast and have a potentially devastating impact on delicate Gulf ecosystems, including rare mangrove swamps. The plant is also vulnerable to climate change and extreme temperatures that could affect its cooling system, Dr Dorfman's report says. The International Panel on Climate Change has said that extreme sea level events are now likely to happen more frequently, meaning coastal power plants such as Barakah could become defenseless against rising sea levels, tidal ingress and storm surges. High average sea water temperatures in the Gulf could also make it more difficult to cool the reactor using sea water. The cost of the 1986 Chernobyl accident has been recently estimated to be around $235 billion (£179 billion). The Japanese Centre for Economic Research has said the 2011 Fukushima accident cost over 81 trillion YEN(£567 billion), although the Japanese government has put the cost at YEN 22 million (£142 billion). The United Arab Emirates Foreign ministry had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.




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Suspect in court after five stabbed at New York rabbi's homeA suspect appeared in a New York court on Sunday charged with five counts of attempted murder over a stabbing spree at a rabbi's suburban house -- the latest in a spate of attacks on Jewish targets. Grafton Thomas, 37, allegedly entered the property in Monsey, Rockland County, during celebrations on Saturday evening for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, knifing several people with a machete before fleeing. The attack was quickly condemned as another incident underscoring growing anti-Semitic violence in the United States.




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Winter storm: Snow, ice, heavy rains threaten chaos as holiday travel season wraps upTravel challenges threaten as parts of the Midwest and East brace for more than a foot of snow, ice and whiteout conditions.




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In 2010, The Navy Surfaced 3 Nuclear Submarines To Scare ChinaSubmarines are good for more than defense.




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Louisa May Alcott’s Courageous Career as a Civil War NurseThe Christmas release of director Greta Gerwig’s new film version of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women presents a fresh opportunity for Alcott’s 19th-century classic to be read as a book that speaks to the present feminist moment. But it will be a shame if the renewed interest in Alcott that Gerwig has sparked does not also lead to a long-overdue appreciation of Alcott’s heroism in the Civil War.In 1862, two weeks before Christmas, Alcott left her home in Concord, Massachusetts, to serve the Union cause by working in a military hospital in Washington, D.C.  In Little Women Alcott made the Civil War the background for her story of the March sisters and their mother, but in 1862 the Civil War became central to Alcott’s life.In the Union Hotel Hospital, a former Georgetown tavern in which she worked, Alcott saw death firsthand, and, like the doctors and nurses in the hospital, became vulnerable to the disease and infection the wounded troops brought with them.Men Will Love ‘Little Women’ Too. I Can’t Believe I Have to Say That.Walt Whitman’s account in Specimen Days of his work at the modern Union hospital in Washington, D.C., is far better known than Alcott’s. When we think of the suffering experienced by the soldiers of the Civil War, the quote most often cited is Whitman’s “the real war will never get in the books.”Alcott’s stories of her Civil War experiences appeared serially in May and June 1863 in the Commonwealth, a Boston anti-slavery newspaper. They are as moving as anything Whitman wrote about the war and were published together in August 1863 under the title Hospital Sketches long before Specimen Days appeared in book form.Alcott began her Civil War nursing service as a novice. On Dec. 16, 1862, the carts she saw drawing up to the hospital to which she had been assigned were not, as she first thought, farmer’s market carts carrying produce. They were carts bearing wounded and dying men from the battle of Fredericksburg, where the Union Army endured one of its worst defeats of the war, suffering 13,000 casualties. There was no time for Alcott to absorb the war gradually or get used to the sight of a veteran “with an arm blown off at the shoulder.”Alcott soon realized her duties were as much psychological as physical: “Having got the bodies of my boys into something like order, the next task was to minister to their minds,” she observed early in Hospital Sketches. The doctors, after doing their best for their patients, had no hesitation in giving Alcott the unwelcome task of telling men who were dying that they would not survive their hospital stay.“I could have sat down on the spot and cried heartily, if I had not learned the wisdom of bottling up one’s tears for leisure moments,” Alcott wrote of an especially painful assignment to deliver the bad news. She did as told. Then she stayed with the soldier to the end.When the soldier died, he was holding Alcott’s hand so tightly that she needed help prying open his grip. Even when her hand got back its color, the white marks of the dead soldier’s fingers remained. “I could not but be glad that through its touch, the presence of human sympathy, perhaps had lightened that hard hour,” Alcott remarked.Over the course of her time in Washington, Alcott became better at learning to deal with the suffering around her, but she never shut her eyes to the wrongs she saw. She was especially sensitive to the racism of the North. “The nurses were willing to be served by the colored people, but seldom thanked them, never praised, and scarcely recognized them in the street,” she noted. In her postscript to Hospital Sketches, she observed that the next hospital she hoped to work in would be one for “colored regiments.”That next assignment never came. As a result of her hospital work, Alcott contracted pneumonia and typhus. At the end of six weeks at the military hospital that she called Hurly-burly House because of its disorganization, Alcott’s father, the famed educator Bronson Alcott, came to Washington to take her home. As her biographer Susan Cheever has written, “She left for the war a vigorous and energetic woman; she returned a true casualty.”Alcott suffered from mercury poisoning that came from the doses of calomel medicine the doctors in Washington prescribed for her, and the physician treating her at her home in Concord added to her difficulties, ordering her head shaved on the grounds the shaving would lower her fever.  Sick as she was, Alcott thought she had no grounds for complaint given the horrors she had witnessed in Washington. As she wrote in her understated conclusion to Hospital Sketches, “I shall never regret the going, though a sharp tussle with typhoid, ten dollars and a wig are all the visible results of the experiment; for one may live and learn much in a month.”Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.




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Buttigieg critiques Biden's 'judgment' on Iraq War voteDemocratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called former Vice President Joe Biden’s vote to authorize the Iraq War part of the nation's “worst foreign policy decision” of the millennial mayor’s lifetime. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was responding to a question about how his foreign policy experience measured up to others' in the Democratic race, specifically Biden, who was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the U.S. went to war. “This is an example of why years in Washington is not always the same thing as judgment,” Buttigieg said while recording the program “Iowa Press” on Iowa Public Television, according to a transcript.




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Separate report says almost 300k retail roles mostly held by women cut in past decade

UK high streets have shed more than 140,000 jobs this year as store closures and retail failures made 2019 one of the most challenging years in a generation.

More than 2,750 jobs were lost every week, according to a detailed analysis by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) published today. It predicts the picture will worsen in 2020, unless the government intervenes, with high business rates one of the factors blamed for accelerating chain store closures.

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Government list includes some of most notorious cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles

Some of the dozens of victims killed by the IRA for supposedly “informing” during Northern Ireland’s Troubles were not working for the police or security services, according to official documents released in Belfast.

A sample list of alleged informers shot dead by the Provisional IRA between 1978 and the 1994 ceasefire has emerged from government files released to the Northern Ireland public records office on Monday.

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Industrial action to cause disruption for commuters, partygoers and shoppers

A lengthy strike in the dispute over guards on trains enters its final week on Monday, causing continued travel misery for passengers, including those attending New Year’s Eve events.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union on South Western Railway (SWR) have been on strike since the start of the month, with industrial action continuing until New Year’s Day.

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Poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% of respondents were told they had something else

More than a quarter of people with Parkinson’s disease were initially misdiagnosed, new research has found.

The poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% were first told they had something else, while 21% saw their GP three or more times before being referred to a specialist.

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Mohit Bakaya will prioritise programmes that help people ‘discover common ground’

The new controller of BBC Radio 4 has promised to prioritise programmes about “solutions” not “arguments” as the UK enters another decade.

The station has announced a series of factual programmes for the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020 that will allow people “to discover common ground, in a civilised manner”, starting with Positive Thinking, which will air every morning this week.

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Democrat is ‘clear-eyed about the prognosis’ but plans to return to Washington soon

Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Democrat representative for Georgia, is receiving treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office has said.

“I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic human rights – for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” Lewis, 79, said in a statement released on Sunday evening.

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OSCAR CAINER: The year ahead will be defined by how much control we have and what we're trying to achieve. For many the idea of a successful, lasting relationship is our most important aspiration.

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Fancy turning up to your Hogmanay bash dripping in diamonds or sapphires? These days, jewellery hire isn't only for the red-carpet-ready actress or the down-on-their-luck aristocrat.

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(ATLANTA) — Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity which he fought racial discrimination and other inequalities since the civil rights era.

Lewis, the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists in a group once led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said in a statement that cancer was discovered this month during a routine medical visit. He said subsequent tests confirmed the diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer.

“I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” he said in a statement.

His statement added: While I am clear-eyed about the prognosis, doctors have told me that recent medical advances have made this type of cancer treatable in many cases, that treatment options are no longer as debilitating as they once were, and that I have a fighting chance.”



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A Kansas police department has called out a McDonald's branch after one of its officers received a vulgar message on his coffee cup.

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A lawsuit filed by an Alabama man alleges that someone gained access to his Ring security camera and used the device’s two way-speaker system to harass his children.

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Olubunmi Diya, 49, insisted that 'something must have been wrong with the pool' that 'made swimming difficult' at the Club La Costa World resort near Fuengirola, Malaga.

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PETER HITCHENS: How quickly we get used to evil. Stabbings in the streets, once incredibly rare in this country, are now common in big cities and become more so every year.

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TALK OF THE TOWN: End-of-year accounts reveal Robbie's firm raked in profits of £49,919 a day in 2018, while Harry's earned £8,051 in the year to March.

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TALK OF THE TOWN: Socialite Amanda Cronin claims she was proposed to by 'one of the most powerful men in Northern Europe' after a meeting in a New York hotel.

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TALK OF THE TOWN: Edo faced a frantic time trying to prepare his wardrobe - no mean feat given that there are up to five outfit changes a day at the Norfolk estate.

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Lord Nicholas Monson, whose son Rupert committed suicide aged 21 after developing drug-induced psychosis, said the message that 'everyone knows weed is harmless' was mistaken.

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The 24-year-old was travelling through Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town on Friday. The country's Minister of Environment has since ordered the rangers involved to be suspended.

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Sources say Melanie Panayiotou, 55, whose body was found on Christmas Day exactly three years after her older brother George died, had become a near recluse in her final years.

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Oklahoma DB Radley-Hiles ejected from Peach Bowl for targeting  WDSU New Orleans

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Manager Pep Guardiola won't leave Manchester City before his contract expires in 2021, according to club chief executive Ferran Soriano...

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Sarah Sands, editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, admits it ‘felt awkward’

Putting a presenter on a flight to Sweden to meet climate activist Greta Thunberg “felt awkward”, the editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme has admitted.

The 16-year-old campaigner, who was a guest editor on a special edition of the show, avoids air travel because of its environmental impact.

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The Observer business agenda gongs are designed to celebrate corporate comedy, incompetence and excess, and this year served up a stellar list

Narrowing down a list of business folk on the basis of which is most pleased with themselves is perhaps the most onerous task for an awards committee. Even so, 2019 threw up some standout contenders and the judges highly commended two nominees: first, Ocado founder Tim Steiner, who mused: “None of the shareholders I have ever spoken to have said they resent anything I have been paid”; and second, fund manager Neil Woodford, who said after his removal from managing his own fund that the decision was one “I cannot accept, nor believe is in the long-term interests of LF Woodford Equity Income Fund investors”.

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53rd over: Australia 165-4 (Wade 29, Head 26) Not a lot going on here, is there? Three singles off Wagner. Paine is padded up in the sheds, the vision shows, suggesting that this innings might have a bit of time to run yet. I haven’t got the TV commentary on but I can only imagine Shane Warne’s delight.

Thrilling stuff from Australia this morning. Starting the day with a precarious lead of 456 with only six wickets in hand, they’ve showed commendable enterprise in smashing 28 runs from just 8 overs in the first half an hour.

52nd over: Australia 162-4 (Wade 28, Head 24) Southee is pulled by Wade for one then deflected by Head for another. The veteran is not going to give them the chance to really unleash here, his line and length disciplined to the last. As they note on SEN radio, Wade is chatting to the New Zealand players between overs. I can only imagine the sort of advice he is offering them.

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Australia pace bowler Peter Siddle announces his retirement from international cricket.

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Raheem Sterling endured a host of ups and downs when Manchester City's Premier League title defence suffered what is likely a fatal blow Friday night...

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The Michigan State Spartans likely won't remember the 2019 season fondly, but they ended on a high note with a bowl victory. Michigan State defeated the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 27-21 on Friday at the 2019 Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium...

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Comments further stoked diplomatic row between Mexico and Bolivia, which has descended into personal insults

Mexico’s president has called on police in Bolivia to stop harrassing diplomats at his country’s embassy in La Paz and allow nine former officials holed up there – all allies of former leader Evo Morales – to seek asylum.

“The right to asylum has to be guaranteed,” Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily press conference on Friday. “We hope they act sensibly and they don’t invade our diplomatic representation in Bolivia. Not even Pinochet did that.”

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  • Updates from the third day of play at the MCG
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22nd over: New Zealand 53-4 (Latham 10, Watling 5) Smith DROPS LATHAM! It was going straight down the throat of Burns at first slip but Smith decided to dive right in front of him from second and put it down. That should have been three wickets in eight balls. Disappointing for Pattinson, who has been just as good as Cummins this morning. It’s hard to understand why Smith went there. It’s different going the other way when the ball isn’t going to carry but that was not an issue there. He ran down to apologise to the bustling quick at the end of the over.

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21st over: New Zealand 51-4 (Latham 9, Watling 4) Watling is off the mark with a crisp off-drive for four. It’s a rugged time for him to be walking out, but if we’ve learned one thing about the Kiwi stumper it’s that he’s unflappable.

Here’s a replay of that first Cummins wicket.

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