Arctic blast brings snow, ice and bone-chilling temps across U.S.
Posted: Sun-Dec-2019

Four people have died in car crashes in the Midwest as an arctic blast brings snow, ice and widespread record-low temperatures to much of the United States.
Indian police fired tear gas and resorted to baton charges to disperse thousands of demonstrators who were torching vehicles in New Delhi on Sunday, as protests against a new citizenship law continued for a fifth straight day across the country.
... read moreMarathon international climate talks ended Sunday with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on how to regulate global carbon markets.
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A strong earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, killing a child, damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country in recent months.
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Under pressure from a conservative advocacy group, The Hallmark Channel has pulled ads for a wedding-planning website that featured two brides kissing at the altar.
... read moreProtesters and bystanders were hit with pepper spray fired by police as they moved in to make arrests during a protest Sunday at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.
... read moreA second land search of New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday failed to locate the bodies of the last two victims of an eruption that has now claimed 16 lives, most of them tourists.
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn apologized Sunday for this party's crushing defeat in the British general election but defended his campaign, which failed to resonate with the party's working-class base, as "one of hope rather than fear."
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Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a freshman member of the House from New Jersey who was planning to break with his party and vote against impeaching President Donald Trump, will become a Republican, a party official said Saturday.
... read moreMajor economies resisted calls for bolder climate commitments as a UN summit in Madrid limped toward a delayed conclusion on Saturday, dimming hopes that nations will act in time to stop rising temperatures that will devastate people and the natural world.
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Boris Johnson's victory has dramatically redrawn the U.K.'s electoral map and earned the Conservatives the majority needed to leave the EU. But seat gains by Scottish and Irish nationalists leave the party open to drawn-out fights on a new front.
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A court in Sudan has convicted former president Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption, sentencing him to two years in a minimum security lockup.
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Several thousand people took part in Thailand's biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday after authorities moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of former military ruler Prayuth Chan-ocha.
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A UN human rights report released Friday accused Chilean security forces of serious human rights violations against protesters over the past two months, including deaths, torture, sexual abuse and the use of excessive force.
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Boris Johnson's victory has dramatically redrawn the U.K.'s electoral map and earned the Conservatives the majority needed to leave the EU. But seat gains by Scottish and Irish nationalists leave the party open to drawn-out fights on a new front.
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The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major tussle between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials said Friday that they have agreed to the first phase of a trade deal that included cutting U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.
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International tissue banks have mobilized to help New Zealand meet its need for an estimated 1.2 million square centimetres of skin to be grafted onto victims of Monday's eruption on White Island, which killed 16 people.
... read moreThe U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Friday recommended that President Donald Trump be impeached for obstructing a congressional probe into his alleged attempts to force Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden.
... read moreCanadian lawyer William Schabas, an international scholar on genocide, has been criticized by friend and foe for first researching crimes against the Muslim Rohingya of Myanmar and now defending the state accused of perpetrating them.
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Across central and northern England, formerly Labour's wall of safe seats, Brexit has shattered old party loyalties.
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Arsenal player Mesut Ozil posted on social media denouncing China for burning Qurans, closing mosques and killing religious scholars. ... read more

Beirut was rocked by the most violent government crackdown on protesters since nationwide demonstrations began two months ago. ... read more

The independence-minded Scottish National Party and its leader Nicola Sturgeon have surged to a commanding position. ... read more

The Conservative Party has a new base — and possibly a new approach. ... read more

The prime minister said the victory gave the Tories a “powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.” ... read more

Volcanic gases still being emitted on the island are so toxic that scientists said a single inhalation could be fatal and another eruption was possible. ... read more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course for huge Commons majority in the U.K. general election. ... read more

The next government will decide how the country handles Brexit. ... read more

The mission to recover eight bodies got underway as experts warned White Island could erupt again. ... read more

Voters have unwittingly made an NSFW term trend on Twitter. ... read more

The election between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn has been dubbed "The Brexit Election." ... read more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the rival Blue and White party both were unable develop a power-sharing agreement after neither secured a parliamentary majority. ... read more

Two teenage brothers originally from Chicago are identified as among the dead following the White Island eruption. ... read more

Jeremy Corbyn is likely to be remembered in part for accusations that he, at best, turned a blind eye to anti-Semitism. ... read more

Volcanic tremors on White Island rose in the morning, accompanied by releases of more steam and mud, the GeoNet seismic monitoring agency said. ... read more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's comments have fuelled racism, say worried families. ... read more

Hospital staff have warned the number of casualties could still rise. ... read more

An additional 30 people were seriously injured in the explosions, including 27 people who were severely burned. ... read more

The bill would grant citizenship to non-Muslims who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan before 2015. ... read more

Former nuclear negotiator Kim Yong Chol said North Korea wouldn’t cave in to U.S. pressure because it has nothing to lose. ... read more
Nine people are arrested on suspicion of murder and abuse of power after last month's deadly tremor. ... read more
Karina, a Danish-French actress, was the muse of director Jean-Luc Godard. ... read more
Tens of thousands rally against the right-wing League party of Matteo Salvini, using sardines as their symbol. ... read more
In letters to two Sunday papers, the Labour leader admits the party came up short in Thursday's poll. ... read more
Finnish Finance Minister Katri Kulmuni deletes her poll on repatriating IS-linked women and children. ... read more
The bloc sets a target for carbon neutrality but Poland, which relies heavily on coal, is exempted. ... read more
Francesca Schiavone, the former French Open champion, reveals she has fought a successful battle with cancer. ... read more
The teenage climate activist says the phrase has a different meaning in her first language, Swedish. ... read more
We look at 20 photographs of the former KGB agent, who became Russia's president in 1999. ... read more
More women are needed to help combat terrorism and insurgents, Spain's defence minister says. ... read more
Perfumers describe how they're adapting to calls for sustainable contents and gender-neutral smells. ... read more
For 22 years nothing was heard of Portrait of a Lady until ivy was cleared from a gallery wall. ... read more
Sanna Marin, who at 34 has taken power at the head of a coalition of female leaders in Finland. ... read more
More than 30 artists and bakers in Poland create model houses, castles, people and working trains. ... read more
Key moments as the Conservatives win a clear majority in Parliament. ... read more
The song "The rapist is you" was created by the Chilean feminist collective Las Tesis. ... read more
EU Council President Charles Michel says Brexit negotiations should aim for close co-operation with the UK. ... read more
Andriy Pilat makes art from discarded plastic rubbish in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi. ... read more
A factory in France is trialling a more efficient way of packaging orders, Emma Simpson reports. ... read more
Finland's Sanna Marin was sworn in as prime minister as part of an all-women coalition. ... read more

The president points to strong numbers on several fronts, but his rivals for the White House paint a different picture. ... read more
"West Point is looking into it and we do not know the intent of the cadets," a spokesman said. ... read more

“They're retired, you know, they lost everything. And so they're still struggling with paying the bills and everything," said the daughter of one victim. ... read more

"What he's reacting to is public polling that shows he can't get renominated," the House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday of Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J. ... read more
Özil's social media posts were met by criticism online in China, and an apparent decision from Chinese TV not to broadcast Sunday's marquee game involving his club Arsenal. ... read more

Use of the HIV prevention drug is associated with lower levels of anxiety about contracting HIV. But for gay men who remember AIDS, the specter of HIV is a hard ghost to shake. ... read more
Trump had made clear to his advisers earlier this year that he wanted to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the November 2020 election. ... read more

The suspect overturned furniture and damaged several "Jewish relics," police said. ... read more

California has "attempted to destroy the market for American alligator products notwithstanding the fact that no such alligators live in California," the lawsuit says. ... read more

Reclaim Sunday night (yes, even during the hustle and bustle of the holidays) one delicious dish at a time. ... read more

Greta Thunberg, played by Kate McKinnon, tells Trump to "grow up." ... read more
A Pittsburgh forum was among the first major events of the 2020 race to focus on education. ... read more

That our community's colorism is no longer a secret between us is a good thing because it forces us to confront our own ugliness. ... read more

The transit authorities in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago have taken action after an investigation on mica mining in Madagascar. ... read more

Find your next LGBTQ read with these works in fiction and nonfiction, poetry, science fiction and horror, graphic novels and more. ... read more

Ben Pinto, whose brother Jack was among those killed in the 2012 elementary school shooting, played linebacker for Newtown. ... read more

The baseball legend gave the bat to a friend 75 years ago and it was often hidden in a closet. ... read more

Excavation of the site in San Antonio, Texas, where the bodies were found was halted. ... read more

The children, ages 3, 6 and 9, were left in a mini-bus which contained a propane tank and a five-gallon bucket meant to be used as a makeshift toilet. ... read more

The overnight confrontations in Beirut left more than 130 people injured, according to the Red Cross and the Lebanese Civil Defense. ... read more

The president points to strong numbers on several fronts, but his rivals for the White House paint a different picture. ... read more
"West Point is looking into it and we do not know the intent of the cadets," a spokesman said. ... read more

“They're retired, you know, they lost everything. And so they're still struggling with paying the bills and everything," said the daughter of one victim. ... read more

"What he's reacting to is public polling that shows he can't get renominated," the House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday of Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J. ... read more
Özil's social media posts were met by criticism online in China, and an apparent decision from Chinese TV not to broadcast Sunday's marquee game involving his club Arsenal. ... read more

Use of the HIV prevention drug is associated with lower levels of anxiety about contracting HIV. But for gay men who remember AIDS, the specter of HIV is a hard ghost to shake. ... read more
Trump had made clear to his advisers earlier this year that he wanted to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the November 2020 election. ... read more

The suspect overturned furniture and damaged several "Jewish relics," police said. ... read more

California has "attempted to destroy the market for American alligator products notwithstanding the fact that no such alligators live in California," the lawsuit says. ... read more

Reclaim Sunday night (yes, even during the hustle and bustle of the holidays) one delicious dish at a time. ... read more

Greta Thunberg, played by Kate McKinnon, tells Trump to "grow up." ... read more
A Pittsburgh forum was among the first major events of the 2020 race to focus on education. ... read more

That our community's colorism is no longer a secret between us is a good thing because it forces us to confront our own ugliness. ... read more

The transit authorities in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago have taken action after an investigation on mica mining in Madagascar. ... read more

Find your next LGBTQ read with these works in fiction and nonfiction, poetry, science fiction and horror, graphic novels and more. ... read more

Ben Pinto, whose brother Jack was among those killed in the 2012 elementary school shooting, played linebacker for Newtown. ... read more

The baseball legend gave the bat to a friend 75 years ago and it was often hidden in a closet. ... read more

Excavation of the site in San Antonio, Texas, where the bodies were found was halted. ... read more

The children, ages 3, 6 and 9, were left in a mini-bus which contained a propane tank and a five-gallon bucket meant to be used as a makeshift toilet. ... read more

The overnight confrontations in Beirut left more than 130 people injured, according to the Red Cross and the Lebanese Civil Defense. ... read more