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Bre Payton, Conservative Writer and Fox News Commentator, Dies at 26

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By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT Obituaries https://nyti.ms/2EWec9p

At Lord & Taylor, Everything Must Go. A Daughter’s Guilt Will Remain.

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By JAMES BARRON from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2Tlh0Ru

The Rise and Fall of Carlos Ghosn

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By AMY CHOZICK and MOTOKO RICH from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2QWUmSE

Deciphering the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods

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By LINDA QIU from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2QVOBof

Tell Me One More Time What to Do About Grief

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By JO FIRESTONE from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2BNoIfP

Kamala Harris: Everyone Gets Sick. And We Deserve Better.

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By KAMALA D. HARRIS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2QUBOTd

In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication

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By ABBY GOODNOUGH from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2RlLchN

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out

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By ALEXANDRA ALTER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2An4rxO

The Ecstasy and the Agony of Being a Grandmother

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By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG from NYT Style https://nyti.ms/2SsF7Oc

Year in Fitness: How Exercise Keeps Us Young

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By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS from NYT Well https://nyti.ms/2EPmJvy

Syria conflict: Trump 'slowing troop withdrawal', says Lindsey Graham

A top Republican says the president remains determined to defeat the Islamic State group in Syria. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SrBV5i

Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins landslide in disputed vote

Sheikh Hasina wins a third consecutive term in a vote marred by violence and claims of vote rigging. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EWFJbC

Angela Merkel: Germany to take on greater global responsibility

Germany will assume greater international responsibility, Angela Merkel says in her New Year address. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SzaEhv

Mexico wall: Trump aide says concrete wall idea was dropped early on

Outgoing chief of staff John Kelly appears to contradict the US president on the border wall plan. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EXMmcP

'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning

Festival-goers are told that a "dangerous" drug is circulating in Australia, following a man's death. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmSDfb

Californian law change means pet shops can sell only rescued animals

The state bans retailers from selling animals sourced from breeders, to cut down on "puppy mills". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EXbrFC

American college football: Huge bald eagle lands on fans

A bird named Clark goes rogue in front of 90,000 fans at a college game. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Tg7r6c

UAE helicopter crash kills four crew on rescue mission near zipline

Four die in a helicopter crash near the world's longest zipline, in the UAE's northern-most emirate. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2QXx536

France to help combat Channel smuggling

Six Iranian migrants are found on the Kent coast as the home secretary cuts short a holiday to deal with the issue. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ak3q9S

DoubleTree Portland hotel fires staff who evicted black guest

Police escorted Jermaine Massey out of the DoubleTree Portland after he called his mum in the lobby. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Tist3Y

What it’s like to be Black and Argentine

Afro-Argentines often feel like they’ve been written out of history and are mistaken for foreigners in their own country. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s2fJ6c

Bangladesh election: Voting disrupted by violence

Clashes between ruling party and opposition supporters have resulted in 17 deaths. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sv4fni

Spoken word poet Dylema: On a stroll through Africa in 2018

Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BZzjVp

Lederhosen love among Austria's millennials

Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmkSL1

Female fightback... 2018 in hashtags

A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RntUB7

The 90-year-old back-flipping daredevil

This Canadian man is being called the world's most extreme grandpa. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AntDnS

In search of Leonard, my martyred ancestor

Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BMln0I

2018 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards

From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3oDAp

Why legalising gay sex in India is not a Western idea

India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2ApBWzF

Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers

The malware, which affected papers owned by Tribune Publishing, is believed to be from outside the US. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Q8aWd2

Clinical waste firm HES confirms it has ceased operations

In its first public statement, HES confirms that all 400 UK staff are now redundant. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2AkCCGD

Fishing: New EU rules could have 'grave' impact on UK industry

Fishers can no longer discard fish to avoid busting quota - but that could put boats off the water. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ApOAyD

Bahrain's top court upholds sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab: lawyer

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Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain’s prison authorities of torture, his lawyer said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LGIVsj

Italy's Salvini sees no danger to government in coming months: Corriere

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Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its efforts to new reforms after closing the budget for next year. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SsesRl

High rise building collapses in Russia, at least two dead: reports

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Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday caused the partial collapse of a high rise apartment building, killing at least two people, news agencies reported. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHqd3U

Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps

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The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LH8JVk

Ebola-hit Congolese town stages mock vote to protest at ban

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Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone the vote there due to health fears was unfounded. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZSpR1

Bangladesh PM Hasina wins third straight term despite vote-rigging claims

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXeduH

China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan

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China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXIysU

Indonesia's latest tsunami raises global questions over disaster preparedness

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As Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities around the globe are working on how they can prepare for the kind of freak tsunami that battered coasts west of Jakarta this month. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EZorL9

North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Chosun Ilbo

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RrPlAM

Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of 'when, not if': Netanyahu

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of "when, not if" he moves his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Q7V7mF