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LABOUR’S shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has admitted that in the event of there being a second Brexit referendum Britain would still vote to leave the European Union.

• Robert K. Wittman, author of the book "Priceless," founded the FBI's Art Crime Team and has helped recover more than $300 million in stolen works.
• There are many art heist movies involving elaborate schemes like "Ocean's 8" and "The Thomas Crown Affair," but these films aren't very accurate.
• Insider asked Wittman how the real life heists he's witnessed compare to those made up by Hollywood.

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Israel's newest road, Route 4370, is sparking controversy. Its detractors call it "apartheid road."

Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the population of Northern Africa and the Middle East found out about the events based on the news transmitted by the Western corporate media only. Exactly these outlets set the tone for the information flow and the local magnates like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya which spread talking […]

NEW YORK — Lin-Manuel Miranda is already a composer, a lyricist, an actor and an author. Now he’s going to be a bookseller. Miranda and three of his “Hamilton” collaborators have purchased the Drama Book Shop, a century-old theater district purveyor of scripts, sheet music and other stage-related reading material. The surprise move is an effort to sustain the store, which is a mainstay of New York’s theater scene — in 2011, it was recognized with a Tony honor for excellence — but has struggled to... Читать дальше...

Portions of an overcast sky in southeast Brazil are painted with tiny black dots — and no, it has nothing to do with birds.

First-of-its-kind study looks at risks from the increase in opioid prescriptions for pets

BAGHDAD (AP) — The latest on Syria and U.S. military pullout (all times local):

The partial government shutdown has officially stretched into its 21st day, and come midnight, it will officially be the longest ever, beating a 21-day shutdown from December 1995 through January 1996. According to an NPR poll released Friday, three-quarters of Americans say the shutdown is “embarrassing” for the country, including a majority of Republicans. Seven […]

An Air Force veteran who served her nation for 13 years, ended up winning Virginia Lottery's top $100,000 prize at precisely the right time as her husband is currently furloughed due to the partial government shutdown.

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From revamped formulas to new products, these are the best bath and body drugstore products of 2019 so far.

Kaizer Chiefs gain information on Zesco United from Zambian legend KickOff.com Kaizer Chiefs have gained some intel ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup play-off round first-leg tie against Zesco Uni

Like I have said, Laos has started to claw its way back into the jet age. The Yak-130 is gona a great starting point for them to rebuild their Air force on. I would not be surprise in a couple of years, they make the move towards the JF-17 block 3 or the MIG-35. The only two countries that don't have fighters are Brunei and Cambodia. The Yak-130's right now gives them an advance trainer, light attack, CAS and COIN capability to build on for follow on aircraft.

TSA staff confirmed on Friday that the volume of security offers calling in sick has been steadily rising through the week. For now, though, the sickouts don't appear to be causing too much disruption at nationwide airports.

1. GM is transforming Cadillac into an electric brand  TechCrunch
2. GM plans to challenge Tesla with Cadillac as its lead electric vehicle brand  Electrek
3. GM CEO Mary Barra: Working hard to rebuild Cadillac in US  Fox Business
4. GM says hybrids are over, reboots Cadillac as an electric vehicle leader  Fox News
5. GM Shares Leap as Automaker ups Guidance & Unveils Plan to Take on Tesla  CCN
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One person is dead and 10 have been hurt, one seriously, after a bus and a car collided on Gowing Dr in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank late this morning, St John Ambulance have confirmed. Two people ...

Die Chancen, den Titel bei der Rallye Dakar zu verteidigen, sind für den Österreicher Matthias Walkner weiter intakt.

If not now then when?

Rome, Jan 12 (IANS/AKI) The populist government is planning a series of new laws to kick-start Italy's ailing economy, premier Giuseppe Conte said.

MEGHAN Markle’s Givenchy wedding gown “should have fit better”, according to royal commentators.

Some 800,000 public sector workers in the US missed their first payday of the year on Friday as the government shutdown continues.

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