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• President Donald Trump's impeachment hearing went public on Wednesday, and it's a foreign landscape compared to the two presidents who went before him.
• He's the fourth president to face impeachment proceedings, after Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Andrew Johnson. But Johnson's was hugely different since it took place in 1868.
• For Nixon, since coverage was mostly in television and print, it was communal, and the nation gathered together to watch his hearings unfold on primetime TV. Читать дальше...

The drills involved the personnel of the Central Military District, the Caspian Flotilla of the Southern Military District, some troops of the Eastern Military District, the Airborne Force, long-range and military transport aviation

WASHINGTON (AP) — A State Department official who has drawn praise for speaking out in the past about problems in the Foreign Service is set to testify to House impeachment investigators about a conversation he overheard President Trump having about “investigations” in Ukraine.

In his three-game career with Memphis, 7-foot-1 center James Wiseman averaged 19.7 points and 10.7 rebounds.

A rest home resident was left inconsolable after her family was told the cost of her "premium" room would more than double - meaning she'd have to move. But the Tauranga facility, Ultimate Care Oakland ...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovich discusses her surprise to see that corrupt Ukrainian officials found Americans to work with them to oust her as ambassador.

Rashtrapati Bhavan will host a conference of Directors of IITs, NITs and IIEST Shibpur on November 19.The conference is a part of regular interactions of President Ram Nath Kovind, with such institutions in his capacity as a visitor to 152 Central Universities and institutions of higher learning.The agenda items of the conference will include - deliberations on challenges or opportunities along broad parameters on which NIRF rankings are based, participation and contribution of alumni in activities of the institutes... Читать дальше...

Meetings are more frequently used for people to show off or air frustrations

Crews were testing a removable levee that would be put into place if the Potomac River were to flood.

An upcoming auction featuring hundreds of Disneyland items expected to fetch as much as $150,000 apiece will give hard-core Disney fans a chance to add a piece of the Anaheim theme park’s history to their personal memorabilia collections.

1. UK weather forecast – Britain underwater as flooding engulfs villages and MORE rain is on the way  The Sun
2. Birmingham trains and rail services cancelled amid heavy flooding - FULL LIST  Birmingham Live
3. UK weather: Temperatures to plunge to -2C as 1,200 homes evacuated due to floods  The Independent
4. Met Office warns of 'danger to life' as South Yorkshire braces for more heavy rain  Channel 4 News
5. How much longer is it going to rain? Met Office and Weather Channel... Читать дальше...

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I’m at Dell Technology Summit this week, and one of the interesting stats from Sam Bird, the impressive executive that heads Dell Technology’s personal systems unit, is that they’ve had the strongest sales year ever. Dell is only Number 3 in volume, but they are Number 1 with a bullet in revenue and profit.

This showcases that for companies that execute – including spending money on R&D and marketing – the PC business is as strong... Читать дальше...

As temperatures rise and extreme weather events become more common, scientists are warning of an increase in food-borne illnesses as a result.

Apple unveiled its redesigned 16-inch MacBook Pro just two days ago, and Amazon has already jumped in with a sale -- $2,300 instead of Apple's list price of $2,399. It's a big spend either way, but that $100 saving will definitely sweeten what's an a...

Maybe it was habit. Maybe the booing Knicks fans rattled him.

1. Trump smears Yovanovitch's reputation as she testifies at impeachment hearing – live  The Guardian
2. Impeachment live stream: Public hearings continue | USA TODAY  USA TODAY
3. Ex-US ambassador links her removal to Trump  BBC News
4. The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s impeachment: a grave and necessary process  The Guardian
5. Devin Nunes is bravely defending Trump. That's bad news for the president  The Guardian
6. View full coverage on Google News

Something to bear in mind the next time Pelosi starts burbling about how "prayerful" this process has been for them.

Apparently Jesus told her to start focus-grouping battleground states to find the way forward.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at the Southern California high school (all times local):

Katie Holmes is all smiles while stepping out to speak with families during a visit to Ronald McDonald House Westmead on Friday (November 15) in Sydney, Australia. “Such an amazing day meeting the families @RMHCAustralia ahead of #McHappyDay,” the 40-year-old actress captioned on her Instagram post. “I’ll be at Haberfield McDonald’s from 7am tomorrow, please [...]

Social media sites failing to stop users sharing purported identity of protected individual

BRUSSELS (Sputnik), Luc Rivet - The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Parliament "seriously compromised" the principles of impartiality toward the Eurosceptic Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE) political group while ordering it to repay part of EU funds and denied it 501,000 euros ($551,000) in grant money in 2016.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharman on Friday reacted to reports of stress in the telecom sector and said "We want no company to shut their operations. We want everyone to flourish." Two major telecom companies -- Vodafone Idia and Airtel -- have posted a combined quarterly loss of about Rs 74,000 crore as they were hit by statutory dues after a recent Supreme Court ruling.