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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets with the family of Qasem Soleimani | Photo by Iranian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Phil Openshaw, a retired Californian dentist, hadn’t checked his website in months. So he was unaware that it no longer displayed details for his annual mission trip that provides free dental services in Uganda. Instead, it displayed a photo of recently assassinated Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani with the message “Down with America.”

• Every January, The New York Times releases its "52 Places to Go," a robust list of places worth visiting in the new year.
• This year, the United States' capital, Washington DC, landed the No. 1 spot on the list.
• Washington, DC is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women achieving suffrage in the United States. The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.

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Online gay communities in China are lauding e-commerce giant Alibaba for releasing a subtle ad that appears to feature a gay couple.

Shane Ross has described his first meeting with the board’s newly appointed chairman and directors as “an encouraging and, frankly, warm discussion.”

Through the position of CDS, the military gets a say in governance. Should we worry about it?

A connected world means paying for gas with your voice, and sensing when a plant needs water.The annual CES technology conference in Las Vegas runs ...

Chelsea are reportedly ready to sell left-back Marcos Alonso to Inter Milan in order to help fund a transfer swoop for Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha. According to Don Balon, Alonso could link up with his old manager Antonio Conte at the San Siro, with the Blues then prepared to use the money from his […]

Wide receiver Adam Thielen didn’t practice on Thursday, but that doesn’t rule him out of Saturday’s game against the 49ers. Thielen suffered a cut on his ankle during Wednesday’s practice and needed stitches to close the laceration. That led him to sit out the team’s final on-field workout ahead of their trip to California for [more]

• Kansas became the 37th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
• The agreement from Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and a top Republican ended fighting in the state over its $3.8 billion Medicaid program.
• The state's Medicaid expansion comes as the Affordable Care Act faces a prolonged legal battle that could end with its demise.
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Traders shorting shares of Tesla have $US2 billion in mark-to-market losses as of Thursday, seven trading days into 2020, according to financial-analytics firm S3 Partners. More »

As the US continues to try to control the behaviour of its allies and partners around the world with sanctions, some are defying Washington's ultimatums. Namely, Turkey has so far ignored US demands to ditch Russia’s S-400 air defence systems, despite threats of sanctions and the suspension of F-35 deliveries.

Brian Hicks left his Keresley Home in his Vaixhall Viva car four days ago

Polling shows Taiwanese interpret China's interference and disinformation campaigns through partisan lens.

UK video game retailer GAME plans to close 40 stores in the UK and has already informed around 27 locations it'll be closing down. ...

Silver-tongued fighter Conor McGregor has yet to focus his trash-talking crosshairs on his UFC 246 opponent, but Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone has warned the Irishman to let his fists, and not his mouth, do the talking.
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Ivan moved from France to NJ, which I imagine is quite a change for him. He had a lovely Peugeot 406 back home and he wants something similar in the American market. He has a limited budget. What car should he buy?

The plot freakin' thickens.

Massive economic inequality has forged a generation that is deeper in debt, poorer paid and half as likely to own a home as its parents.

AGs suing to block the deal say the feds conducted only a 'cursory examination' of the merger.

Not surprisingly, getting a reservation at the hottest Manhattan restaurants is easier if you're rich, famous, an influencer, a media bigshot, or all of those things. But even within the realm of restaurant reservation phone lines, there is a hierarchy of velvet ropes. According to former reservationist Foster Kamer, at his job the people calling were placed into one of the following four groups. There is also the PAB (Punk-ass bitch) group that included individuals known in the restaurant scene to be rude... Читать дальше...

The couple was photographed looking intimate as they held hands and frolicked in the water.

SKINCARE brand Yes To have been forced to recall one of its face masks after it left customer’s faces red raw. The beauty brand, which sells in many common chemists, is removing its Grapefruit Vitamin C Glow-Boosting Unicorn Paper Mask from stores over the complaints, according to the Independent. “I didn’t last 3/4 minutes before […]

Five men accused of raping a mentally challenged woman at a village in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam District have been booked under the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act, 2019.

1. Philadelphia man robs pharmacy because of 'sick child,' hands cashier note: 'You have 15 seconds'  Fox News
2. Man Robbed Philadelphia Pharmacy, Told Clerk ‘I’m Sorry, I Have a Sick Child’  PEOPLE.com
3. Man who robbed a pharmacy gave clerk a note that said, ‘I’m sorry, I have a sick child,’ police say  WGHP FOX 8 Greensboro
4. Police: Man Robs Pharmacy, Gives Clerk Note Saying, ‘I’m Sorry, I Have a Sick Child’  WNEP Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
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