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Wednesday, 1 February 2017

US judge rules in favor of Yemenis hit by Trump travel ban

LOS ANGELES (AFP) –
In yet another challenge to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, a California federal judge has issued a court order barring the US government from preventing more than two dozen Yemenis with valid visas from flying to Los Angeles.
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U.S. Senate support for Trump education nominee weakens

WASHINGTON Public refusals on Wednesday by two U.S. Senate Republicans to support Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, raised the possibility of a rare congressional rejection of a Cabinet nominee.

In an ominous sign for Trump, Republican senators Susan...

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How Hong Kong fitness trainer Rhiann Sherriff stays motivated

Don’t be fooled by the dazzling blue eyes and killer smile: Rhiann Sherriff lifts more than twice her bodyweight and can command the laziest office worker to knock out 10 push-ups with a single look.
The 28-year-old personal trainer at Real Athletic Workouts in Central attributes her keen i...

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US lawmakers move to strike oil transparency rule

WASHINGTON (AFP) –
US lawmakers moved Wednesday to strike down an anti-corruption regulation that would have required oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign governments.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to repeal a r...

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'24: Legacy' shoots blanks in Fox revival

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My 41 years photographing Hong Kong and China moments, big and small, by SCMP’s longest serving staff member, David Wong

David Wong Chi-kin didn’t plan on being a photographer. But after 41 years at the South China Morning Post he has won numerous awards for his striking images and is the newspaper’s longest-serving employee.
On his 19th birthday, Wong, who turns 60 in February, got a call from the paper out of the...

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US Senate confirms former Exxon chief Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State

Rex Tillerson’s job as chief U.S. diplomat became harder before it even began because of White House moves that have antagonized Muslim nations, European allies, Mexico and U.S. bureaucrats, current and former U.S. officials said.
The Senate confirmed Tillerson as the 69th secretary of state on W...

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'American Crime' serves up timely take on labor and immigration in Season 3

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Pentagon chief makes first trip to Asia in uncertain atmosphere

Other than a tweet, President Donald Trump hasn’t pronounced how he’ll stop North Korea from melancholy America with a arch weapon. And as his Pentagon arch visits pivotal allies in Asia, conjunction Trump nor his Republican allies in Congress seem staid on any plan.
The quarrel opposite a Isl...

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Italy's Muslims sign anti-extremism pact

ROME (AFP) –
Italy’s Muslim community signed a pact with the government Wednesday pledging to “reject all forms of violence and terrorism”, with prayers in mosques to be held in Italian.
“It’s a very important document which concerns ...

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Beyoncé is pregnant with twins

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Trump sued for targeting sanctuary cities

“The president’s executive order is not only unconstitutional, it’s un-American,” said city attorney Dennis Herrera in announcing the suit filed in federal court. “That is why we must stand up and oppose it.
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Defiant Fillon fights to save wobbling presidential bid as pressure mounts

French rightwing candidate Francois Fillon battled to save his scandal-hit presidential bid on Wednesday as disastrous
new polling numbers and party colleagues increased pressure on him to step aside.

After a week of damaging revelations that the 62-year-old former prime minister employed h...

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Mary Tyler Moore's husband on the 'emptiness' he feels after her death

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What next for Chinese tycoon, as he assists with probe?

Xiao Jianhua, the billionaire businessman persuaded by mainland Chinese agents to leave Hong Kong and return to the mainland to assist in investigations, looked likely to become a politician until the spring of 1989. As a “student cadre” at the prestigious Peking University, he could have fol...

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Violent storms set to lash Brittany and Normandy

Just as winter’s icy grip on France seemed to relax, another weather phenomenon is set to batter France, or at least the north west.

Météo France said that the Atlantic sea will begin to swell in the afternoon and into the evening as a depression moves in from the west.

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Alan Thicke's son shares memory of last good-bye

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China to speed up creation of football schools for kids; targets 20,000 by end of the year

China plans to nearly double the number of publicly run youth football schools this year to 20,000, state media reported on Wednesday, as authorities push ahead with reforms aimed at becoming a football power.
Xinhua news agency said China has 13,381 “special football schools” – which are typic...

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EU 'to dock Marine Le Pen's wages' to make up for €300,000 she owes Brussels

The best ways to send money abroad: a quick guide
Need to send money to family or friends overseas? Have funds in foreign accounts you need to access in your new home? Sending money abroad may be cheaper and faster than you might think.
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Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime pursuit on a U.S. Supreme Court, picking a 49-year-old sovereign appeals probity decider to revive a court’s regressive infancy and assistance figure rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun...

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New book tells the billion-dollar Airbnb story; five-star hotels descend on Colombo

Home truths The final time we paid to stay in a private home while travelling abroad was in 1989. I’d usually spent a improved partial of a week on a Trans-Siberian Railway from Beijing and was met on a frozen Moscow hire height by my bankrupt and rather avaricious Soviet host. The deficiency of ...

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Family appeals for help after British expat goes missing in Dordogne

Tillerson's job as chief U.S. diplomat got harder before it began

WASHINGTON Rex Tillerson’s job as chief U.S. diplomat became harder before it even began because of White House moves that have antagonized Muslim nations, European allies, Mexico and U.S. bureaucrats, current and former U.S. officials said.

The Senate is expected to confirm Tillerson...

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Three Year of the Rooster watches worth crowing about

Happy belated Year of the Chicken’s Husband! As a cock myself (stop sniggering at the back), I’m hoping that 2017 will bring me good fortune. Last year was riddled with disasters, from impaling myself on a wine glass to appearing on French television effectively calling all Russian football hoo...

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Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them safer

NEW YORK Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. But less than one-third of Americans believe the move makes them “more safe,” according to a Reuters/Ipsos...

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Portrait of a suspect: Alexandre Bissonnette's journey from moderate conservative to extremist troll

A shy chess-player, a bullied introvert, a moderate conservative turned far-right troll — these are the descriptions being offered of Alexandre Bissonnette since he was accused of perpetrating a deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque.
Bissonnette looked nervous during his brief court appeara...

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Here are stocks linked to China’s missing tycoon Xiao Jianhua

Xiao Jianhua (肖建華), ranked 32nd with his wife on Hurun’s China Rich List 2016, is estimated to be worth US$5.97 billion. A Peking University graduate, he founded his business in 1993 through three closely held units Baotou Beida Tomorrow Resource Technology (包頭明天科技), Baotou Beipu (北普實業) and Zheng...

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Free tickets for women after French football supporters show sexist banner

Fueling Ethiopia's recovery with coffee

Bethlehem Alemu founded SoleRebels in 2005, a company that makes shoes from old tires.

Bethlehem Alemu’s shoes have been sold worldwide by Amazon (AMZN, Tech30), Urban Outfitters (URBN) and Whole Foods (WFM). When she started her business the Ethiopian accountant had much more modest...

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