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James Comey, Pam Bondi and Rep. Adam Schiff talk FISA report, impeachment on ‘Fox News Sunday’

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This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” December 15, 2019. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Chris Wallace, Host: I’m Chris Wallace. The House of Representatives set to vote on... Read More

Andrew McCarthy: The costs of trivializing impeachment

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Resorting to a vague “abuse of power” theory, the House Judiciary Committee Friday morning referred two articles of impeachment...

Brad Todd: Biden bets on globalism – look at the political forces fueling this strategy

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In parliamentary elections in our motherland, the United Kingdom, nearly two-thirds of voters chose nationalist parties. Nationalist conservatives chose...

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Switching broadband provider ‘could save £120’

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Haggling could save households £120 a year on broadband, but 45% of customers have not asked their current provider... Read More

The prize app designed to help deaf children in school

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Schoolchildren have won a competition by designing an app which transcribes school lessons for people who are deaf or... Read More

ByteDance unit establishes venture with Chinese state media firm

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FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration... Read More

US video surveillance rivals China’s, report says

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China’s Orwellian video surveillance gets a bad rap but the U.S. isn’t far behind, says a new report. The... Read More

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Wall St Week Ahead-Trade deal removes major hurdle for rally in Apple and tech

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(Repeats COLUMN originally published on Dec 13, no changes) (Updates to reflect close of stock trading, paragraphs 8-10) By... Read More

German union calls for pre-Christmas Amazon strike

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BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Trade union Verdi called for workers at a key Amazon logistics centre in Germany... Read More

Aramco indicative share price up slightly to 37 riyals

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FILE PHOTO: Participants attend the official ceremony marking the debut of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) on the... Read More

UPDATE 1-Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’ -TV station

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FILE PHOTO: A view of the Brazilian mining company Vale’s tailings dam in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Brazil December... Read More

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Villains or visionaries? Hedge funds short companies they say ‘greenwash’

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LONDON (Reuters) – Tens of trillions of global investment dollars are pouring into companies touting robust environmental, social and governance credentials. Now short-sellers spy an opportunity. FILE PHOTO: Carson Block, Chief Investment Officer, Muddy Waters Capital LLC., speaks at... Read More

Aramco shares up 1.6% in third consecutive day of gains

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FILE PHOTO: Participants attend the official ceremony marking the debut of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) on the...

Telenor says Huawei will still play role in 5G rollout

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Telenor (TEL.OL) will use equipment from Huawei in building Norway’s 5G network, the telecoms operator said...

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Taylor Swift to headline Glastonbury festival on Sunday

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There was a Blank Space on this year’s Glastonbury’s line-up… and that’s where Taylor Swift has written her name.... Read More

Strictly Come Dancing: Final draws 11.3 million viewers

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Media playback is unsupported on your device The final of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, which saw former Emmerdale... Read More

BBC: TV licence fee decriminalisation being considered

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The government is to consider whether failure to pay the TV licence fee should cease to be a criminal... Read More

Ministers ‘reviewing licence fee evasion sanction’

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The government will consider whether failure to pay the TV licence fee should cease to be a criminal offence,... Read More

Health

Reasons behind bad breath and how to get rid of it

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Everyone gets bad breath, but here’s how to avoid it. (iStock) Dear Dr. Manny, Why do I have bad... Read More

Bristol-Myers wins $752 million in U.S. patent case against Gilead

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FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured on the blouse of an employee in Le... Read More

Samoa extends measles state of emergency, NZ to fund Pacific vaccination campaign

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Saturday extended a state of emergency due to... Read More

FDA panel votes unanimously in favor of Horizon’s thyroid eye disease drug

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(Reuters) – Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously in favor of Horizon... Read More

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China suspends planned tariffs scheduled for Dec. 15 on some U.S. goods

FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has suspended additional tariffs on some U.S. goods that were meant to be implemented on Dec. 15, the State Council’s customs tariff commission said on Sunda [...]

Mexico objects to labor enforcement provision in North American trade deal

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s deputy foreign minister, Jesus Seade, said on Saturday he sent a letter to the top U.S. trade official expressing surprise and concern over a labor enforcement provision proposed by a U.S. congressional committee in the new North American trade deal. FILE PHOTO: Mexi [...]

California governor rejects PG&E bankruptcy reorganization plan

(Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected a bankruptcy reorganization plan submitted by PG&E Corp (PCG.N), the state’s largest investor-owned utility, saying its proposal fails to meet the requirements of a recently enacted wildfire law. The decision by Newsom, sent to PG [...]

‘Largest PEACETIME evacuation’ kicks off in Italy as unexploded WWII bomb puts 54,000 at risk

An unparalleled evacuation operation is underway in Italy’s southern city of Brindisi, after a heavy British bomb was found near a local cinema. This is the second bomb discovery that has put Italians on alert in just one month. Roughly 54,000 people were told to leave the so-called “red zone” on Su [...]

I WILL return, vows Olympic champ Zagitova as rumors rumble over decision to take career break

Russian Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova has vowed she WILL return to competitive action, despite recently announcing she would be taking a career break. Zagitova, 17, stunned the figure-skating world when she appeared on Russian television on Friday to announce that she was putting he [...]

From trash talk to a broken jaw: What next for UFC loudmouth Colby Covington?

Colby Covington’s relentless trash talk is over for the time being at least after he suffered a fifth round TKO loss – and a broken jaw – to Kamaru Usman in the UFC 245 headliner. Where does the UFC’s bad boy go from here? After months of heated buildup and back-and-forth insults, Colby Covington’s [...]

Aramco indicative share price up slightly to 37 riyals

FILE PHOTO: Participants attend the official ceremony marking the debut of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Riyadh’s stock market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco’s (2222.SE) shares went up slightly to 37 Saudi riyals [...]

UPDATE 1-Brazil Vale dam near site of January disaster has ‘cracks’ -TV station

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Brazilian mining company Vale’s tailings dam in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Brazil December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – State prosecutors in Brazil have identified cracks in a tailings dam owned by iron ore mining company Val [...]

UPDATE 1-Qatar open to accepting all currencies for trade – FinMin

DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar is open to accepting all currencies for trade though the dollar will still dominate, Finance Minister Ali al-Emadi told a conference in Doha on Saturday. The comment at the Doha Forum came in response to a question about whether Qatar, one of the world largest exporters of liq [...]

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Laredo Petroleum Announces Appointment of Craig Jarchow to Board of Directors

TULSA, OK, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) (“Laredo” or “the Company”) today announced the appointment of Craig Jarchow to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). His appointment as an independent director is effective December 10, 2019. Mr. Jarchow has mo [...]

Marksmen Announces Final Closing of Private Placement

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marksmen Energy Inc. (TSXV: MAH) (OTCQB: MKSEF) (“Marksmen” or the “Company”) announces that it has completed the second and final closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units (the “Units”) of Marksmen (the “Offering”) [...]

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. Confirms Dividends for January 15, 2020 and Approves 2020 Capital Budget

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (TSX: PEY) (“Peyto”) confirms that the monthly dividend with respect to December 2019 of $0.02 per common share is to be paid on January 15, 2020, for shareholders of record on December 31, 2019. The ex-divi [...]

Kameleoon appoints experienced digital marketing executive Martin Harrison as first UK Managing Director

Largest European personalisation technology provider expands on back of new funding and identity London and Paris, 10 December 2019, Kameleoon, the leading AI-driven personalisation and A/B testing platform provider, today announced the appointment of Martin Harrison as its first UK Managing Directo [...]

Hampleton Partners Advises FAST LTA on acquisition by Afinum

Munich, Germany and London, UK – 9 December 2019. Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised FAST LTA AG, leading provider of zero-loss archiving and backup solutions for mission-critical data, on its acquisition by Afinum [...]

Only 46 percent of BAME and 52 percent of LGBTQ+ women feel included in company decision making

Only 46 percent of BAME and 52 percent of LGBTQ+ women feel included in company decision making Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Straight white men still dominate across all aspects of business according to Culture Amp global research of over 3 [...]

Switching broadband provider ‘could save £120’

Haggling could save households £120 a year on broadband, but 45% of customers have not asked their current provider for a better deal, according to Which? The consumer group found that 78% of people who negotiated were offered an incentive, discount or a better deal. More than 5,000 customers were a [...]

The prize app designed to help deaf children in school

Schoolchildren have won a competition by designing an app which transcribes school lessons for people who are deaf or who have hearing loss. It was part of a competition run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to encourage young people to consider careers in technology. As prize winners they will have the [...]

ByteDance unit establishes venture with Chinese state media firm

FILE PHOTO: Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – A unit of ByteDance, the owner of video-sharing platform TikTok, has established a joint vent [...]

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Bristol-Myers wins $752 million in U.S. patent case against Gilead

FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured on the blouse of an employee in Le Passage, near Agen, France March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (Reuters) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Friday said it won a $752 million jury verdict against Gilead Sciences Inc [...]

Samoa extends measles state of emergency, NZ to fund Pacific vaccination campaign

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Saturday extended a state of emergency due to a measles outbreak which has killed 72 people, mostly infants, as New Zealand announced NZ$1 million ($640,700) to help combat measles in the Pacific. FILE PHOTO: A view of the capital Api [...]

FDA panel votes unanimously in favor of Horizon’s thyroid eye disease drug

(Reuters) – Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously in favor of Horizon Therapeutics Plc’s experimental treatment for thyroid eye disease (TED), taking the drug a step towards potential approval. If approved, teprotumumab, a type of immunotherapy, is [...]

Scientists find toxic fungus near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Poison Fire Coral fungus is seen in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in this undated picture obtained from social media. RAY PALMER /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A highly poisonous fungus, with toxins that c [...]

Trump administration likely to announce details of biofuels deal by Friday: sources

(Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to announce by Friday details of a U.S. biofuels policy deal to help farmers angry over waivers granted to refiners exempting them from using corn-based ethanol and other biofuels, four sources familiar with the matter said. The White House has held w [...]

Chevron aims to cut intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from production

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp (CVX.N) aims to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from its oil production by 5% to 10% over a seven-year period ending 2023 as part of an ongoing effort to combat global climate change, the U.S. energy major said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station [...]