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These cities don’t want Amazon to stop searching for another HQ

Chicago and Warren, Michigan, are among the cities large and small apparently undeterred by Amazon’s announcement that it has no plans to look for another headquarters location after scrapping plans to build a mega-campus in Queens. Two top Illinois Democrats on Thursday touted the Windy City as prime real estate for the retail giant. “You should take another look at […]

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Syria's war: Turkish-backed FSA advance near Afrin

Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal visits a military camp inside Syria – where Turkey has been training Free Syrian Army fighters. Turkish forces and their allies, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), say they have captured the town of Sheikh Horuz on the road to Afrin – a stronghold of the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG). The FSA have accused the YPG […]

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Namibia bans foreign travel for government officials

Travel ban comes as southern African country tries to rein in government expenditure amid cash crunch. Namibia has banned all foreign travel by public officials as the southern African country tries to rein in government expenditure. The ban will be in place until at least February, the country’s presidency said in a statement on Wednesday. “No request for outbound travel […]

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DR Congo: Mourners demand opposition leader's body back

Mourners in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for the body of a veteran opposition leader to be brought home, a year after he died in Brussels. Mourners in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for the body of Etienne Tshisekedi, a veteran opposition leader, to be brought home, a year after he died in Brussels. They accuse President […]

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Towie-loving mum, 29, who was first British woman jailed for joining ISIS after taking toddler son to Syria is FREED

Tareena Shakil – who earned the nickname the Towie jihadi for her love of reality TV shows – had been jailed for six years in 2016 after returning from Syria where she had fled with her toddler son. Shakil was jailed after a judge found she had intentionally travelled to the war-torn region to "produce the next generation of fighters". She had […]

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Philippines: Marcos ouster rally targets 'dictator' Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte skips ‘People Power’ commemoration as opposition denounces his ‘authoritarian’ administration. Manila, Philippines – Thirty-two years since it ousted its last dictator, the Philippines faces the possibility of having another one. As the country commemorated the “People Power” revolution of 1986, more than 1,000 people gathered on Sunday at the event’s memorial to condemn President Rodrigo Duterte whom […]

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Climate change blamed for severe winter storm in Europe

Large parts of Europe have been hit by a freak winter storm, bringing rare snow and plummeting temperatures on much of the continent. Large parts of Europe have been hit by a freak winter storm, bringing rare snow and plummeting temperatures on much of the continent. Some parts of the UK are expected to feel colder than the Arctic Circle […]

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'We will cut your throats': The anatomy of Greece's lynch mobs

With anti-migrant violence hitting a fever pitch, victims ask why Greek authorities have carried out so few arrests. Goritsa, Greece – Scrawled in spray paint on a deserted building at the entrance to Goritsa, a Greek farming village on the outskirts of Aspropyrgos, is a large black X crossing out “Anti-Fascist Zone”. Inside the village, the walls of abandoned factories […]

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