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Johnson & Johnson Stock Drops On Report Company Knew About Asbestos In Baby Powder
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that its baby powder contained asbestos, Reuters said in a new report that drove the company’s shares down more than 9 percent Friday, CNBC reported.Reuters based its report on a review of documents and deposition and trial testimony ... Some juries have sided with J&J and others have been unable to reach verdicts....
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From Clinton To Macron, Neoliberals Still Don’t Get Nationalism – And It May Lead To Fascism
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingWinning the war against fascism during World War II only so liberals could lose to globalism’s harsh economic disparity has consequently made today’s citizenry all over the world susceptible to explicit nationalist appeals ... Today’s neoliberals still don’t get backlash nationalism....
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Defeated Wisconsin Governor Signs Bills Limiting His Sucessor's Powers
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Wisconsin Gov ... He detailed all of the governor's powers, including a strong veto authority, that will not change while defending the measures he signed as improving transparency, stability and accountability."There's a lot of hype and hysteria, particularly in the national media, implying this is a power shift. It's not."...
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White House: Trump Administration 'Not To Blame' For 7-Year-Old Girl's Death
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The death of a 7-year-old girl in Border Control custody was a “tragic situation,” a White House spokesman said on Friday, but the Trump administration is not to blame before calling on Congress to “disincentivize” migrants from making trips to the southern U.S. border, The Washington Post reported.On Thursday, U.S ... on Dec....
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Facebook: Bug Affecting Up To 6.8 Million Users Exposed Photos They Hadn't Shared
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Up to 6.8 million Facebook users using third-party apps had their photos exposed because of a bug in the social media network’s programming, CNBC reported Friday ... In March, reports from the New York Times and The Guardian shed light on how Cambridge Analytica used data on Facebook users to influence the 2016 U.S ... 13 and Sept....
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Chris Christie Takes Himself Out Of Running For White House Chief Of Staff
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Former New Jersey Gov ... As a result, I have asked him to no longer keep me in any of his considerations for this post." ... Lindsey Graham, a source told NBC.Axios and Bloomberg also reported Friday that Christie was a top contender, and a Washington Post reporter tweeted that the paper was about to report the same thing when his statement landed....
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Stargazers Can Watch Geminid Meteor Shower Online
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The Geminid meteor shower continues this weekend, and people all over the world were getting ready to see the last big meteor shower of 2018, Newsweek reported ... That stream was set to begin at 6 p.m. EST Thursday night for those looking to catch the meteor shower live without heading outside ... ....
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Paris braces for fifth weekend of protests by gilets jaunes
The Guardian 14 Dec 2018
Thousands of riot police and armoured vehicles will be deployed in Paris on Saturday as France anticipates a fifth weekend of anti-government protests in the capital and other cities ... The grassroots protest movement has continued all week on roundabouts and tollbooths, and authorities believe Saturday’s street marches will go ahead ... .......
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Theresa May angrily confronts Jean-Claude Juncker after the EU rejected her Brexit proposals
Business Insider 14 Dec 2018
LONDON — An angry-looking Theresa May confronted European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday after EU leaders rejected her latest Brexit proposals and he publicly chastised her approach to negotiations ... "You called me nebulous." Juncker responded by putting his hand on her arm, as if to calm her down. Here's the clip ... Join here. ....
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U.S. Education Department Cancels $150 million In Student Loan Debt
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it would automatically cancel $150 million in student loans connected to for-profit colleges that closed in recent years, NBC News reports.The move was made under an Obama-era policy that a federal judge in October essentially forced U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to implement....
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Hubble discovers planet vanishing at record speed
The Times of India 14 Dec 2018
WASHINGTON. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a planet roughly the size of Neptune, evaporating at a rate 100 times faster than a previously identified exoplanet of similar size. The findings, published in the journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, advance astronomers' knowledge about how planets evolve ... ....
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One of Khashoggi killers said 'I know how to cut' on audio, Erdogan says
The Times of India 14 Dec 2018
ISTANBUL. One of the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was heard saying "I know how to cut" on the audio of the killing Turkey shared with US and European officials, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday ... The journalist had gone there to collect documents for his forthcoming marriage ... The man clearly says 'I know how to cut' ... ....
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Seven-year-old Guatemalan girl dies in US custody
Dawn 14 Dec 2018
A seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died in American custody after being detained by US border police in New Mexico, The Washington Post reported on Thursday ... She had "reportedly had not eaten or consumed water for several days," the CBP told the Post, who said she began having seizures more than eight hours after being detained ... ....
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Special Council's Team Slams Michael Flynn's Criticism Of 2017 FBI Interview
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
He will be sentenced next week.Flynn's lies, the special counsel writes, were well-practiced.After a Washington Post report on Jan ... "Those officials then repeated the defendant's false statements on national television.". WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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U.S.-Backed Kurds In Syria Capture Last ISIS-Held Town
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
NBC News reported Kurdish-led fighters, with full U.S. support, have captured the last town held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria after intense battles over the last few days, activists said Friday....
