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One dead after Austrian gas hub explosion

Getty Images | TOMAS HULIK | AFP Austria’s main gas pipeline hub at Baumgarten, Eastern Vienna, where an explosion rocked the site on Tuesday 12 December. An explosion at Austria’s main gas hub Tuesday has left one person dead and several injured, according to a report. Gas Connect Austria, which …

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Putin boasts about ‘defeated ISIS’ in Syria, discloses troop withdrawal

Syrian Presidency Facebook page | AFP | Getty Images A handout picture released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency on December 11, 2017 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in the Russian air base in Hmeimim in the northwestern Syrian …

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Trump pushes his immigration policy after attempted NYC attack

Getty Images President Donald Trump makes an announcement on the introduction of the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump on Monday pushed for immigration restrictions following an attempted terror …

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Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military

Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images James Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, and General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a news conference on the North Korea situation outside of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 3, 2017. The Pentagon is …

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Senate tax bill may hurt entrepreneurs with income above $500K

Yin Bogu | Xinhua | Getty Images People protest against tax reform on Capitol hill in Washington D.C., on Dec. 1, 2017. Accountants sifting through the Senate version of the GOP tax bill are finding that some of their small business clients may indeed pay more under the proposed legislation. …

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Trump orders NASA to send American astronauts to the Moon, Mars

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order while surrounded by small business leaders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1 on Monday, …

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Trump sex harassment accusers demand Congress investigate as lawmakers resign

Getty Images (L-R) Rachel Crooks, Jessica Leeds, and Samantha Holvey speak during the press conference held by women accusing Trump of sexual harassment in NYC on December 11, 2017 in New York City. Three women who have accused President Donald Trump of sexually harassing or assaulting them before he came …

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US and Iran viewed less positively than Russia across five Middle Eastern countries, Pew survey finds

DELIL SOULEIMAN | AFP | Getty Images A member of the US forces stands guard during a meeting between US special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter IS and the Tabqa Civil Council in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Raqa city, on …

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Amazon hiring curtailed for HQ2

Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. and founder of Blue Origin LLC Amazon has significantly cut the number of open positions in Seattle, and some employees are talking about a hiring freeze, according to the Seattle Times and two employees who …

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Mueller hones in on Flynn’s last days in obstruction probe: NBC

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, and Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, listen to President Trump during a listening session with cyber security experts in the Roosevelt Room the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Special …

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