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German arms manufacturer giant Heckler & Koch to stop doing deals with undemocratic countries or countries not under NATO-influence, ruling out deals with countries such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey (reuters.com)
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Canada this month took steps toward joining the United States in banning the sale of personal-hygiene products that contain tiny plastics known as microbeads.(toledoblade.com)
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UKPension age may be about to rise again, says former minister. Those in their 20's expected to work until 70. (theguardian.com)
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Prepare for 'surprise' as global warming stokes Arctic shifts - scientists | "Arctic ecosystems are changing in dramatic ways: the ice is melting, sea levels are rising, coastal areas are eroding, permafrost is thawing, and the areas where plants and animals live are shifting," said the report. (uk.reuters.com)
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Venezuela's currency now worth so little shopkeepers weigh vast piles of notes instead of counting them (independent.co.uk)
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'Their spirit is broken': Iraqi forces say 1,000 ISIS fighters killed in Mosul (businessinsider.com)
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The Netherlands and Belgium will today sign a formal treaty swapping pieces of land along their border at the Maas river. The land swap, only the second between the two countries in 175 years, will increase the size of the Netherlands by some 10 hectares. (dutchnews.nl)
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‘Korea’s Trump’ Rises in Polls as Voter Anger Fuels Populism: 'Lee Jae-myung wants to break up the country’s biggest companies, meet unconditionally with NK leader Kim Jong Un, and throw President Park Geun-hye in jail over an influence-peddling scandal.' (bloomberg.com)
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Western Australian prison to get $15k for every female prisoner who does not re-offend for at least 2 years (abc.net.au)
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Nauru refugees would prefer not to go to the US, with one saying he "did not want to go to President-elect Donald Trump's America" (radionz.co.nz)
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Newly Discovered Ice On Mars Contains As Much Water As Lake Superior: The Utopia deposit is close enough to the surface that it could be used as a resource by astronauts who land in the area (good.is)
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Around 100,000 rejected asylum-seekers are expected to soon be returned from Germany to their home countries, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced, adding that around one-third of the deportations are likely to be forced (rt.com)
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A theory about the speed of light – long considered radical but potentially changing some of our most basic understanding of the universe – is now ready to be tested in an experiment (independent.co.uk)
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African ant 'supercolony' poised to invade the planet - The largest colony researchers have found so far spanned 24 miles. The ant colonies are in the forests that surround Orthodox Christian churches in Ethiopia. (cnbc.com)
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Virgin's Richard Branson Unveils Airplanes That Travels from London to NYC in 3.5 Hours (architecturaldigest.com)
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