Russian apartment block blast kills three; rescuers search for survivors

Russian rescuers were on Monday searching for people trapped under the rubble of a city apartment block that partly collapsed in a suspected gas blast, killing at least three, RIA said.

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Russia detains American in Moscow over suspected spying: agencies

Russia's domestic security service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow, local news agencies reported.

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Possible death penalty for Missouri man who shot to death his family - Business Insider

1. Possible death penalty for Missouri man who shot to death his family  Business Insider
2. Missouri man fatally shoots girlfriend, her kids, her mother  KGO-TV
3. Children, grandmother among 4 fatally shot in St. Louis area  WLS-TV
4. New details emerge from quadruple homicide in St. Charles  KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis
5. Murder Charges Filed Against Man Accused of Killing 4 in Overnight St. Charles Homicide  OzarksFirst.com
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Trump effect: How out-of-state money fueled Democratic House wins in 2018 - USA TODAY

Trump effect: How out-of-state money fueled Democratic House wins in 2018  USA TODAY

Democrats who flipped 43 districts to win the House got more than half of their funding from outside their states.

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Review: Nokia 7.1 - Nokiamob

1. Review: Nokia 7.1  Nokiamob
2. Nokia 9 PureView press render leaked, reveals penta-lens camera setup  MSPoweruser
3. Nokia 9 PureView leaks in high-quality image  androidandme.com
4. Nokia 9 PureView Press Image Shared by Known Tipster, Showing Five Cameras at the Back  Wccftech
5. Freshly leaked Nokia 9 PureView press render affirms in-display fingerprint sensor  Gizchina.com
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Samantha Markle on Police's ''Fixated Persons List'': Report - E! NEWS

1. Samantha Markle on Police's ''Fixated Persons List'': Report  E! NEWS
2. Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton and Prince William reveal favorite moments of 2018  Fox News
3. Meghan Markle faces scrutiny in British media  CNN
4. Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton Reportedly Bonded Over a Royal Family Game of Scrabble on Christmas  ELLE.com
5. Royal Family Reveals Top Moments of 2018 In New Video  HuffPost
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3 Dead and Scores Missing in Russia Building Collapse

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3 Dead and Scores Missing in Russia Building Collapse

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Afghan Taliban arrived in Tehran, started negotiations: foreign ministry

Taliban representatives from Afghanistan arrived in Tehran on Sunday and started peace negotiations with Iran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said.

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Galaxy S9 series reportedly experiences battery drain on Pie - Notebookcheck.net

1. Galaxy S9 series reportedly experiences battery drain on Pie  Notebookcheck.net
2. Samsung Leak Suddenly 'Confirms' Radical Galaxy S10  Forbes
3. Galaxy S9 and Note 9 PRICE CRASH - Ultimate Samsung deals make flagships more affordable  Express
4. Samsung Galaxy A8s to go on sale tomorrow for 2799 Yuan ($407)  Gizchina.com
5. The 8 best new phones we can’t wait to get our hands on in 2019  TrustedReviews
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‘Aquaman’ Leads Year-End Openers as ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soars - IndieWire

1. ‘Aquaman’ Leads Year-End Openers as ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Soars  IndieWire
2. 'Aquaman' is King of the Box Office Seas for a Second Weekend in a Row  Box Office Mojo
3. ‘Aquaman’ Keeps Its Box-Office Lead as ‘Mary Poppins’ Gets a Holiday Boost  The New York Times
4. ‘Aquaman’ again tops box office, as Christmas bump adds to record year  MarketWatch
5. Box Office: 'Mary Poppins' Jumps 19%, 'Bumblebee' Falls 5%, 'Spider-Man' Tops $200M Global  Forbes
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Akiem Hicks: We are approaching excellence on defense - Chicago Bears

1. Akiem Hicks: We are approaching excellence on defense  Chicago Bears
2. Philadelphia Eagles claim final NFC spot with help from Chicago Bears  ESPN
3. Bears vs. Vikings Week 17 Highlights | NFL 2018  NFL
4. Bears will face the Eagles in the Wild Card round on Sunday at 3:40 PM  WGN TV Chicago
5. In loss to Bears, Kirk Cousins proves once again to be Minnesota's $84 million mistake  Touchdown Wire
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China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses - The New York Times

1. China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses  The New York Times
2. The US can't 'out-China' China | TheHill  The Hill
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More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking - Engadget

1. More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking  Engadget
2. How Facebooks Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps  Threatpost
3. Popular apps share data with Facebook without user consent  Financial Times
4. Some popular Android apps are sharing your data with Facebook without user consent  MSPoweruser
5. Some popular smartphone apps send users data to Facebook - even if they don't have account  Independent.ie
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Louis CK's Leaked Comedy Cellar Set Panders to the Alt-Right - The Daily Beast

1. Louis CK's Leaked Comedy Cellar Set Panders to the Alt-Right  The Daily Beast
2. Louis C.K. Goes After Parkland Victims in Leaked Audio of New Stand-Up  TMZ
3. Louis C.K. mocks Parkland survivors, gender-neutral pronouns in leaked standup set  Consequence of Sound
4. Louis CK makes fun of Parkland shooting victims in shocking leaked stand-up audio  Daily Mail
5. Louis C.K.'s Sexually Explicit Stand-Up Rant Proves He's Learned Nothing In 2018  HuffPost
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Former LSU CB Donte Jackson caps impressive rookie season with hometown win - NOLA.com

1. Former LSU CB Donte Jackson caps impressive rookie season with hometown win  NOLA.com
2. Teddy Bridgewater gets golden opportunity to start, and doesn't do much with it  Yahoo Sports
3. Panthers vs. Saints Week 17 Highlights | NFL 2018  NFL
4. Saints looked like team in throes of classic holiday hangover vs. Panthers  NOLA.com
5. Meaningless Carolina Panthers victory had meaning anyway  Charlotte Observer
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Bahrain's top court upholds sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab: lawyer

Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain’s prison authorities of torture, his lawyer said.

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Italy's Salvini sees no danger to government in coming months: Corriere

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its efforts to new reforms after closing the budget for next year.

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High rise building collapses in Russia, at least two dead: reports

Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday caused the partial collapse of a high rise apartment building, killing at least two people, news agencies reported.

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Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps

The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain.

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Ebola-hit Congolese town stages mock vote to protest at ban

Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone the vote there due to health fears was unfounded.

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Bangladesh PM Hasina wins third straight term despite vote-rigging claims

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged.

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China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan

China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue.

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North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Chosun Ilbo

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday.

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Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of 'when, not if': Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of "when, not if" he moves his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

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