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France finds traces of radioactive cesium in Russian mushrooms

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PARIS (Reuters) - France has found traces of radioactive cesium on mushrooms imported from Russia, the head of French nuclear regulator ASN said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zR80OC

Kremlin: U.S. sanctions aimed at turning business elite against Putin

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it was confident the United States was using sanctions in an attempt to turn Russia's business elite against President Vladimir Putin. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AIxttz

North Korea's 'highest ever' missile launch televised

Kim Jong-un is seen "guiding" launch of the country's highest ever missile, Hwansong-15. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2zDBtHA

Deadline looms for South Africa's Zuma over revived graft charges

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lawyers for Jacob Zuma have until midnight to file papers outlining why nearly 800 corruption charges shelved before he became South African president eight years ago but recently reinstated by the courts should not be brought against him. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zPTWoB

West Africa population planners battle to woo Muslim hearts

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DAKAR/LIBORE, Niger (Reuters) - Mabingue Ngom, the head of the U.N. Population Fund in West Africa, knows that if he wants to cut birth rates he can't ignore religion. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AK3H7V

Beijing Razes Migrant Neighborhoods, Evicting Tens of Thousands

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By CHRIS BUCKLEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ArHvik

Matt Lauer Apologizes After Firing Over Sexual Misconduct Claims

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By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2zSTtBZ

DealBook Briefing: Bitcoin’s Price Swings Raise Fears of a Crash

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By Unknown Author from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ipm4Y4

Year of protests and crisis in volatile Venezuela

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CARACAS (Reuters) - Even by the volatile and violent standards of recent times in Venezuela, 2017 was an exceptional year, a “perfect storm” of political and economic crisis. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2Aggca6

Review: Strong Performances Anchor ‘The Tribes of Palos Verdes’

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By TEO BUGBEE from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2j4jgg7

Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable

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By A.O. SCOTT from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW8MG

Review: ‘The New Radical’ Asks, Is It O.K. to Build Your Own Gun?

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By KEN JAWOROWSKI from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zBNbSZ

Review: ‘Shadowman’ Traces the Rise and Fall of an ’80s Artist

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By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW7bA

Review: ‘Rosa Chumbe’ Offers Little Hope for Redemption

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By MONICA CASTILLO from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zBNdu5

Review: ‘The Dancer,’ a Glum Biopic for a Dynamic Innovator

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By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2ByjTWQ

Review: In ‘Sins of the Flesh,’ One Prison Replaces Another

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By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zQh0Ui

Review: In ‘Loveless,’ a Broken Family and a Lost Nation

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By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2BoU2j9

Review: In ‘Love Beats Rhymes,’ a Hip-Hop Artist Transformed by Poetry

By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW4wq

Review: ‘Big Time,’ a Portrait of an Architect as Superstar

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By ANDY WEBSTER from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW1Rg

Review: In ‘32 Pills,’ a Filmmaker Investigates Her Sister’s Death

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By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAVZZE

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Matt Lauer issues statement after firing over sexual misconduct allegations 11/30/17 7:07 AM

Yemen war: Fighting breaks out among allied rebels

Supporters of the Houthi movement and ex-president Saleh clash in Sanaa, amid rising tensions. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2AgH75F

New Zealand Examines Matt Lauer’s Ranch Purchase After His Firing

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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ArCrdO

North Korea: Russia accuses US of goading Kim Jong-un

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejects US calls to cut ties with the North over its weapons tests. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2iro42g

U.N. tribunal seeks answers after stunned by courtroom suicide

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A U.N. tribunal that was stunned by the courtroom suicide of a Bosnian Croat war criminal said on Thursday it was working with Dutch investigators to piece together how he smuggled a fatal dose of poison into the high-security building. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zAEqZF

Can the Singapore Model Save Zimbabwe?

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By STEVE H. HANKE from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2zQdd9w

Libya migrants: Emergency evacuation operation agreed

Footage of migrants being sold as slaves in Libya prompts the European-African initiative. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BzHSVy

NATO mulls 'offensive defense' with cyber warfare rules

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TARTU, Estonia (Reuters) - A group of NATO allies are considering a more muscular response to state-sponsored computer hackers that could involve using cyber attacks to bring down enemy networks, officials said. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AqHXgx

Republican Tax Overhaul Heads to the Senate Floor for Debate

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By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2j1NSyQ

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Trump, Taxes and Twitter

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By MICHAEL BARBARO from NYT Podcasts http://ift.tt/2nglspf

For some Russian oligarchs, sanctions risk makes Putin awkward to know

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The threat of new U.S. sanctions has spread anxiety among Russia's wealthiest people that their association with President Vladimir Putin could land them on a U.S. government blacklist, members of the business elite say. from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AoSusO