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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
US calls for Russian, Chinese nuclear transparency
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Drug lord El Chapo's defence rests after just 30 minutes
For nearly three months, US federal prosecutors have made their case against Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in a Brooklyn courtroom. On Tuesday, his lawyers made theirs... in about a half-hour. The only witness called by the defence was FBI agent Paul Roberts....
FBI has dozens of probes into Chinese economic spying
The FBI is investigating Chinese economic espionage in nearly all of its 56 field offices around the country, underscoring the depth of the threat to US business, Director Christopher Wray told Congress Tuesday. "China writ large is the most significant counterintelligence threat...
Midwest cities scramble to keep homeless from dangerous cold
Temperatures plunged as low as minus 26 (negative 32 degrees Celsius) in North Dakota with wind chills as low as minus 62 (negative 52 degrees Celsius) in Minnesota. It was nearly that cold in Wisconsin and Illinois. Governors in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan declared emergencies...
What is the polar vortex and why is it so cold?
The cold front was forecast to hit the Midwest especially hard, with wind chill expected to plummet to minus 50F (minus 46C) in Chicago by Tuesday evening and two feet (60cm) of snow predicted for Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service.
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Polar vortex freezes US Midwest with snow, dangerously cold air
The Midwest was the hardest-hit region, as temperatures plunged below zero Fahrenheit (minus 18 degrees Celsius). By nightfall the mercury was hovering at 0F in Chicago, 7F (minus 14C) in Detroit and minus 21f (minus 29C) in Minneapolis. The brutal blast known as the polar vortex...
US slaps oil curbs on Venezuela state oil firm
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Political upheaval in Venezuela: Pentagon won't rule out sending troops to Colombia
President Donald Trump is backing Venezuelan congress leader Juan Guaido, who has proclaimed himself interim president in the opposition's confrontation with President Nicolas Maduro. Colombia, which shares a 1,370-mile (2,200-kilometer) border with Venezuela, is also backing...
North Korea 'unlikely' to give up all nuclear weapons: US intel chief
"We continue to assess that North Korea is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons and production capabilities, even as it seeks to negotiate partial denuclearization steps to obtain key US and international concessions," US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats...
Islamic State still has 'thousands' of fighters: US intel chief
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