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  Last update: 00:15 20.11.2019

  00:15 20.11.2019

  Latin America

  ‘Everything is Won by Fighting’: Chile Protests Yield New Constitution, But Material Demands Remain

  Chilean lawmakers have agreed to redraft the country’s constitution following weeks of mass protests. However, the agreement ignores protesters’ material concerns, so posturing by the government and mass media as having addressed the protests’ raison d’etre could introduce a dangerous impatience to the police and make the violence worse.

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  Last update: 00:53 20.11.2019

  00:53 20.11.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  Beijing: Hong Kong High Court Has No ‘Authority’ to Call Mask Ban Unconstitutional

  Just hours after Hong Kong’s High Court ruled the city’s face mask ban unconstitutional, a spokesperson for the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China slammed the decision and voiced the disagreements of committee members belonging to the country’s top legislative affairs body.

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  Last update: 01:16 20.11.2019

  01:16 20.11.2019

  US

  Pentagon Intelligence: Trump Pullout From North Syria Gives Daesh Way to Rebuild

  Former Daesh* leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed on 26 October in a US military raid in Syria’s Idlib province soon after US President Donald Trump agreed to withdraw American troops from northeastern Syria.

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  Last update: 21:58 19.11.2019

  21:58 19.11.2019

  Tech

  Boeing Starliner Spacecraft to Cost $90 Million Per Seat - NASA Inspector General

  NASA’s Inspector General (IG) predicts that the US will have to spend $90 million per seat for flights on the CST-100 Starliner, a spacecraft currently being constructed by Boeing to transport people to the International Space Station (ISS).

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  Last update: 00:19 20.11.2019

  00:19 20.11.2019

  Life

  Rare Disease Turns Man's Ocular Into 'The Eye of Sauron'

  A 44-year-old man with a family history of glaucoma visited an ophthalmology clinic to reestablish care after relocating. American doctors found that the man suffered from a very rare Pigment Dispersion Syndrome (PDS) that turns a person's cornea into an incarnation of the Tolkien-created Middle Earth 'Eye of Sauron'.

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  Last update: 00:37 20.11.2019

  00:37 20.11.2019

  Sport

  Russia Trashes San Marino 5-0 in Euro 2020 Qualifier

  The last game for the Russian national team in the qualification of Euro 2020 ended with a solid victory over the San Marino squad on Tuesday with a 5-0 score in Group I.

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  Last update: 23:06 19.11.2019

  23:06 19.11.2019

  Environment

  Ice in Arctic Ocean’s Chukchi Sea Falls to Lowest Level Ever Recorded

  The ice in the Chukchi Sea, a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, was at its lowest level ever recorded at the beginning of this month, according to climate experts.

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  Last update: 21:05 19.11.2019

  21:05 19.11.2019

  Viral

  'F*ck You': Emilia Clarke Speaks About Doing Completely Naked Scenes & Nudity on 'Game of Thrones'

  Recalling what she experienced while performing naked during the making of the HBO series, Emilia Clarke also mentioned the name of the man who helped her feel comfortable on set.