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  Last update: 23:57 16.09.2019

  23:57 16.09.2019

  US

  New York Prosecutors Subpoena Eight Years’ Worth of Trump Tax Returns

  State prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office subpoenaed US President Donald Trump’s accounting firm for the previous eight years’ worth of personal and corporate tax returns in a bid to get to the bottom of the Stormy Daniels payoff case.

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  Last update: 00:25 17.09.2019

  00:25 17.09.2019

  Europe

  UK Labour Party to Open 'Royal Commission' for Decriminalising Drugs When in Power

  As drug deaths become more of a problem for the UK's major towns and cities while tolerance for substances such as cannabis has rapidly increased among European and US state governments, the future of the war on drugs has increasingly come into question.

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  Last update: 22:01 16.09.2019

  22:01 16.09.2019

  Tech

  Photos: Personal Data of Assange, Ecuador’s Entire 16.6 Million Leaked Online

  The personal information of almost every single person in Ecuador, as well as that of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has been leaked through a major database breach, according to two security researchers who work for web privacy firm vpnMentor.

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  Last update: 22:55 16.09.2019

  22:55 16.09.2019

  US

  DHS Opens Investigation After Finding Swastika Scrawled on DC Building Wall

  The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is searching for answers and is ready to act after a “hand drawn swastika” was found on the third floor of their government building in Washington last week.

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  Last update: 01:10 17.09.2019

  01:10 17.09.2019

  Society

  Food for Thought: Study Finds Hunger Leads to Poor Decision-Making

  If your stomach is grumbling when you’re making a big decision, you’d be better off pausing to get a snack, a new study suggests.

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  Last update: 23:54 16.09.2019

  23:54 16.09.2019

  Middle East

  Russia, Turkey, Iran View Israeli Attacks on Syria as Destabilising

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia, Turkey and Iran consider Israeli military attacks on Syria as destabilizing and leading to increased tensions in the region, according to a joint statement by the leaders of the three countries after the summit in Ankara on Monday.

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  Last update: 23:40 16.09.2019

  23:40 16.09.2019

  Environment

  Northern Hemisphere Experienced Hottest Summer on Record in 2019 - NOAA

  The Northern Hemisphere experienced the hottest summer on record between June and August this year, according to scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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  Last update: 22:20 16.09.2019

  22:20 16.09.2019

  Viral

  Public Scrambles for Explanations as New Footage of 'Yangtze Loch Ness Monster' Emerges

  An expert from the Chinese Academy of Sciences argued that the object seen in the video is likely inanimate, claiming that a reptile wouldn’t brave the middle of the Yangtze.