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  Last update: 06:19 13.12.2019

  06:19 13.12.2019

  Europe

  German Foreign Minister Calls on US to Refrain From Imposing Sanctions on Nord Stream 2

  BERLIN (Sputnik) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on the US Senate to refrain from adopting the draft defence budget that envisages sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.

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  Last update: 07:13 13.12.2019

  07:13 13.12.2019

  Viral

  Lord Buckethead and Count Binface Clash for Votes at Boris Johnson's Uxbridge Constituency

  Political rivals Lord Buckethead and Count Binface have clashed in the prime minister’s constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in a satirical battle.

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  Last update: 08:03 13.12.2019

  08:03 13.12.2019

  Military & Intelligence

  Denmark to Send Frigate, Helicopter to Strait of Hormuz

  The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway of strategic importance. It links the Gulf states with the Indian Ocean, and serves as a throughway for a third of the world’s liquefied natural gas and almost a quarter of total global oil exports.

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  Last update: 01:02 13.12.2019

  01:02 13.12.2019

  Asia & Pacific

  New Zealand Officials Confirm Six Bodies Recovered Amid White Island Mission

  New Zealand police have confirmed that at least six bodies have been recovered from the White Island's still-active stratovolcano and airlifted to the HMNZS Wellington following the recent eruption.

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  Last update: 02:28 13.12.2019

  02:28 13.12.2019

  US

  Recently Found Fossil Proves Mysterious ‘Sailing Stones’ Existed 200 Million Years Ago

  Large and heavy rocks known as 'sailing stones' regularly cruise across the dry lake of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, leaving long tracks behind them – and now scientists have found these tracks in a fossil dating back 200 million years, right across some dinosaur footprints.

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  Last update: 04:51 13.12.2019

  04:51 13.12.2019

  US

  Rashida Tlaib Wrongly Blames ‘White Supremacy’ for Jersey City Massacre

  Rep. Rashida Tlaib appeared to blame the Jersey City shooting on “white supremacy” Thursday - even though the attackers have been identified as members of an extremist “anti-white and anti-Semitic” movement.

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  Last update: 02:06 13.12.2019

  02:06 13.12.2019

  Society

  ‘Blasphemous’ Netflix Film Depicting Jesus in Same-Gender Relationship Draws Ire in Brazil

  A Brazilian Christmas satire film that began streaming on December 3 on Netflix has drawn backlash in Brazil over its depiction of Jesus in a same-gender relationship.

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  Last update: 07:05 13.12.2019

  07:05 13.12.2019

  US

  California Beach Becomes Flooded with Thousands of 'Penis Fish' 

  Recent storms swept away layers of sand revealing thousands of creatures called fat innkeeper worms, also called “penis fish” due to their distinct form and colour.