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Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks

Prosecutors said he persuaded them to attach a homemade contraption to the electricity mains and their extremities while he watched and issued instructions.

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First smoke, now rain as Australian Open struggles with weather

Rain is wreaking havoc with the year's first major tennis tournament after air quality issues from wildfires impacted qualifying play earlier.

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Malaysia sends back trash, says won't be world's waste bin

Shipments of unwanted rubbish have been rerouted to Southeast Asia since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018.

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Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus

Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members, state media said.

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Trump's defense: Read the full text of the legal brief ahead of Senate impeachment trial

The trial memo argues that the articles of impeachment against the president a "brazenly political act by House Democrats that must be rejected."

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Trump's legal team asserts president did 'absolutely nothing wrong,' urges Senate to acquit

"All of this is a dangerous perversion of the Constitution that the Senate should swiftly and roundly condemn," his defense wrote.

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Trump impeachment trial: a guide for non-Americans

Could Trump be removed from office? Euronews takes a look at what we know so far and what's next.

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Mysterious coronavirus cases surge in China as virus spreads

The World Health Organization has warned the virus is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans.

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Here are the rules of the road for the Iowa caucuses

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Canadian Army sent to Newfoundland after massive snow drift

Residents in St John's, Newfoundland, shovel snow after more than 28 inches (70 centimeters) of snow fell in 24 hours in the provincial capital.

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China to ban plastic bags in major cities by end of 2020

The United Nations has identified single-use plastics as one of the world's biggest environmental challenges.

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Biden campaign warns media over impeachment disinformation

A campaign memo warns against the spread of "malicious and conclusively debunked" theories about the Bidens by Trump allies.

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Trump's Europe adviser escorted from White House in security probe

Andrew Peek, who has been advising the president on Europe and Russia issues, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

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Game of Thrones star travels to the Amazon rainforest with the UN

Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau? Which Game of Thrones star is trying to save the Amazon?

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Thousands of women march against Trump in Washington

Many protesters said they were horrified at the prospect of Trump winning an upcoming November presidential election.

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Dershowitz: Trump shouldn't be removed from office even if he is guilty of House charges

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., called Dershowitz's legal analysis "simply ignorance."

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Singer-songwriter says 'sorry' and dies on stage during performance

David Olney, 71, fell silent and dropped his head in the midst of his set at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach on Saturday night.

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Dem senator says he's 'fine' with Hunter Biden testifying in impeachment trial

"We take the position that we want to hear from witnesses," Brown said. "I don't know what Hunter Biden has to do with the phone call the president made."

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GOP senator on Trump asking Ukraine, China for political help: 'Things happen'

"I didn't say it was OK," Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., told ABC's "This Week," adding, "people do things. Things happen."

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Schiff says intelligence community withholding documents on Ukraine

"They appear to be succumbing to pressure from the administration," Schiff told ABC's "This Week."

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New cases of deadly coronavirus detected in China ahead of busy new year period

The total number of patients infected by the virus in China, all of them in Wuhan, has now climbed to 62.

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SpaceX just launched — and purposefully destroyed — a rocket for a key test

The "abort demonstration" assessed how well SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule can survive in the event of a catastrophic rocket failure.