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Who has more to fear from Bloomberg: The Democrats or Trump?

While rival campaigns in the 2020 race dismissed Tom Steyer's money and Deval Patrick's late entry, they're not as quick to write off Bloomberg's billions.

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Brazilian Mikaili Sol wins Kiteboarding World Championships

Colombian Valentin Rodriguez and Brazilian Mikaili Sol soared to success in the freestyle Kiteboarding World Championships in Combuco on Saturday.

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Nunes dodges questions about allegations he sought dirt on Biden from Ukraine

"I really want to answer all these questions, and I promise you I absolutely will come back on the show and answer these questions," Nunes told Fox News.

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'The global version of Watergate': Democrats confident in impeachment case after open hearings

"There's not a Democrat who watched the last two weeks and said, 'Gosh, this is a weaker case than I thought it was,'" said Rep. Jim Himes.

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GOP senator: 'I don't know' if Ukraine or Russia hacked 2016 election

The U.S. intelligence community has said that Russia hacked the DNC in 2016. Sen. John Kennedy said that "it could also be" Ukraine.

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At least 25 dead as plane crashes into homes in Congo

A small passenger plane carrying at least 17 people crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday in Congo's eastern city of Goma.

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Trump laments not hosting G-7 at his golf resort weeks after backing off the idea

"Very stupid people thought I would gain," Trump tweeted. "Wrong!"

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Record flooding pushes a new worry on Venice: Fleeing Venetians

Inhabitants are used to seasonal deluges but were not prepared for recent onslaughts, which plunged more than 80 percent of the city under water.

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Michael Bloomberg launches 2020 presidential bid

His campaign ad promotes Bloomberg's record as mayor and then promises "to rebuild the country and restore faith in the dream that defines us."

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Schiff says House will move forward with impeachment inquiry after 'overwhelming' evidence from hearings

While some officials have declined to testify, the House Intelligence Committee chairman says, "we are not willing to go the months and months and months of rope-a-dope in the courts."

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The First Step Act, almost a year later: What did the criminal justice overhaul do?

The law's effects are real almost a year later, experts say. But some are concerned whether the bipartisan alliance that produced it can hold together.

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U.N. refugee organization reopens corruption probe after NBC News report

NBC News reported that refugees in Uganda said workers for UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, wanted bribes for everything from medicine to U.S. resettlement.

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Hong Kong turns out in huge numbers for vote viewed as referendum on protests

The district elections were being viewed as a key test of public support for protests that have shaken the territory for months.

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Boris Johnson may just have met his match: the voting public.

The test for the Johnson, who is fighting his first election as prime minister, is how he acts when the laughter stops.

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'Nobody wins': Yale-Harvard game interrupted by climate protesters sto

More than 150 Yale and Harvard students, alumni, faculty rushed onto the field to "demand DIVESTMENT from fossil fuels, according to the advocate group Divest Harvard.

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Mike Pence makes unannounced visit to Iraq

The surprise trip comes on the heels of the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump.

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The future's bright: Boy cries after seeing colours for the first time

Colourblind Jonathan Jones, 12, had his world brightened when he tried on a special pair of glasses.

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Everything we learned from the Trump impeachment hearings

5 days. 12 witnesses. 35 hours. Countless revelations.

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U.S. reversal on settlements leaves Palestinians fearing what's next

The United States on Monday reversed its decadeslong position that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal.

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Facebook would have let Hitler run political adverts, claims comedian

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen took aim at social media companies accusing them of pushing "absurdities to billions of people".

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U.S. military says unmanned drone lost over Libyan capital

Fighting has raged between rival groups for control of Tripoli for months.

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Plane makes emergency landing after flames burst from engine

Observers filmed smoke and flames coming from the right engine of a Philippines Airlines flight after takeoff.