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While lots of people are celebrating the start of 2020, it's a different year altogether for some.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FcfLPi January 01, 2020 at 03:50AM

Said Jammal has spent 20 years building the family's unusual home in the Nigerian capital Abuja.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/36qn6qo January 01, 2020 at 03:49AM

We tend to copy the way our friends and family behave, potentially leading us to put on weight or even divorce.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MIDkDu January 01, 2020 at 04:06AM

An increasing number of older people are turning to dating apps for mature people, in a quest for love.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/36dW9q9 January 01, 2020 at 04:06AM

Four millennials on being the first black person some people meet, and other issues for black tourists.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37uoJnn January 01, 2020 at 04:07AM

LGBT activists are mounting legal battles against the Caribbean's colonial-era homophobic laws.BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2sBFJcu January 01, 2020 at 04:07AM

Australian authorities on Wednesday confirmed a third person had died in devastating bushfires that engulfed the southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2FcejMR January 01, 2020 at 05:17AM

Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas' phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry, his lawyer said on Monday. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2QaDc1X January 01, 2020 at 04:59AM

The world celebrated the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by deadly wildfires in Australia, protests in Hong Kong and India and new nuclear tensions with North Korea. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/39qijqZ January 01, 2020 at 04:27AM

Australian authorities on Wednesday confirmed a third death in devastating bushfires that engulfed the country's southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2SOrlIJ January 01, 2020 at 04:16AM

Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the Middle East. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/36arlX8 January 01, 2020 at 04:15AM

The United States is immediately deploying about 750 soldiers to the Middle East in response to the violent protests at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2tmYq3O January 01, 2020 at 03:50AM

Falling birth rates and rising death rates, combined with a significant drop in immigration, have slowed U.S. population growth to its lowest level since 1918. News : NPR https://ift.tt/2sskY32 January 01, 2020 at 03:50AM

"The things we choose to drop are visual symbols about the importance of the event or the place," sociology professor Michelle Janning said. That may mean dropping a giant Moon Pie down a building. (Image credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) News : NPR https://ift.tt/2MNI0bw January 01, 2020 at 03:37AM

Iran denied it was behind violent protests at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday and warned against any retaliation, after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for an attack on the mission and said it would be held responsible. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/35f8g4R January 01, 2020 at 03:19AM

Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, setting off a confrontation with guards and posing a new challenge for U.S. President Donald Trump. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2QBD6PN January 01, 2020 at 03:19AM

A panel of scientific advisers, including several appointed by President Donald Trump, says some rollbacks of clean-air and vehicle rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency are based on weak scientific analysis and should be revised, according to draft reports published on Tuesday. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2SJd280 January 01, 2020 at 03:16AM

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he hoped North Korea would choose peace over war, a response to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un saying would introduce a "new strategic weapon" in the near future. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2SJap6q January 01, 2020 at 03:14AM

Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc , GlaxoSmithKline PLC and Sanofi SA are planning to hike U.S. list prices on more than 200 drugs in the United States on Wednesday, according to drugmakers and data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/36g6p0P January 01, 2020 at 03:10AM

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into nighttime sightings of unidentified drones flying in formation over rural northeastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska over the last two weeks, the agency said on Tuesday. Reuters: Top News https://ift.tt/2MMIKxr January 01, 2020 at 02:58AM