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Trump forced to deny about his mental health and intellect after an explosive new book
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Trump forced to deny about his mental health and intellect after an explosive new book

    US President Donald Trump insists I'm, like, really smart and denies he has mental health problems after book claims staff think he's semi-literate. Donald Trump has been forced to deny claims about his mental health and intellect after an explosive new book suggested his staff view him as a child who is dyslexic or semi-literate. In a series of tweets Trump said his two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. He added: I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that! Michael Wolff's immediate bestseller Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House has depicted a chaotic administration and Trump as someone who isn't fit for the Oval Office. It claims the president barely reads, his comprehen...
May wades into Royal Wedding homelessness row
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May wades into Royal Wedding homelessness row

    Theresa May has distanced herself from a Tory council leader who called for rough sleepers to be cleared from Windsor before the Royal Wedding. The Prime Minister said she disagreed with comments made by Simon Dudley, who said beggars may show the town in a sadly unfavourable light when Prince Harry marries American actress Meghan Markle in May. He has been slammed for his tweets that said some rough sleepers had made a commercial life choice praying (sic) on residents and tourists. In a letter to police, Mr Dudley also complained about aggressive begging and intimidation, and bags and detritus on the streets. Asked about the remarks during a visit to a hospital in nearby Camberley, the Prime Minister said: "I don't agree with the comments that the leader of the c...
Lot of students tried to cheat in exams using phones
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Lot of students tried to cheat in exams using phones

    Unauthorised materials accounted for half of all students given penalties for cheating, the Ofqual figures for 2017 show. Students smuggling mobile phones into exam halls are the reason for a sudden rise in the number of pupils caught cheating during last summer’s GCSE and A-level exams in England, according to official data. The figures also show that the number of teachers and school staff involved in exam malpractice more than doubled between 2016 and 2017. Ofqual, the exam regulator for England, said that the most common category of malpractice was the introduction of unauthorised materials into exam venues. In most cases, this was a mobile phone or other electronic communications device, Ofqual said. Unauthorised materials accounted for half of all students ...
North Korea has accepted the south’s offer for talks
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North Korea has accepted the south’s offer for talks

    The rival Koreas agreed Friday to revive their first formal dialogue in more than two years next week to find ways to cooperate on the upcoming Winter Olympics in the South, a sign of easing animosities that followed a period of rising nuclear tension that saw fears of war on the Korean Peninsula. The announcement by Seoul’s Unification Ministry came hours after the United States said it has agreed to delay annual joint military exercises with South Korea until after the Winter Olympics. The exercises have been a major source of tension because North Korea considers them an invasion rehearsal, although South Korea and the United States have repeatedly said the drills are defensive in nature. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a New Year's speech at an undisclo...
Nurses sacked for squeezing ill baby’s face
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Nurses sacked for squeezing ill baby’s face

    Three Saudi nurses have been sacked after video of them squashing an ill baby's face as they laughed was shared online. The video, which was posted on YouTube, showed one of the women holding the baby's neck and forehead while squeezing its face. Her two colleagues watched and laughed. The baby had been admitted to the children's hospital in the Saudi city of Taif with a urinary tract infection. Abdulhadi Al-Rabie, Taif Health Affairs spokesman, confirmed the women had been fired for mistreating the baby. The baby's father told reporters that he had been shocked by the video, which racked up 57,000 views in two days. He called on the Ministry of Health to take tough action on the nurses and those who had circulated the video, according to a report in the Saudi G...
Macron warns Europe could split after Britain leaves EU
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Macron warns Europe could split after Britain leaves EU

    Emmanuel Macron has warned fellow European leaders to remain focused on their collective interest during Brexit negotiations lest an unfavourable situation befall the remaining 27 EU members. The French President said the continent could suffer if individual countries used Brexit to follow their own interests and that states must avoid the “prisoner’s dilemma”. In the famous game theory scenario, two people act for their own gain and both lose out even though they pursued an apparently rational course of action. I think this is the right method as it avoids divisions and once again allows us to preserve the collective interest, Mr Macron told the Daily Telegraph.  Each of us can have our own interests. That’s what the prisoner’s dilemma is all about. Everyone can ha...
What western world thinking about Baba Vanga claim who predicted 9/11 makes 2018
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What western world thinking about Baba Vanga claim who predicted 9/11 makes 2018

  Baba Vanga, the blind mystic who many claim predicted 9/11, Brexit and the rise of ISIS, had two major predictions for 2018. The Bulgarian peasant, who correctly predicted that the 44th President of the US would be African-American, has said China will become the world’s next super power even taking over the US. She also predicted a new form of energy will be discovered on Venus. There are not currently plans to spend a space mission to Venus. However the Parker Solar Probe, named after the solar astrophysicist Eugene Parker, is due to launch in July 2018. Baba predicted a new form of energy will be discovered on Venus. Baba Vanga said China will become the world’s next super power even taking over the US. And while it will not actually land on Venus, it will use the pla...
N. Korea accidentally missile hit their own cities
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N. Korea accidentally missile hit their own cities

    In its relentless pursuit of nuclear strength, North Korea's first land target may have actually been itself. The Diplomat reported Wednesday that an intermediate range ballistic missile launched by the regime last spring accidentally hit the city of Tokchon, which has a population of more than 200,000. The missile was launched from an airfield just over 40 miles north of North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang. An unnamed U.S. official explained to The Diplomat that due to an engine malfunction, the projectile made it only a minute into its test flight and traveled about 25 miles northeast before hitting the ground. The Diplomat cross-referenced the failed missile's approximate landing site with Google Earth and other satellite imaging to find that the suspected ...
Homeless people remove by the police before royal wedding as council ordered
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Homeless people remove by the police before royal wedding as council ordered

    Windsor council boss calls on police to clear homeless people off the streets before royal wedding Conservative councillor Simon Dudley said rough sleepers could show the town in a sadly unfavourable light when Prince Harry marries American actress Meghan Markle in May. He tweeted that some had made a commercial life choice praying [sic] on residents and tourists. In a letter to police he complained about aggressive begging and intimidation and bags and detritus on the streets. His comments were criticised by a local homeless charity manager, who described them as sickening. Murphy James, of Windsor Homeless Project, said: It's absolutely abhorrent that anybody has got these views in this day and age, especially a lead councillor of the borough. If somebody is...
White House chief comments about Trump and his son
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White House chief comments about Trump and his son

    US President Donald Trump blasted former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday as having lost his mind in the fallout over damaging comments Bannon made about Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. in excerpts from a new book. Trump, who had continued to speak privately with Bannon after firing him in August, essentially cut ties with his former aide at least for now in a blistering statement issued after Bannon’s comments came to light. Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind, Trump said. Trump had relied heavily on Bannon, chairman of the right-wing Breitbart News website, for advice in the months leading up to his upset victory in the November 2016 election. Bannon helped Trum...