UFC legend Georges St-Pierre heads up new MMA fighters’ association
Former three-time UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has joined four other high-profile MMA stars to launch a new fighters’ association.
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Former three-time UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has joined four other high-profile MMA stars to launch a new fighters’ association.
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Serious and violent crime incidents in the UK have trebled over the past five years, according to a new measurement which ranks crimes according to their severity.
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has vowed to crack down on “poorly behaving communities” including the “toxic users” of the controversial subreddit dedicated to President-elect Donald Trump.
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A statue of the 18th-century queen Maria Theresa in Vienna, one of the city’s most famous monuments, has been covered with a huge burka. The Muslim veil was placed over the statue by a far-right group in protest against "the Islamization of Austria."
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Ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, France has upgraded its national security alert system – known as Plan Vigipirate – to introduce a new highest level of warning.
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A company specializing in sending US government hardware into space has set up a program where people can custom-build their own intergalactic delivery rocket on their mobile phone for $109 million.
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The Russian space agency has reported disruption of the data signal with its Progress cargo spaceship, which was launched to deliver 2.6 tons of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Far from being ‘green’ in the ‘eco’ sense of the word, this brightly-colored snow which appeared in the Urals is the result of a chemical leak. The company behind the leak insists that there is nothing to worry about.
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The first Nokia branded smartphones and tablets powered by Android will be released at the beginning of next year after a two-year hiatus, according to the company.
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Activity in Russia's manufacturing sector in November expanded at the fastest pace in more than five-and-a-half years boosted by sharper growth in production and new orders, according to a Markit Economics survey.
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Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal has called on Saudi Arabia to lift the ban on women driving cars, saying it’s draining billions of dollars from the kingdom’s struggling economy.
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During his annual address to Russian lawmakers, President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is ready for dialogue with its international partners, but will not allow them to infringe on its interests or meddle in its decision-making.
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Crude oil prices extended gains on Thursday on news the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) signed its first coordinated production cut in eight years and the biggest non-member producer Russia agreed to join.
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The UN has sounded the alarm over the dire humanitarian situation and terrorist atrocities being endured by the residents of Mosul, Iraq, who have been cut off from water by fighting and threatened with death by Islamic State militants if they flee.
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More than 2,000 US military veterans have formed Veterans Stand for Standing Rock and plan to act as a human shield around protesters demonstrating against the Dakotas Access Pipeline.
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The Cherokee Nation names the US government and seven agencies in a lawsuit alleging mismanagement and a lack of transparency about the tribe’s trust fund. The tribe claims a lack of accountability has hindered its development.
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The Congress of Colombia has approved the updated peace deal with FARC rebels, outlining a six-month countdown for the insurgents to abandon their weapons and form a political party. The new vote comes after the previous text of the deal was narrowly rejected.
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In a bizarre plot twist, the suspected radical Islamist arrested for gathering confidential data and planning a terrorist attack while working at Germany’s domestic intelligence service has been revealed to be a gay porn actor by officials involved in the case.
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Lee Anne Walters was the first Flint resident to notify the EPA of city’s water problems, but while she fought for her son and thousands of others suffering from lead poisoning, her own husband, a Navy sailor, allegedly faced retaliation at work for her efforts.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has concluded a yearlong pilot test of welfare recipients for substance abuse, and the results may not have been what the legislature expected. Only one out of 14 people tested positive for drugs.
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Parliament in Bratislava has approved a bill that effectively prevents Islam from being registered as a state religion in the near future.
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