A controversial proposal to ban adults without children from the vicinity of playgrounds in Los Angeles city parks has been met with outrage after it was submitted by a local council member.
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The year that brought you the death of David Bowie, political upheaval and seemingly endless misery will last just that little bit longer - one second to be exact - to account for Earth’s slowing rotation.
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A new ceasefire deal that comes into force on Friday may be the biggest chance in months to curb the violence in Syria and pave the way for a political transition in the country. This is what we know so far.
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Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has officially become the world’s highest-paid football player after signing a whopping $41million-a-year contract at Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.
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Greeks are in awe following a rare snowfall in their country that blanketed the streets, trees, and houses of the capital. Pictures of Athens completely covered in white are filling social media.
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An onboard computer of the heavy cargo truck hijacked by Anis Amri apparently hit the automatic brakes, preventing the Tunisian suspect from killing more people at the Christmas market in Berlin, according to German media.
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The Russian currency has strengthened to its highest level since July last year. While this is probably good news for people, it makes it more challenging for the government to balance the budget.
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A full investigation into the reason the Russian Tu-154 plane crashed into the Black Sea will take some time, but preliminary results point to an equipment malfunction, Russia’s transport minister told journalists.
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Facebook has just acquired Eye Tribe, a Danish tech company that can track eye movements and gestures. Facebook hopes to use the technology in conjunction with their Oculus virtual reality headsets.
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After decades of silence, Israel has moved to bring some closure to the hundreds of parents whose children went missing under mysterious circumstances. Some argue the database on the so-called “Yemenite Children Affair” has only been partially declassified.
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President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Sprint will bring 5,000 jobs to the US, and OneWeb will be hiring 3,000 employees as part of SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son’s pledge to invest $50 billion in the US and create 50,000 jobs.
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Eight years after he was sentenced to die, Ronald Gray could be the first death row inmate executed by the US military in more than half a century.
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Russia and Turkey have reached an agreement on a plan that would involve a ceasefire between the Syrian governmental forces and the opposition armed groups on a nationwide scale, Turkey's foreign minister said.
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