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UFC 246: Watch Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone sound off at pre-fight press conference in Las Vegas (VIDEO) The UFC's first big event of 2020 is upon us, as Irish superstar Conor McGregor returns to action against American fan-favorite Donald Cerrone. Watch the pre-fight press conference right here from 8pm E.T. / 1am GMT / 2am CET. McGregor is heading into the bout looking to pick up his first win since November 2016, while Cerrone is bidding to score the highest-profile win of his action-packed mixed martial arts career. No fighter in the UFC has had more fights, picked up more wins, scored more finishes or earned more post-fight bonuses than Cerrone, whose approach to his career has made him a firm favorite with fight fans around the world. ...

French forensic officers throw ‘bloody’ overalls in front of interior ministry, as strike continues Striking forensic officers in Paris have thrown overalls daubed in fake blood in front of the interior ministry. The grizzly protest comes amid mass opposition to French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms. France’s technical and scientific police say that although they make up only two percent of the national police payroll, they solve a third of the country’s investigations. They say that though their job is often physically and psychologically dangerous, the French government refuses to acknowledge this, labeling their work as more sedentary than that of “active” police officers. Some 80 percent of these technical officers are...

Toxic chemicals stole 160 million IQ points from American kids and it’s costing the US trillions of dollars - study Shocking new research indicates that not only do pesticides and flame retardants cause unprecedented levels of irreversible childhood brain damage, but the knock-on effects have cost the US economy trillions of dollars. The latest research from New York University indicates that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were the greatest contributor to IQ loss and intellectual disability among American children, resulting in a total of 162 million IQ points lost and over 738,000 cases of intellectual disability.  Many children were likely exposed in utero – though many household objects are known to contain at least trace amounts of these...

US & China sign ‘phase one’ trade deal to ease global economic tensions The first part of a broader trade agreement between the world’s top economic superpowers was finally inked on Wednesday with the US suspending new tariffs in exchange for Chinese purchases of $200 billion in American goods. The accord, signed by President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, puts on pause the simmering trade row between Washington and Beijing. The more than year-long trade conflict resulted in multiple rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs on billions worth of goods. The provisions of the deal include Washington’s suspension of tariff increases on Chinese exports, with Beijing agreeing to buy more American farm and energy products as well as manufactured go...

‘The answer is no’: Twitter users’ pleas for an ‘edit button’ shot down by Jack Dorsey Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has admitted that, despite high demand for the feature, the social media platform will “probably never” introduce an edit button allowing people to fix mistakes in their hastily posted tweets. Cue the gasps from the Twitterati. An edit button has been a highly sought-after feature since the platform’s earliest days — but the company has always dodged the issue or placated users by saying it was ‘considering’ the idea. In a video Q&A with Wired on Tuesday, however, Dorsey was more direct than ever on the issue. Answering a question about whether an edit button will be introduced in 2020, the straight-faced CEO said simply: “The answer is...

‘Totally incomprehensible’: ’Fake officer’ lied his way into Swedish military intel & NATO, hid forged credentials for decade A Swedish man with no official training faked his way into the top ranks of Swedish military intelligence, helming sensitive projects before he was posted to NATO and later the Coast Guard. How did this happen? The Swedish Armed Forces – and now NATO, which only learned of the deception this week – are furious, demanding to know how the man was able to slip through the cracks even after he was discovered and booted from his high-ranking Coast Guard post in January 2019 – only to reemerge at the helm of Sweden’s UN mission to Mali. The faker first bluffed his way into a supervisory role in the military in Kosovo and Afghan...

Man arrested in Pakistan over murder of British policewoman 14 years ago A 71-year-old man has been arrested in Pakistan in connection with the murder of Police Constable Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot dead in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 2005, police have confirmed. Piran Ditta Khan, a former nightclub doorman, appeared in an Islamabad court on Wednesday where his extradition was discussed. The major development in the long-running murder investigation follows an operation involving the UK National Crime Agency and local partners. Also on rt.com UK failed to pass on details of over 75,000 criminals to EU nations, feared ‘reputational impact’ Khan was remanded in custody with his next court hearing on Janu...

Putin proposes Federal Tax Service head Mishustin as next Prime Minister Russian President Valdimir Putin has suggested the head of Federal Tax Service as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister after the government resigned earlier on Tuesday. Mikhail Mishustin, 53, holds Ph.D. in economics and had a long career as a government official with some breaks for running his own business a decade ago. He was heading Russia's Tax Service since 2010. Putin has met with Mishustin and offered him the PM's position which he accepted, the Kremlin said. Outgoing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev offered his resignation after Putin’s annual state of the nation address, in which the President suggested several key amendments to the Russian Constitution.   Among t...