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Dec282019 by RTNo Comments

Delhi faces second-coldest December for over a CENTURY: India gripped by ‘bone-chilling’ weather

Delhi faces second-coldest December for over a CENTURY: India gripped by ‘bone-chilling’ weather A wave of unusually cold weather is sweeping across large swathes of India, from remote Kashmir to Delhi, forcing people to seek shelter and light bonfires on the streets. Delhi has been hit with what local media described as ‘bone-chilling days’ this week. In the early hours of Friday, the temperature dropped to almost four degrees Celsius (39.2 degrees Fahrenheit). This December is now on course to become the second coldest in terms of daytime temperatures the capital has seen since 1901, with December 1997 holding the top spot. Indian men huddle around a fire to keep warm on a roadside on a cold foggy morning in ...

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Dec282019 by RTNo Comments

Germany TWICE rejects French plea for military aid in Mali as Paris keeps sending body bags home

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Germany TWICE rejects French plea for military aid in Mali as Paris keeps sending body bags home Berlin has turned down Paris’s request for help in Africa’s Sahel region twice in a row, it has been reported, as the security situation in the volatile region keeps worsening. France is currently engaged in an anti-terrorist operation in Mali and other countries south of the Sahara Desert, in the region known as Sahel. While France and Germany have repeatedly assured each other of military support should their ‘sovereignty’ come under attack, the case of Sahel appears to cross a line. “The [German] Defense Ministry has answered with a ‘no’ to a French request for the establishment of a Special Force (Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force/CJSOTF) th...

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Dec242019 by RTNo Comments

Poland wanted to ‘erect magnificent monument’ to honor Hitler’s plan to send Jews to Africa – Putin cites WWII archives

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Poland wanted to ‘erect magnificent monument’ to honor Hitler’s plan to send Jews to Africa – Putin cites WWII archives Some nations in Europe that colluded with Adolf Hitler and applauded his anti-Semitic crusade, now demolish Soviet war memorials and seek to equate the USSR with Nazi Germany, the Russian president noted, during a formal speech. Vladimir Putin recalled the vicious developments that preceded the Second World War, in an address to the Defense Ministry board on Tuesday, telling his audience there was one particular fact in the archive files that touched him the most. Back in 1938, Adolf Hitler hosted the Polish Ambassador to Germany Jozef Lipski and shared with him a plan to send European Jews to Africa where they would surely perish,...

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Dec242019 by RTNo Comments

'If Ronaldo thinks it's difficult, it must be difficult': Romelu Lukaku reveals Juve ace's Serie A warning

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'If Ronaldo thinks it's difficult, it must be difficult': Romelu Lukaku reveals Juve ace's Serie A warning Inter Milan new boy Romelu Lukaku has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo advised him prior to his move about just how difficult it is to find the net in the Italian top flight after his big bucks move from Manchester United. Lukaku has hit the ground running since joining up with Antonio Conte's side, bagging 14 goals in all competitions so far this season - two more than Ronaldo - and this may come as something of a surprise to the Belgian marksman after a warning from the Portuguese great about how hard it can be to be productive in the notoriously defense-heavy league. "He told me this is the hardest defensive league in the world," Lukaku said ...

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Dec242019 by RTNo Comments

FOUND: The $100K T-shirt auctioned by Khabib after UFC 242 (VIDEO)

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FOUND: The 0K T-shirt auctioned by Khabib after UFC 242 (VIDEO) Remember that Dustin Poirier T-shirt which Khabib Nurmagomedov wore after UFC 242 and later auctioned off for a cool $100,000? Well RT Sport can send you its location. The T-shirt in question was worn by Poirier for his title fight walkout against lightweight champ Khabib in Abu Dhabi in September. Emblazoned with Poirier’s name and a diamond to represent his fighting moniker, the item was donned by Khabib post-fight as a show of respect to his beaten opponent. Also on rt.com Nothing but respect: Khabib & Poirier don each other’s T-shirts for charity after UFC 242 fight Khabib announced in the octagon that the item of clothing he had worn w...

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Dec242019 by RTNo Comments

India allocates funds for census amid protests over new citizenship measures

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India allocates funds for census amid protests over new citizenship measures New Delhi has allocated money to be used for a census and population survey to be conducted next year, which would include data on cultural, economic and migration issues. The government signed off on 87.54 billion rupees ($1.23 billion) for conducting the census and 39.41 billion rupees ($553 million) for updating the National Population Register (NPR). The census will collect data on population, economic activity, migration, as well as social and cultural information. The NPR focuses solely on creating a database of every legal resident in India, and will include demographic and biometric data. Creating an up-to-date population register is seen as a crucial first step tow...

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Russia will closely monitor new US missile deployments in Europe & Asia-Pacific – Putin

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Russia will closely monitor new US missile deployments in Europe & Asia-Pacific – Putin Moscow will monitor the potential deployment of American short- and intermediate-range missiles in various parts of the world, Vladimir Putin has told the military. The US has effectively dismantled the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty this year, Putin said at an annual gathering of the Defense Ministry board, which gives new reasons for Russia to be vigilant. The treaty in question banned land-based ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and missile launchers with ranges of up to 5,500km (3,418 miles). Therefore, we have to monitor possible deployment of American missiles of this class in various parts of the world, first of all Europe and ...

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More demonstrations in Iraq as authorities seek way out of political impasse

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More demonstrations in Iraq as authorities seek way out of political impasse Iraqi protesters stepped up their demonstrations on Tuesday, making clear their opposition to names touted by the establishment to fill the post of prime minister, AFP reports. The main avenues and roads in cities in the south of the country were blocked, as well as entrances to schools, universities and government buildings. After dwindling in recent weeks, the civil disobedience campaign has rediscovered its vigor, as the protesters seek to uproot a political system condemned as corrupt. PM Adel Abdel Mahdi quit in November in the face of protests against corruption and unemployment. Negotiations over a new candidate have remained deadlocked since the latest in a series of deadlines expired at midni...

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Dec242019 by RTNo Comments

Australian Open reveals record prize fund – with 1st-round losers netting $60k while men’s and women’s champs bag $2.85mn each

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Australian Open reveals record prize fund – with 1st-round losers netting k while men’s and women’s champs bag .85mn each Australian Open organizers have announced a near 14 percent jump in prize money for the 2020 edition of the tournament, with a total $49 million (AUS$71 million) on offer for tennis stars. Even players exiting in the first round of singles qualifying will take home almost $14,000, while those bowing out at the first round proper will pocket a whopping $62,000. The winners of the men’s and women’s singles – which last year were Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka – will bag $2.85 million each for their efforts. Overall, the prize fund for competitors is up 13.6 percent on the 2019 edition of the tournament, while the amount has increas...

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Dec242019 by RTNo Comments

Feeling nervous? Blame evolution for making human brain more susceptible to anxiety, study suggests

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Feeling nervous? Blame evolution for making human brain more susceptible to anxiety, study suggests Depression can come from many things, such as reading Twitter too often, but a new study has revealed that feeling lousy is partly the fault of changes in the brain over the course of human evolution. Serotonin and dopamine are critical to keeping us upbeat and positive, but a gene tasked with transporting these chemicals to our brain has evolved to carry less of these neurochemicals, a research team led by Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, has concluded. Vesicular monoamine transporter 1 (VMAT1) is one of the genes responsible for delivering mood-boosting neurotransmitters to our brain. By reconstructing ancestral VMAT1 proteins, they found that th...

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