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12 schools on lockdown as gunmen injure cop, face off with police in Jersey City (VIDEOS) A police officer has been shot and two suspects have barricaded themselves into a bodega in Jersey City, New Jersey. People are being advised to avoid the area and a dozen schools are on lockdown. The officer was shot at a cemetery and injured in the shoulder before the two suspects then fled into a nearby bodega and barricaded themselves inside, police told local media. Y’all pray for my city #JerseyCity there is a active shooter and one cop got hit... pic.twitter.com/tO7k2cJgjJ— GT: a Majik FTB ? (aFTB Creator Nba 2k) (@MajikFromXbox) December 10, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Exclusive video from the scene of the acti...

Luxury hotel close to presidential palace STORMED by militants in Somalia, gunfight ensues (VIDEO) A group of armed militants are laying siege to the SYL Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, according to eyewitness reports of gunfire and explosions at the scene. The luxury hotel is frequented by government officials and politicians. Somalia-based Islamist group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to local reports. Witnesses say heavy gunfire can still be heard within the premises, though it’s not clear how many people are inside. Video: That is the road from Elgab, via Peace Garden towards the Presidential Palace. Preliminary reports indicate SYL hotel was targeted. The hotel is close to the Palace. pic.twitter.com/5C...

New President Fernandez tells IMF Argentina ‘wants to pay debt but can’t’ Argentina’s new President Alberto Fernandez on Tuesday called on the IMF to build a “constructive and cooperative” relationship to help the crisis-wracked South American country repay its debts. During his inauguration speech in Buenos Aires, Fernandez said that Argentina “wants to pay” its external debt, which is around 100 percent of gross domestic product, but that it doesn’t have “the means to do so.” The center-leftist leader blasted the outgoing, market-friendly president, Mauricio Macri, for having “left the nation in a situation of virtual default” with an external debt of $315 billion, AFP reports. New President Fernandez tells IMF Argentina ‘wants to pay debt but can’t’ ...

'I want to make rugby can be a top 3 sport in Russia': National team captain Vasily Artemyev (VIDEO) At the 2019 Rugby World Cup opening game, the world watched Russia take on hosts Japan. Team captain Vasily Artemyev, back at his boyhood Moscow club, hopes to use that exposure to make rugby a top 3 sport in the country. Although Russia lost the game 30-10 and failed to win a single game at the finals, Vasily himself grabbed headlines as a 'Captain Fantastic' figure delivering impassioned speeches after performances that fell short of glory, but won over spectators with their gutsy underdog style and attitude. In recent years, rugby has undergone something of a resurrection in Russia, where the sport was partially banned during the Soviet period.  ...