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  • 14 January 2019: Arrest made as mayor of Gda?sk, Poland stabbed on stage
  • 12 January 2019: State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven
  • 12 January 2019: Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources
  • 10 January 2019: Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
  • 9 January 2019: Simple animals could live in Martian brines: Wikinews interviews planetary scientist Vlada Stamenkovi?
  • 7 January 2019: President Trump says he ‘can’ and ‘may’ put US into state of emergency to build border wall
  • 7 January 2019: Catalonia apartment block fire kills three, injures sixteen
  • 6 January 2019: Senator Ted Cruz proposes amendment to U.S. Constitution setting Congressional term limits
  • 5 January 2019: Florida highway pileup, fire kills five children, two truck drivers
  • 5 January 2019: Escape room fire kills five teen girls in Koszalin, Poland

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  • Arrest made as mayor of Gda?sk, Poland stabbed on stage
  • Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
  • Senator Ted Cruz proposes amendment to U.S. Constitution setting Congressional term limits
  • Wikinews attends 2018 Bangalore ComicCon
  • Syria’s National Museum re-opens after six years of civil war
  • US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
  • State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven
  • Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
  • Catalonia apartment block fire kills three, injures sixteen
  • President Trump says he ‘can’ and ‘may’ put US into state of emergency to build border wall
  • Investigation of Deutsche Bank headquarters spills into second day
  • Airbnb announces intent to remove Israeli West Bank settlement property listings
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • Principal, teacher arrested for allegedly whipping two students late for school in Ayetoro, Nigeria
  • India: Jammu and Kashmir government orders private tuitions to shut down for 90 days
  • Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources
  • US National Climate Assessment warns of climate-related damages to economy, ecosystems, human health
  • UN Report on Global Warming calls for rapid ‘unprecedented’ changes globally to limit planetary warming to 1.5 degree C
  • Ross Edgley swims around Great Britain for first time in history
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai
  • US political pundit Bre Payton, 26, dies suddenly
  • US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
  • Singer Aretha Franklin, ‘queen of soul’, dies aged 76
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  • Arrest made as mayor of Gda?sk, Poland stabbed on stage
  • President Trump says he ‘can’ and ‘may’ put US into state of emergency to build border wall
  • Senator Ted Cruz proposes amendment to U.S. Constitution setting Congressional term limits
  • Lion Air disaster: Crashed jet’s voice recorder recovered from Java Sea
  • Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources
  • Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
  • Ross Edgley swims around Great Britain for first time in history
  • Real Madrid agrees with Chelsea FC to sign goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
  • Football: Manchester City beats Chelsea 2-0 to win English Community Shield
  • Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
  • Wikinews interviews producer of horror film ‘6:66PM’
  • India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities
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  • After signing peace declarations, Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
  • Lion Air disaster: Crashed jet’s voice recorder recovered from Java Sea
  • Iranian cargo plane crashes into Karaj houses
  • Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar
  • Australia now recognises West Jerusalem as Israeli capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces
  • Airplane crashes into ocean in Micronesia
  • Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud
  • Investigation of Deutsche Bank headquarters spills into second day
  • Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
  • Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
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  • Arrest made as mayor of Gda?sk, Poland stabbed on stage
  • State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven
  • Catalonia apartment block fire kills three, injures sixteen
  • Australia now recognises West Jerusalem as Israeli capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces
  • Airbnb announces intent to remove Israeli West Bank settlement property listings
  • Israel and Palestinian militants agree to ceasefire after worse Gaza violence since 2014
  • State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven
  • Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources
  • President Trump says he ‘can’ and ‘may’ put US into state of emergency to build border wall
  • State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven
  • Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources
  • FC Barcelona signs Chilean footballer Arturo Vidal from Bayern


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