January2017
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Kim Kardashian films cameo for jewel heist movie
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Four months after being robbed at gunpoint in Paris, Kim Kardashian is filming a cameo for the upcoming female heist caper “Ocean’s Eight.” Kardashian, dressed in a white sheer ballgown and fur jacket, and... -
Dancer Polunin steps off stage to sit for live sculpture
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin swapped the stage for a modelling session, sitting for British sculptor Frances Segelman at a live-sculpting event in London. Segelman, who has sculpted Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband... -
Three badly hurt in shooting at American college in northern Mexico
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: A student opened fire at an American school in northern Mexico on Wednesday, gravely injuring two students and a teacher, the state’s security spokesman said, but there were no confirmed deaths. Local media had... -
Syrian government rejects Qatari, Saudi role in talks
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: The participation of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria talks will be discussed once they stop backing militancy, Syria’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday, appearing to reject their attendance at... -
Iran’s Zarif wants cooperation with Saudi over Syria and Yemen
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over Lebanon last year, Iran’s foreign minister said. “I do not see any... -
Obama shortens sentence of Manning, who gave secrets to WikiLeaks
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence analyst who was responsible for a 2010 leak of classified materials to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, the biggest... -
Business euphoria over Trump gives way to caution, confusion
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Early optimism among business lobbyists and executives that Donald Trump’s election heralded better days has slowly given way to uncertainty as the president-elect fires off mixed and sometimes confusing messages on healthcare, taxes and... -
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush hospitalized
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston for an undisclosed illness, local media reported on Wednesday. Bush, 92, the oldest living former American president, was in stable condition and “doing... -
Death toll rises to 33 in car bomb attack at Mali army camp
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated at a military camp in Mali’s northern city of Gao, a source from the United Nations’... -
MH370: Families say search suspension for Malaysian plane ‘irresponsible’
Jan 18, 2017News Hour: Families of the victims of flight MH370 say a decision to halt the search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished in March 2014 is “irresponsible”. Voice370 said the search ought to be expanded –...
