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Pokémon has apologised after plans for a card game event at a controversial shrine for Japanese war dead saw it accused of hurting "the feelings of the Chinese people".Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Let’s talk about the new and old shows we’ll be watching this winter.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

Alfredo Mancillas was reportedly slumped in vehicle and ‘covered in vomit’ when state troopers found him in St PaulA US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employee was recently arrested amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota after state troopers reportedly found him “covered in vomit” and unconscious in a car.Alfredo Mancillas Jr, 31, faces charges of drunken driving after his arrest early Tuesday morning, jail records show. Continue reading...Source: […]

$75m Amazon-produced paean to the first lady saw empty seats and faint praise as it opened in New York CityAt the beginning of her new documentary, Melania Trump tells the viewer that “everybody wants to know” how she spends her time.“So here it is,” she says. “Twenty days in my life.” Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Trump’s wounding of the US economy offers Beijing an unparalleled opportunity – if it dials back its overbearing trade tacticsWhen the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, took to the podium at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week to lament how “great economic powers” were dismantling the international order, it seemed clear that he was talking about the United States. He might have been talking about China as well.Not […]

Justice department on Friday released 3m pages and lawmakers accuse it of not releasing roughly 50% of recordsSurvivors, lawmakers and watchdog groups accused Donald Trump’s justice department of withholding records it is legally required to release following the disclosure of millions of files from the investigation into the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The justice department on Friday released 3m pages of documents from its investigation into the millionaire […]

Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, jailed for three years for sexually assaulting student on school tripThe headteacher of Eton College has apologised and said he was “appalled” after a former teacher was jailed for sexually assaulting a pupil.Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, was jailed on Friday for three years and three months for sexually assaulting one of his students during a school trip. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article