'Psychopath' given 33 life sentences for horrific sex attacks
"Classic psychopath" Joseph McCann has been handed 33 life sentences and a minimum term of 30 years for a string of horrific sex attacks on 11 women and children.

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Finland's new 34-year-old female prime minister will have woman aged 32 as her finance minister
Finland's new prime minister - about to become the world's youngest serving premier - will have a finance minister two years her junior in a new women-led coalition cabinet, party officials said.

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Watchdog report says 'witch hunt' claim false
The FBI was justified in investigating ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia before the 2016 election, a US watchdog has found, undermining the US president's claim that it was all a "witch hunt".

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Ian O'Doherty: '2019 has been rotten for Irish politics - but at least we haven't fallen as low as the United Kingdom'
As we prepare to wave goodbye to the year and enter a new decade, most of us will be happy to see the back of 2019. But it's not unfair to suggest Leo Varadkar will the be the most relieved of all.

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North Korea calls Trump 'an erratic old man' after tweet rant
North Korea insulted US President Donald Trump again yesterday, calling him a "heedless and erratic old man" after he tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wouldn't want to abandon a special relationship between the two leaders and affect the American presidential election by resuming hostile acts.

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Teen girls banished to sleep outside while menstruating
Teenage girls are still being forced to sleep outside during their periods in parts of Nepal, despite a string of deaths and a law banning the ancient custom.

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