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The small Pacific island nation of Samoa has closed schools and is restricting travel ahead of the Christmas holiday season as the death toll from a measles outbreak tops 50, in the latest flare-up of a global epidemic of the virus.
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The White House told Democratic lawmakers on Sunday that U.S. President DonaldTrumpand his lawyers would not participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week, citing a lack of "fundamental fairness."
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world's efforts to stop climate change had been "utterly inadequate" so far and there was a danger global warming could pass the "point of no return".
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Samoagovernment said on Monday another five children had died from a measles outbreak, bringing the death toll from the epidemic to more than 50 as authorities race to vaccinate the countryentire population.
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Write comment (92 Comments)UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the worldefforts to stop climate change had been &utterly inadequate& so far and there was a danger global warming could pass the &point of no return&.
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Pope Francis has urged people to resist the excesses of consumerism at events such as Black Friday in the run-up to Christmas, calling it a virus that attacks faith and offends the needy.
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