2019 News
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Some diseases have been around since antiquity, while others are relatively new. But this year, the germs roared back with a vengeance. Here's a look at the most notable disease outbreaks of 2019.
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With 2019 nearing to an end, it is evident that Adam Lambert and the classic rock group Queen put on the best live rock concerts of 2019, as part of the "Rhapsody" Tour.
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Singer-songwriter and actress Rita Wilson has released the most powerful song and music video for "2019" — "Throw Me a Party."
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Energy efficiency is the quickest way to cut energy waste in our homes, workplaces, and vehicles. It spans so many facets of daily life that it's easy to take it for granted. However, energy efficiency's impact in 2019 in the U.S. was truly amazing.
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By AFP
Madrid -
This decade is set to be the hottest in history, the United Nations said Tuesday in an annual assessment outlining the ways in which climate change is outpacing humanity's ability to adapt to it.
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By AFP
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The Philippines has begun evacuating thousands of people, local officials said Sunday, as a powerful typhoon rumbled in off the Pacific, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and threatening SEA Games venues.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Uruguay's young president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou has a remarkable political pedigree, being the son of a former president and a senator.
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By AFP
Cape Town -
South Africa's rugby stars on Monday hoisted the World Cup before thousands of ecstatic fans at Cape Town's City Hall, where Nelson Mandela made his first speech after his release from prison.
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By AFP
Soweto -
Khanyisile Makumbana knew she couldn't miss the Springboks' victorious parade through Soweto after their Rugby World Cup triumph in Japan.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Ex-Uruguay president Jose Mujica is on the brink of a sensational return to the political spotlight, after the 84-year-old former guerrilla leader said Thursday he had agreed to be a minister in a Broad Front government.
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By AFP
Johanesburg -
South Africans white and black celebrated wildly on Saturday and expressed hopes that the Springboks' Rugby World Cup win, inspired by black captain Siya Kolisi, would bring the nation together.
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By AFP
Kitakata -
England and South Africa will collide in a Rugby World Cup final between the two most powerful teams around on Saturday as they bid to become the first side to lift the Webb Ellis Cup in Asia.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
The leftist ruling coalition's presidential candidate Daniel Martinez was ahead in Uruguay's general election on Sunday, according to early results, but faces a tough challenge to beat the center-right in a run-off next month.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Polls opened in Uruguay Sunday with voters electing a successor to leftist President Tabare Vazquez and deciding on constitutional reforms including the establishment of a military police force.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Uruguayans will pick a successor to leftist President Tabare Vazquez on Sunday as well as voting on crime-busting constitutional reform to establish a military police force and create full life terms for the most serious offenses.
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By AFP
Buenos Aires -
Defending champions River Plate booked a place in the final of the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday despite losing a tense semi-final to rivals Boca Juniors at a packed Bombonera in Buenos Aires.
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By AFP
Wellington -
Air New Zealand has offered Irish rugby fans some tongue-in-cheek "safety tips" before the countries face off in the quarterfinal of the Rugby World Cup in Japan on Saturday.
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By AFP
Apo -
Rescuers in Japan were working around the clock Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful weekend typhoon that killed nearly 70 people and caused widespread destruction.
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By AFP
Apo -
Tens of thousands of rescuers worked into the night Monday to find survivors of a powerful typhoon in Japan that killed at least 56 people, as fresh rain threatened to hamper their efforts.
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By AFP
Apo -
Japan's military scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding after powerful Typhoon Hagibis ripped across the country, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than a dozen missing.
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By AFP
Apo -
Powerful Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday claimed its first victim even before making landfall, as potentially record-breaking rains and high winds sparked evacuation orders for more than 1.6 million people.
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By AFP
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Japan braced on Friday for a powerful typhoon barrelling towards Tokyo that has already forced the cancellation of two Rugby World Cup matches, disrupted the Suzuka Grand Prix and grounded flights.
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By AFP
Apo -
Rugby World Cup organisers took the unprecedented step of cancelling games -- England v France, and New Zealand v Italy -- on Thursday as Super Typhoon Hagibis bears down on Japan.
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By AFP
Apo -
A super typhoon among the most powerful in decades was set to hit Japan this holiday weekend, weather officials warned Wednesday, and could severely disrupt both the Rugby World Cup and Formula One Grand Prix.
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By AFP
Apo -
Two-time defending champions New Zealand face the toughest of starts to their Rugby World Cup campaign when they play South Africa on a heavyweight day two at the tournament on Saturday.
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By AFP
Apo -
Rugby fans from long-time supporters to newly minted enthusiasts crammed into bars and viewing zones in Tokyo on Friday to cheer as Japan kicked off the World Cup with a win in the opener against Russia."I have been so looking forward to the World Cup....
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New York -
On September 28, international pop star Adam Lambert and rock group Queen will be performing at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival in New York City.
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The Marshall Tucker Band announced the second leg of their critically-acclaimed "Through Hell & High Water... and Back" Tour.
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Thommy Ten and Amélie van Tass of Austrian mentalist duo The Clairvoyants chatted with Digital Journal about their 2019 Christmas tour.
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By AFP
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The frontrunner in Argentina's presidential race, Alberto Fernandez, said in local press interviews that the country is "virtually" in default and should renegotiate its bailout loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
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2019 Image
Flood waters cover several areas of northeast Oklahoma, May 22, 2019. Several days of severe weather brought dangerous flood levels to the Tulsa area, requiring entire towns to evacuate their homes. Flood List / U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Rebecca Imwalle
Sea surface temperature anomaly maps show temperatures above normal in orange and red. NOAA
Kate Linder and Friends Toronto Tea 2019 Courtesy InkStainDesign.com
Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and other women performing as part of 'Women of Country' tribute at 2019 CMA Awards ABC, Image Group LA
The all-new 2019 Ford Ranger STX FX4 SuperCab. Ford Motors
Tiffany releases 'I Think We're Alone Now' (2019) official Tiffany cover art, Go On Then Records
Swiss long jumper Céline Schwarzentruber competing in the women's long jump at the 2019 European Games Daniel Mitchell
This map depicts the locations where there is a greater than 50-percent chance of major, moderate or minor flooding during March through May, 2019. NOAA
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