MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 2nd 2019
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Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Russia the kingpin of the global gas sector; Putin launches “Power of Siberia” with China's Xi
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping launched this Monday a gas pipeline that is the first of three ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow's role as top gas exporter.
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Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 08:05 UTC
Benetton in deep trouble over the Genoa bridge collapse that claimed 43 lives
Luciano Benetton on Sunday denounced what he called a government “campaign” against his family since the 2018 collapse of the Genoa motorway bridge operated by a company in the Benetton business empire.
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Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 07:56 UTC
Beijing accuses UN Human Rights chief of inappropriate interference in China's affairs
China accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of “inappropriate” interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.
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Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 01:22 UTC
The aircraft crash in Antarctica that shocked New Zealand for forty years
It remains New Zealand's worst peacetime disaster. On 28 November 1979, a sightseeing aircraft carrying 257 people crashed head-on into the side of a volcano in Antarctica.
