‘See’ Reviews World News Hits on Friday

“See” reviews hits of news across the world on Friday

Iran rocket attack on Iraqi military base injured 11 US service members, official

Eleven U.S. service members were flown out of Al Assad Air Base in Iraq and treated for concussion symptoms after Iran's rocket attack targeting two Iraqi military bases earlier this month, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command revealed Thursday night.  ( Fox News)

Trump scolds CNN's Jim Acosta for trying to disrupt Oval Office news conference: 'Quiet'

President Trump scolded CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta for attempting to cut in during a news conference in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Many of the media's questions involved the articles of impeachment being delivered to the Senate earlier in the day as well as the various claims made by Lev Parnas, an associate to Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.( Fox News)

Norway’s government nears crisis over the return of former ISIS member: 'The terrorist won'

Norway seems headed to a political crisis after one of the members of the ruling coalition threatened to quit over the government's decision to bring back a woman who joined Islamic State — a move that could lead to the government falling. ( Fox News)

Republicans on the spot as Senate braces for impeachment drama

There's nowhere left for Republicans senators to hide.

Come Tuesday, and the official start of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, it will become clear just how unpleasant the political price the GOP must pay to acquit their President of "high crimes and misdemeanors" will be. (CNN)

Newly revealed Giuliani letter destroys Trump Ukraine defense

The House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday made public a trove of previously unreleased documents that dramatically raise the stakes of the impeachment proceedings against President Trump.( Yahoo News)

Iran President Suggests Western Troops ‘Could Be in Danger’ over Threats to Nuclear Deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that U.S. and European troops are in “danger” after Germany, France, and the United Kingdom triggered a dispute mechanism in the Obama-led Iran nuclear deal. ( National Review)

UN: Global economic growth in 2019 was the lowest of the decade

The global economy recorded its lowest growth of the decade in 2019, falling to 2.3% as a result of protracted trade disputes and a slowdown in domestic investment, the United Nations said Thursday.

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The U.N.'s annual report, the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020 forecast a modest acceleration in global growth, reaching 2.5% in 2020 and 2.7% in 2021. ( Yahoo News)

Pakistani court hands down 55-year sentences to 86 Islamists

A Pakistani court has sentenced 86 members of a radical Islamist party to 55-year prison terms each for taking part in violent rallies in 2018 over the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case, a party official said Friday. ( Yahoo News)

The disease that killed millions of China's pigs poses a global threat

- Bettie the beagle, a detector dog for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, picked up the scent of pork on a woman arriving from China at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

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Soon the dog's handler discovered and confiscated a ham sandwich in the purse of a passenger who had flown on a China Eastern Airlines flight from Shanghai.( Yahoo News)

Trump's Apple threat would put every iPhone on Earth at risk

President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on Apple (AAPL) to unlock two iPhones used by the suspect in a shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in December.

On Wednesday, Trump tweeted, "We are helping Apple all of the time on TRADE and so many other issues, and yet they refuse to unlock phones used by killers, drug dealers, and other violent criminal elements." ( Yahoo News)

China's birthrate falls to lowest level despite a push for more babies

China’s birthrate in 2019 fell to the lowest level since the country’s founding, according to new government data, a sign that efforts to head off a demographic crisis have not been successful. ( The Guardian)