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By BBC News: An ex-MI6 officer who is believed to have prepared memos claiming Russia has compromising material on US President-elect Donald Trump is now in hiding, the BBC understands. …

By Gregory Zuckerman and Juliet Chung, Wall Street Journal: Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump’s surprise …

By Michael Goodwin, NY Post: An old proverb sums up how Donald Trump handled the last two days: “The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.” The dogs of the …

By Justin Sink, Bloomberg: U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he has told Donald Trump that the leak of a classified report that details unsubstantiated claims that Russia …

By Jonathan Landay, Reuters: The risk of conflicts between and within nations will increase over the next five years to levels not seen since the Cold War as global growth …

By Daria Litvinova, The Moscow Times: A bill decriminalizing domestic violence has passed its first reading in Russia’s State Duma.  Some 368 lawmakers voted in favor of the law, with just one deputy voting …

By Chris Perez, NY Post: The former British spy behind the scandalous dossier filled with allegedly compromising information about Donald Trump was identified on Wednesday, according to a report. Sources …

By Tom Newton Dunn, The Sun: The request was put to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson by the President Elect’s senior advisors during talks in New York three days ago. Last …

By Stephen Collinson, CNN:   President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday he believes Russia was responsible for hacking ahead of the election but contemptuously rejected allegations that …

By José A. Cabranes, Washington Post: Sixty years ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren warned our nation that we had a choice. Either “teachers and students must always remain free to …