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Is Mount Everest Losing Height?
The 2015 earthquake in Nepal might have knocked a bit off the peak
Indian scientists say they're sending an expedition to the peak of Mount Everest to verify theories that Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake shrank the world's largest mountain.
Leading Republican Congress members have rebuked President Trump for repeating his allegation that millions voted illegally in the US elections. The lawmakers said there was no evidence of this.
The president of Egypt -- Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi -- has expressed alarm at the high divorce rate in the country and suggested introducing legislation to outlaw the practice of verbal divorce. Muslim men can divorce their wives by saying "I divorce you".
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