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Neil Gorsuch Says He is Humbled by Nomination to Supreme Court
President Trump picks Neil Gorsuch - a conservative judge - for the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump has nominated Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for the US Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, the 49-year-old would replace the vacancy left on the court by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The upper chamber's Democratic leader has already said he has "very serious doubts" about the nominee.
Indonesian and US scientists say they've now developed a cheaper and more effective way to alert Indonesia's vulnerable coastal cities of the threat of tsunamis.
In the heart of North Korea's dictatorship, a university - largely paid for by the West - is attempting to open the minds of the state's future elite.
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