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US House Democrats unveiled articles of impeachment charging Donald Trump with Abuse of Power by elevating his personal interests above those of the United States of America by trying to get Ukraine to carry out his political dirty work; the second charges Trump with obstructing congress.  With another presidential election less than a year away and the sour taste of Russian interference in 2016 still lingering, Democrats said there is little time left to act:  "The argument why don't you just wait amounts to this: why don't you just let him cheat in one more election?" said House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff of California.  "Despite everything we have uncovered, the President's misconduct continues to this day, unapologetically and right now."  The White House slammed the charges as "baseless" and claimed Trump would fight them in the impeachment trial in the Senate.

Thousands wore T-shirts with the face of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and the slogan "We're back" as Argentina's new center-Left government took control after four years of failing conservative austerity policies that have led to rampant inflation, credit default fears, and rising poverty and hunger.  President Alberto Fernandez took the path of office and told the crowd in Buenos Aires, "We have to heal so many open wounds in our homeland," and, "Without bread, there is no present or future. Without bread, life only suffers."  His vice president CFK is often described as a "rock-star populist" who was president between 2007-2015, often clashing with agriculture and investors as she reduced poverty, and increased access to heath care and education.  The two Fernandez' are not related.

For the first time since 2001, a Brazilian leader didn't attend the inauguration in its neighbor Argentina.  President Fernandez has clashed with Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro in the past.  Bolsonaro instead stayed in Brazil, insulting teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg after she condemned the surge in anti-indigenous violence in the Amazon - specifically, a drive-by shooting that killed two indigenous green leaders.  "It is shameful that the world remains silent about this," Greta tweeted.  A bitter Bolsonaro smirked to reporters, "It's amazing how much space the press gives this kind of "pirralha," using the Portugese word for "brat".  Greta already knows how to deal with that:  She changed Twitter account's description to "pirralha".  

Greta Thunberg is at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) conference in Madrid, where not a lot is getting done - and several representatives are blaming the United States, which refused to have an official presence but still has representatives running around.  "The US is in all streams of discussions that are happening, be it finance, be it loss and damage," said campaigner Harjeet Singh, climate change specialist at ActionAid; "They're everywhere.  And everywhere they are obstructing and not allowing any progress to happen." 

With mounting accusations that the big countries are backing away from their commitment to the Paris Climate Accord - and the goal of keeping global warming to no more than 2 C degrees over pre-industrial levels - some are running out of patience.  "Science is unequivocal on the urgency to act, both at global and national levels," said Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the UN General Assembly.  "Lands are being degraded," he added, "Forests, ecosystems and biodiversity are being lost.  Our oceans are facing pollution, acidification and loss of coastal habitats" that immediately threaten some 280 million people.  "Each year at COP we are told that the window of opportunity could close soon", warned UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa said on the urgency of climate action, "We need your decisions.  We need your leadership.  We are out of time."

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A Chilean Air Force plane with 38 people on board went missing after leaving Chilean Patagonia en route to a base on Antarctica.  Officials believe the Hercules C-130 crashed.

Marie Fredriksson, one half of the Swedish pop-rock duo Roxette, is dead at age 61 after battling brain cancer.  Roxette scored hits in the 1980s and '90s with "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love".

Heavy rain has caused flooding that is disrupting coal-fueled power generation in South Africa.  The state-owned utility Eskom says it could only meet 80 percent of demand.

A gunman shot and killed six patients at a hospital in Ostrova, Czech Republic, before leading police on a chase that ended with him killing himself.  The motive such a cowardly massacre is unclear.

The death toll in the New Zealand Volcano Blast is now six lives lost.  However, a missing Australian woman - Lisa Dallow of Adelaide - has been found alive in a hospital in Hamilton.