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437Iceland’s minister for children resigns overrelationship with teen when she was 22
Iceland’s minister for children and education has resigned after admitting she had a child with a teenager more than three and a...
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One of Asia’s most raucous sporting spectacles is moving to a shiny new high-tech home. Can its party spirit survive?
Raucous, lightning-paced and brimming with eye-catching fan costumes, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens is like no other sporting spectacle. Each spring since...
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Violent clashes as Turkey protests continue over detention of Erdogan’s main political rival
Violent clashes erupted across several cities in Turkey between opposition supporters and state security forces for a second day, as demonstrators demand...
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Russia and Ukraine trade blame over attack on Russian gas metering station
Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk region, just...
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French space researcher denied entry to the US over messages about Trump, French minister says
A French researcher was denied entry to the United States after US authorities found messages about President Donald Trump on his phone,...
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Netanyahu’s government votes to dismiss head of Israel’s internal security service Shin Bet
The government of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voted to dismiss Ronen Bar, the chief of Israel’s Shin Bet internal security...
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Turkey moves closer to endless Erdogan rule as biggest rival detained
Turkish police have detained the strongest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a move that experts say is aimed at removing all...
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Mexico City bans swords from bullfights, in win for animal activists
Mexico City’s local congress on Tuesday passed a measure aiming to make bullfights much less harmful to bulls and matadors, a move...
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Ecuador’s president invites foreign armies to fight gangs in the country
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa wants foreign armies to help crack down on gang violence in the country. In an interview with the...
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Israel intercepts missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Thursday morning, the second to target Israel since the Gaza...
