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Polish mayor stabbed at Gdansk fundraiser
WARSAW, Jan 14 — A knife-wielding assailant stabbed the mayor of the Polish port city of Gdansk in front of hundreds of people at a charity event yesterday, leaving the...
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Canadian risks harsher sentence at China drug retrial
DALIAN, Jan 14 — A Canadian man accused of drug smuggling in China faced a new trial today after an upper court called for a harsher sentence in a case that could further strain...
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Flights cancelled as deadly snowstorm hits US mid-Atlantic states
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Republican ally Graham urges Trump to open US government temporarily
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Top Republicans oppose border ‘emergency’ as shutdown drags on
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US-backed Syrian force: Islamic State in its ‘final moments’
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Ahead of vote, UK PM May warns it would be catastrophic to halt Brexit
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Chinese police begin new probe into expired vaccines
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Macron unveils ‘great national debate’ to calm protests
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Caracas denies ordering parliament leader’s detention
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Fugitive Italian ex-militant Battisti extradited from Bolivia
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Trump under fresh scrutiny over relationship with Putin
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 — US President Donald Trump faced uncomfortable new questions yesterday about his relationship with Vladimir Putin despite his angry dismissal of a report...
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Syria opposition calls for ‘radical solution’ in Idlib
BEIRUT, Jan 14 — A leading Syrian opposition body called yesterday for a “radical solution” to overcome a powerful jihadist group which dominates Idlib province, the last...
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Funding shortage leads to World Food Programme cuts for Palestinians
JERUSALEM, Jan 13 — The World Food Programme has suspended or reduced aid for some of its Palestinian beneficiaries in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip due to funding...
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German antitrust watchdog to act against Facebook, says report
BERLIN, Jan 13 — Germany's antitrust watchdog plans to order Facebook to stop gathering some user data, a newspaper reported today. The Federal Cartel Office, which has been...
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White House asked for options to strike Iran, reports WSJ
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 — The White House's national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with...
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Trump rejects report that he hid details of Putin meetings
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 — President Donald Trump has rejected a Washington Post report that he has refused to share details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Greek PM calls confidence vote after minister quits over Macedonia dea
ATHENS, Jan 13 — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras today called an "immediate" no-confidence vote in parliament over the resignation of a top minister opposed to the country's...
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Saudi Arabia must hold Khashoggi's killers 'accountable', says Pompeo
DOHA, Jan 13 — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today he will ask Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to ensure the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are held...
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Anger as Mnangagwa raises gas prices in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Jan 13 — Zimbabweans reacted with outrage tod to a sharp rise in the price of fuel announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a move to improve supplies as the country...
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Congo should recount presidential election vote, says Southern African bloc
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 13 — Democratic Republic of Congo should recount the votes of its contested presidential election that the runner-up says was rigged, the Southern African...
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Poland's Kaczynski cancels campaign appearance due to health problems
KRAKOW, Jan 13 — Polish ruling party chief Jaroslaw Kaczynski has cancelled a campaign event today ahead of European Parliament elections due to poor health, officials said,...
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EU may need rules to stop doctors emigrating, says German minister
VIENNA, Jan 13 — The European Union should consider regulating to stop member states from poaching each other's doctors and other professionals, German Health Minister Jens...
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US Secretary of State Pompeo urges Gulf states to heal rift
DOHA, Jan 13 — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that a rift between Qatar and its Arab Gulf neighbours had gone on for too long. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...
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Paris gas blast toll rises to four after body found in rubble
PARIS, Jan 13 — The death toll from a gas explosion in central Paris has risen to four after rescue workers found a woman's body in the rubble, investigators said Sunday. Two...
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Bangladesh factory owners threaten to cut off pay to protesting workers
DHAKA, Jan 13 — The head of Bangladesh's garment manufacturers association on Sunday called on protesting workers to return to work by Monday or companies will cut off their...
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Iran summons Polish diplomat to protest US summit
TEHRAN, Jan 13 — Iran's foreign ministry summoned Poland's top diplomat in the country to protest its decision to host what it called an "anti-Iranian" summit, a spokesman said...
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Sudan protesters urge Darfur demos as new rallies planned
KHARTOUM, Jan 13 — A group organising anti-government protests across Sudan vowed to stage new demonstrations today, including for the first time in the war-torn region of...
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Netanyahu confirms weekend strike by Israel on Iran target in Syria
JERUSALEM, Jan 13 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Israel had at the weekend carried out an air strike on Iranian weapons in Syria, a rare public confirmation...
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Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti arrested in Bolivia
MILAN, Jan 13 — Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti, convicted of murder in his home country, has been arrested in Bolivia and will be extradited to Italy, a...