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Britain faces calls for unity govt amid Brexit impasse
The U.K. may be forced to create a national unity government to end the impasse over Britain leaving the European Union, as Prime Minister Theresa May clings to the Brexit…
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French ‘yellow vests’ stage 20th week of anti-government protests
Tens of thousands of French "yellow vest" demonstrators on Saturday staged their 20th week of anti-government protests despite hotspot bans and a plea from bank chiefs to end damage to…
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Mexican police nab man who tried to rob bank with loader
Police in Mexico say they caught a man who stole a front-end loader, drove it to a local bank, knocked down a wall, chained a safe to the machine and…
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Ukraine’s presidential election kicks off
Voting for the presidential election in Ukraine kicked off on Sunday with a record number of 39 candidates competing for the presidency. Some 29,900 polling stations were arranged across the…
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Gov’t supporters, opponents take to streets in Venezuela
Both supporters and opponents of the Venezuelan government took to the streets on Saturday amid an ongoing political and economic crisis aggravated by successive blackouts. Backers of the ruling socialist…
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World’s landmarks turn lights off to mark Earth Hour 2019
First organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in 2007, Earth Hour is now the world's largest grassroots movement for saving the environment, with this year's focus on…
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Redacted Mueller report expected to be released by mid-April
A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation will be sent to Congress by mid-April and will not be shared with the White House beforehand,…
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Spacewalking astronauts install better station batteries
Spacewalking astronauts hustled through battery hookups outside the International Space Station on Friday in a major upgrade of the solar power grid. NASA's Christina Koch and Nick Hague successfully…
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Pakistan breaks ground for China-funded New Gwadar Int’l Airport
Pakistan broke ground for the construction of the China-funded New Gwadar International Airport on Friday, which would link Pakistan's fast-rising southwest Gwadar port city with the rest of the world.…
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U.S. national zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang artificially inseminated
The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington announced Friday giant panda Mei Xiang, in her breeding season, has been artificially inseminated. The zoo said in a press release that a team…