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Biden attacks Warren, Sanders over cost of healthcare plans in Democratic debate
Joe Biden was sharper and more aggressive than in either of the first two debates, when he came under frequent attack for his record on race and criminal justice during his long tenure in the US Senate.
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Moon, Trump expected to meet at UN amid hopes for new North Korea talks
Seoul and Washington are working to fix a date for the meeting during Moon’s trip to New York for the UN General Assembly from 22-26 September, Moon’s spokeswoman Ko Min-jung told a briefing.
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Afghan election back in spotlight after Trump's Taliban tweets
With Trump's bombshell announcement Saturday that the US-Taliban talks were off, the situation changed.The Taliban quickly made it known that the only alternative was more fighting
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Democrats intensify 'impeachment' probe of Trump
Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said the measures will serve to enhance an 'aggressive series of hearings' aimed at determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment against the president.
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Water discovered for first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet
Of the more than 4,000 exoplanets detected to date, this is the first known to combine a rocky surface and an atmosphere with water.
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Patel: New UK deal will allow trade to conitnue without disruptions
South Africa has a back-up to protect its trade ties with the United Kingdom should Britain leave the European Union without a deal in place on 31 October.
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Canada's Trudeau kicks off tough re-election campaign, faces ethics questions
But polls strongly suggest Trudeau may not win enough seats to govern by himself after a series of missteps that called into question his leadership while cutting into his once sky-high popularity.
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'Rebel' Saudi women shun obligatory abaya robe
The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it is widely seen as a symbol of piety.
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In victory for Trump, top US court permits asylum restrictions
The asylum restrictions target the flow of migrants from Central America and other countries who have tried to cross into the United States from Mexico and request asylum.
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Tech giant Naspers' European spinoff in stunning debut
The subsidiary groups all of Naspers' internet investments outside of its home market, with investors in particular interested in its 32% stake in Shenzhen-based internet giant Tencent.
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Pre-school panic in Sweden: child brings grenade to class
The child arrived with the grenade in his hand at the school in the southern town of Kristianstad on Tuesday.
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Rouhani says US 'warmongering' against Iran will fail
Arch-foes Tehran and Washington have been at loggerheads since May last year when US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal and began reimposing crippling sanctions.
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Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank's Jordan Valley if re-elected
Palestinians immediately reacted by saying Netanyahu was destroying any hopes for peace, while his electoral opponents accused him of a cynical play for right-wing nationalist votes with polls only a week away.
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Trump fires hawkish national security chief Bolton
John Bolton, who had been scheduled to give a press conference at the White House on an unrelated matter, denied being fired and insisted that he had resigned.
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Sex assault claims rock Ardern's New Zealand government
A 19-year-old woman alleges a staffer sexually assaulted her at his home in February last year and she reported it to Labour Party president Nigel Haworth in October that year.
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Fourth death after Dutch policeman shoots family
The shooting happened on Monday night at a home in the Dutch city of Dordrecht, a river city about 25 kilometres southwest of the port of Rotterdam.
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Hundreds of schools shut as forest-fire haze blankets SE Asia
Massive jungle areas in Sumatra and Borneo island are ablaze as thousands of personnel battle to quell the fires, frequently started to clear land for crop plantations.
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Hong Kong leader says escalation of violence will not solve social issues
An escalation of violence cannot solve social issues in Hong Kong, the leader of the Chinese-ruled city, Carrie Lam, said on Tuesday, adding that she deeply regretted interference by foreign parliaments in the Asian financial hub’s matters.
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Trump says Afghanistan peace talks with Taliban are 'dead'
The announcement followed Trump's dramatic cancelation of a top-secret plan to fly Taliban leaders in for direct talks at the Camp David presidential facility outside Washington.
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Outgoing parliament deals new Brexit blow to British PM
Boris Johnson slammed the opposition for voting against his call for a snap poll next month, in the final minutes of a late-night debate ahead of a controversial five-week suspension of parliament called by the prime minister.
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Pope Francis urges Mauritius to shun 'idolatrous economic model'
While the island is a beacon of stability and relative prosperity, Pope Francis honed in on the struggles of the youth, who face growing inequality, unemployment and the scourge of drug abuse.
