Macron rushed from Paris theatre during protest
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British MPs finally approve Brexit deal
Britain is set to end almost 50 years of membership in the European integration project.
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Twitter to experiment with limiting replies in effort to combat online abuse
Social media firms are under pressure to address harassment on their sites, which often occurs in unsolicited replies targeting women and minorities.
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British MPs set to finally seal Brexit deal
Britain's main opposition Labour party, bruised by its worst beating at the polls since 1935, said it would vote against Brexit on Thursday knowing that the battle has been lost.
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UK royals 'hurt' after Harry and Meghan quit front-line roles
The couple said they would now 'balance' their time between Britain and North America and rip up long-established relations with the press, in a surprise statement Wednesday that appeared to catch Buckingham Palace off guard.
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ANALYSIS: Royal couple test House of Windsor revolving door
Just as politicians and civil servants rely on access to their former contacts, the couple’s success will depend on staying close to their relatives in Buckingham Palace.
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Ukraine in national mourning after deadly airliner crash
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday cut short a trip to Oman and flew back to Ukraine after the Boeing 737 flying from Tehran to Kiev crashed shortly after takeoff.
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Ten years after deadly Haiti quake, survivors feel forgotten
On January 12, 2010, more than 200,000 Haitians were killed by an earthquake, many of them crushed to death when substandard concrete buildings crumbled on top of them.
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Iran probe finds Ukrainian plane turned back after 'problem'
The organisation said it had questioned witnesses both on the ground and on board a second aircraft which was flying above the Ukrainian Boeing 737 as the disaster unfolded.
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WC firefighting team ready to help Australia battle its wildfires
Local Government MEC Anton Bredell said that the province’s offer was well-received but Australia said that immediate assistance was not needed at the moment.
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Australia issues new evacuation alerts as monster bushfires regenerate
Twenty-six people have died, thousands have been made homeless and thousands of others have had to evacuate repeatedly as the monster fires have scorched through more than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres) of land, an area the size of South Korea.
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Japan urges Ghosn to return as fugitive tycoon defends escape
Ghosn made his first public appearance since his audacious December escape at a combative press conference in Beirut on Wednesday, where he slammed Japan and said he had been forced to flee because he would not get a fair trial.
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Trump pulls back from war with Iran
In a televised address to the nation from the White House, Trump emphasised there were "no Americans harmed" in the ballistic missile salvo aimed at two bases.
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Britain's Prince Harry, Meghan to step back as 'senior' royals
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan announced they intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support The Queen.
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Trump viewed negatively around the world - Pew survey
Sixty-four percent of those surveyed outside the US said they do not have confidence in Trump to do the right thing in foreign affairs, while just 29% expressed confidence in the US leader.
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US sanctions South Sudan vice president over human rights
Taban Deng Gai also has created distrust that has inflamed conflict in South Sudan and undermined the peace process, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.
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Trump says that Iran 'appears to be standing down'
Donald Trump announced the United States would be imposing "additional punishing sanctions" on Iran but made no mention of possible retaliation to Tuesday's missile attacks.
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Western Cape government offers support to fire-ravaged Australia
Local government MEC Anton Bredell has reached out to the Australian high commissioner to offer the province’s support.
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2019 second hottest year on record - EU
Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that worldwide temperatures last year were second only to 2016, in which temperatures were boosted 0.12 degrees Celsius by an exceptionally strong El Nino natural weather event.
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Iran-Iraq-US: timeline since Soleimani killing
A recap of events since the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad by the US on 3 January, which escalated tensions between Tehran and Washington.
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Nato chief condemns Iran rocket attacks
A Nato official said that there were no casualties among the troops on its training mission in Iraq
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Airlines avoiding flying through Iran and Iraq airspace
Iran launched a series of missiles at bases housing US troops in the early hours, officials in Washington and Tehran said.
