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France’s Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Libyan campaign financing
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial on Monday, on charges of having received millions of euros in illegal…
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McDonald’s rolls back some diversity practices in head office
McDonald’s is retiring its goal for diversity in corporate leadership and shifting away from some diversity practices, citing a “shifting…
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Quake in China’s Tibet kills 53 with tremors felt in Nepal, India
A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 53 people and collapsed “many buildings” on Tuesday, state…
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Canada PM Trudeau intends to announce he will step down, CBC News says
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce on Monday that he intends to step down as leader of the ruling…
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Heavy snowfall disrupts travel across England
Severe snowstorms caused widespread travel disruptions across England on Sunday morning, forcing the closure of runways at Manchester and Liverpool…
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Europe and the US affected by severe winter conditions
Freezing temperatures and snowfall are having a negative impact on life in Europe and the United States. In Germany, 120…
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FBI probes ‘terrorist’ links in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15
A US Army veteran with an Islamic State flag and “hellbent” on carnage steered a pickup truck into a crowd…
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Flags fly at half-mast as S. Korea probes its worst plane crash
Flags flew at half-mast on Monday as South Korea mourned 179 people killed in the worst plane crash on its…
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179 dead in South Korea plane crash, officials say as two survive
Two people, both crew members, were rescued and officials have confirmed that the rest of the passengers perished in the…
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured…
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