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Britain’s Theresa May asks EU to delay Brexit until June 30
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to request to delay the UK's departure from the European Union by three months. The UK is currently due to leave on March
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Asylum seekers say they fear return to Mexico under new US policy
Several asylum seekers who are being forced to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through US immigration court told a judge on Tuesday that they are afraid to return to Mexico as they
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EU hits Google with $1.69bn fine for abusing online ads market
European Union regulators have fined Google $1.69bn for blocking rival online search advertisers, hitting the US-based tech giant with a third penalty in two years. The punishment on Wednesday brought Google's total tab with the bloc $9.31bn,
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Daesh fighters pinned on Syrian riverbank, warplanes fly above
DEIR EZZOR, Syria: Warplanes flew near Baghouz in eastern Syria early on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, as the final remnants of the Daesh group held a narrow strip of land along the Euphrates
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UAE appoints first female judges
DUBAI: Two women have been appointed as the UAE’s first female judges, state news agency WAM reported. The UAE’s President Khalifa Al-Nahyan issued the federal decree this week appointing Khadija Khamis Al-Malas as an
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Earthquake hits southwest Turkey
ISTANBUL: A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s western province of Denizli on Wednesday, damaging some buildings and knocking bricks and tiles to the ground in the rural area, according to witnesses, officials and
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New Zealand to mark one week since Christchurch mosque attacks
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said her country will mark one week on from last Friday's attack with a nationwide two-minute silence and a public broadcast of the Muslim call to prayer.
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Evacuations on Australian island ahead of Tropical Cyclone Trevor
Authorities in Australia have begun evacuations for the 1,600 residents of Groote Eylandt, an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, as Tropical Cyclone Trevor approaches. The severe storm spent most of Wednesday crossing Cape
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Exclusive: Bangladesh top security adviser accused of abductions
The most senior security and defence figure in Bangladesh has been accused of using military intelligence agents to abduct and interrogate people to settle a business dispute involving his wife. The allegations have been
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Hezbollah set to take centre stage as Pompeo heads to Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - In January, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went on a diplomatic mission to scuttle Syria's readmission to the Arab League. On Thursday, he is expected in Lebanon, where he is set


