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Can Theresa May deliver Brexit?
Britain's exit from the European Union has finally been agreed - but Brexit is far from a done deal. The UK is anything but - the country is deeply divided. EU leaders are due
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Malta ‘identifies masterminds’ of Daphne Caruana Galizia murder
Authorities on Malta have identified several people believed to be behind the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, according to local media. The 53-year-old was killed in October 2017 when a powerful bomb exploded in her
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DRC suspends efforts to fight Ebola in Beni after deadly violence
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they have suspended Ebola-fighting operations in eastern Beni region, as violence keeps hampering efforts to contain the disease's worst outbreak in the country's recorded history. Health Minister
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12 dead in central Vietnam flash floods, landslides
Hundreds of troops have been dispatched to clean up destroyed villages and washed out roads as flash floods and landslides killed at least 12 people in central Vietnam. Heavy rains have been pounding the central
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Crazy in Love: The Story of Layla and Majnun premieres in London
Dancers from the Mark Morris Dance Group interpret the ancient poem that tells the story of two young people who fall in love but aren't allowed to marry. A tragic love story told all
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Coalition hits back over reported civilian deaths in east Syria
ANKARA: The United States’ support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is a “big mistake,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said late on Saturday, adding that the issue had strained ties between the NATO
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Turkey says US support for Syrian Kurdish YPG a “big mistake”
ANKARA: The United States’ support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is a “big mistake,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said late on Saturday, adding that the issue had strained ties between the NATO
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In Jordan’s ancient Petra, sirens warn of flash floods
PETRA, Jordan: In ancient times, Arab tribesmen dug diversion tunnels to protect their low-lying trading post of Petra against desert flash floods. More than two millennia later, an alarm system warns visitors if flood
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Saint Mark mosaic, missing for decades, returns to Cyprus
One of the last missing pieces of Byzantine art stolen from Cyprus in the 1970s has been handed back to the country by a renowned Dutch art investigator. Arthur Brand on Friday said he
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Dissent in Morocco: From Abraham Serfaty to Nasser Zefzafi
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Abraham Serfaty, a prominent Jewish Moroccan political activist. Serfaty was an avowed communist and anti-colonial nationalist who opposed the French protectorate in Morocco. As a


