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Human diet causing 'catastrophic' damage to planet: study
The way humanity produces and eats food must radically change to avoid millions of deaths and "catastrophic" damage to the planet, according to a landmark study published Thursday. The key to both goals is a dramatic shift in the global diet -...
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Body of trapped Indian miner found after 36 days
Indian emergency workers said Thursday they have found the body of one of 15 miners trapped inside a so-called "rat hole" mine for over a month. The illegal and dangerous mine in the remote, mineral-rich state of Meghalaya in India's north-east...
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Five dead as clashes flare in Tripoli
A new round of clashes between rival militias in Libya's capital left at least five people dead Wednesday, the health ministry said, four months after fighting killed over 100. Hours earlier, the UN's mission in Libya warned against fresh violence...
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Theresa May survives no-confidence vote, 24 hours after Brexit humiliation
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal just weeks before the UK leaves the European Union. A stunning 24-hour span saw May on Tuesday dealt the heaviest...
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Russia ready to 'save' INF arms treaty, urges Europe to help
Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to work with Washington to save a crucial arms control treaty and called on Europe to help in faltering talks. Tensions have raged for months over the fate of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF)...
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Canadian tourist says she was gang-raped at Paris police headquarters
A Canadian tourist who says she was gang-raped by French officers at police headquarters in Paris told a court on Wednesday that agreeing to visit their offices was the "worst mistake of my life". Testifying at the trial of two of the officers in...
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British MPs pause Brexit turmoil for something they can deliver... new letter-box rules
With the fate of Brexit in the balance and an embattled prime minister in trouble, a decision by British MP to debate the height of letter boxes raised more than a few eyebrows. The 10-minute rule motion, a procedure allowing MPs to state their...
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EU needs May to drop her red lines to save Brexit deal
The British parliament's crushing rejection of the Brexit withdrawal deal will not force Europe to renegotiate its terms, but will almost certainly delay the divorce. And if Brussels gives London a few months' grace it would be to allow Britain to...
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Toddler's hair found deep in Spanish well as search for fallen child continues
Rescue teams scrambling to find a two-year-old who fell down a well in Malaga have found hair belonging to the toddler 73 metres below the surface, Spanish media reported on Wednesday. Young Julen was reported missing on Sunday, with his father...
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Mexican president took $100 million drug bribe, trial hears
Former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto accepted a $100 million bribe from drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a former collaborator told the kingpin's trial. Alex Cifuentes, a Colombian who is now collaborating with US prosecutors in the...
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How Europe reacted to Brexit deal defeat
The EU and European governments have warned that the British parliament's rejection of a Brexit deal heightens the risk of a disorderly withdrawal from the bloc. Following are some of the key reactions to Tuesday night's huge defeat for British...
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Kenyan president says Nairobi attackers 'eliminated', 14 victims
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday that all Islamists who had stormed an upmarket hotel complex had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour siege that left at least 14 dead. "I can confirm that... the security operation at Dusit...
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'Humiliated': British press says May 'crushed' by defeat
Prime Minister Theresa May was left "crushed" and "humiliated", Britain's newspapers said Wednesday as they raked over the fallout from parliament's huge rejection of her EU divorce deal. Daily papers said May's deal was sunk after the huge vote...
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Pro-EU protesters revel in parliament defeat of Brexit deal
Waving European Union flags, hundreds of anti-Brexit activists outside Britain's parliament roared with approval on Tuesday as the government's divorce deal was crushed by MPs. Massed in front of two big screens airing live coverage of the pivotal...
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Brexit in turmoil as UK MPs overwhelmingly reject exit deal
Updated January 16, 10am Britain’s exit from the European Union was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday when the withdrawal agreement negotiated by the bloc and Theresa May’s government was soundly rejected by the House of Commons. In a major...
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Nuclear arms treaty faces collapse after failed US-Russia talks
The survival of a key nuclear arms control treaty was cast further in doubt Tuesday after the US and Russia blamed each other for pushing the agreement to the brink of collapse. Senior diplomats from both countries met in Geneva amid widespread...
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Guests escape harm as avalanche hits Austrian hotel
Around 60 guests were evacuated from an Austrian hotel and holiday apartment house early Tuesday after the buildings were engulfed by an avalanche, rescue services said. "It was lucky the avalanche didn't occur four hours earlier when all of the...
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First food aid in six months reaches two Yemen areas: UN
A slowdown in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida province has allowed the UN to deliver more than 3,000 tonnes of food to two areas for the first time in six months, the World Food Programme said Tuesday. Tuhayta and Darahimi districts in southern...
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Explosion, gunfire at Nairobi hotel and office complex, casualties reported
Updated at 4.45pm A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on Tuesday, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. The explosion at the DusitD2...
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Huawei founder denies spying for China
Huawei's reclusive founder Ren Zhengfei stepped out of the shadows Tuesday to give a rare media interview, forcefully denying accusations that his firm engaged in espionage on behalf of the Chinese government. The company he founded more than 20...
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