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Germany elects ‘anti-Trump’ Steinmeier as president

Billed as Germany’s “anti-Trump”, former foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier was elected Sunday as the new head of state, vowing…

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17 dead in stampede at Angolan football stadium: police

At least 17 football fans died in a stampede at a stadium in northern Angola on Friday, police said, adding…

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4 dead after strong quake shakes Philippines

Rescuers dug through rubble Saturday to find survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines, killing at least four…

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Israel settlement growth not ‘good for peace’: Trump

US President Donald Trump does not believe Israeli settlement growth in Palestinian territories is “good for peace”, he told a…

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Court upholds suspension of Trump’s travel ban

A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld a suspension of President Donald Trump’s order that restricted travel from…

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In call with Putin, Trump rebukes nuclear treaty

In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and…

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9/11 mastermind tells Obama attacks were America’s fault

The self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attacks wrote to former president Barack Obama to tell him 9/11 was a…

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Pope Francis speaks out on Myanmar’s ‘tortured and killed’ Rohingya

Pope Francis on Wednesday spoke out over the alleged maltreatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, who he said were being…

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China invites Britain to attend OBOR summit

China has invited British Prime Minister Theresa May to attend a major summit in May on its "One Belt, One…

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