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Hyderabad case: Police kill suspects in rape and murder of Indian vet | 6 December 2019 | [
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"context": "Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week. The men were in police detention and were taken back to the scene of the crime in the early hours of Friday. The suspects were shot when they tried to steal the officers' guns and escap... |
Boeing tax break ruled unlawful by WTO | 28 November 2016 | [
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"context": "The US has been given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union. The tax cut was provided by the state of Washin... |
Migrant caravan halted by Mexico police on Guatemala border | 20 October 2018 | [
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"context": "Thousands of people travelling across Central America en masse to the US are stuck on Mexico's southern border after a failed attempt to enter the country. Some of them broke through Guatemalan border fences but then clashed with Mexican riot police in no man's land. On Friday, US President Donald... |
Pokemon Go: Russian blogger sentenced | 11 May 2017 | [
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"context": "A Russian blogger has been given a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence after he posted a video of himself playing Pokemon Go in a church The court in the city of Yekaterinburg found Ruslan Sokolovsky guilty of insulting religious believers and inciting hatred. During the trial, Sokolovsky, no... |
UN 'alarmed' by reports of China's mass detention of Uighurs | 31 August 2018 | [
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"context": "The UN says it is alarmed by reports of the mass detention of Uighurs in China and called for the release of those held on a counter terrorism \"pretext\". It comes after a UN committee heard reports that up to one million Muslim Uighurs in western Xinjiang region, were held in re-education camps.... |
Austria digests presidential poll drama | 23 May 2016 | [
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"context": "Austrians are now digesting the drama surrounding the election of their new president. An extremely divisive race. The traditional centre-left and centre-right parties - which have governed Austria in one form or another since 1945 - were decimated during the first round. And the poll nearly, so v... |
North Korea crisis: Rex Tillerson urges international response | 28 April 2017 | [
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"context": "The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has called on the rest of the world to help force North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. Speaking to the UN Security Council, he called on China in particular to leverage its trade links as influence. But the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said ... |
Mitholz: Swiss town faces 10-year evacuation over arms dump | 27 February 2020 | [
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"context": "A Swiss village may have to evacuate for over a decade while authorities clear a huge World War Two arms dump. The defence ministry concluded last year that the cache posed an \"unacceptable\" risk to the nearby people of Mitholz. Now, authorities say residents may have to leave while they clear t... |
Bin Laden: US offers reward for Osama's son Hamza | 1 March 2019 | [
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"context": "The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (PS750,000) for information about one of the sons of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a leader of the Islamist militant group, officials say. He is thought to be based near the Afghan-Pakistani border. In r... |
'Medevac' law: Australia denies medical evacuations for refugees | 4 December 2019 | [
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"context": "Australia has controversially repealed a law which allowed sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country. The government's push to scrap the \"medevac\" law - passed by opposition MPs in February - has drawn criticism as cruel and inhumane. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison argued the l... |
Who are the Farc? | 24 November 2016 | [
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"context": "Following the signing of a revised peace agreement between Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), and the Colombian government, BBC News takes a closer look at the guerrilla group which has been fighting the longest-running armed insurgency in the Wester... |
YouTube shooting: Suspect visited shooting range before attack | 4 April 2018 | [
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"context": "The suspect in a shooting at YouTube HQ visited a local shooting range just hours before the attack in San Bruno on Tuesday, police said. Nasim Aghdam, who made videos on the platform, legally owned the semi-automatic handgun used in the shooting, police chief Ed Barberini said. She was found dead... |
Hong Kong protests: Rule of law on 'brink of collapse', police say | 12 November 2019 | [
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"context": "Hong Kong's rule of law has been pushed to the \"brink of total collapse\" after more than five months of protests, police have warned. The warning came as protesters clashed with police across the city on Tuesday. At the Chinese University of Hong Kong, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at... |
Why are Israel and Iran fighting in Syria, in 300 words | 10 May 2018 | [
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"context": "Israel has bombed Iranian targets inside Syria - leading to fears confrontations between the two powerful arch-foes could get worse. Here's the background to what is happening. Ever since the Iranian revolution in 1979, when religious hardliners came to power, Iran's leaders have called for Israel... |
Seven MPs leave Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership | 18 February 2019 | [
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"context": "Seven MPs have resigned from the Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism. They are: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey. Ms Berger said Labour had become institutionally anti-Semitic and she was \... |
Kobe Bryant: Washington Post reporter suspended after tweets | 28 January 2020 | [
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"context": "Washington Post employees have condemned the paper after it suspended a journalist for tweets about the late US basketball legend Kobe Bryant. Felicia Sonmez posted a link to a 2016 article about historical sexual assault allegations against Bryant in the wake of his death in a helicopter crash. S... |
Syria crisis: Kurds fight to keep out encroaching jihadists | 15 March 2014 | [
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"context": "The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) came to Tal Maarouf in the early hours of the morning, a surprise attack that took the lightly guarded village by surprise. \"They came to our house, and kicked in the door,\" said a woman who was among a small group of villagers taken away. She did ... |
Iran nuclear deal: Trump pulls US out in break with Europe allies | 9 May 2018 | [
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"context": "US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it \"decaying and rotten\", he said the deal was \"an embarrassment\" to him \"as a citizen\". Going against advice from European allies, he said he would reimpose economic sanctions that ... |
Murderer Simon Mellors killed again despite 'warnings' | 13 April 2018 | [
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"context": "A man believes his wife would still be alive if the probation service had acted on warnings and sent a convicted murderer back to prison. Simon Mellors, from Nottingham, murdered his former partner Pearl Black in 1999, then killed Janet Scott after being released from prison on licence. Her husban... |
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam abandons speech after protests | 16 October 2019 | [
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"context": "Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has been forced to suspend her annual address after being heckled in parliament. Opposition lawmakers disrupted the Legislative Council session by shouting and projecting slogans behind her. After a first interruption, the session resumed only to be interrupted again. I... |
California boat fire: Police begin identifying victims | 3 September 2019 | [
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"context": "Californian officials have begun the process of identifying the victims of a boat fire that is suspected to have claimed 34 lives. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said that DNA samples would be required from the families of presumed victims to identify them. Authorities have moved from sea... |
Brexit: Back-to-school exam papers are marked | 14 August 2017 | [
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"context": "Exam results are out next week and there is a decidedly back-to-school feel about the papers the government is publishing this week on Brexit. Theresa May is back from her holidays and the cabinet is keen to show that it has been hard at work in her absence, not fighting with each other at all. I ... |
New South Africa finance minister Gigaba calls for radical reform | 1 April 2017 | [
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"context": "South Africa needs to \"radically transform\" its economy, the country's new finance minister has said. The treasury has been seen for too long as belonging to \"big business, powerful interests and international investors,\" Malusi Gigaba said. \"This is a people's government,\" he told his first... |
Theresa May set to be UK PM after Andrea Leadsom quits | 11 July 2016 | [
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"context": "Theresa May is set to become the UK's next prime minister after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest to become Conservative Party leader. The timing of the handover of power from David Cameron looks set to be after PM's questions on Wednesday. Mrs May, 59, who backed staying in the EU, has be... |
How potatoes and cassava helped Uganda's Museveni shed 30kg | 22 January 2020 | [
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"context": "A diet of cassava, Irish potatoes and indigenous vegetables helped Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni shed 30kg (4 stone), he told the BBC. \"I am always fit but the doctors pointed out the mistakes and then I decided to shed off,\" Mr Museveni said. The 75-year-old leader said he had not been wat... |
Iranian tanker will be released if oil isn't going to Syria, says Hunt | 14 July 2019 | [
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"context": "Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the Iranian tanker detained by Royal Marines near Gibraltar could be released, if the UK is guaranteed the oil is not bound for Syria. The tanker, seized on 4 July, was suspected of breaking EU sanctions. Iran claimed the seizure was \"piracy\". Iranian ships... |
Venezuela crisis: Dozens injured in clashes in Caracas | 2 May 2019 | [
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"context": "A woman was shot dead and dozens injured in the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Wednesday, in clashes between opposition supporters and pro-government forces. The military fired tear gas and water cannon amid rival demonstrations. Opposition leader Juan Guaido called for those responsible for the de... |
Japan's snap election explained | 22 October 2017 | [
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"context": "Japan has voted in a snap election called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He called the vote in September, saying he was seeking a fresh mandate to overcome \"a national crisis\" amid rising threats from North Korea. His decision came at a time when his approval rating had just rebounded from a reco... |
Angela Merkel ally's loss casts doubt on German coalition | 30 November 2019 | [
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"context": "The future of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition has been thrown into doubt after her deputy chancellor lost the leadership race of his party. Olaf Scholz, who is also finance minister, lost his bid to become leader of the centre-left SPD. The party is now expected to vote on whether to s... |
Iran nuclear deal: US 'sunset clause' concern remains - Tillerson | 21 September 2017 | [
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"context": "US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said Washington continues to have \"significant issues\" with the Iran nuclear deal, after his first talks with his Iranian counterpart. But Mr Tillerson said the talks were \"very matter of fact\", and acknowledged Iran was complying with the deal. Wednesda... |
Google's Ad Exchange faces privacy probe by Irish regulator | 22 May 2019 | [
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"context": "The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has started an inquiry into the way that Google provides advertising services across the European Union. The watchdog is investigating whether the use of personal data to target online advertising is compliant with European privacy rules. The search giant... |
Nasa said to be investigating first allegation of a crime in space | 24 August 2019 | [
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"context": "Nasa is reported to be investigating a claim that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station, in what may be the first allegation of a crime committed in space. Anne McClain acknowledges accessing the account from the ISS but denies any wron... |
Trump renews threat to close Mexico border over migrants | 22 November 2018 | [
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"context": "Donald Trump has threatened to close the whole US-Mexico border, including halting trade with Mexico, if the arrival of migrants from central America there leads to disorder. He also said he had given troops at the border the go-ahead to use lethal force if needed. On Monday the US briefly closed ... |
Lula: Brazil's jailed ex-leader barred from presidential race by electoral court | 1 September 2018 | [
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"context": "Brazil's top electoral court has ruled that jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cannot run as a candidate in the presidential election because of his corruption conviction. Judges voted against his running in October's ballot by a majority of six votes to one in the seven-member cour... |
Pro-independence Catalans defy King Felipe VI's warning | 4 October 2017 | [
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"context": "Pro-independence Catalan leaders are pressing ahead despite an emphatic warning from King Felipe VI. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont told the BBC he would declare independence \"at the end of this week or the beginning of next\". The European Union said it was \"time to talk\" to find a soluti... |
Microwave mushrooms 'to keep their goodness', scientists say | 22 May 2017 | [
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"context": "The healthiest way to cook mushrooms is to microwave or grill them to preserve their goodness, researchers say. These cooking methods significantly increase levels of antioxidants which protect cells against diseases, but boiling or frying reduces them. A study, from Spain, looked at the propertie... |
Coronavirus: New China figures highlight toll on medical staff | 14 February 2020 | [
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"context": "Chinese officials have given figures for health workers infected with the new coronavirus, amid concerns about shortages of protective equipment. Six health workers have died and 1,716 have been infected since the outbreak, they said. The death a week ago of Doctor Li Wenliang, who tried to warn a... |
The 'code of silence' killing US police officers | 3 September 2019 | [
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"context": "The death of nine New York police officers this year has left family members, law enforcement and politicians pointing fingers and placing blame. But suicide is a more profound problem, deeply entrenched in police culture. What's behind the epidemic? Speeding down route 1 on a frigid, grey Februar... |
The mirth and misogyny of Andy Capp | 23 March 2016 | [
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"context": "Andy Capp was a product of the 1950s - an era when newspapers dominated and domestic violence was still a mainstream source of humour. Why, almost 60 years after he first appeared in the Daily Mirror, is a layabout lout from north-east England still popular? Homer Simpson called him a \"wife-beati... |
Afghanistan delays Kandahar vote after Gen Raziq killed | 19 October 2018 | [
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"context": "Parliamentary elections in the Afghan province of Kandahar have been delayed by a week after the assassination of a powerful local police chief. Gen Abdul Raziq was shot dead by a rogue bodyguard on Thursday. The Taliban claimed the attack, which came after a high-level security meeting. US comman... |
Russian spy poisoning: What we know so far | 8 October 2018 | [
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"context": "On 4 March, a former Russian spy and his daughter were found seriously ill on a bench in Salisbury. They had been poisoned by a nerve agent, in an attack \"almost certainly\" approved by the Russian state. An extraordinary series of accusations and denials from the highest levels of governments ca... |
Venezuela at breaking point as controversial poll nears | 29 July 2017 | [
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"context": "Venezuela's opposition is calling it \"Zero Hour\". Analysts refer to a breaking point. It is clear to everyone that Venezuela is in crisis, but there's no easy way out. Divisions in Venezuela run deep. The opposition has been vocal since Hugo Chavez came to power 18 years ago, but problems have b... |
Jerusalem: Guatemala follows US in planning Israel embassy move | 25 December 2017 | [
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"context": "Guatemala is to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first country after the US to vow to do so. It was one of only nine to vote against a UN resolution which in effect repudiated the US' recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Israel's PM thanked Guatemala's president, but ... |
Zika virus: The outbreak in Asia | 11 October 2016 | [
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"context": "The World Health Organization has said it is highly likely that infections and outbreaks of Zika will continue to rise in Asia. Hundreds of cases have cropped up in the region, and Thailand has confirmed two cases of babies born with Zika-linked microcephaly. At least 19 countries and areas in the... |
Hong Kong children learn to code after school | 26 May 2015 | [
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"context": "On a lazy Friday afternoon, a small group of primary school students open their laptops and, laughing and chatting, plunge straight into the world of computer programming. The children, starting as young as six years old, come each week to this out-of-school private learning centre in Hong Kong. T... |
Sugar tax and offers ban 'would work' | 22 October 2015 | [
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"context": "A sugar tax and cutting buy-one-get-one-free deals are part of Public Health England's \"key actions\" to tackle people's addiction to sugar. Their long-awaited report says the nation is \"eating too much sugar\" leading to health problems and obesity. The report also called for less marketing aim... |
Pressure mounting on Theresa May from Tory MPs | 12 December 2018 | [
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"context": "Tory Brexiteers are increasingly confident they have enough support to trigger a no-confidence vote in Theresa May as party leader. If 48 Conservative MPs submit letters to say they no longer support her, a leadership challenge will be launched. There is no confirmation but sources, including a ca... |
Hong Kong's democracy debate | 18 June 2015 | [
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"context": "Hong Kong legislators have rejected a reform package that would have allowed direct elections for the territory's leader in 2017. The reforms were endorsed by the Chinese government, but many in Hong Kong are opposed to it. There were huge street protests and blockades last year, when Beijing rule... |
Why are people still living in east Aleppo? | 8 November 2016 | [
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"context": "A pause by Russia in carrying out air strikes on rebel-held eastern Aleppo has brought a brief respite for civilians and fighters under siege in the Syrian city. At least 250,000 people have been trapped there almost continuously since pro-government forces encircled the area in July. Conditions a... |
Missing pianist believed to be buried by wrong family | 16 October 2018 | [
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"context": "A grieving Canadian family has accidentally buried the wrong body. It was an error that only came to light when the missing relative thought to have died returned home months after the funeral. Police believe the body belonged to pianist Scott Cushnie, 80, who has been missing since August. Friend... |
Malaysia's election: A battle of old allies | 7 May 2018 | [
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"context": "Malaysia is holding a general election on Wednesday. While incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak looks likely to secure another term, he is facing a strong challenge from his long-time ally, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who has made a surprise return to politics at the age of 92. Here's ... |
Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district | 12 January 2016 | [
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"context": "A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) group has killed 10 people, at least eight of them German tourists, in a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul, officials say. They say the Syrian national carried out the attack in the Sultanahmet district, near the famous Blue Mosque. Fi... |
Russian spy: What are nerve agents and what do they do? | 12 March 2018 | [
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"context": "Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, known as Novichok, Theresa May has told MPs. The former Russian spy and his daughter are critically ill after their attempted murder in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 4 March. A police of... |
MPs may try to steal Brexit from British people - Liam Fox | 5 December 2018 | [
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"context": "There is a risk MPs could \"steal Brexit from the British people\" if Theresa May's proposed deal is rejected, a senior cabinet minister has warned. Liam Fox said there was \"natural Remain majority\" in Parliament and any attempt to overturn the 2016 referendum vote would be a \"democratic affron... |
Barcelona attack: The jihadists and the hunt for a second gang | 8 August 2018 | [
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"context": "A neighbour had just walked past when an explosion tore through a small, white house in the Spanish coastal town of Alcanar last August. Debris was flung hundreds of metres by the force of the blast and the bodies of two men landed in nearby gardens. A third man who had been on a roof terrace talk... |
Should my next car be an electric one? | 16 August 2019 | [
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"context": "The pure electric car market is growing, but cost, battery life and charging points can put people off. Here, one wannabe electric car owner searches for answers to key questions. After buying my car 15 years ago and accidentally scraping paint from its nose on a multi-storey car park pillar, reve... |
Why Dr Michael Mosley started the BBC Sleep Challenge | 3 May 2017 | [
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"context": "Conventional wisdom says we should be getting at least seven hours' sleep a night, while teenagers should be aiming for more like nine hours sleep. But most of us aren't getting close to that. A survey by the Sleep Council suggests only 22% of British adults get the recommended seven-to-eight hour... |
Air pollution 'causes 467,000 premature deaths a year in Europe' | 23 November 2016 | [
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"context": "Air pollution is causing around 467,000 premature deaths in Europe every year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned. People in urban areas are especially at risk, with around 85% exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at levels deemed harmful by the World Health Organization (WHO).... |
Trump-Kim North Korea summit: What just happened? | 25 May 2018 | [
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"context": "US President Donald Trump has just cancelled what would have been a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The shock move could undo months of diplomatic effort and throws the future of the Korean peninsula back into doubt. The 12 June meeting was supposed to discuss ways of reducin... |
Kim Jong-nam row: Did N Korea come out on top? | 1 April 2017 | [
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"context": "A bitter stand-off between Malaysia and North Korea appears at an end after the two countries revoked a travel ban which had effectively kept their respective citizens hostages for more than three weeks. But has North Korea come out on top? The diplomatic row was sparked by the killing of Kim Jong... |
Pope's first Facebook live deals with child safety online | 6 October 2017 | [
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"context": "Pope Francis delivered his first-ever address by Facebook Live on Friday - to coincide, aptly, with the end of a week-long event on children and technology. But as he extolled the importance of protecting children, senior church figures in his own church are mired in abuse scandals. This was the f... |
Manus Island refugees 'dig for water' in Australia camp | 2 November 2017 | [
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"context": "Asylum seekers who are refusing to leave an Australian detention centre in Papua New Guinea say they are digging into the ground to find water, two days after the camp officially closed. About 600 men at the centre on Manus Island do not want to leave, saying they fear being attacked outside. Mean... |
Turkey to suspend Syria offensive 'to allow Kurdish withdrawal' | 18 October 2019 | [
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"context": "Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in northern Syria to let Kurdish-led forces withdraw. The deal came after US Vice-President Mike Pence and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met for talks in Ankara. All fighting will be paused for five days, and the US will help facilitate the withdrawal of ... |
Zuma corruption claims: South Africa state capture inquiry opens | 20 August 2018 | [
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"context": "A public inquiry in South Africa has started investigating alleged corruption by ex-President Jacob Zuma. The inquiry is looking into \"state capture\", where the wealthy Gupta family is accused of trying to influence political decisions, including the naming of ministers. Accusations of graft dog... |
Florida shooting: Firms abandon NRA amid consumer boycott | 24 February 2018 | [
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"context": "A growing number of companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association amid calls for a boycott of businesses linked to the US gun lobby after the Florida school shooting. United and Delta airlines joined car rental giants Hertz and Enterprise in ending discounts for NRA members. The murd... |
Native burial sites blown up for US border wall | 10 February 2020 | [
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"context": "Native American burial sites have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, says a lawmaker and tribal leaders. Authorities confirmed that \"controlled blasting\" has begun at Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a Unesco recognised natural reserve. Raul Gri... |
Police to train extra 1,500 firearms officers | 1 April 2016 | [
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"context": "Police forces in England and Wales are to train an extra 1,500 firearms officers to help protect the public from terrorism. Many will be deployed in rapid-reaction teams, which will be on patrol and ready to react round the clock. There will also be more counter-terrorism teams outside London and ... |
SNC-Lavalin: Trudeau denies wrongdoing in corruption case | 28 February 2019 | [
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"context": "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied wrongdoing after he tried to shield one of the country's biggest firms from a corruption trial. Mr Trudeau said any lobbying by him or his inner circle for engineering giant SNC-Lavalin was done to protect jobs. In explosive testimony, ex-Justice M... |
Hong Kong: Face mask ban prompts thousands to protest | 4 October 2019 | [
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"context": "Thousands have taken part in unplanned protests in Hong Kong after the territory's government announced a face mask ban, which came into effect at midnight (16:00 GMT). Chief executive Carrie Lam invoked a colonial-era emergency law in a bid to quell months of anti-government unrest. The ban comes... |
Reality Check: How does China-UK trade compare globally? | 2 February 2018 | [
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"context": "The UK prime minister and the Chinese Premier have agreed on a new trade and investment review, seen as a stepping stone to a full free trade agreement after Brexit. Theresa May says she expects deals worth PS9bn to be signed during the course of her visit. Chinese media is awash with claims that ... |
London violence: Nine more hurt in attacks around city | 6 April 2018 | [
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"context": "Nine more people have been injured in stabbings in London as the spate of violent crime in the capital continues. Seven people were stabbed in five incidents on Thursday. Two more were injured earlier - a male in his late teens or early 20s, and a 16-year-old boy who were found with stab injuries ... |
Tourist's lucky guess cracks safe code on first try | 5 June 2019 | [
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"context": "A Canadian man unlocked a safe that had sat unopened in a small museum for decades, cracking the code on his first try with a lucky guess. Stephen Mills was visiting the Vermilion Heritage Museum with his family when he had a go at opening the iron box \"for a laugh\". The museum in the province o... |
St Michan's, Dublin: Vandals decapitate 800-year-old crusader | 26 February 2019 | [
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"context": "An 800-year-old \"crusader\" from a crypt in a Dublin church has been decapitated by vandals. Archdeacon David Pierpoint said the crusader's head had been \"severed from his body and taken away\". The discovery was made as a tour guide was preparing to open the church for visitors on Monday aftern... |
Kim Jong-nam murder: Vietnamese woman pleads guilty to lesser charge | 1 April 2019 | [
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"context": "A Vietnamese woman accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing hurt by potentially deadly means. A Malaysian court sentenced Doan Thi Huong to three years and four months in jail, starting from her arrest in February 2... |
France to reassess child sex laws after controversial cases | 13 November 2017 | [
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"context": "France is to consider a change to its laws around sexual consent, according to the minister for gender equality. Marlene Schiappa said the government was considering setting a fixed age below which sex was automatically a serious offence. It comes after two cases where men were acquitted of raping... |
Museum cancels event honouring Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro | 16 April 2019 | [
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"context": "The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has said it will not now host an event at which Brazil's leader Jair Bolsonaro was due to be honoured. The museum drew heavy criticism for agreeing to host a ceremony at which Mr Bolsonaro, who has advocated relaxing environmental policies, was schedul... |
US jobs and wages rise in January | 2 February 2018 | [
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"context": "The US labour market barrelled forward in January, as employers added more jobs than expected and wage growth was its strongest in more than eight years. US payrolls expanded by 200,000 last month, driven by hiring in construction, food services and health care, the US Labor Department said. The a... |
New York Times tells Trump: Don't call reporters enemies of the people | 29 July 2018 | [
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"context": "The publisher of the New York Times has urged President Donald Trump not to continue labelling reporters \"enemies of the people\", saying it could \"lead to violence\" against the media. AG Sulzberger made the details of their off-the-record meeting public after Mr Trump tweeted about it. In his ... |
Trump vows to win travel ban court fight | 10 February 2017 | [
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"context": "President Donald Trump has said he has \"no doubt\" his administration will win legal challenges to his travel ban. But he told reporters on Air Force One he is considering a \"brand new order\" as his old one flounders in the courts. The action barred entry from refugees and citizens from seven m... |
Will Australia's 'miracle economy' keep on winning? | 22 October 2017 | [
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"context": "It was the year Australia went to war in the Gulf, when Monica Seles and Boris Becker won tennis grand slams in Melbourne, and The Simpsons was first shown on Aussie television, while a swooning Bryan Adams was a hit with love-struck teenagers (\"Look into your heart, baby\"). It was 1991, and the... |
Wood burners and open fires face restrictions in new clean air plan | 14 January 2019 | [
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"context": "Wood burning stoves, open fires and farms all face new restrictions as the government sets out what it calls a \"world leading\" plan to tackle air pollution. In their Clean Air Strategy, published today, the government promises to set a \"bold new goal\" to reduce particulates across much of the ... |
Why a village in New Zealand is trying to ban all cats | 29 August 2018 | [
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"context": "A small village on the southern coast of New Zealand is planning to implement a radical plan to protect its native wildlife: ban all domestic cats. Under the initiative, proposed by Environment Southland, cat owners in Omaui will have to neuter, microchip and register their moggies with local auth... |
Aleppo battle: Hopes rise for evacuation of rebel-held areas | 15 December 2016 | [
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"context": "Buses are again poised to start evacuations from a rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo under a renewed but fragile deal. Fighters and civilians had been due to leave on Wednesday, but a ceasefire collapsed. Rebels say a new truce came into effect on Thursday morning. One convoy of ambu... |
Syria war: Turkey denounces US 'terror army' plan for border | 15 January 2018 | [
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"context": "Key powers involved in Syria's civil war have criticised US plans to help an allied Kurdish-led militia set up a 30,000-strong \"border security force\". Turkey's president vowed to \"suffocate\" efforts to begin training members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and create what he called a \"... |
How uninhabited islands soured China-Japan ties | 10 November 2014 | [
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"context": "Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial row over a group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China. At the heart of the dispute are eight uninhabited islands and rocks in the East China Sea. They have a total area of about 7 sq km an... |
Iran nuclear deal: European powers reject 'ultimatums' | 9 May 2019 | [
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"context": "European powers have said they remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal but that they \"reject any ultimatums\" from Tehran to prevent its collapse. Iran announced on Wednesday that it had suspended two commitments under the 2015 accord in response to the economic sanctions the US reimposed last ... |
Italy's Tiziana: Tragedy of a woman destroyed by viral sex videos | 13 February 2017 | [
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"context": "It probably took no more than a few seconds for Tiziana Cantone to begin the sequence of events that led to her suicide. In April 2015, the 31-year-old from Mugnano, on the outskirts of Naples, sent a series of sex videos to five people via WhatsApp. The recipients included her boyfriend Sergio Di... |
Spain 'wolf pack' sex attack gang not rapists, say judges | 5 December 2018 | [
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"context": "A Spanish court's controversial decision to clear five men of gang rape has been upheld by five appeal judges, and the group are now set to go to jail for a lesser offence of sexual abuse. There were protests across Spain when the men, who became known as La manada (the wolf pack), were acquitted ... |
Saudi princes among dozens detained in 'corruption' purge | 5 November 2017 | [
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"context": "The heir to the throne in Saudi Arabia has consolidated his hold on power with a major purge of the kingdom's political and business leadership. A new anti-corruption body, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, detained 11 princes, four sitting ministers and dozens of ex-ministers. Prince Al... |
What is the Withdrawal Agreement Bill? | 23 January 2020 | [
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"context": "The government's Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB), which will take the UK out of the EU on 31 January, has passed all its stages in Parliament and been given Royal Assent. The WAB turns Boris Johnson's withdrawal agreement, which is a draft international treaty, into UK law and gives the government... |
Ukraine names woman, 23, anti-corruption head | 23 November 2016 | [
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"context": "A 23-year-old lawyer has been given the task of leading Ukraine's anti-corruption drive, the second major appointment of a young woman in weeks. Anna Kalynchuk's promotion has provoked consternation among some Ukrainians who say she is unqualified and too young. She will direct Ukraine's departmen... |
Hong Kong protest march descends into violence | 6 October 2019 | [
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"context": "Anti-government marches in Hong Kong have ended in rioting, with attacks on government offices, a metro station and businesses with ties to mainland China. Police used water cannon, tear gas and truncheons, reportedly removing masks from demonstrators they arrested, and a number of people were inj... |
Zimbabwe latest: Embattled Mugabe in first public appearance | 17 November 2017 | [
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"context": "Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has made his first public appearance since the army took over on Wednesday. He attended a graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare, handing out degrees. Mr Mugabe had been under house arrest for days. The army made its move after a power struggle over his succe... |
Email prankster 'fooled' White House officials | 1 August 2017 | [
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"context": "A UK hacker reportedly fooled top White House officials into engaging in fake email exchanges. The self-proclaimed \"email prankster\" convinced a senior cyber security adviser he was the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, CNN says. He also goaded the then media chief, Anthony Scaramucci, in t... |
Coveney warns Brexit deal bid is 'running out of road' | 30 January 2019 | [
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"context": "The UK and EU are \"running out of road\" in their bid to secure a Brexit deal, the Irish foreign minister has warned. Simon Coveney said some things were \"more important than economic relationships\" and preventing a hard border in Ireland was one of them. He added that the Irish government was ... |
Poland returns to conservative roots with Law and Justice win | 26 October 2015 | [
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"context": "A Law and Justice-governed Poland looks likely to be a mildly Eurosceptic, more inward-looking, socially conservative country. Based on its current policies and its previous term in office from 2005 to 2007, a Law and Justice government will occupy itself more with domestic issues than foreign one... |
Europe's Galileo: Britain's blast-off | 16 June 2018 | [
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"context": "The battle of Brexit has been raging at Westminster this week. But one of the subjects that's infuriating Brexiteers is going far over our heads. And if you've got a smart phone, or sat-nav in your car, you may already be dependent on it. We often call this GPS - global positioning system. But in... |
Laquan McDonald: Chicago officers fired for alleged cover-up of shooting | 19 July 2019 | [
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"context": "The Chicago Police Board has fired four officers for allegedly covering up the 2014 fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Sgt Stephen Franko and officers Daphne Sebastian, Janet Mondragon and Ricardo Viramontes were dismissed on Thursday after a vote by the nine-member board. Th... |
What sticking points remain on US tax plan? | 4 December 2017 | [
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"context": "Republicans have started haggling on final details as they near completion of the most significant rewrite of the US tax code in decades. The main thrust of the plan has been clear for months - a major reduction in the corporate tax rate, currently 35%. But many parts of the overhaul remain in flu... |
North Korea's high-tech pursuits: Propaganda or progress? | 15 December 2018 | [
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"context": "North Korea often flaunts its military hardware but of late, it appears to be making progress in developing civilian technologies - or at least is claiming to be. As with most things in the country, it is difficult to verify these claims, but it is significant to note the importance being given to... |
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