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Theresa May says Brexit deal still 'achievable' despite differences
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Russian police probe mysterious death of 32yo ‘Nigerian prince’ in night club
A Nigerian-born ‘prince’, who became a local celebrity in a small Russian steel-casting city after marrying a local woman and moving in, has died under murky circumstances, triggering a police investigation.
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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting her first child
They will also visit New Zealand as well as Tonga and Fiji -- two areas where there is a risk of Zika virus transmission.
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Brexit is just six months away. And neither backers nor foes are happy.
A slew of issues remain unresolved, including customs and tariffs, medicine and aviation regulation, fishing rights and what happens at the Irish border.
Latest Europe
Macedonia PM vows to press on with name change despite referendum failure
Low turnout negates referendum in which vast majority of voters backed name change
Washington to blacklist 12 Russian companies in new round of sanctions
The US Department of Commerce has imposed restrictions on 12 Russian corporations that are allegedly acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US.
May blasts Brussels' rejection of Brexit blueprint, wants to ‘hear from the EU’
British Prime Minister Theresa May demanded new proposals from the EU in a pugnacious speech delivered a day after EU leaders rejected her Brexit blueprint at a summit in Austria.
Vladimir Putin has hit back after Britain named two Russian spies behind a chemical attack
BRITAIN named the alleged Russian spies behind a poison attack on its soil, now Vladimir Putin has hit back.
Salisbury poisonings: police name two Russian suspects
CPS says there is enough evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov over Wiltshire novichok poisonings
Thersa May has promised not to give in to pressure for a second referendum
BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May has slammed campaigners calling for a second Brexit vote as a “gross betrayal” of trust — and she’s not backing down.
Ukraine crisis: Mass turnout for funeral of Donetsk rebel Zakharchenko
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in eastern Ukraine to mourn a Russian-backed separatist leader who was killed in a bomb attack on Friday.
Michel Barnier says he strongly opposes May's Brexit trade proposals
EU negotiator also suggests European carmakers will have to use fewer British-made parts
EU security must no longer depend on US, says Macron
Europe can no longer rely on the United States for its security.
Attack on police station in Catalonia investigated as a terrorist act
Catalonia police are treating this morning's attack on a police station in Barcelona as a terrorist act. A knife-wielding man attempted to enter the site reportedly shouting “Allahu Akbar" and was shot by officers.
Brazil sends troops to Venezuela border after clashes
Brazil's President Michel Temer called an emergency meeting of key ministers Sunday after ordering troops to the border with Venezuela as regional tensions build over the exodus from its crisis-hit neighbor.
At least 39 killed in Italian bridge collapse as shocking photos from before tragedy emerge
DISTURBING images appear to show the doomed Italian bridge crumbling in the weeks before the tragedy that killed at least 39.
First group of Syrian kids arrives in Russia for military education
Eight kids from the Syrian “School for Late Heroes’ Children” have arrived to St. Petersburg and are now preparing themselves for studies in various Russian military schools, a popular daily reports.
Malta agrees to allow Aquarius migrant boat to dock
Malta said on Tuesday it would allow the rescue ship Aquarius, which has been barred for four days from several coastal states, to dock after five European Union countries agreed to take in the 141 migrants on board.
Boris Johnson 'to face probe' over Islamophobic remarks
The former UK foreign secretary compared Muslims who wear veils with bank robbers in article published in major outlet.
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