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Supreme Court dismisses appeal

Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law.

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Guatemala ramps up search for missing as death toll rises

Survivors look up at the volcano, once their home, now a ghost town.

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U.S. evacuates China staffers as illness mystery deepens

The same concussion-like symptoms that hit staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba are reported at the consulate in Guangzhou.

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U.S. plans to release detained American 'enemy combatant' in Syria

"What the government is offering our client is no release — it's a death warrant," an attorney for the detained man said.

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Stormy Daniels lawsuit: My old lawyer was a 'puppet' for Trump, Cohen

Suit claims the attorneys tried to arrange for her to appear on Sean Hannity's show and deny affair.

Economy

The new Italian government led by Giuseppe Conte has been confirmed by

The new Italian government led by Giuseppe Conte has been confirmed by the country's parliament

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No reported injuries at five-star hotel fire in London

No reported injuries at five-star hotel fire in London

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Germany targets members of Nazi death squads blamed for killing 1 million

The Nazis established death camps partially due to concerns about the psychological effects up-close mass killings were having on Einsatzgruppen troops.

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Argentina cancels soccer game against Israel amid boycott campaign

The head of the Palestinian football association had called on Arab soccer fans to burn posters of star player Lionel Messi if he participated.

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My chats with Trump are similar to sausages, Macron says

The French presidency says Macron told Trump during a call last week that new U.S. tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a "mistake."

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Volcano eruption wipes out families in Guatemala

A rescue worker says he found family members, searching for shelter in their homes, locked in a final embrace.

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Kate Spade was both an elegant taste-maker and a savvy mogul

The late designer set the sleek and brightly colored fashion template for a generation of striving women.

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Man begins swim from Japan to San Francisco

Ben Lecomte, born in France and now living in Texas, has begun a swim estimated at 5,500 miles. He hopes to bring attention to pollution from plastics.

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US school safety committee won't examine guns, DeVos says

"That is not part of the commission's charge, per se," the education secretary said.

Italy

Italy's Conte wins Senate vote of confidence

Italy's coalition government of PM Giuseppe Conte has won a vote of confidence in the Senate - the first step towards its confirmation.

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Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in her apartment

Fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead at her New York apartment on Tuesday.

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What is gun control in the US? What you need to know

The root of the gun control debate stems from single sentence in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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10 Saudi women get driving licenses — as crackdown targets movement's leaders

"The lifting of the ban on driving is a real contradiction when we see the activists who have dedicated their campaign efforts remain in detention."

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Middle-class tax plan triggers Jordan's biggest protests in years

The government is under pressure from the International Monetary Fund to carry out economic reforms and austerity measures to rein in growing public debt.

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'It haunts me': Parkland school officer defends actions during massacre

'I never would have sat there and let my kids get slaughtered'