2017-08-12

Sport

Life without Neymar - Barcelona take on Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup

Coach Ernesto Valverde will get his first proper taste of the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid when the two giants of Spanish soccer meet in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup.

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Clashes in Charlottesville

12/08/2017

Cult

Budapest’s Sziget festival celebrates its 25th anniversary

Band's get ready to perform at day three of Budapest’s 25th Sziget festival.

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Violent clashes in Nairobi

12/08/2017

Germany

Merkel slams German auto execs during election rally

Merkel slams German auto execs during election rally

12/08/2017

Denmark

Danish entrepreneur charged with murder after submarine is wrecked

A Danish inventor has been charged with murder over the disappearance of a Swedish journalist after his submarine is wrecked.

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Flexing muscles in West Java

12/08/2017

France

Wildfires force evacuations in northern Corsica

Emergency services struggle to bring several fires under control on the French Mediterranean island.

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Sand sculpting in Shaanxi, China

12/08/2017

China

Hong Kong removes contaminated eggs

Hong Kong says all fipronil-contaminated eggs imported from the Netherlands have been removed from supermarket shelves.

12/08/2017

India

Claims of negligence after 60 children die in India hospital

An encephalitis outbreak and disrupted oxygen supplies are blamed for the deaths at the hospital in Uttar Pradesh.

12/08/2017

North Korea

China warns Trump and North Korea over war of words

In a phone call with Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping warned all sides to avoid aggravating tensions.

12/08/2017

Argentina

Argentina: thousands protest over missing indigenous rights activist

Santiago Maldonado disappeared after clashes as security forces evicted a group of Mapuche Indians from land owned by Benetton in Patagonia.

12/08/2017

Israel

World's oldest man dies aged 113

Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal has died a month before his 114th birthday

12/08/2017

Sport

Old timers claim gold at World Athletics Championships

Dafne Schippers in the 200m, Brittney Reese in the long jump, and Pawel Fajdek in the hammer: three previous World title holders won gold again on Friday night in London.

12/08/2017

Japan

Japan moves its PAC-3 missile to the west of the country

Japan has begun moving its defence system to the west of the country after North Korea announced plans to launch ballistic missiles near the US Pacific territory of Guam.

12/08/2017

Venezuela

Trump threatens Venezuela with "military option" in response to the country's growing unrest

US President Donald Trump has threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation in Washington's response to the country's political crisis.

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