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Austria skiing legend Marcel Hirscher retires

The 30-year-old put an end to speculation at a news conference in Salzburg.

USA

New theory in the never-ending search for the Loch Ness monster: a really big eel

While the legend of the Loch Ness monster goes back hundreds of years, the first modern sighting of Nessie was reported in 1933.

USA

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's brother quits government over Brexit

"In recent weeks I've been torn between family loyalty and the national interest," Jo Johnson said.

USA

A royal education: Princess Charlotte marks her first day of school

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge held the hands of their two children as they started a new year at Thomas's Battersea School.

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After Dorian's destruction in Bahamas, relief efforts start trickling in

"The logistics are really unlike anything we've experienced before," said the executive director of an organization that provides meals to victims.

USA

U.K. Parliament approves first stage of bill to halt no-deal Brexit, dealing blow to PM

"The country must now decide whether the leader of the opposition or I go to those negotiations in Brussels," Boris Johnson said.

USA

U.S. woman arrested after trying to smuggle a six-day-old baby in hand luggage

Jennifer Erin Talbot was arrested after attempting to hide the six-day old baby in her hand-luggage, immigration authorities said.

USA

Hong Kong's Carrie Lam withdraws extradition bill

The controversial extradition bill that prompted mass demonstrations in June has been withdrawn, but protesters have other demands.

USA

Iran to release seven crew members of detained British tanker

The Stena Impero was detained by Tehran on July 19, two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar

USA

Boris Johnson's Brexit plans in tatters after losing key vote

The prime minister's Brexit plan is torn to shreds by rebellious lawmakers who oppose leaving the European Union without a deal.

Italy

Members of Italy's Five-Star Movement approve coalition with PD

Members of Italy's Five Star Movement vote 79% in favour of coalition with Democratic Party

USA

U.S. contractor killed in Iraq while clearing area of mines, officials say

The unnamed American citizen was killed while defusing an improvised explosive device.

United Kingdom

Rebellious U.K. lawmakers launch audacious bid to derail Boris Johnson's Brexit plan

"I don't think unprecedented is too strong a word. It is huge," said Tim Bale, politics professor at Queen Mary University of London.

USA

Palestinian Harvard student who had been denied entry to U.S. is admitted

Ismail Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a scholarship, has arrived on campus in time for the first day of classes.

USA

Lam wishes she could quit as Hong Kong leader

When it comes to the interests of Beijing and the people of Hong Kong, "political room for maneuvering is very, very, very limited."

USA

Taliban claims blast in Afghan capital as draft peace deal agreed

The explosion came as a senior U.S. diplomat was visiting Kabul to brief Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on a draft peace accord reached with the insurgents that could see thousands of U.S. troops withdrawn from Afghanistan.

United Kingdom

An epic Brexit fight is coming — can Boris Johnson be stopped?

"It is going to be a God almighty fight," one rebel lawmaker said.

USA

Dozens feared dead in California boat fire

Four bodies have been recovered and another four have been identified on the ocean floor after a commercial diving boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island in the early hours of Monday, the US Coast Guard confirmed.

USA

'Please pray for us,' begs mother sheltering from Hurricane Dorian

"The apartment building, the whole roof came off, we just standing right here," says resident sheltering from the storm.

USA

Student pilot hailed for landing plane after his instructor passes out

"Student — great pilot. Tower — great tower. I'm telling you, you don't get that cooperation very often."