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Wiltshire pair 'exposed to same nerve agent which poisoned Skripals'

UK police have declared a major incident — two people left in critical condition after possible exposure to 'unknown substance' in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

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Tunisia's capital elects first female mayor

Souad Abderrahim is from Tunisia's moderate Islamic party, which advocates for separating politics from religion.

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Australian archbishop sentenced to detention for covering up child sex abuse

"The whole of the community is devastated in so many ways by the decades of abuse and its concealment," sentencing magistrate said.

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'Health care' worker arrested on suspicion of murdering 8 babies in U.K.

The "heath care professional" was taken into police custody after year-long investigation into the deaths of 17 babies at a hospital neonatal unit.

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Thai schoolboys found — but cave rescue is far from over

"The water level in cave is still very high, so we have to teach them how to swim," the province's governor said.

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3-year-old birthday girl dies after Idaho stabbing spree

Following the child's death, the suspect, Timmy Kinner, 30, was charged Monday with first-degree murder.

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German Chancellor Merkel says compromise on migration reached with CSU

CSU leader Horst Seehofer to continue to serve as Interior Minister.

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Thwarted terror plot in France targeted event involving Giuliani

A couple was arrested for an alleged bomb plot targeting Iranian opposition rally involving US speakers in France.

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Missing Thai boys, soccer coach all found alive in cave complex

Rescue teams will send doctors and food to help them and that rescue teams still need to pump more water out of the cave and work on bringing them out.

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Ruling party candidate concedes defeat in Mexican presidential vote

Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory would be a resounding defeat for outgoing President Enrique Peña Nieto.

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Lopez Obrador set to win Mexico's presidential election

Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks set to replace the conservative Enrique Pena Nieto as president with at least 53% of votes, according to the electoral authority's official quick count.

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German Interior Minister offers to resign over asylum policy

German Interior Minister and CSU party leader Horst Seehofer has offered to leave his posts over the Chancellor’s asylum policy, according to party sources.

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Boise stabbing suspect injured 9 at 3-year-old's birthday party

"As you can imagine, the Wylie Street Apartment and our community is reeling from this attack," Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said.

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Judge temporarily blocks FEMA from ending housing aid to displaced Puerto Ricans

A judge will hold a hearing on Monday after a Latino civil rights group filed a suit to stop what it feared would be evictions.

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Calls to boost military spending add to U.K.'s growing sense of unease

A former defense chief says the U.K. faces a hard choice: increase the defense budget or accept a diminished status as a military power.

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'Everyone is running for his life': 160,000 displaced in Syria

More than 160,000 civilians have fled towards the Jordanian border as the Assad regime looks to press its advantage in the country's civil war.

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Third U.S. ambassador to step down amid frustrations with Trump

Melville said comments made by President Donald Trump on Wednesday about the European Union spurred his decision to step down.

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Running dry? British pubs hit by World Cup beer shortage

As England prepares to enter the tournament's knockout stages, Londoners are among those being hit by a European CO2 outage affecting the drinks industry.

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Canada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against U.S.

"We will not escalate and we will not back down," Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said.

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North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say officials

"Work is ongoing to deceive us on the number of facilities, the number of weapons, the number of missiles," said one U.S. official.