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Natalie Huet

South Korea

News of Trump-Kim meeting greeted with hope and caution

"I don't know what's in Trump's head, and I have doubts as to whether he's serious," says one Tokyo resident.

USA

US porn star Stormy Daniels sues Trump, wants to speak out

Adult film star Stormy Daniels sues President Trump, saying the nondisclosure agreement arranged to cover up their alleged relationship is invalid because he never signed it.

USA

Ex-Trump aide mulls cooperating with Russia probe

A former Trump campaign aide does a 180 – first refusing, then agreeing to cooperate with the Russia investigation, and suggesting special counsel Robert Mueller may have "something" on the president.

USA

Frances McDormand's alleged Oscar thief arrested

A Hollywood partygoer posted a video on Facebook of himself holding and kissing the statuette.

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United Kingdom

Husband of slain MP Jo Cox quits charities after misconduct claims

"My actions were never malicious but they were at times inappropriate," said Brendan Cox, the widower of murdered British MP Jo Cox.

World News

Relief and sadness in France as missing girl's remains recovered

Relief and sadness in France as the remains of a missing schoolgirl are recovered. The nine-year-old had been missing since a family party near Grenoble last summer.

Russia

'All possible causes explored' after Russian plane crash kills 71

Among them are weather conditions, human error and the plane's technical condition.

Syria

Besieged Syrians suffer their bloodiest week in years

Government air strikes on the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus have killed scores of Syrians, in what is said to be their worst week since 2015.

Belgium

Puigdemont settles in Waterloo

The exiled Catalan leader has reportedly chosen a 550-square-metre house with a monthly rent of 4,400 euros.

USA

Trump vs the FBI: memo release fuels firestorm over Russia probe

Donald Trump hits back against the Russia investigation dogging his presidency with an explosive memo alleging political bias within the FBI and Justice Department.

Business Series

Trump trumpets 'tremendous' boost in US-UK trade

Who said the British-American relationship was frosty? "We like each other a lot," said President Trump as he met with Prime Minister Theresa May, adding their two countries would be seeing a "tremendous" boost in bilateral trade.

USA

NYC sues Big Pharma over opioid crisis

The lawsuit alleges drugmakers and distributors used "deceptive marketing" that got millions of Americans hooked on potent painkillers.

Business Series

Davos kicks off with good and bad news

The World Economic Forum opens with a warning that global economic growth is picking up, but too many people are being left out.

World News

Oxfam: 42 super-rich hold same wealth as world's poorest 3.7 bln

Charity gives Davos elite food for thought: 82 percent of the wealth created over the past year went to the richest 1 percent of the world's population.

Spain

Busted: cocaine-filled pineapple ring

Spanish and Portuguese police have seized more than 700 kg of cocaine wrapped in pineapple skins and shipped from South America.

USA

US signals deeper commitment in Syria

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the United States cannot repeat past mistakes and won't pull out of Syria prematurely.

World News

Paris and Rome most popular UNESCO sites on Wikipedia

Good news for European tourism? Half of the 20 most popular sites are located in the EU.

USA

Golden Globes recap: Not too shabby for Europeans

Kudos to Martin McDonagh, Saoirse Ronan, Gary Oldman and others for picking up some of the night’s key awards.

United Kingdom

New faces expected in imminent UK cabinet reshuffle

The Sunday Times says the changes aim to bring younger women and more diversity into the cabinet, to dust off the Tory party's image as "pale, male and stale."

USA

John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies

He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.

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