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BBC Presenter broke rules by criticizing Trump comments

The decision has prompted an outpouring of support for the presenter online.

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Hong Kong leader holds community talks in attempt to end crisis

"Deep wounds have been opened in our society. These will take time to heal," Carrie Lam said in an opinion piece in the New York Times.

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Woman behind French #MeToo movement is fined for defamation

French journalist Sandra Muller said she fears the message of the court decision is "be quiet."

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Dead student went unnoticed for months in university housing

The man's body was discovered at the University of Canterbury after other students noticed an odor coming from his room.

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Israeli president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a government

Israeli president asks Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a government

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Israel's president taps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form next government

The final results published Wednesday saw the Likud party win 32 out of the 120 seats in the Israeli Parliament, one behind Blue and White's 33.

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Male model accused of taking home unconscious woman who died

The victim, Thitima Noraphanpiphat, 25, worked as a "pretty," the term for young women hired for events such as auto shows to pose seductively with products.

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Boris Johnson flies back to U.K. to face Brexit music

"Holding the government to account and asking questions about what the government is doing is what Parliament is all about," said a former Conservative Party lawmaker.

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U.S. football player Wendell Brown released from Chinese prison

"I'm coming home," Brown said before boarding a flight to Los Angeles after serving a prison term for his involvement in a bar fight.

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Slash emissions or watch cities vanish, rivers run dry, marine life collapse, study warns

"Everybody in the world will be affected by the changes we are seeing," said Michael Meredith, one of the report's authors.

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Bomb attack hits police bus in southern Turkey

An official was cited by state-owned Anadolu news agency as saying initial information indicated the wounded were not seriously hurt.

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U.S. exit from Syria could bolster ISIS threat, strengthen Iran, says bipartisan report

The Trump administration's repeated flip-flops on Syria policy have undercut U.S. credibility and confused allies, the report says.

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Meet Lady Hale, the brooch-wearing justice who delivered a blow to Boris Johnson

"The effect upon the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme," Hale said of the prime minister's suspension of Parliament.

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Huge repatriation effort spells end to oldest travel company's storied history

The 178-year-old company began when a Baptist missionary organized 500 like minded passengers to travel to a temperance meeting in 1841.

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Former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's remains to be exhumed decades after death

Six judges unanimously rejected an appeal by Franco's relatives against the government's plan to move the body to a cemetery on the capital's outskirts.

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U.K. Supreme Court rules Boris Johnson's Parliament suspension unlawful

The decision marks a decisive setback for the government, potentially giving lawmakers additional time to scrutinize and challenge its hardline Brexit plans.

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Boris Johnson calls for new Iran nuclear deal, says Trump is 'one guy' to get it done

In an interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt, the Conservative prime minister praised President Donald Trump's negotiating skills.

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Tropical storms inch toward Puerto Rico, Bermuda

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Karen was expected to pass near or over Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Tuesday.

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British travel firm Thomas Cook collapses, stranding hundreds of thousands

The closing of one of Britain's oldest companies has sparked the largest peacetime repatriation effort in the nation's history.

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Arab party backs Netanyahu rival for prime minister, Israel president floats unity government

Benny Gantz got a boost from the Arab-dominated Joint List, which said it was ending it usual policy of not supporting the main candidates after elections.