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Finland, named world's happiest country, offers 'rent a Finn'

The U.S. ranked 19, down from 18 last year, on the U.N.'s World Happiness Report.

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Brigitte Bardot faces lawsuit over 'racist' comments about French island

In a letter, Bardot described inhabitants of the French island, Reunion, as "aboriginals who have kept the genes of savages."

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E.U. head Donald Tusk sees short Brexit delay if U.K. backs divorce deal

Tusk said that an extension could be granted in writing if EU leaders approved his proposal and Britain's parliament voted in favor of the withdrawal agreement.

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Russia releases 2 American Mormon missionaries

Strict anti-terrorism regulations passed in 2016 limit the activity of religious groups in Russia.

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American man arrested for allegedly stabbing wife at Tokyo court

The suspect had three knives and police believe he ambushed the woman when she walked into the building, NHK public television reported.

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Britain wanted to take back control. Now it's begging Europe for more time.

The request comes as Donald Trump Jr. says Theresa May "should have listened to my father" during negotiations.

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Cockpit voice recorder reveals moments leading up to Lion Air Boeing 737 crash

The flight crashed in October and killed all 189 people on board.

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Haka ring out as New Zealand copes in massacre's aftermath

Ceremonial dance performed as country and its multicultural diaspora attempt to honor the dead and stay connected with their homeland.

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Devastating cyclone tracks trail of destruction across southeast Africa

President Filipe Nyusi said more than 200 people were killed and more bodies are being discovered after Cyclone Idai.

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Mother accused of abusing 7 adopted children to force them into making YouTube

The children told police their adoptive mother starved, beat and pepper sprayed them when they failed to follow direction for videos, officials said.

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New Zealand suspect was headed to a third target, police say

"We absolutely believe we know where he was going," the commissioner said.

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U.K. facing severe water shortages within 25 years

The head of the U.K. Environment Agency says decreased rainfall, population growth, wastefulness and leaky pipes are posing an "existential threat."

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A convention from 1604 just flung Brexit deeper into uncertainty

With less than two weeks to go until the supposed Brexit deadline, the U.K.'s attempts to leave the E.U. took a fresh and very historical twist.

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Suspect has no direct links to victims of Netherlands tram attack, police say

The 37-year-old suspect was arrested at a house northwest of Utrecht's city center.

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Video shows officer punching woman at St. Patrick's Day 'riot'

Police said the woman on the video struck a police sergeant. She faces charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and public drunkenness, records show.

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USC puts hold on accounts of students tied to admissions scandal

The daughters of actress Lori Loughlin, who has been charged in alleged scam, are students at the school.

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Ardern vows to never utter New Zealand mosque gunman's name

"I implore you: Speak the names of those who were lost, rather than the name of the man who took them," the prime minister said in an impassioned speech.

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More than 1,000 feared dead after cyclone in Mozambique

"It is a real disaster of great proportions," President Filipe Nyusi said.

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Jack the Ripper's identity may finally be known, thanks to DNA

Researchers tested blood and semen found on a shawl near the body of the killer's fourth victim, a woman whose mutilated body was found in September 1888.

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Whale in the Philippines dies with 88 pounds of plastic in stomach

The plastic included 16 rice sacks, four banana plantation bags and multiple shopping bags, according to a local museum.