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UK PM Theresa May secures Cabinet backing for 'Soft Brexit' plan

Prime Minister Theresa May has secured backing from her Cabinet to negotiate a soft Brexit with the European Union. It comes off the back of a make-or-break meeting May held on Friday at her country residence in Chequers in a bid to overcome divisions in her government.

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Amesbury Novichok poisoning case 'will take months'

Find out everything we know so far about the UK couple poisoned with Novichok.

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Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Sharif to 10 years in prison for corruption

The verdict is a major blow to Sharif's party ahead of a general election in July.

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Ousted Pakistani PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by an anti-corruption court in Pakistan. The case relates to the sale of upscale London flats. Sharif has described the charges as politically motivated and is expected to appeal.

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Did Pompeo bring Kim Jong Un a 'Rocket Man' CD? He won't say.

The secretary of state neither confirmed nor denied a report that an Elton John CD was among the gifts he intended to present to Kim Jong Un.

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Anne Frank's family tried to escape to U.S. but hit immigration roadblocks

Documents indicate Anne's father Otto tried twice to collect the papers needed to obtain visas for the United States.

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China vows 'counterattack' as U.S. tariffs kick in

The world's two biggest economies have fired the opening shots in a trade war that could have wide-ranging consequences.

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Thai diver dies amid cave rescue effort

A Thai navy official said the rescuer was placing oxygen cannisters overnight when he perished in the waterlogged cave.

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Founder of deadly Japanese doomsday cult executed

Shoko Asahara was the mastermind of Aum Shinrikyo, which was blamed for at least 40 deaths in attacks and tests using sarin, VX and other nerve agents.

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Rhino poachers eaten by lions on South African game reserve

The human remains were found with tools traditionally used for rhino poaching.

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Mom shoots carjacker as her kids watch from back seat

"I would do what I need to do to protect them by any means necessary," the woman said.

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Starbucks fires barista after customer is mocked for stutter

A 28-year-old University of Pennsylvania student was reportedly mocked twice, once upon ordering and again when picking up his drink.

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Fireworks explosion near Mexico City kills 17, injures 31

The dead included four firefighters and two police officers who rushed to the scene after the first explosion, only to killed by the second blast.

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U.N. urges Jordan to open border as Russian jets pummel southern Syria

UN urges Jordan to accept refugees as 60,000 of the displaced gather at border crossing

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Wives of ISIS militants file for divorce, try to start over

"Being a wife of a terrorist is not honoring me, my family and it is not going to honor my kids when they grow up."

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Canada is investigating U.S. Border Patrol's maritime immigration checks

The Canadian government says it is investigating reports that the U.S. Border Patrol was looking for unauthorized immigrants in disputed waters.

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Pre-human toddler could walk and climb like a pro

Little skeleton had feet that looked partly like modern humans, and partly like modern apes

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Don't give up hope, freed Chilean miner tells Thai soccer team

"They shouldn't be ashamed to be scared," Omar Reygadas said of the boys. "Because we were scared, too. Our tears also ran. Even as adult men, we cried."

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'Taxi services' rescue migrants from sea, but welcoming ports dwindle

Such operations are getting complicated amid claims ships run by charities serve as de facto "taxi services" for human smugglers based in Libya.

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'Unknown substance' leaves pair critically ill near scene of U.K. spy attack

"It was initially believed that the two patients fell ill after using possibly heroin or crack cocaine ... However, further testing is now ongoing."