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U.K. risks becoming U.S.'s 'junior partner' after Brexit, France's Macron warns

"The point can't be to exit Europe and say 'we'll be stronger,' before in the end, becoming the junior partner of the United States," Macron said.

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Raging rainforest fires darken skies in Brazil, inspire #prayforamazonia

Brazil's National Institute for Space Research said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year, an 84 percent increase compared to last year.

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Tech-savvy Iranians stay connected on social media despite regime restrictions

Wary of digital technology that helped fuel past protests, Iranian officials have tried to promote domestic apps instead.

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Saudi judge rules U.S. mother 'too Western' to raise daughter, relative says

Marlene Vierra said a judge in Saudi Arabia ruled her niece, Bethany, was not fit to parent because she was "too Western."

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Euroviews. Jeffrey Epstein's final act cannot be to deny his accusers justice — again ǀ View

There are thousands of similar victims in America out there watching this case and wondering if they will be heard, believed and protected if they come forward.

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Euroviews. Stock market drops and China trade woes evoke the trauma of 2008 — but don't panic (yet) ǀ View

Even if the U.S. economy is slowing, that doesn’t mean we're headed back to the dark days of the Great Recession.

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Founder of 8chan wishes he could 'uncreate' forum popular with white supremacists

Brennan no longer has control of 8chan, which has been run by U.S. Army veteran Jim Watkins since 2015.

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'Danger line': North Korea says U.S. is inciting military tension

Pyongyang would have to "reconsider the major steps we have taken so far," a North Korean diplomat in Geneva said.

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China warns on U.S. deployment of arms in Asia as trade tensions flare

China "no longer expects goodwill from the United States," tweeted the editor-in-chief of an influential Chinese tabloid in a sign of worsening tensions.

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Clashes break out as Hong Kong protesters fan out across city in general strike

"'Be Water' is now the motto. We stay when we need to stay, we leave when we need to leave, we change location when we need to change," one protester said.

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Amid condolences, world media warns about U.S. right-wing extremism

"U.S. in the midst of a white nationalist terrorism crisis," ran a headline in one foreign newspaper.

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U.S. citizen went to Uganda to help kids. Now her charity is accused of killing them.

"I knew she was not trained, but she had this presence about her that you kind of just believed that she knew," an ex-volunteer with Bach's charity says.

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India's government revokes disputed Kashmir's special status

The revocation was met with an uproar in India's parliament, while Kashmir was under a security lockdown that kept thousands of people inside their homes.

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Brazil gang leader dresses up as daughter in failed jail escape attempt

Prison officials said the gang leader's plan was to apparently leave his 19-year-old daughter inside the jail.

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Canadian authorities searching river for teen murder suspects

The suspects are wanted in the killings of three people, including an American woman and her Australian boyfriend.

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Heated debate has always been part of British politics. Brexit has made it angrier.

Analysis: "The way both sides talk about each other — each month it gets more and more polarized," one expert said.

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US to Sweden: Release ASAP Rocky or suffer 'negative consequences'

The rapper landed back on U.S. soil Saturday, leaving behind him the looming verdict in an episode that has led to unexpected tension between the U.S. and its European ally.

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Iran seizes another foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, state TV reports

The report comes weeks after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, an incident that inflamed tensions amid renewed hostility between Iran and the West.

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Frenchman succeeds in bid to cross English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard

Franky Zapata abandoned a previous attempt after failing to land on a refuelling platform and falling into the sea.

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With Cold War pact dead, U.S. looks to place missiles in Asia

The Trump admin formally withdrew from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty Friday, saying "the United States will not remain party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by Russia."