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Migrant aid ship captain detained after trying to forcibly dock at Italian port

Carola Rackete, the 32-year-old ship captain from Germany, had been engaged in a standoff with Italian authorities that reignited a fierce debate over the country's draconian migration laws.

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Euroviews. Is an emotional support animal serving a person's needs or their narcissism? ǀ View

There can be significant fallout for other people when you bring a poorly trained animal into a public area. The question is whether you care.

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Trump's Iran policy is deepening mistrust in North Korea, experts say

Analysis: One expert said that "from the North Koreans' perspective, the Americans just can't be trusted — full stop."

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Alleged organizer in David Ortiz shooting arrested in Dominican Republic

Authorities said that the man paid for a hit on his cousin but that Ortiz was shot in a case of mistaken identity.

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Russia's Putin declares liberalism in Europe 'obsolete'

"The liberal idea... has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population," Putin said.

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Raging wildfire in Spain's suspected cause is combustion of manure in heat wave

Hundreds of firefighters struggled to contain the blaze that has spread over 13,590 acres and forced the evacuation of 53 residents.

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Paris' workers persevere as extreme heat wave hits Europe

Temperatures in the French capital soared to 93 degrees — and felt more like 102 degrees — as the heat intensifies across the continent.

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Two crew die in Siberia after plane skids off runway

The An-24 plane, carrying 43 passengers, experienced an engine failure and crash-landed in the town of Nizhneangarsk Thursday morning.

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Germany sees big increase in anti-Semitic acts of violence

A German government agency also found that the number of far-right extremists rose by 100 to 24,100 people last year with more than half of them potentially violent.

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Three women accuse Gambia's ex-president of rape or sexual assault

Human rights groups say Jammeh's rule was marked by forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, torture and arbitrary detention.

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Germany's Merkel seen shaking for second time this month

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second such bout within two weeks.

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Trump's high stakes meeting with Chinese leader set to loom over G-20 summit

Analysts warn an escalating U.S.-China trade war could hit the global economy and dent U.S. living standards, particularly among low-income households.

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California woman killed in shark attack in Bahamas

The 21-year-old was snorkeling near Rose Island when she was attacked, Bahama police said.

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French seek reprieve from sweltering heat wave

Hot air from the Sahara desert has triggered a heat wave across Europe, smashing temperature records with overnight lows of 77 degrees in southern France.

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No sign Notre Dame fire was criminal, Paris prosecutor says

In the preliminary investigation, judicial police examined more than 1,200 clues and heard testimony from around 100 people.

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Libyan warlord Trump praised is sued in U.S. for alleged rights abuses, war crimes

President Trump praised Khalifa Haftar during a phone call in April and Arab allies are backing the former general in Libya's civil war.

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U.S. woman who founded Uganda charity sued by 2 mothers who say their children died

The two mothers who are suing say they didn't discover that Renee Bach was not a doctor until after their children died.

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Why this tiny Baltic nation is building a digital embassy half a continent away

Estonia is entrusting terabytes of information on its citizens to an ally in the hope of improving the security of its crucial government systems.

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Prominent Virginia doctor and his tour guide murdered in Belize

Dr. Gary Swank, a cardiologist and avid fly fisherman, was traveling with his wife and school-age children.

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Austrian court says Ukrainian oligarch with ties to Manafort can be sent to U.S.

Dmytro Firtash, who was arrested in Austria in 2014, denies all wrongdoing.