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Euroviews. How McCain used his own funeral to send a farewell message to America

As he faced the inevitable, the wily Arizona senator knew that he would have a captive audience and choreographed the entire period of mourning. He orchestrated it to be a clarion call for continuing what he stood for, while also pushing back and battling against the continued umbrage of today.

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U.S. cuts funding to United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency

"The world is getting very dark."

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ISIS supporter who plotted to kill British PM Teresa May gets 30 years to life

"He just wanted to strike fear into people."

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Rebel leader in east Ukraine killed in blast

Russia accused Ukraine of assassinating the separatist leader to unleash a new war in eastern Ukraine, but Kiev said it had nothing to do with the blast.

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Fast news: The week in 60 seconds

We take a 60-second look at the biggest stories hitting headlines around the world this week.

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Dutch police shoot stabbing suspect at busy Amsterdam train station

Amsterdam police said two people were injured Friday in the stabbing in the city's busy central railway station and the suspect was then shot by officers.

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Europe ticks closer to ending daylight saving time

84 percent of respondents to an EU-wide consultation want to see an end to biannual clock changes. It will now be proposed in the European Parliament.

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Syrians returning to Aleppo confront hope and hardship

Nearly two years after Syrian government forces took back control of Aleppo, the eastern part of the city — once a center of the rebellion against President Bashar al Assad — is still in ruins. But the reconstruction effort is in full swing.

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London mayor who approved Trump baby blimp to get own bikini balloon

The balloon is a reference to a "beach body ready" ad that Khan banned in 2016.

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Chelsea Manning denied entry to Australia for speaking tour

Manning was an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army when she leaked military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

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China spends big to avert a crisis when the Dalai Lama dies

China is increasingly trying to enhance its image by casting itself as the largest nation of Buddhist believers.

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Scallops trigger clashes between fishing boats in English Channel

"We're trying to get rid of the English, because if we let them get away with it, they will clear out the whole area."

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Clerical sex-abuse scandal exposes 'war within the Vatican'

Tensions between reformists like Pope Francis and conservatives have been bubbling since the pontiff was elected in 2013.

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A murder, a neo-Nazi rally and violence prompt soul-searching in German city

Unrest reflects growing schism in Germany after about 1 million asylum seekers were allowed to enter the country in 2015.

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Euroviews. Is Trump's presidency in jeopardy yet? Ask Bill Clinton | View

This president is not going to be forced out of office because of infidelity. Congress has been down that road before — and it led nowhere.

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Sacrilegious spies: Russians tried hacking Orthodox clergy

The Russian hackers indicted by the U.S. special prosecutor last month may have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of some of the world's most senior Orthodox Christian figures.

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U.N. blasts Facebook for being 'slow' to act on Rohingya 'genocide'

The tech giant has banned several top Myanmar military officials over hate speech and fake news.

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Joy, and heartbreak, as Korean families reunited after 68 years

The reunions are the latest gesture of reconciliation between North and South Korea.

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North Korea's state newspaper accuses U.S. of plotting invasion

"We cannot but take a serious note of the double-dealing attitudes of the U.S.," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper wrote.

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Explosive letter claims Pope Francis helped cover up Cardinal McCarrick sex abuse

"The corruption has reached the very top of the Church's hierarchy," the Vatican's former ambassador to the U.S. purportedly wrote in a letter calling on Francis to resign.