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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."

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Trump reportedly pressed aides about Venezuela invasion

When asked about the report, a National Security Council spokesman said the U.S. will consider all options to help restore Venezuela's democracy.

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Supreme Court judges forced to retire early by Poland's government

A new law brought in by the right-wing ruling party means the chief justice and as many as one-third of the court's 72 sitting judges must step down.

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Euroviews. Will #MeToo help us quit abusers? Weinstein's indictment is just the beginning | View

Far too often we remain in thrall to the people who inflict pain and pathologies on others, writes cultural theorist Lynn Stuart Parramore.

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Tunisia's capital elects first female mayor

Souad Abderrahim is from Tunisia's moderate Islamic party, which advocates for separating politics from religion.

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Australian archbishop sentenced to detention for covering up child sex abuse

"The whole of the community is devastated in so many ways by the decades of abuse and its concealment," sentencing magistrate said.

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'Health care' worker arrested on suspicion of murdering 8 babies in U.K.

The "heath care professional" was taken into police custody after year-long investigation into the deaths of 17 babies at a hospital neonatal unit.

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Thai schoolboys found — but cave rescue is far from over

"The water level in cave is still very high, so we have to teach them how to swim," the province's governor said.

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Thwarted terror plot in France targeted event involving Giuliani

A couple was arrested for an alleged bomb plot targeting Iranian opposition rally involving US speakers in France.

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Missing Thai boys, soccer coach all found alive in cave complex

Rescue teams will send doctors and food to help them and that rescue teams still need to pump more water out of the cave and work on bringing them out.

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France's 'Spider-Man' begins job in Paris fire brigade

Mamoudou Gassama, the man who found fame after scaling a building in Paris to save a dangling child, begins his first day as a fire fighter.

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Ruling party candidate concedes defeat in Mexican presidential vote

Andrés Manuel López Obrador's victory would be a resounding defeat for outgoing President Enrique Peña Nieto.

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Judge temporarily blocks FEMA from ending housing aid to displaced Puerto Ricans

A judge will hold a hearing on Monday after a Latino civil rights group filed a suit to stop what it feared would be evictions.

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Calls to boost military spending add to U.K.'s growing sense of unease

A former defense chief says the U.K. faces a hard choice: increase the defense budget or accept a diminished status as a military power.

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'Everyone is running for his life': 160,000 displaced in Syria

More than 160,000 civilians have fled towards the Jordanian border as the Assad regime looks to press its advantage in the country's civil war.

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Third U.S. ambassador to step down amid frustrations with Trump

Melville said comments made by President Donald Trump on Wednesday about the European Union spurred his decision to step down.

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Running dry? British pubs hit by World Cup beer shortage

As England prepares to enter the tournament's knockout stages, Londoners are among those being hit by a European CO2 outage affecting the drinks industry.

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Canada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against U.S.

"We will not escalate and we will not back down," Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said.

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North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say officials

"Work is ongoing to deceive us on the number of facilities, the number of weapons, the number of missiles," said one U.S. official.

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European leaders hail breakthrough deal on migration after marathon talks

The summit took place in an atmosphere of political crisis and underscored how Europe's 2015 spike in immigration continues to haunt the bloc, despite a sharp drop in arrivals since.