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City with a conscience: Dubai's desert utopia

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Sticky situation: Seattle’s 'gum wall' delights and disgusts in equal measure

Christopher Columbus statue vandalised with red paint in San Francisco

UEFA charges Bulgarian football authority with racist behaviour over match with England on Monday

Protesters and police in fierce battles at Barcelona airport

Spanish police clash with Catalan separatists as they try to disperse protest

Watch: San Francisco Columbus statue vandalised on namesake US holiday

People ride on a motorbike in the city of Manbij, Syria October 15, 2019.

Business

Expo 2020: A year to go

Apple removed police-tracking app

The border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland near Newry, October 1, 2019.

Global economy is going through a 'synchronised slowdown', says IMF's new chief Kristalina Georgieva

US tariffs: EU vows to retaliate

Risky business: how to keep your intellectual property safe

Why is protecting your IP a key to business success?

EU unemployment drops to lowest level in nearly two decades: Eurostat

Building dialogue, trust and partnership; the meeting of speakers of parliaments begins in Nursultan

Folders pictured before the start of a hearing in a class action suit filed by over 400,000 of diesel automobile owners against VW in Brunswick, September 30, 2019

US fashion retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy

Healthy oceans can provide solutions to climate change

Brexit economic woes and the rebirth of British Airways

Sport

Turkish footballers repeat military salutes in France match despite UEFA probe

enya's Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record holder, crosses the finish line during his attempt to run a marathon in under two hours in Vienna, Austria, October 12, 2019.

World Rugby Chief Operating Officer and Tournament Director Alan Gilpin during the press conference on October 10, 2019.

Whodunnit? Row between wives of English footballers Rooney and Vardy goes viral

Brazil Judo Grand Slam: Main focus was on Teddy Riner of France

Brazil Judo Grand Slam: Brazil, Colombia, Japan and Russia excel

The International Judo Federation world tour returns to Brazil

Tanak wins Rally GB in Wales

Marquez wins 6th Moto GP World Championship

France and New Zealand through to Rugby World Cup quarter finals

Watch: Footgolf world championships held in Austria

Cardiff must pay Nantes €6 million for Sala transfer, says FIFA

Russia ends on a high at Tashkent Grand Prix

European affairs

Londoners adjust to new life in the Netherlands

Watch: Belgium's famous foods get Michelin-starred makeover

Supporters of Catalonia's independence protest against upcoming ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court against the independence movement's leaders, in Barcelona, Oct 13, 2019.

Opposition Socialist candidate Gergely Karacsony

Poland's parliamentary election 2019: All you need to know about the pivotal poll

Talking tough or tough talks

Watch: Belgrade's The Victor monument removed for restoration

Lifestyle

Frances McDormand kicks off Lumière film festival in Lyon

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Azerbaijan's Nasimi Festival is a melting pot of Poetry Arts and Spirituality

Rolando Villazón's Wild Western wows Leipzig

Discover the art of the surimi masters

Chef Thierry Voisin's Kamaboko-stuffed courgette flower recipe

Turner Prize nominees focus on issues beyond Brexit

Knowledge

The deep-rooted truth about chicory root

Rising sea levels - how the Netherlands found ways of working with the environment

Space Chronicles: First UAE astronaut visits the International Space Station

Protecting life in the Arctic seas

Mapping the Arctic sea life

How technology is influencing the future of food and housing - whilst respecting the environment

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