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US and Cuba clash, big data gets ever bigger - and the flavour of Game of Thrones lingers

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UK retail sales 'plunge at fastest rate since 2008'

UK retail sales 'plunge at fastest rate since 2008'

The Brief: how is Italy's political crisis impacting on the country's economy?

The Brief: how is Italy's political crisis impacting on the country's economy?

U.S. gives Huawei another 90 days before trade ban

U.S. gives Huawei another 90 days before trade ban

US whiskey industry staggering as exports to EU fall through the floor

US whiskey industry staggering as exports to EU fall through the floor

Turkmenistan hosts the 1st Caspian Economic Forum focused on boosting industry, trade and tourism

Turkmenistan hosts the 1st Caspian Economic Forum

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba 'sees revenues rise 42%'

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Pilgrims dance in cosmic energy ritual in Bulgaria

Campaigner, Hannah Seidel, wants 'upskirting' to be made a crime in Germany

Counter-G7 summit: Meet some of the people leading the way for an 'alternative system'

Penguins to porcupines hit the scales for annual London Zoo weigh-in

Sporting Lisbon Under-17 vs União Almeirim

League leader Matteo Salvini speaks to the media after consultations with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, August 22, 2019

Elephants saved after getting stuck in muddy pond

Business

The Brief: Europe's engine stalling as Germany's economy shrinks

Google, Facebook, Amazon to testify in U.S. against French digital tax

Brits spent €4bn stockpiling goods in case of a no-deal Brexit

The Brief: Unemployment rate in Greece drops to lowest level since 2011

Ryanair pilots vote to strike — British Airline Pilots Association

African entrepreneurs encouraged to unlock their continent’s potential

Trump dismissed trade war concerns

US-China trade tensions escalate

Bank of England cuts UK growth forecast

Europe’s economy is slowing down

Dubai sets its sights on becoming the happiest place on earth

US-China trade talks resumed

Capital One says information of over 100 million individuals in US, Canada hacked

Sport

Watch: Valiant vaults into the Black Sea at cliff diving competition

Watch: 'Chap Olympiad' celebrated Britain's 'sporting ineptitude'

Which European football league was the biggest spender this summer?

Prosecutors to drop rape charges against Neymar

Transcontinental Race 2019: Woman wins 4,000-km Bulgaria-France bike race after sleeping by road

Belgian cyclist Lambrecht dies after crash in Tour of Poland

Messi faces 3 month international suspension

Watch: Basketball star Julian McClurkin scores trick shot while parasailing

Caster Semenya barred from defending 800m title at World Championships

Watch: Austrian men do battle in martial arts contest atop mountain

Watch: Homemade aircrafts fall with style at the Flugtag competition

Watch: Contestants battle it out at the World Thumb War Championships

Explosive judo on Day 3 of Zagreb Grand Prix 2019 as Japan tops medals

European affairs

The Brief: British government announces plans to pull its diplomats out of most EU meetings

The Brief: Brexit Brussels scale-back and pressure over ivory trade

No-deal Brexit: End of free movement ‘will directly affect EU nationals in UK’

The effect is due to a meteorological phenomenon called 'inversion'

The Brief: Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship still stranded

The Youth Guard are girls and boys aged 8 to 16

Does ditching the Irish backstop threaten the Good Friday Agreement? #TheCube

Lifestyle

Kosky’s Orphée aux enfers: “visual and vocal pyrotechnics” at the Salzburg Festival

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Watch: Street festival sees creativity with cardboard in Russia

Watch: Fans celebrate 50 years since Woodstock music festival

Watch: Bicycles, art and the cycle of life, artist transforms abandoned bikes

Installation of the world's largest sculpture

Woodstock couple Bobbi and Nick recreate the famous photo

Knowledge

A 3D printer to produce human organs in space? Discover the experiments taking place in zero-gravity

Watch: Supersonic memorabilia to be displayed at Concorde exhibition

Watch: Promising signs for the Thames's seal population

July breaks global heat record

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's first report on life onboard the International Space Station

Watch: Farmers create natural straw intend to break plastic's back

The EDRS-C is launched from Europe's Space Port in French Guiana