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Thai rescue operation: Site cleared as evacuation is underway

BBC/ AFP: Rescuers have begun a mission to evacuate 12 boys and their coach from the cave where they have been trapped for two weeks. Teams entered the cave at…

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Artist and Spiderman’s creator Steve Ditko passed away

CNN: Stephen Ditko, co-creator of Marvel Comics superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, has died at 90 years old. Ditko was found dead on June 29 in his midtown Manhattan apartment, New…

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EasyJet passenger head-buts steward while being removed from flight to Mallorca

AirLive: An EasyJet passenger was pinned to the ground at Paris CDG after head-butting an air steward while being removed from a delayed flight to Mallorca. Shocking footage shows the man lying on…

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New report shows how American restrictions complicated Anne Frank’s escape from Nazis

New York Times: Attempts by Anne Frank’s father to escape the Nazis in Europe and travel to the United States were complicated by tight American restrictions on immigration at the time,…

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Israeli private intelligence firm involved in campaign to discredit NGOs, favour Orban ahead of April’s Hungary election

Politico: The Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube was involved in a campaign to discredit NGOs ahead of Hungary’s April election, according to a former Black Cube employee and a person with knowledge of…

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More allies pledge support for NATO ahead of Alliance summit

Politico: NATO's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said more NATO members will in 2018 meet a pledge to spend 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense. This declaration comes a week before…

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One hopes their marriage will be stronger than the tree under which they were sitting

Corriere Della Sera/Facebook: All went to plan, the ceremony, the wedding, the vows, the guest the food and obviously the filming. Cheyenne and Lucas Kopeschka were sitting down under a tree…

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Coach apologises to boys’ parents in first letter sent to families of 12 Thai children trapped in cave

AP: The football coach trapped in a cave with 12 Thai boys apologised to their parents in the first letter he and the team have sent out through divers, in which…

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Hugo Chetcuti stabbed in one of his establishments in Paceville

Update: Bojan Cmelik a Serbian national with no fixed address this morning was accused of attempting to kill businessman Hugo Chetcuti. He pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Neville Camilleri, heard that relatives,…

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Teenager in court charged with rape and murder of six-year-old girl on Bute

The Guardian: A teenager has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail. The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, entered no…

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Video: Loving penguins

Many claim that penguins and humans have a whole lot in common. Like humans, penguins live in towns because it's easier to protect each other from predators and from the…

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Five major powers agree for more talks in an attempt to save nuclear deal

DW: The Foreign ministers from Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia met in Vienna on Friday with their Iranian counterpart to discuss an economic plan that could save the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of…

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Ketchup, Cars and Trade Wars

Financial Times : Targeting iconic American products such as Harley-Davidson motorbikes and bourbon in the fight against US president Donald Trump’s first round of transatlantic tariffs was just a start —…

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Opening shots in trade war fired

AP: The world’s two biggest economies have fired the opening shots in a trade war that could have wide-ranging consequences for consumers, workers, companies, investors and political leaders. The United States…

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Aum Sinrikyo doomsday cult members executed

BBC/AP: Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 have been executed, including cult leader Shoko Asahara. The…

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Frozen food sold in Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, Waitrose, and Iceland recalled after deadly bacteria outbreak

CAMBRIDGESHIRE LIVE : Frozen food sold in some of Britain's biggest supermarkets including Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, Waitrose, and Iceland has been removed from their shelves because of a deadly outbreak of bacteria. In all 43 products have…

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister sentenced to 10 year in prison by Anti-Corruption court in case revealed in Panama Papers

Euronews: A Pakistani anti-corruption court on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison over the purchase of upscale London flats, prosecution lawyer Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi said.…

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Diver trying to rescue trapped boys in Thai cave dies

SkyNews: A diver has died trying to rescue 12 boys and a football coach who are trapped in a Thailand cave. Samarn Gunan had been returning from inside the waterlogged…

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49 people missing after tourist boat capsizes off Phuket in Thailand

Sky News: Forty-nine people are missing after a tourist boat capsized off the popular island resort of Phuket in Thailand, according to officials. Having earlier reported that at least seven…

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#LetHerWork – #MeToo’s variant for female sports journalists

AIPS MEDIA: "We are only women. Sport does also belong to us. We only want to work in peace. We only want respect". With these powerful lines, female Brazilian sport journalists…

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Public display of affection in front of grandma is fine, unless she’s the Queen and its an official do

Cosmopolitan: Freshly wed and deeply in love. Definitely the case of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. So much that Meghan Markle can't hold the display affection. However, Meghan and Harry…

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Post-Brexit customs arrangements to be debated on July 16 and 17

Reuters: British lawmakers will debate the government’s proposed legislation on post-Brexit customs arrangements and trade on July 16 and 17, creating another potential flashpoint between Prime Minister Theresa May and pro-European…

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EU has not fulfilled commitments to provide equipment to Libyan Coast Guards – Libyan Navy Spokesman

Euronews: The EU has not "fulfilled any commitments" to provide the Libyan Coast Guards with equipment to help stem the flow of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean, a spokesman for…

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Overwhelming majority of Tunisians say that country is on the wrong track

Middle East Monitor: Some 79.8 per cent of Tunisians said the country was on the wrong track, according to a poll conducted by the private company Sigma Conseil in June. According…

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Agreement between Israeli and Polish Government about Poland’s role in the Holocaust criticised by Holocaust memorial centre

The Times of Israel: The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center on Thursday slammed an agreement between the governments of Israel and Poland regarding the latter’s record during the Holocaust, saying it…

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Insight : What is the nerve agent Novichok?

The Week: Novichok is a series of highly toxic nerve agents, each with a different potency, first developed in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, Reuters reports. The specific circumstances of…

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New nerve agents victims possibly not the target of any new attack but consequence of previous

Times of Israel / BBC / AP British officials investigating a second case of poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok in southwestern England say they suspect the victims were not directly…

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Brexit on top of Agenda in summit between Merkel and May

BBC: Theresa May has said she hopes her cabinet will be able to "discuss and decide on a substantive way forward" on Brexit at their crucial Friday awayday. The UK prime…

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Trump will be the 12th US President to meet Queen Elizabeth

Reuters: When Donald Trump meets Queen Elizabeth next week, he will become the 12th U.S. President that the monarch has met during her 66 years on the throne, the longest in…

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Iranian President meets Austrian Chancellor

DW: Hassan Rouhani has met with Austrian Chancellor Kurz and President Van der Bellen in a bid to save the Iran nuclear deal. But his trip has been overshadowed by an…

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Insight : The new Italian government’s pledge to fight corruption

LSE: The coalition that has just taken office in Rome did not begin well. But as Andrea Capussela writes, among its proposals is a plan to strengthen the rule of law, which…

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Merkel’s meeting with Orban described as a sign of ‘new winds blowing in Europe’ though evident differences on views on issue of migration

Euronews/ AFP: In a joint press conference following the talks, divisions between the pair were clear. Orban argued that closing borders was the only way to deal with migration. "If the…

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Escaping from Libya

ElDiario.Es : Elvis lived for a year and a half locked in a dark bunker from which he could not escape. Every day, every hour and every minute he survived sunk…

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Rescue ship refused entry by Italy and Malta arrives in Spain (Video)

A ship belonging to Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms docked in the port of Barcelona Wednesday with 60 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast on board, after Italy and Malta…

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Breaking News: Couple taken ill in Salisbury are victims of an attack of the same nerve agent used against Skripals

The Telegraph: The couple taken critically ill in Salisbury over the weekend were tonight confirmed as being fresh victims of the novichok attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. A major incident…

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Italian authorities should seize League funds “wherever they may be” until it has recouped some €49 million of public money received by the party’s former leader and convicted fraudster, Italy’s supreme court has ruled

The Local: In a ruling on Tuesday, the Court of Cassation recommended a "blanket" seizure of funds from the hard-right party's bank accounts, deposits and other assets in connection with the…

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Video : Thai children in cave speak about their experience and wait as rescuers try to race against time to rescue them

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Merkel addresses Bundestag on migration for first time since clash with Seehofer

DW: Addressing parliament for the first time since her clash with Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, the German chancellor sought to stress a common way forward. But things remain tense both inside…

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Italian Police dismantle international gang of artefact robbers

DW: Italian police on Wednesday said an international criminal gang who stole artefacts from Sicilian archaeological sites had been dismantled with scores of arrests made. A total of 23 people have…

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Number of Canadian cities go for silent fire-works not to terrify wild and domestic animals

The Globe and Mail: Canada Day fireworks in Banff this weekend went off without a bang. The town switched to a pyrotechnics display like you might see at a rock concert…

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Insight: The Economics of Migration – Lawrence Zammit

In recent days and weeks the issue of migration has been quite a hot issue in the Mediterranean and in the United States. At times the issue was debated more…

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Hamas hacked Israeli soldiers through dating and World Cup apps to gather sensitive information

Haaertz: Hamas managed to hack into the phones of hundreds of Israeli soldiers using dating and World Cup apps and managed to gather sensitive information about the military and some of its…

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UK: Parents no longer buy toy guns for their children

It was once regarded a harmless children’s game but “cops and robbers” may become a thing of the past as parents are no longer buying toy guns and swords for…

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Trump considered invading Venezuela

The Independent: Donald Trump considered invading Venezuela, a senior US administration official has said. In a meeting last August to discuss sanctions on Venezuela in the Oval Office, Mr Trump asked why he could…

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Analysing YouGov polls on BREXIT

Liberal Democratic Voice's Tahir Maher writes that since the Brexit referendum media and politics seems to have turned anti-European but it seems that the public opinion is slowing starting to shift towards being…

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Columbia’s past daemons of post World Cup player’s murder brought back to life as two players get life threats after missing penalties

Mail Online: Colombians urged calm last night after the two players who missed penalties against England suffered insults and threats from furious fans on social media. Vile messages targeting Mateus Uribe…

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