UK plans to give Northern Ireland joint UK, EU status: The Sun

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom will attempt to break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations with a proposal to give Northern Ireland joint UK and European Union status so that it can trade freely with both, The Sun newspaper reported.

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Backstory: Using satellites to count buildings in South China Sea

HONG KONG - Shrouded in Chinese military secrecy and hidden from the eyes of journalists, Beijing’s build-up of man-made islands on reefs deep in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia is a vexing story to report.

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Inflation in Philippines a faultline for Duterte's 'Build, Build, Build' ambition

MANILA (Reuters) - In hundreds of hours of speeches during his nearly two years in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rarely talked about the economy, something he says is best left to the "clever guys" in his cabinet.

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New Zealand push on clean power comes with high political, economic risks

WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New Zealand has set out to burnish its clean, green image by becoming Asia Pacific's first developed economy to stop using fossil fuels to generate power, although the pitfalls encountered by a Maori iwi, or tribe, may signal trouble ahead.

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Fifteen killed in Nicaragua protests, including Mother's Day march attack

MANAGUA (Reuters) - At least fifteen people were killed and more than 200 injured on Wednesday in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, police said on Thursday.

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Teenager, housewife among 15 suspected militants held in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has detained 15 suspected Islamist militants including a teenager and a housewife accused of plotting separate "lone wolf" attacks on places of worship around the capital, Kuala Lumpur, police said on Friday.

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Knight riders to the rescue: Vietnam vigilantes bust crooks

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Vietnam's "street knights", hurtling through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, are not your typical medieval warriors.

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Changing of the Guard: World Vision Names New Leader

World Vision, among the largest evangelical Christian aid groups, names Edgar Sandoval as its new president and chief executive.

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Pagan Europe? Most Europeans Say They Are Christian

Despite low church attendance and unorthodox beliefs about Jesus and Christianity, most Europeans say they are Christian.

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Trade tariffs: Chorus of condemnation intensifies

US tariffs on steel imports come into effect, amid strong criticism from the EU, Canada and Mexico.

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Italy government: Giuseppe Conte to head populist coalition

Giuseppe Conte is to lead a populist coalition, ending months of political wrangling.

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Tamaulipas crisis: Mexico seeks talks over 'silenced zone'

A UN report links Mexican security forces to a wave of disappearances in the north-east.

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Spain PM Mariano Rajoy faces defeat in Friday no-confidence vote

Mariano Rajoy looks set to be ousted on Friday after a Basque party said it would not back him.

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Arkady Babchenko: Suspect remanded in reporter's hoax death case

The suspect is alleged to have paid a hitman to kill Arkady Babchenko in the capital Kiev.

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South Africa outrage over 'naked' school choir performance

The education minister criticises a cultural performance in which girls exposed breasts and buttocks.

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Denmark passes ban on niqabs and burkas

The country joins various other European countries in not allowing niqabs or burkas in public places.

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Pakistan investigates Bahria College exam groping allegations

Teenagers at a top school in Pakistan say they were harassed while completing their final year exams.

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US confident on plans for Trump-Kim talks

But US leaders are warning that reaching a denuclearisation deal with North Korea will not be easy.

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Trump pardons conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza

The author and commentator was convicted of making illegal campaign contributions of $20,000 in 2014.

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Taliban officials 'in talks with Afghan government', US says

The US says secret meetings have been held to discuss a potential ceasefire - but the Taliban denies this.

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Mariano Rajoy: Why it could soon be over for Spain's PM

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is likely to be forced out of office. We explain what's happened.

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Police bodycam released after New Jersey beach punch video

Police video shows the moment officers tackled the woman on a beach in New Jersey.

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Arkady Babchenko: 'I made that shirt with bullet holes in it'

Russian dissident Arkady Babchenko reveals how he faked his death.

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World Cup 2018: The Russian women waiting for 'magnetic Messi'

World Cup volunteer guides Inna and Vika hope to give visitors a unique view of their city, Ekaterinburg.

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Drake vs Pusha T: Has he just pushed it too far?

In the latest response to their on-going rap battle, Pusha T posts a picture of Drake in blackface. Has this feud gone too far?

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Questions Muslims get asked during Ramadan

Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan deal with a lot of questions from a lot of people.

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The Iranian librarian who escaped war through cosplay

Growing up during the Iran-Iraq war, Azadeh Brown would escape into fantasy worlds.

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Sleeping Lion pearl sold at auction in The Hague for $374,000

Catherine the Great once owned the Sleeping Lion pearl, which sold for €320,000 ($374,000).

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Samantha Bee insults Ivanka Trump with obscene phrase

The White House says the political commentator's term for the first daughter was "vile and vicious".

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Nigeria's Tramadol crisis: The drug fuelling death, despair and Boko Haram

The centre of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency is overdosing on Tramadol.

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Sultan of Yogyakarta: A feminist revolution in an ancient kingdom

The tiny Islamic kingdom of Yogyakarta is locked in a bitter battle over whether the sultan's daughter can inherit the throne.

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'I woke up and didn't recognise my wife'

Adam and Raquel Gonzales had been together for five years when he woke up with amnesia. Could they fall in love all over again?

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Planting a forest on the Aral's dried-out seabed

Uzbekistan has an ambitious plan to stop widespread health problems that developed when the Aral Sea disappeared.

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Does the media have a problem with coverage of mass shootings?

Parkland students reignite debate on whether the media is reporting on mass shootings responsibly.

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New best story on Hacker News: Uber, Google and others pay London Evening Standard for favorable coverage

Uber, Google and others pay London Evening Standard for favorable coverage
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Trump pardons conservative, says lifestyle maven Stewart may be next

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator and said he was considering pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart and commuting a former Illinois governor's prison sentence, prompting critics to accuse him of subverting the rule of law.

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Mandatory evacuation ordered as Hawaii eruption hits four-week mark

HONOLULU (Reuters) - The Hawaii community hardest hit by the Kilauea Volcano was ordered sealed off under a strict new mandatory evacuation on Thursday as the eruption marked its fourth week with no end in sight.

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Texas boy spells 'koinonia' correctly, wins Scripps National Spelling Bee

OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) - Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, won the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after beating the same speller who defeated him at his countywide bee in February.

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Boeing workers vote for 'micro-union' at South Carolina plant

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A small group of workers at Boeing Co’s South Carolina jetliner factory voted Thursday to unionize but the planemaker announced it would challenge the legality of the bargaining unit.

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Mueller probe spent $4.5 million from October to March: Justice Department

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating suspected Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election spent $4.5 million between October last year and March 2018, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.

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Judge declares mistrial in former New York local official's bribery case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of a former New York town official accused of taking bribes, after a jury failed to reach a verdict following nine days of deliberations, according to a spokesman for prosecutors.

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