Saudi teen who fled family welcomed as 'brave new Canadian' in Toronto

An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto's international airport on Saturday after being granted asylum in Canada, where Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland welcomed her as a brave new Canadian.

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Protests against Serbia's President Vucic enter sixth week

Thousands of Serbians protested in Belgrade on Saturday against President Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), making demands including media freedom, an end to attacks on journalists and opposition figures, and no secret treaty with Kosovo.

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U.S. says aware of reports of Iran's detention of U.S. citizen

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was aware of reports of the detention of a U.S. citizen held in Iran for more than six months, amid heightened tensions between the countries following the reimposition of U.S. sanctions.

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Yellow vest protests hit with police water cannon, tear gas in Paris

Paris police fired water cannon and tear gas to push back "yellow vest" demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument on Saturday, in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms.

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India's Gandhi vows to reform sales tax, seek investment as poll nears

India's main opposition Congress party will simplify the goods and services tax (GST) and take "rational economic decisions" to attract foreign investment if voted back to power in a general election due by May, its leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday.

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Nigeria's top judge to face trial on asset-declaration charges

Nigeria's chief justice will face trial on Monday for allegedly breaching asset-declaration rules, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) said on Saturday, a month before a presidential election in Africa's most populous country.

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Sudan protests death toll rises to 24: fact-finding committee

The death toll from protests in Sudan that began last month has risen to 24, the head of the Sudanese government fact-finding committee Amer Ibrahim said on Saturday.

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Man arrested after abuse of British pro-EU lawmaker Soubry

A man was arrested on Saturday after a video of a group of men verbally abusing pro-European lawmaker Anna Soubry prompted calls for the police to do more to protect politicians outside parliament.

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Gas blast kills three in Paris amid lockdown for yellow vest protests

Two French firefighters and a Spanish woman died and nearly 50 people were injured in a massive gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, authorities said.

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South Africa's ANC says central bank should broaden economic focus

South Africa's ruling party said on Saturday the central bank should broaden its focus to include boosting employment and economic growth, a move that will worry investors already concerned about the direction of economic policy.

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South Africa's ANC puts jobs, growth at heart of 2019 election campaign

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to create more jobs, boost economic growth and address racial inequalities at a rally on Saturday to launch the ruling party's parliamentary election campaign.

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South Africa's ANC says job creation, growth should influence monetary policy

South Africa's ruling African National Congress believes the central bank should take into account goals like job creation and boosting economic growth alongside its current focus on price stability, the ANC said in its 2019 election manifesto.

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One miner dead, six hurt in tremor at KGHM's copper mine in Poland

One miner died and six were injured on Saturday after a tremor struck KGHM's copper mine Rudna, southwest Poland, around 700 meters underground, the company's spokeswoman said.

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Spektr-R: Russia's only space telescope 'not responding'

Spektr-R has stopped receiving commands from Earth, Russian astrophysicists say.

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