Here come the brides in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage

Northern Ireland's first same-sex wedding is scheduled to take place on Tuesday after the government lifted a ban on gay marriage in the province, marking legalization of the practice throughout the United Kingdom.

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World Bank not considering new China loans to fight coronavirus, president says

The World Bank is offering technical assistance to China to help battle the coronavirus epidemic but no new loans, the development lender's president, David Malpass, said on Monday.

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Biden's support slumps to lowest on record, Bloomberg surges nationally as Democratic race heats up: poll

Support for Joe Biden's U.S. Democratic presidential bid has tumbled nationally to the lowest on record since his lackluster finish in the Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging in the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.

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Trump proposes cutting Amtrak funding, boosting infrastructure spending

The White House budget released on Monday proposed cutting funding for the U.S. government-owned passenger rail carrier Amtrak while calling for a significant hike in infrastructure spending and killing a clean energy auto loan program.

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Sharp rise in brain injuries from Iran raid on US base

President Trump initially said no US troops were injured in the Iranian attack on US bases in Iraq.

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Coronavirus: 'I walk around my block of flats to stay sane'

Working from home during the coronavirus outbreak has its ups and downs for millions stuck indoors.

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'Post Office false theft claim left me bankrupt'

Lee Castleton was left broke after the Post Office spent £320,000 pursuing him over false losses.

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'I remember the roaches walking across the floor'

When Rob Bernshteyn and his family escaped the Soviet Union, they initially found the US was worse.

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EU aviation agency says monitoring coronavirus, no current need for directive

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a safety information bulletin on Monday saying It was closely monitoring developments related to the coronavirus outbreak in China but the concern does currently warrant an operational directive.

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El Salvador president's power play stokes democracy concerns

President Nayib Bukele's use of armed soldiers in El Salvador's parliament over the weekend has alarmed political foes and rights groups, with growing fears about democratic backsliding in the crime-ravaged Central American nation.

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Taiwan's Foxconn gets OK to restart plant in Zhengzhou, China: source

Taiwan's Foxconn has received approval to resume production at a plant in the northern Chinese city of Zhengzhou that had been shuttered due to a coronavirus outbreak, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

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Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia

A four-day downpour across Australia's east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years of drought, but also widespread storm damage and forecasts of more wild weather to come.

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Coronavirus claims 97 lives in one day - but number of infections stabilises

Some 908 people have now died in China - but the number of new infections has stabilised.

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Heavily-armed police and soldiers enter El Salvador parliament

They are demanding the approval by MPs of a multimillion loan to better equip them to tackle crime.

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Taiwan's Foxconn approved to resume Zhengzhou plant production: source

Taiwan's Foxconn has received Chinese government approval to resume production at a key plant in the northern China city of Zhengzhou, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Monday.

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Trump slashes foreign aid, cuts safety net programs in new budget proposal

U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a 21% cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safety net programs in his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials.

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WHO team heads for China as coronavirus toll hit daily record

An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for Beijing to help investigate China's coronavirus epidemic, which authorities said on Monday had now claimed 908 lives on the mainland.

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China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday.

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Sydney rains: Record rainfall brings flooding and douses fires

The rains have brought travel chaos to Australia's largest city - but have also put out wildfires.

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Remarkable journey from Afghan refugee to Oxford scholar

Getting an education was always a matter of life or death for Summia Tora.

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Mental health in Kenya: ‘I was accused of bewitching my husband’

Kenyan Esther Kiama's husband had a bipolar disorder, but his family thought she had cast a spell.

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Breathtaking images from the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition

The awe-inspiring images came from 840 photographers from around the world.

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China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday.

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