Death watches draw inspiration from history

How a Scottish designer became inspired to create watches and clocks based on human skulls.

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French police 'hero' dies of wounds

An officer who swapped places with a hostage in a supermarket siege dies of his injuries.

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Spain Catalonia: Clashes after separatist leaders detained

Thousands rally in Barcelona and other cities after a Spanish judge puts five Catalan leaders in jail.

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DR Congo to shun its own donor conference in Geneva

The UN warns of a humanitarian crisis but Congolese leaders say the country's image is being tarnished.

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Florida school shooting: Pennsylvania students get stones

The buckets of stones in classrooms could ward off a gunman, says a Pennsylvania school official.

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Hamelin Bay: Nearly 150 beached whales die in Australia

Rescuers manage to return just six surviving pilot whales to deeper waters in Western Australia.

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US sanctions Iranian hackers for 'stealing university data'

An Iranian company allegedly stole data from 320 universities in the US and 21 other countries.

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Ex-model says Trump 'tried to pay for sex'

Karen McDougal says she cried when Mr Trump offered her money after their first encounter in 2006.

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Elon Musk pulls Tesla and SpaceX from Facebook

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has the official Facebook pages for his Tesla and SpaceX companies deleted.

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Car bomb targets spectators at Afghanistan wrestling match

Officials say at least 13 people have been killed in the explosion at Helmand sports stadium.

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Mother jailed in France for drowning five newborn babies

The newborns were found in a freezer at the mother's home near Bordeaux.

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Half of African species 'face extinction'

The findings come after the death of the last male northern white rhino.

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Eye-witness says French hostage-taker ran after him

Armed police have killed a suspect, 25-year-old Redouane Lakdim, who shot dead three people in a series of attacks in southern France.

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France hostage crisis: Moment police closed in on attacker

Helicopters flew overhead as an elite police team moved in on Redouane Lakdim, who shot dead three people in France.

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Skripal 'regretted being double agent'

A former classmate says the spy told him he even wrote to Vladimir Putin asking to come back to Russia.

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Flying firsts: Aviation milestones throughout history

From the Wright brothers to direct UK-Australia flights.

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The woman who brought skull watches back to life

Scot Fiona Krüger has carved out a niche in the conservative world of Swiss watchmaking.

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The evolution of UK-Australia travel into a single flight

The first non-stop journey takes place on Saturday, almost 80 years after it involved 31 stopovers.

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A day in the life of India's 'tuberculosis warrior'

On world tuberculosis day, Dr Zarir Udwadia talks about his fight against the deadly disease.

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Trade wars, Trump tariffs and protectionism explained

Tariffs and protectionism - what do President Trump's new policies mean and what will they do?

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John Bolton: Five things new Trump security adviser believes

The new US National Security Adviser is a confrontational advocate for the use of American power.

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Mother Pleads with Islamic Terrorists for Release of Kidnapped Christian Daughter

The mother of a kidnapped Christian girl is pleading with her Islamic captors to release her daughter.

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Justice Dept. Charges 9 Iranians in Massive Hacking Scheme

The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against 9 Iranians in a government-sponsored hacking scheme that pilfered sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and government agencies.

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Why All Americans Should Care About President Trump's Tariffs Against China

President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum that would impose up to $60 billion in annual tariffs on Chinese imports. One analyst calls the president's move long overdue – but it could come at a price.

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ISIS 'Soldier' Shot to Death After Killing 3 and Wounding 16 in France

An ISIS terrorist took hostages at a grocery store in southern France and killed three people before police took him down.

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Europeans promise more steps against Russia over UK spy attack

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states agreed at a summit on Friday to take additional punitive measures against Russia for a nerve agent attack in Britain, as Moscow accused the bloc of joining a London-driven hate campaign against it.

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Islamist gunman attacks French supermarket, kills three

TREBES, France (Reuters) - A gunman killed three people in southwestern France on Friday as he held up a car, fired on police and seized hostages in a supermarket, screaming "Allahu Akbar" before security forces stormed the building and killed him, authorities said.

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South Korea says North agrees to hold summit preparation talks on March 29

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to hold high-level talks with South Korea on March 29 at the border truce village of Panmunjom to prepare for a summit of their leaders planned for April, the South said on Saturday.

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U.S. charges, sanctions Iranians for global cyber attacks on behalf of Tehran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday charged and sanctioned nine Iranians and an Iranian company for attempting to hack into hundreds of universities worldwide, dozens of firms and parts of the U.S. government, including its main energy regulator, on behalf of Tehran's government.

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Italy's Berlusconi accuses League ally of betrayal over Senate job

ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (Go Italy!) party on Friday accused the far-right League of breaking ranks with its conservative ally during a vote to select the speaker of the Senate.

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Syrian army celebrates as rebels quit most of their Ghouta stronghold

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels left one besieged enclave on Friday and agreed to abandon another, leaving only the city of Douma still in insurgent hands in eastern Ghouta after a month-long army assault to drive them from the stronghold near Damascus.

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Peru political crisis thrusts engineer-turned-diplomat into power

LIMA (Reuters) - Until this week, Martin Vizcarra led a quiet life as Peru's ambassador to Canada, overseeing the two nations' friendly relations from Ottawa, the Canadian capital.

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Who's your friend? Wistful EU embraces May before Brexit

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With Brexit a year away, European Union leaders made a point on Friday of embracing Theresa May, with some treating her troubles with Russia and the United States as an opportunity to show Britain who its friends are.

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Exclusive: U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea island, officials say

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a "freedom of navigation" operation on Friday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials told Reuters.

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U.S. showcases stealth fighter training on amphibious carrier

(This March 23 story corrects paragraph 4 quote to change word 'lead' to 'leap')

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Trump signs budget deal after raising government shutdown threat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed Congress' newly passed $1.3 trillion spending bill on Friday, ending several hours of confusion spurred by a tweeted veto threat that raised the specter of a government shutdown.

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Celebrity cash, kudos boost 'March for Our Lives' gun control campaign

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey calls them "warriors of the light," actor Bill Murray says the young Florida gun control campaigners remind him of the students who rallied to end the Vietnam War, and George Clooney has donated $500,000 to their cause.

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Iowa family of four found dead in Mexico

(Reuters) - An Iowa family of four on vacation in Mexican seaside resort was found dead inside a condominium, but foul play was not suspected, authorities and a family member said on Friday.

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