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US government partially shuts down over border wall row

A partial shutdown of the US government begins after Congress fails to break a budget impasse.

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US stocks suffer worst week in a decade

The Dow Jones and the Nasdaq recorded the biggest falls since 2008, led by tech giants.

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Guacho: Dissident Colombian leader killed by security forces

Guacho, wanted for the murder of two journalists, has been called "one of the most horrendous criminals".

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US Justice Ginsburg has cancer surgery

The 85-year-old liberal US Supreme Court judge had two malignant nodules successfully removed.

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Michael Kovrig arrest: Canadian held in China 'not allowed to turn lights off '

Ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig is being denied a lawyer and cannot turn lights off at night, sources say.

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Serbia train crash: Five dead as student bus cut in half

Five people died and 30 others were hurt when a bus collided with a train at a crossing in Serbia.

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Yemen crisis: UN agrees Hudaydah ceasefire mission

A United Nations team will monitor a truce between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Hudaydah.

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Morocco tourist murders: Video appears genuine - Norway police

Men in the video say the killings in Morocco of two Scandinavian women are revenge for events in Syria.

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Fresh Hungary 'slave law' protests in Budapest

Demonstrators marched to President Janos Ader's office, angry that he signed the new legislation.

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Chinese chemistry student charged with poisoning US roommate

Chemistry major Yukai Yang allegedly laced his roommate's food and drink with poison over months.

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Hamilton remix stars Barack Obama as George Washington

Former US President Barack Obama reads George Washington's farewell address in new Hamilton remix.

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George HW Bush's sponsorship made me successful, says Filipino man

Timothy Villalba, 25, says receiving support from George HW Bush as a boy made him successful and happy.

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Hungary: Anti-Orban 'slave law' protests explained

Commentator keep claiming that Hungary's recent protests are different from any before. Why?

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Australia lashed by 'catastrophic' hail storm

People in New South Wales are facing huge damage to homes and property.

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Borneo's Albino orangutan released back into the wild

Alba returns to the Borneo jungle nearly two years after being rescued and having been nursed back to health.

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'Elon Muskox': Canadian city names mascot for tech entrepreneur

Residents of Yellowknife voted on the name for the city's new sculpture of the Arctic animal.

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Bulgaria rocked by Xmas hog roast row

Plans to butcher pigs in a city centre has caused a row in Bulgaria.

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Were there more than Three Kings?

Among the surviving Syriac people of south-eastern Turkey, Jeremy Bristow hears that there may have been as many as 12.

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True-life treasure hunt that turned into a comic book

Secret treasure, spirited away in the night: Spain's real-life treasure hunt is now a comic.

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Obituary: Rwanda's Zura Karuhimbi, who saved dozens from genocide

Zura Karuhimbi had only her wits to protect the people she hid during the Rwandan genocide.

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Thousands of Canadians have signed petitions to ban conversion therapy

Only three countries ban the discredited practice of gay conversion, but Canada wants to be the fourth.

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Two explosions hit Somali capital city center: police, Reuters witness

A car bomb exploded in the city center of Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, causing huge clouds of smoke to rise above the city, followed by a second explosion nearby.

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Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism

Pakistan is planning to ease visa restrictions for visitors from 55 countries, including most European nations, in a bid to revive tourism that was devastated by Islamist violence in the fallout from the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

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Iran executes businessman for economic crimes: state TV

Iran on Saturday executed a businessman sentenced to death by a fast-track court set up to fight economic crimes, state television reported, following an outcry against profiteering and corruption that has seen dozens of people jailed.

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U.N. tells UK: Allow Assange to leave Ecuador embassy freely

U.N. rights experts called on British authorities on Friday to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuador embassy in London without fear of arrest or extradition.

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U.S., Canada call on China to release detained Canadians

The United States joined Canada on Friday in calling on Beijing to release two Canadians detained in what are widely believed to be tit-for-tat arrests related to the high-profile detention in Canada of an executive of a major Chinese corporation.

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Turkey says it will take over fight against IS after U.S. pull-out

Turkey will take over the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria as the United States withdraws its troops, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, in the latest upheaval wrought by Washington's abrupt policy shift.

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Colombian FARC dissident Guacho, who shot dead three Ecuadoreans, killed

Colombian armed forces killed Marxist insurgent commander Walter Patricio Arizala in an operation aimed at ending his attacks on civilians after he kidnapped and shot dead three Ecuadorean media workers earlier this year, President Ivan Duque said on Friday.

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London's Gatwick airport reopens again, police make two arrests

London's Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a mystery saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for more than 100,000 Christmas travelers by using drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army.

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U.S. to boost financing for Ukraine navy after Russian attack

The United States will provide an additional $10 million in military financing to Ukraine to bolster its navy after Russia captured three Ukrainian vessels at sea last month, in a "dangerous escalation," the State Department said on Friday.

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UK police arrests two for drone disruption at Gatwick

The UK's Sussex Police said on Saturday it has made two arrests in connection with a drone disruption at London's Gatwick Airport.

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El Salvador's politicians deny attorney general second term

El Salvador's legislative assembly on Friday denied Attorney General Douglas Melendez a second term, after he pursued tough anti-corruption investigations and put a former president in prison.

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UK forces retake ship after stowaways threaten crew

British forces stormed an Italian cargo ship on Friday and regained control after stowaways threatened crew members as it sailed close to the coast of southeast England.

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UK police ends operation to regain control of cargo ship

UK Police said its operation to regain control of an Italian cargo ship in the Thames Estuary is over and that the vessel has been secured.

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