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'Game of Thrones' creators to make new 'Star Wars' films

LucasfilmannouncedplansTuesdayforanewseriesof"StarWars"filmsmadebytheteambehind"GameofThrones,"asitseekstobuildonthelucrativesci-fifranchise.DavidBenioffandD.B.

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Trump's social media posts straining ties with Britain, experts say

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'slatestsocialmediaposts,whichtriggeredaheatedquarrelbetweenWashingtonandLondon,haveputstrainonbilateralties.Trumpsparkedglobalcontrover

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Polish far-right march goes global, drawing people from afar

Fascistsandotherfar-rightextremistsaresettoassembleSaturdayinWarsawforamarchthathasbecomeoneofthelargestgatheringsinEuropeandperhapsbeyondforincreasinglyembolde

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Austria elections: A swing to the right<br>

"IslamisnotapartofAustria,"saidHeinz-ChristianStracheattheFreedomParty’s(FPO)finalelectionrally.Thecrowdscheeredthefar-rightcandidateforChancellor,asaroundtheou

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New "walls" now divide Germany, president says

Germany’sSept.24nationalelectionhasshownthecountryisdividedbynew,lessvisible“walls”,PresidentFrank-WalterSteinmeiersaidonTuesday,theanniversaryofGermanreunifica

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China sets its sights to the FAR side of the Moon

On December 1, 2013, China launched the CHANG’E 4 lunar probe from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Two weeks later, China became the third nation to successfully land on the surface of the moon.

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China sets its sights to the FAR side of the Moon

OnDecember1,2013,ChinalaunchedtheCHANG’E4lunarprobefromXichangSatelliteLaunchCenter.Twoweekslater,Chinabecamethethirdnationtosuccessfullylandonthesurfaceofthemo

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Number of migrants crossing Med to Europe in 2016 passes 300,000

More than 300,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year -- far fewer than the 520,000 who arrived during the first nine months of 2015, the UN said Tuesday.

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BREXIT FEVER spreads through Europe

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Suicide bomber hit bus in Afghan capital, leaving casualties

​A suicide bomber struck a bus carrying security personnel in eastern Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, leaving casualties, sources and witnesses said.

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Over 76,000 refugees, migrants reach EU by sea so far this year: IOM

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) figures revealed on Tuesday that 76,263 maritime refugee and migrant arrivals have been recorded in Europe through the first six weeks of 2016.

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Republicans more likely to support outsider presidential candidates: poll

​Republican voters are far more likely than Democrats to vote for outsider candidates as anti-establishment sentiment has so far prevailed in the 2016 election cycle, a new poll said on Monday.

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At least 25 dead as migrant boat capsizes with hundreds onboard: Italian media

​At least 25 migrants died when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast on Wednesday with hundreds of people onboard, and some 400 have been rescued so far, Italian reports said.

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WeChat shuts 20 million prostitution-related accounts

Tencent, the operator of WeChat, or Weixin, a popular instant messaging service in China, said Wednesday it has shut down 20 million prostitution-related WeChat accounts so far this year.

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Will far-rightist Le Pen be the Elysee's occupant in 2017?

With a major gain, first such performance in four decades, French far-right National Front (FN) topped the race to the European Parliament (EP) more than a week ago with 24.85 percent of the vote, outpacing the conservatives that garnered 20.8 percent and pushed the Socialist Party (PS) to third place with a poor score of 13.98 percent.

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Overall cost of search for missing plane yet to be determined: Malaysian officia

The government has not determined the overall cost of the search and recovery operation for the missing Malaysian flight MH370, Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Ab Aziz Kaprawi said at the Dewan Negara (Upper House of the Parliament of Malaysia) Monday.