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Trump: Confederate statue removals 'rip apart' American history, culture

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumponThursdaylamentedtheremovalof“beautifulstatuesandmonuments”commemoratingtheConfederacy,sayingthathewas“sad”toseeAmerica’shistoryandcult

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Foreign language graffiti on Great Wall circulate online

ArangeofphotospicturingforeignlanguagegraffitiontheGreatWall,particularlyattheBadalingsection,arecirculatingonline.Theimageshavesparkedconversationamonginternet

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Turkey asks Germany to extradite coup suspect: foreign minister

TurkeyhasaskedGermanytoextraditeatheologylecturersuspectedofplayingamajorroleinlastyear'sfailedcoup,ForeignMinisterMevlutCavusoglusaidonWednesday.Turkeysentadip

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Charlottesville and Donald Trump’s crass political opportunism

Overtheweekend,acarplowedintoacrowdfollowingawhitesupremacistrallyinCharlottesville.Onewomandied.WhileVirginiaGovernorTerryMcAuliffedenouncedthetragedyinstrongt

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Trump's failure in Charlottesville wasn't political -- it was moral

DonaldTrumpiswhowethoughthewas.Afteracampaigngestatedinbirtherism,TrumpwasslowtocondemnthelikesofwhitesupremacistDavidDuke,routinelyspokeincodedraciallanguageto

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Potential successor to Zimbabwe's Mugabe hospitalized in South Africa

Zimbabwe’sVicePresidentEmmersonMnangagwa,apossiblesuccessorto94-year-oldPresidentRobertMugabe,hasbeenhospitalizedinSouthAfrica.MugabemadetheannouncementonMonday

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Trump advisers at odds over president’s foreign policy

ThedirectionofPresidentDonaldTrump’sforeignpolicyisatthecenterofabattlebetweentwoofhistopaides.ConservativegroupsaretargetingnationalsecurityadviserH.R.McMaster

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India turn the screw in Sri Lanka Test with Saha fifty

Wicketkeeper-batsmanWriddhimanSahastruckapatienthalf-centuryasIndiareachedacommanding553forsevenatteaondaytwoofthesecondTestagainstSriLankaonFriday.India,whosta

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Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91

RobertHardy,whostarredintheHarryPotterfilmsandinAllCreaturesGreatAndSmall,hasdiedaged91.Astatementbyhisfamilyhaileda"tremendouslife"and"agiantcareerintheatre,te

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US to ban DPRK travel from September 1

The US on Wednesday issued a ban prohibiting its citizens from travelling to the DPRK from September 1, the State Department said.

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Bolt swansong dominates London athletics worlds

UsainBolt'sdecisiontocalltimeonhisglitteringcareerwilldominatetheIAAFWorldChampionshipsinLondonthatstartsFriday.Jamaica'sUsainBoltcelebrateswithfansafterwinning

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Sharapova battles into second round at WTA Stanford

Five-timeGrandSlamchampionMariaSharapovamadeabattlingreturntoUShardcourtsonMondaywitha6-1,4-6,6-0victoryoverAmericanJenniferBradyinStanford,California."Ifeellik

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Chinese students told to work hard or face degree downgrade

AnewundergraduatemanagementregulationatoneofChina’stopuniversitieshassparkedanationwidedebateonthefutureofthecountry'shighereducationsystem.HuazhongUniversityof

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Venezuelan president expresses confidence ahead of election

VenezuelanPresidentNicolasMaduroonFridayexpressedconfidencethatupcomingelectionsforaNationalConstituentAssembly(ANC)willseethepoliticaloppositiondefeatedatthepo

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US energy secretary duped by Russian pranksters to talk about pig manure

TheUSenergysecretaryRickPerryhasbecomethelatestvictimofapairofRussianphonepranksterswhohavepreviouslyfooledEltonJohnintothinkinghewaschattingtoVladimirPutin.Ont

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Drinking alcohol improves memory, study claims

Many of us have woken up the morning after the night before with a fuzzy recollection of our alcohol-induced antics.

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Drinking alcohol improves memory, study claims

Manyofushavewokenupthemorningafterthenightbeforewithafuzzyrecollectionofouralcohol-inducedantics.Soitmaysurpriseyoutolearnthatdrinkingcanactuallyhelpimproveyour