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Catalan leader threatens to declare independence if no talks are held

CatalanleaderCarlesPuigdemontclarifiedThursdaythatindependencehadnotbeendeclared,butthreatenedtodosoiftheSpanishcentralgovernmenttriggersArticle155ofConstitutio

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White House says U.S. has not declared war on DPRK

TheUnitedStateshasnotdeclaredwarontheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),theWhiteHousesaidonMonday,inresponsetoremarksoftheDPRK'stopdiplomat.DPRKforeignmini

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Fire in Beijing suburb under control, no report of casualties

AlargefirebrokeoutinDaxingDistrictofBeijingonTuesdaymorninglocaltime.Nopeoplewereinjuredinthefire,accordingtolocalauthority.Earlierwhenthefireerupted,blacksmoke

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Hailstones and heatwaves: Eurasia's crazy summer weather

VariousEuropeanandAsiancountriesarestrugglingwithextremeweather,withhailstones,heatwavesandheavyrainimpactingpeople’slivesandwork.Moscowhaswitnesseditsheaviestr

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Leave in lead after over 500,000 votes declared in EU referendum

​The Remain side is now a little bit behind of Leave as more than 500,000 votes from five voting stations have been declared on early Friday.

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West Africa still on alert as new cases emerge after "Ebola-free"

​A death from Ebola was confirmed Friday in Sierra Leone hours after the World Health Organization declared an end to the deadly virus in West Africa.

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Assad slams Western claims about Syrian gov't involvement in chemical attack

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said if the Western countries have evidence about his administration's involvement in a chemical gas attack, they would have declared it, according to the state-run SANA news agency.