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Chelsea's first signing after transfer ban: Hakim Ziyech from Ajax

Hakim Ziyech of AFC Ajax scores a goal in UEFA Champions League group game against Lille at Grand Stade Lille Métropole in Lille, France, November 27, 2019. /VCG Photo Chelsea from Premier Lea

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Put me on trial, defiant Salvini says in Italian migrant boat case

Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing League party, defiantly asked on Wednesday to be put on trial for detaining migrants at sea last year, even though the case

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UK prisoner tested for Covid-19 named

A man who was extradited from Thailand to the UK on drugs charges is being tested for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19. Rumble is being held at Bullingdon prison near Oxford, after his arrest in T

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Spotlight: Retreat of Merkel's "heir" opens power struggle in Germany's ruling party

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, head of the German ruling party Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has announced that she will not run for chancellor in the 2021 general election and will step down as th

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Narendra Modi concedes defeat in key New Delhi election

Followers of an upstart Indian political party danced in the streets on Tuesday after inflicting a crushing defeat on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing party in a key election in the capital.

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The race to be Germany’s next leader is suddenly wide open after Merkel’s successor steps down

The next leader of Germany is in focus following the announcement Monday that Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), will stand d

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The engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup

The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products — have launched their own startup to bring the sidewal

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Germany: Merkel’s party in crisis as heir apparent quits

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s heir apparent unexpectedly threw in the towel Monday, plunging her conservative party into an even deeper crisis as it struggles to ag

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Israeli war jets bomb Gaza as Egyptian security delegation arrives

GAZA, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli war jets bombed the Gaza Strip on Monday as an Egyptian security delegation arrived in the Palestinian enclave for its cease-fire with Israel, security sources said.

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Sinn Fein rises as most 'popular party' in Irish election

Nationalist party Sinn Fein won the popular vote in Ireland's general election, as shown by ballot votes on Sunday, with the one-time political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) disrupting cent

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Merkel's Chosen Successor Kramp-Karrenbauer Will Not Run for German Chancellor in 2021 - Report

Kramp-Karrenbauer, simply known as AKK, became the head of the CDU in 2018. Many have considered her to be Merkel's possible successor as the next head of the governmen

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Moroccans march to reject 'Deal of the Century'

People participate in a rally to express their rejection of the U.S. peace plan for the Middle East, in Rabat, Morocco, on Feb. 9, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Thousands of Moroccans on Sunday marched

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APD | Pakistani pilots rescue foreign mountaineers stuck at Broad Peak

By APD writer Muhammad Sohail Pakistan Army Aviation pilots on Sunday successfully rescued two foreign mountain climbers from the country’s northwest Broad Peak, Baltor

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How the Irish election results may affect Brexit process

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) meets Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to discuss cooperation and power-sharing. (Credit: HO/Irish Government/AFP) Editor's Note:Thom Brooks is the dean of

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Bouteflika's jailed brother launches appeal

In this file photo taken on May 19, 2012, Said Bouteflika, brother of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika attends the funeral of late Algerian singer Warda Al-Jazairia at the El-Alia cemetery

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Two more depart amid row over AfD's role in German state premier's election

There have been further resignations in the aftermath of Thomas Kemmerich's surprise election as state premier in Thuringia.The government's commissioner for eastern Ge

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Two more depart amid row over AfD's role in German regional election.

There have been further resignations in the aftermath of Thomas Kemmerich's surprise election as state premier in Thuringia.The government's commissioner for eastern Germany, Christian Hirte, also a