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Bible Museum admits some of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake

WhenWashingtons500-million-US-dollarMuseumoftheBiblehelditsgrandopeninginNovember2017,attendedbyVicePresidentMikePence,therewerequestionseventhenabouttheauthent

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Kate Spade’s father dies on eve of her funeral

ThefatheroffashiondesignerKateSpadediedontheeveofherfuneral,accordingtoastatementreleasedbyherfamilyshortlybeforeherservicebeganThursdayinherhometownofKansasCit

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Trump weighs pulling out of free trade deal with South Korea

President Donald Trump is considering triggering a withdrawal from a free trade agreement with South Korea, a business lobbying group said Saturday, raising concerns about a move that could cause a fresh economic rift between allies at a moment of heightened tensions with a common foe.

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Eurozone industry shows signs of slowing amid euro's rise

Industrial output across the 19 countries that make up the eurozone fell in June, official figures showed Monday, in a development that likely illustrates the export-sapping impact of the rising euro.

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Media: World’s oldest man, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

Israeli media are reporting that the world’s oldest man, who lived through both world wars and survived the Holocaust, has died a month short of his 114th birthday.

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Peru expels Venezuela ambassador as pressure on Maduro grows

Peru expelled Venezuela’s ambassador on Friday as regional pressure built on President Nicolas Maduro’s government for allegedly trampling his country’s constitutional order.

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‘American Horror Story: Cult’ stars can’t say much about it

The women of “American Horror Story: Cult” came to Fox Studios promote the new season for an audience of television critics Wednesday, but they couldn’t actually say anything about the show.

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Beautiful Bruges: Old-world Europe in the present

Walking through central Bruges is like a romantic journey into the past.

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All-powerful Venezuelan assembly to open amid protests

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is heading toward a showdown with his political foes, promising to seat a new constituent assembly Friday that will rewrite the country’s constitution and hold powers that override all other government branches.

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EU: 850,000 refugees in Turkey benefit from cash assistance

A European Union official says more than 850,000 people are now benefiting from a EU-funded project that provides cash assistance to the most vulnerable refugee families in Turkey.

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Thousands show up for jobs at Amazon warehouses in US cities

Thousands of people showed up Wednesday for a chance to pack and ship products to Amazon customers, as the e-commerce company held a giant job fair at nearly a dozen U.S. warehouses.

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Showdown set in Venezuela as new assembly prepares for power

Venezuela is nearing a showdown, with President Nicolas Maduro vowing to install a new constituent assembly that will trump every other branch of government and opposition leaders calling for a mass protest to ensure delegates know their arrival is unwelcome.

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Kanye West’s touring company sues over concert insurance

A lawsuit filed Tuesday by representatives of Kanye West claims insurers have failed to pay nearly $10 million for West’s canceled Saint Pablo Tour last year.

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Study: Global warming leads to farmer suicides rise in India

When Rani’s husband died by drinking pesticide, he left the family in debt. But even if they could pay off the loans, Rani said their farming days are over.

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‘Dunkirk’ conquers ‘Emoji,’ ‘Atomic Blonde’ at box office

“The Emoji Movie” survived negative reviews but couldn’t conquer “Dunkirk,” which had enough fight left to conquer the box office for a second weekend in a row.

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Angelina Jolie says story about grabbing cash from Cambodian kids

Angelina Jolie says accounts of her casting process for children to appear in her Khmer Rouge drama First They Killed My Father are false and upsetting.

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Pakistani parliament to elect new PM on Tuesday

Pakistan’s parliament will meet Tuesday to elect a new prime minister after the disqualification of three-term prime minister Nawaz Sharif.