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Mount Qomolangma, the high-altitude rubbish dump

‍DecadesofcommercialmountaineeringhaveturnedMountQomolangma,alsoknownasMountEverest,intotheworldshighestrubbishdumpasanincreasingnumberofbig-spendingclimberspay

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GE facing millions in penalties over French job pledge

USconglomerateGeneralElectricwillhavetopaymillionsofeurosinpenaltiesinFranceifitfailstoupholditspledgetocreate1,000newjobsbytheyearsend,agovernmentofficialsaidS

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Japan warns US-ROK drills 'vital' after Trump suggests 'halt'

USmilitarydrillswiththeRepublicofKorea(ROK)andWashingtonstrooppresencetherearevitalforregionalsecurity,JapansaidWednesday,raisingconcernsafterUSPresidentDonaldT

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Stock markets show mixed reaction as G7 summit gets underway

StockmarketsshowedmixedreactionsonFridaysinceG7summithaslaidbarethetradefrictionsbetweentheUSanditsallies,Irannuclearissuesandothertrickyproblems.TheG7meetingor

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'I should be the poster boy of #MeToo': Woody Allen

AmericanfilmmakerWoodyAllenhasbackedthe#MeToomovementagainstsexualharassmentandsaidhewouldhavebeenaposterboyforthecauseifhehadntbeenunfairlymaligned.Itisagoodth

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Starbucks chief Schultz retiring after 36 years, may run for president

HowardSchultz,whobuiltasmallSeattlecoffeechainintotheglobalpowerhouseStarbucks,announcedMondayhewasretiringfromthecompany,fuelingspeculationhemayseektheDemocrat

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Puigdemont will stay in Belgium until end of Catalan elections

Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont will remain in Belgium until after the December 21 elections in his native province, as he is fighting extradition to Spain, his lawyer said.

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NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years

The thrusters of NASA's far-flung Voyager 1 have been fired up for the first time in 37 years, a move that officials say could extend the spacecraft's life by up to three years.

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Tillerson's future as top American diplomat in doubt

Rex Tillerson's political future appeared to hang by a thread Thursday, with President Donald Trump refusing to rule out his imminent departure as secretary of state.

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Britain, EU agree on Brexit divorce bill: reports

British and European negotiators have reached a deal for Britain to pay tens of billions of euros to leave the European Union, according to media reports Tuesday.

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Trump Jr. posts messages exchanged with WikiLeaks during U.S. campaign

U‍S President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., released a series of messages on Monday he had with WikiLeaks after a report suggested he had secretly liaised with the group that published Hillary Clinton's emails during last year's election.

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After Las Vegas, even US gun lobby backs calls for new curbs

US lawmakers bolstered efforts Thursday to ban the devices that the Las Vegas shooter used to convert his rifles into rapid-fire killing machines, and Congress may have found a surprising ally -- the National Rifle Association.

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ISIL claims the London subway blast as UK raises its terror alert level

Britain raised its threat level to maximum on Friday and announced troops would be deployed to key sites after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train, injuring at least 29 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

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Russia, Iran, Turkey to police Syria Idlib safe zone

Russia, Iran and Turkey struck a deal Friday to jointly police a fourth safe zone around Syria's Idlib province as part of a Moscow-led plan to ease the six-year conflict.

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Trump, Moon agree to boost S.Korean missile capabilities

The United States and South Korea agreed Friday to strengthen Seoul's defenses and Washington gave a nod to billions in arms sales to the country, the White House said, days after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) fired a missile over Japan and threatened further launches.

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Smooth Criminal: Michael Jackson statue given rifle by Rio narcos

Rio de Janeiro drug gangsters gave a famous statue of Michael Jackson a scary new prop in a photo circulating on Brazilian social media: an assault rifle.

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Van Gogh goes virtual as 'Sunflowers' unite via livestream

Five versions of Vincent van Gogh's masterpiece painting "Sunflowers" will be united across three continents for the first time on Monday via a consecutive livestream feed, the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam has said.