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Ships rescue 400 migrants from wooden boat in the Mediterranean

A crew member from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 distributes life jackets to migrants during a rescue operation in waters off the coast of Tunisia. /Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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Italian student gets COVID-19 health pass tattoo – and it works

01:19 While most people would rather forget living through a pandemic, Andrea Colonnetta, has got a permanent reminder – a tattoo of his COVID-19 vaccine certificate. The 22-year-old st

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Carbon emissions trading explained: How will the UK system work?

The UK is about to launch its own carbon trading system, with a first auction of permits on May 19. It replaces the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS), the world's first and biggest carbon

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German ministers warn Russia Nord Stream 2 could be 'turned off'

The U.S. and Germany promised on Wednesday to work together to press Russia as they sought to move past a still raw row over the Nord Stream pipeline. /Odd Andersen/AFP Armin Laschet, Germany'

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EU member states reject French-German plan to restore Russia talks

The strong refusal to resume talks with Russia pronounced on Thursday at the European Parliament by several EU member states is "no drama at all," said France's President Emmanuel Macron, who togethe

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Israeli planes bomb Gaza in response to incendiary balloons

01:00 Israeli planes launched air strikes on the Gaza strip early on Wednesday in response to incendiary balloons believed to have been released by Palestinian militants, the first flar

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Man charged with kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard appears in court

The Metropolitan Police officer charged with kidnapping and murdering 33-year-old Sarah Everard, who vanished from the streets of south London on March 3, appeared in front of a magistrates court on

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Putin critic Navalny jailed for three-and-a-half years in Russia

A Moscow court hearing sentenced opposition figure Alexei Navalny to serve a three-and-a-half-year jail term, despite international calls to release him and mass protests in his support across the co

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Belarus police detain more than a hundred during protests in Minsk

00:46 More than a hundred demonstrators were detained by national security forces in Belarus during protests in the capital Minsk on Sunday.Thousands of protestors organized themselves

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UK decision to remove Huawei 5G 'puts country in digital slow lane'

British experts have warned the UK that the decision to ban Huawei technology from the country's 5G future will make the nation less competitive in the digital market.Jeremy Thompson, Huawei UK vice-

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How do you kill 17m mink sick with a COVID-19 mutation?

Denmark is culling its population of up to 17 million minks after a mutated COVID-19 strain was discovered in sick animals in fur farms across the country's northern region.The mutated strain was fou

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Poland delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests

Poland's government is postponing the publication and implementation of the controversial high court ruling that last month approved a ban on almost all abortions in the country.Protests have rocked

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Nine out of 10 Europeans demand stunning before animal slaughter

00:45 Nine out of 10 people in Europe oppose animal slaughter without prior stunning, according to a poll published by the animal welfare group Eurogroup for Animals.The stunning of an

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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting refugee protection?

At the end of 2019, there were almost 80 million people forcibly displaced across the world, fleeing war, poverty, conflict and persecution, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.That's equa

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How does the coronavirus make people ill? The WHO's Mike Ryan explains

07:52 It is more than eight months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency, but the number of questions on the nature of the virus, its effects

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Global Business Daily: Deutsche Bank cuts, Tiffany suit, homeworking

"Coronavirus has further changed the demands placed on advisory services and the branch business."These are the words Philipp Gossow, chief operating officer Germany at Deutsche Bank AG, used to expl

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A toned-down Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich

01:21 In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, resilient innkeepers in Munich, Germany, are set to keep the tradition of the Oktoberfest alive, despite its official cancelation.The year o