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Google seeks to play down EU Android probe
Brussels has charged Google with abusing the dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system
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Air strikes on Syria's Aleppo kill 25
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights earlier gave a toll of 19 dead but said this was likely to rise
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Obama driven by Britain's 94-year-old Prince Philip
The trip also marks what is likely to be Obama's last presidential visit to Britain and meeting with the queen
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Two dead, 24 injured as storm destroys market in southern China
A strong gale and heavy rain struck the fruit market in Foshan city, Guangdong province
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Suicide bomber kills nine at Baghdad mosque, sources say
A separate bomb went off on Friday in the district of Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killing two and wounding nine
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UN rights chief urges Thailand to roll back military's powers
The military has banned political gatherings, censored media and tried dissenters in military courts
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Metro station hit in Brussels attacks to reopen
Maelbeek will resume service Monday from 6 am until 10 pm, like the rest of the network
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Norwegian fighter jet helps save dying patient
The patient was fighting for his life and without a special lung and heart procedure he would have died
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Yemen peace talks set to resume later Friday
UN hopes negotiations will put a stop to fighting across Yemen that has killed more than 6,800 people
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China targets 2020 Mars mission launch: official
Chinese want to orbit Mars, land, and deploy the rover in one mission
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Extinction Theory: Is the number of earthquakes increasing?
Over the last four weeks, Earth shook more than usual as tremors ranged from 4.5 to 8 on the Richter scale
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China could build nuclear plants for South China Sea, paper says
China has rattled nerves with its military and construction activities on islands it occupies in South China Sea
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Amnesty accuses Nigerian army of mass killings of Shias in northern city
Amnesty says more than 350 people were believed to have been unlawfully killed by the military between December 12-14
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Singapore police charges BSI banker with receiving ill-gotten funds
Charge sheet shows Yeo Jiawei was charged under act that covers corruption, drug trafficking and other serious crimes
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Drone believed to have hit British Airways flight 'may have been a plastic bag'
Transport minister advises against over-speculation of the incident
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Strong quake hits disaster-stricken Ecuador
The latest quake hit about 100 km north-northwest of Portoviejo and at a depth of 10 km
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Tokyo cat cafe shut down for animal neglect
Cafe was closed after the cooped-up kitties bred rapidly and began showing signs of illness
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'Rana Plazas everywhere': Danger still haunts Bangladesh
While there have been improvements at some larger factories, many of smaller sub-contractors have yet to be inspected
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A year on, millions of Nepal quake survivors wait for aid
'We have lived like this with a baby through monsoon and winter' says Rokayya, one of four million homeless victims
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Landslide in northeast India kills 16
The workers, who were building a hotel, were asleep when the landslide hit their camp
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North Korea pushes for meet with 'abducted' defectors in South
NK argues that meeting between recent defectors would expose the "fiction" that they fled to SK voluntarily
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Focus on your job, French foreign minister tells Macron
Comments come day after the economy minister declared that he was not President Francois Hollande's 'yes-man'
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Obama to visit Hiroshima after G7 summit: Nikkei
Washington will arrange with Japan his visit on May 27 when the G7 leaders summit wraps up
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Turkish academics go on trial for 'terrorist propoganda'
Four Turkish academics go on trial in a series of court cases, highlights growing restrictions on free speech
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One killed, 8 injured as South Korea train derails
According to KORAIL,the locomotive and four of the train's seven carriages jumped the tracks
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Russian forces in Syria fired on Israeli military aircraft: newspaper
Unsourced report gives no dates or locations for incidents nor any indication Israeli planes were hit
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Japan succeeds in test flight of first stealth fighter jet
Technological super power Japan has one of the world's most advanced defence forces
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Uber drivers remain independent contractors as lawsuit settled
The lawsuit had claimed that Uber drivers are employees and thus entitled to reimbursement of expenses
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Chemical blast rocks eastern Chinese city
The blast recalled huge explosions caused in Tianjin last August, when at least 165 people were killed
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UN climate deal signing gets the ball rolling
The ceremony will be attended by more than 165 governments, largest ever one-day signing of an international agreement
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Fossilised tooth of gigantic 'killer' whale found in Australia
Museum Victoria says the unique fossil belonged to an extinct species of "killer sperm whale"
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Solar Impulse 2 resumes round-the-world flight
Solar Impulse 2 resumes its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel
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Obama wades in to UK's Brexit debate
Obama says Britain's place in EU magnifies its global influence and its membership is a matter of deep interest to US
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FBI paid more than $1.3 million to break into San Bernardino iPhone
FBI gained access to the iPhone used by Rizwan Farook, one of the shooters who killed 14 people in San Bernardino
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Record day one signatures expected for Paris climate deal: UN
The deal to slow climate change is set to be signed by more than 165 countries at the United Nations
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Prince was treated for overdose before death, claims TMZ
The 57-year-old was treated at a hospital after his private jet made an unscheduled landing in Moline
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US suicide rate jumps 24 per cent since 1999: study
The most common method of suicide for men was by firearm, among women it was poisoning
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Race for $39 bn Australian submarine contract hots up
International race between France, Germany and Japan to win contract to build new submarines is reaching a climax
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Don't put abolitionist Tubman on $20 bill, says Trump
"Andrew Jackson had a great history, and I think it's very rough when you take someone off the bill"
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Pop icon Prince dead at 57
"I'm confirming Prince Rogers Nelson has died at his Paisley Park residence," says spokesperson Yvette Noel-Schure
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Muslim teens arrested for blast at Sikh wedding in Germany
Police have arrested two 16-year-olds with known links to regional extremists over the attack
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Ex-UN climate chief quits India think-thank amid 'sex pest' claims
The 75-year-old faces several police charges including sexual harassment
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Saudi executes Pakistani man for drug trafficking
Shah Zaman Khan Sayyed had been found guilty of attempting to smuggle heroin and amphetamines into the kingdom
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Despite tensions, Obama says US and Gulf united against IS
"We remain united in our fight to destroy IS," says US president
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UK to take in up to 3,000 refugee children
Commitment is in addition to Britain's pledge to resettle the most vulnerable refugees from camps on Syria's borders
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Indian investigators want Britain to deport liquor tycoon
Separately, he is being chased by a group of mostly state-run banks over $1.34 billion in unpaid loans
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Paris suspect Abdeslam charged over Brussels shootout: lawyer
Abdeslam is due to be extradited to France in coming days
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Iranian hopefuls start campaigning for parliamentary runoffs: radio
The new parliament and the Assembly of Experts will start work on May 27
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Drone crosses path of Aer Lingus plane over France
It passed five metres under the plane's left wing as it was at 1,600 metres altitude on its approach to the airport
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Starbucks opens first cafe in sub-Saharan Africa
US-based global brand plans to open 12 to 15 more stores in South Africa over the next two years

















































