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World War II: Key dates
It was the world's deadliest conflict, estimated to have killed 40 to 60 million people
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US news anchor apologises after comparing black colleague to ape
Hackett accepted her apology, but acknowledged that the words "cut deep for me"
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Japan orders 240,000 to evacuate over flood, landslide fears
Nearly a million more people are under a lower-level evacuation advisory over the heavy rains
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'Going to waste': UK shipyard braces for Brexit turmoil
Graves fears that many of these designers and engineers will soon be out of work
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Taliban kill 14 pro-government militia in Afghanistan: officials
At least nine others wounded in the clashes
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Oil gains, led by US crude, as recession worries ease
Oil prices rise with US crude gaining 1%
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US body voices concern on India registry of Muslims
A US body on global religious freedom fears India's drive to register citizens in Assam can disenfranchise Muslims
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Archeologists find remains of 227 sacrificed children in Peru
Children aged between four and 14, were sacrificed in a ritual to honor the Chimu culture's gods
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US court orders Idaho to provide gender confirmation surgery to inmate
Edmo was born male but has identified as female since she was five or six years old
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China denies Qingdao port visit for US warship amid tensions
Defense official says the last US Navy ship to visit Qingdao was the destroyer Benfold in 2016
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Epstein accusers detail sexual abuse in emotional court hearing
Sixteen women address the court while lawyers read out statements on behalf of seven other accusers
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Indian SC issues notices to Modi govt on Article-370, Kashmir press freedom
A five-judge bench of the country's top court will review Indian move on Article-370 in October
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Explosions hit Gaza police checkpoints, three dead -officials
Interior ministry spokesman says the sinful hands that carried out this crime will not escape punishment
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Fed rejects call to deny Trump rate cuts; Trump keeps up pressure
Trump ratchets up tariffs on China to force the world’s second-largest economy to cut a better trade deal with the US
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Are water shortages driving migration?
In most cases, other economic and social problems like corruption or a lack of jobs contribute to migration
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Escaped deadly cobra terrorises German town
Metre-long snake, whose bite can be fatal, has been missing since since escaping from its owner's home
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Trump says 'no bedbugs' at resort he offered for next G7 summit
#Trumpbedbugs trends on Twitter accusing the president of using his office to drum up business for his golf resorts
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Deal nears in talks with US: Afghan Taliban
Withdrawal of foreign troops, a ceasefire agreement major pillars of peace talks
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'Water women' quench thirst of central India's parched villages
As more rivers, reservoirs go dry 600 'Jal Sahelis' step up efforts to fix region’s perennial water woes
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Scientists create 'all white' albino lizards
This scientific creation will help to understand vision problems in humans with albinism
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Indian army man commits suicide after killing senior officer over punishment
Rifleman allegedly shoots a havildar for punishing him on showing ‘lethargic attitude on duty’
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Girl gang-raped, paraded with shaved head as punishment
Authorities say victim was repeatedly raped till she lost her consciousness
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Trade hope helps Asian markets bounce back from sell-off
Investors return in later trade after Trump's G7 news conference
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Go for no-deal Brexit or face election battle: Farage warns UK PM Johnson
'We would put country before party and we would do it every time'
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As Trump policies deepen farmers' pain, Democrats see an opening in rural America
Democratic rivals are stepping up their push to take back part of rural America
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Hong Kong artist offers free protest-themed tattoos
One customer says the tattoo is a reminder of what protesters are fighting for
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Modi ally says Indian opposition using witchcraft
This claim comes after three top members died this month
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UK opposition seek ways to stop no-deal Brexit
The Labour leader says he plans to call a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson next week
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UN committee faults Nepal in child labour, abuse case
UN Committee calls on Nepal to remove existing obstacles hindering forced-labour victims from filing complaints
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Beijing expresses "strong dissatisfaction" with G7 on Hong Kong
Geng Shuang expresses opposition to a statement made by the leaders
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Madrid hit by heavy flooding
Firefighters in the region were called out 152 times on Monday
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Iran court upholds British Council staffer's 10-year jail term
Esmaili says that she had been tasked with drawing up and managing cultural "infiltration" projects
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Migrant drowns off Belgium while trying to swim to UK
Body of the 48-year-old was discovered on Friday, wearing a makeshift life jacket made of empty plastic bottles
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India using army against its own people: Arundhati Roy
Author faces social media ire for controversial statement
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China to hold fresh military drills near Taiwan
It did not offer details on the scale of the exercises or which military units were involved
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Australian arrested in China for 'espionage'
Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Yang Hengjun, an outspoken pro-democracy activist, is held under 'harsh conditions'
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Warily, Saudi shops push boundaries on prayer-time shutdown
Stores in Riyadh malls saw it as a nod-and-a-wink approach to avert a conservative backlash
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Oil rises as US-China trade comments calm markets
Trump says China was sincere about wanting to reach a deal,
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow full enforcement of asylum crackdown
New rule will bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border
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Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight Amazon fires
Bolsonaro reacted by blasting Macron for having a "colonialist mentality"
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US Muslim congresswoman urges respect for human rights in occupied Kashmir
Ilhan Omar stresses international organisations should be allowed to document what is happening on the ground
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African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry
G7 nations pledge $20 million on the Amazon, mainly on fire-fighting aircraft
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Pakistani migrants among six dead in Greece car crash
10 injured in the accident; police believe human smugglers were responsible for the crash near Turkey-Greece border
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Trump says next G7 summit likely to be at his golf club
Critics say Trump is looking to make a profit from his time in the White House
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Hong Kong violence becoming more serious, but government in control, says Lam
The Chinese-ruled city is grappling with its biggest political crisis
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New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil military planes battle flames
Seventy personnel, firefighters and troops, have been deployed to put out the blazes, the Rondonia government said
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Turkey observing ‘IOK situation’
FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu
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Brazilian women should be ashamed of Bolsonaro for mocking my wife: Macron
The leaders have been feuding in recent weeks, with Macron blaming Bolsonaro for fires in the Amazon
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Father-in-law slashes ear, husband bites nose of wife’s mother in dowry dispute
The injured woman was taken to hospital; an FIR has been lodged
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Malaysia in talks with Pakistan, others to barter arms with palm oil
Southeast Asia’s third-biggest economy seeks to replace old equipment to boost its defence capabilities