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Officials have given no details about the possible cause of the fire

US President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods, with a further $300 billion in imports

Johnson says the Britain he will lead will be "an international, outward-looking, self-confident nation"

While the government acknowledges the issue of violence against women, critics say not enough is being done

Epstein, who once counted Trump and former President Bill Clinton as friends, was arrested on July 6

Trump's America now stands in opposition to several of its closest allies

As officials sense a glimmer of hope after Johnson's meetings with Merkel and Macron this week

Thousands to march around 20 miles down the coast from Biarritz to denounce leaders over environmental damage

The Congress leader, his delegation stopped from exiting Srinagar airport after a scuffle with authorities

It was the latest in a series of short-range missile tests the nuclear-armed nation has carried out in recent weeks

If he goes back on his promise to deliver Brexit at any cost on October 31, "I think there will be riots"

He got a call from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who he had previously called "nasty" when she rejected his idea

He vanished without contact for several days before Beijing confirmed he has been taken into custody

Fires are the result of significant acceleration of deforestation for the lumber industry

As a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis

Unable to work for three months and far from his children, Haughton lost his two jobs as a construction worker

Microplastics larger than 150 micrometres are not likely to be absorbed by the human body, says WHO

Clashes between stone-throwing protesters and Indian security forces leave more than 100 injured

World Food Programme finds a new weapon to maintain awareness, one with a wet nose and a wagging tail

Barricades, razor wires erected in many places to prevent people from gathering at Lal Chowk and Sonawar

Two rhinos undergo a risky procedure with extracting their eggs using techniques that have taken years of research

India's national flag carrier owes three state-run oil firms more than $630 million

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Whelan arrives in the court handcuffed, escorted by two security guards wearing black masks

In August 1989 the human chain helped the Baltic states win independence from the Soviet Union

In August 1944 ordinary Parisians rose up, led by Resistance fighters, to throw off the Nazi yoke

As the fires have already burned more than 1.6 million acres of tropical forest

Woman stabs her husband 11 times with a kitchen knife

Hemingway's high jinks at the Ritz pushed for him to be court-martialed for carrying arms as a war correspondent

Thousands of people moved to safety, most of them tourists on islands off the east coast

Many businessmen say the government is going overboard in a drive against tax evasion, corruption

Malaysia’s official poverty rate dropped from 49% in 1970 to just 0.4% in 2016

About half the prison's 500 inmates fled on Monday as protesters outside set the jail and other buildings ablaze

Israeli rights organisation B'Tselem says its investigation concluded Abdelrahman was hit with live ammunition

Authorities additionally found other firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and tactical gear

The G7 community of nations is extending a hand to a democratizing, reforming Russia

Hong Kong is bracing for more anti-government demonstrations

There have been a series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots

Almost a year after a similar effort failed amid protests

The decision comes with countries at loggerheads following a run of South Korean court rulings against Japanese firms

Malaysia is a key transit point for illegal narcotics

Has demanded Pompeo be replaced since the second failed summit between Trump and Kim

Johnson has staked his leadership on withdrawing Britain from the EU by the current deadline "do or die"

Pro-democracy and pro-Beijing students clash physically, hurl insults and death threats

Data shows 152 Kashmiris have been reported to hospitals between August 5 and August 21

He says farmers could be illegally setting the forest on fire

Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year

France leaves door open to Britain seeking solution to Irish backstop

Emmanuel Macron urges India and Pakistan to resolve their differences bilaterally

Wife complains that her husband doesn't argue at all