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A woman was seriously injured when a bus scraped the roof of a tunnel under the Alexandre III bridge in Paris
World
23.06.2017
Tourist bus hits Paris bridge, at least four injured
Botswana's former president Sir Ketumile Masire has died aged 91
World
23.06.2017
Country's former president Ketumile Masire dies
Peru's Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne, pictured in 2016, was heard in a leaked recording apparently pressuring a senior financial official to approve an airport construction contract in return for an increased budget allocation
World
22.06.2017
Economy minister, Alfredo Thorne quits in scandal
US Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the health bill, drafted in secret by a handful of lawmakers and aides, at a closed-door session with party faithful
World
22.06.2017
Senate Republicans unveil health care overhaul
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party is well ahead in opinion polls just over three months before parliamentary elections
World 22.06.2017
German Chancellor waves flag in election battle against populists
Colombian rebels formed the National Liberation Army (ELN) in 1964
World 22.06.2017
Colombia's rebels to release two Dutch journalists
An El Al Boeing 777-258 sits on the tarmac of Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 19, 2016
World 22.06.2017
Woman wins discrimination case over airline seat
Barely three months ago, the new head of the Social Democrats Martin Schulz seemed to be the man most likely to topple Chancellor Angela Merkel, but SPD has suffered heavy losses in three straight state elections while Merkel's CDU has scored clear win...
World 22.06.2017
German Chancellor's chief rival, Martin Schulz fights to save campaign
Angola's Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente had been strongly tipped as a potential successor to President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos until news of the corruption scandal emerged
World 22.06.2017
Angolan VP to be tried for corruption
The 12,000-strong MINUSCA force has been plagued by a wave of sexual abuse allegations since the mission began in 2014 to help restore stability to the Central African Republic
World 21.06.2017
Congo peacekeepers accused ordered to leave C. Africa
Men and women mingle at Berlin's new mosque, founded by among others Turkish-born women's rights activist Seyran Ates -- but Turkey's religious affairs agency is not happy
World 21.06.2017
Turkey says liberal German mosque 'incompatible' with Islam
King Maha Vajiralongkorn ascended the Thai throne following the death of his father in October 2016
World 21.06.2017
German teenagers shoot at Thai king with rubber pellets
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with top Chinese officials, with North Korea high on the agenda
World 21.06.2017
US and China officials meet under cloud
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