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Prince Harry and Ed Sheeran team up on World Mental Health Day

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United Airlines pushes MAX flights back to 2020

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Montgomery elects first black mayor in city's 200-year history

Reed, a judge for Montgomery County, defeated David Woods by winning about 67 percent of the vote. 45-year-old Reed, who was also the first African-American p...

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In images which will melt hearts, little Gabriella gave her father a huge hug after landing in London, beaming with a huge smile as the pair were finally reunit...

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The investigation started in August of 2018 and was conducted by the RNC/RCMP Integrated Internet Child Exploitation Unit (IICE). A number of the file names l...

South Africa’s ex-leader Zuma to face corruption charges

The charges were raised more than a decade ago, then withdrawn, then reinstated after the National Prosecuting Authority announced there were sufficient groun...

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

He worked in close cooperation with the President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki and quickly worked out the principles of a peace agreement to end the long "no peace...

Donald Trump on diplomatic immunity row: Wrong-way driving ‘happens’

The family of the teenager who was killed in a road accident involving the wife of a USA diplomat are said to be "angry and frustrated" after meeting the Fore...

Wildfire in California: millions without power as blazes threaten state

About 126,000 customers had service restored as weather conditions improved, the company said. About 600,000 customers remain without power. "We faced a choic...

UK, Ireland leaders agree Brexit deal 'possible'

Welcome to a Friday edition of Politics live after an unexpectedly positive Brexit meeting between Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar . The two prime minister agre...

US Sanctions on Guptas, Essa over 'corruption'

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North Korea slams Europeans over criticism of missile test

Pyongyang declared a moratorium on intercontinental ballistic missile launches and nuclear tests at the end of 2017, saying it had completed the development of ...

Explosion sets ablaze Iranian oil tanker near Saudi port

According to the the ship tracking website Marine Traffic the tanker was heading to Suez. An explosion set ablaze an Iranian oil tanker off the Saudi port...

Hong Kong protesters clamor for release of detained activist

When asked if China was specifically trying to get Apple to eliminate the app from its store, Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the the country's foreign ministry,...

Crazed fan finds singer's home by zooming in on reflection of eyes

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Could Turkey's military moves destabilise north Syria?

Turkey says the military incursion aims to create a "safe zone and peace corridor". Turkey has long threatened an attack on the Kurdish fighters in Syria wh...

Colorado jury clears Uber driver in passenger's shooting death

Michael Hancock , 29, was cleared of the murder of Hyun Kim, 45, a father who he shot dead on a freeway in Denver , Colorado , previous year just before 3 a.m...

Washington transfers two British jihadis from Syria into USA custody

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Passengers revolt as cruise turns into 'holiday from hell'

The ship stopped in Norway in what was described as a "deserted" town before skipping Reykjavik for an unintended stop in Greenock, Scotland. But the holiday ...

Advance polls open Friday

Four days of advance voting opens Friday in Bay of Quinte riding to cast ballots well before federal election day October 21. If you have not received your vo...

Seoul unsure if North Korea will air World Cup qualifier

A ministry statement took issue with condemnation Tuesday by the European members of the U.N. Security Council of North Korea's recent ballistic missile and oth...

Giuliani dealings with associates scrutinized as part of investigation

Prosecutors charge that the two men falsely claimed the contributions came from GEP, which was described as a liquefied natural gas business. "They have a str...

Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched an operation against Kurdish-led militias in northeastern Syria . There were no independent reports, ho...

'Jesus Shoes' filled with holy water sold out in minutes

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Climate protesters from Extinction Rebellion scale Jacques Cartier Bridge

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Tsai rejects China's 'one country, two systems'

But it also threatens to backfire as Taiwan's presidential election draws closer, with U.S. and Australian concerns about China's growing footprint in the Pac...

Romania government collapses after no-confidence vote

Before the vote, opposition lawmaker Raluca Turcan denounced Dancila's "political patronage" and "lies" to ensure her government's survival. Doing so could be h...

Vladimir Putin insists Russia is complying with WADA requirements

The anti-doping agency said last month it had opened compliance proceedings against Russia's anti-doping agency after examining the vast bank of historical te...

N. Korea suspected of providing Iran with nuclear weapons-related tech

Despite the recent tests, Pyongyang has stuck to a freeze in testing of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles that has been in place since 201...