Europe
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Greta Thunberg ends her school strikes after 251 weeks
For five years, Greta Thunberg has spent her Fridays in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm rather than in…
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Knife attacks in Annecy lead to charges against Syrian refugee
A Syrian homeless man in his 30s was charged with attempted murder and detained in France on Saturday in connection…
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Ukraine attacks along 600-mile front, while grappling with flood crisis
Ukrainian and Russian forces clashed along a sprawling 600-mile front line on Saturday, as Ukrainian rescue workers searched the fetid…
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With the probes of the Russian lines, the Ukrainian counter-offensive takes shape
In the south, Ukrainian soldiers fight in an unforgiving landscape, flat farmland with little cover for troops trying to advance.…
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As Ukraine launches counteroffensive, definitions of ‘success’ vary
After months of anticipation, Ukrainian forces – newly trained in complex warfare tactics and armed with billions of dollars in…
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Battles rage as Ukraine tries to retake territory occupied by Russia
Intense fighting raged across a wide swath of southeastern Ukraine for a second day on Friday, as Ukrainian forces attacked…
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Harald zur Hausen, 87, Nobel laureate who found cause of cervical cancer, dies
Dr Harald zur Hausen, a German virologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for his discovery that…
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Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly resigned from his seat in Parliament on Friday, another dramatic turning point in…
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President Vucic plays his role as defender of the Serbs
He is being courted by American and European diplomats, applauded by a media machine bent on defaming his critics and…
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Macron meets victims and ‘backpack hero’ after knife attack in France
A day after a violent knife attack that injured six people, including four children, President Emmanuel Macron traveled to southeastern…
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Can he fix the ‘palace of scaffolding’ in time for Belgium’s 200th anniversary?
It was love at first sight. More than 10 years ago, Belgian government architect André Demesmaeker was tasked with investigating…
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