Japan sushi tycoon pays record tuna price
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Escape room fire kills five teenagers in Poland
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Trump ready for US shutdown to last 'for years'
**US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government - no...
Italy crime: Gang rips open security van with diggers near Bari
**Italian police are hunting for robbers who stole €2.3m (£2m; $2.6m) after trapping and ripping ope...
Germany adopts third gender identity for intersex people
**Intersex people in Germany can now legally identify themselves as a third gender, under a new law...
Kim Jong-un warns of change in direction on denuclearisation
**North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is committed to denuclearisation, but warned he will c...
Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays
**Venice has won approval to introduce an entry fee of up to €10 (£9; $11.50) for short-stay tourist...
Deadly blast ruins Russia housing block in Magnitogorsk
**Rescuers in the central Russian city of Magnitogorsk are searching for survivors after an explosio...
Brexit: US ambassador to UK Johnson warns on trade deal
**Donald Trump's offer of a "quick, massive bilateral trade deal" won't be possible if Theresa May's...
Angela Merkel: Germany to take on greater global responsibility
**In 2019 Germany will assume greater international responsibility and must stand up for its convict...
Syria conflict: Trump 'slowing troop withdrawal', says Lindsey Graham
**A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (...
Russian security agency arrests 'US spy' in Moscow
**Russia's FSB state security agency says it has arrested a US citizen "caught spying" in Moscow.**I...
Georges Loinger: French hero who saved Jews in WW2 dies
**French resistance fighter Georges Loinger, whose bravery and invention saved hundreds of Jewish ch...
Indian miners: Navy divers deployed in rescue bid
A team of Indian navy divers has been deployed in a bid to rescue 15 workers trapped inside a floode...
Egypt police 'kill 40 militants' in raids after tourist bus blast
**Police in Egypt have killed dozens of militants during security raids on their hideouts, the inter...
Trump says Fed is 'the only problem' of US economy
**President Donald Trump has lashed out at the US central bank for stock market turmoil, saying the...
Indonesia tsunami: Death toll from Anak Krakatau volcano rises
**The death toll following the tsunami caused by the Anak Krakatau volcano has risen to at least 373...
Der Spiegel 'fake news' reporter could face charges
**The German reporter Claas Relotius, accused by top news magazine Der Spiegel of faking stories, co...
Indonesia tsunami kills hundreds after Krakatau eruption
**More than 220 people have been killed and 843 injured after a tsunami hit coastal towns on Indones...
Strasbourg gunman Chekatt 'pledged allegiance to IS in video'
**The gunman who killed five people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg had pledged allegiance to...
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