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Abe denies favours for friend Kake amid falling support
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has once again denied he misused his influence to help a friend in a growing favouritism scandal.
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France moves to unite divided Libya
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France will host talks on Tuesday between Fayez al-Serraj, head of Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli, and Khalifa Haftar, a powerful military commander in the divided country’s east who has so far rejected his authority.
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NAPTIP begins operation in Heathrow, Gatwick airports
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Monday said it had commenced joint operations with the Border Force of the United Kingdom to tackle human trafficking.
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Parents, hospital decide how baby Charlie Gard should die
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The parents of terminally ill British baby Charlie Gard will hold discussions with his London hospital about how he should be allowed to die, their lawyer, Grant Armstrong, said on Monday.
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EU divided over US sanctions against Russia – diplomats
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Diplomats said the European Commission is divided over how to answer U.S. sanctions against Russia that could affect European firms.
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Candidate AIDS vaccine passes early test
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The three-decade-old quest for an AIDS vaccine received a shot of hope Monday when developers announced that a prototype triggered the immune system in an early phase of human trials.
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Vatican economy minister faces sex abuse charges in Australia
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Cardinal George Pell, Vatican’s economy minister, will make his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sex crimes.
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Trump intensifies criticism of own attorney general
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Donald Trump’s war of words against his attorney general and one-time ally Jeff Sessions escalated Monday, raising speculation the president may be preparing the ground to replace him.
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Parents of terminally-ill UK baby end legal fight
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The parents of British baby Charlie Gard on Monday abandoned their legal fight to take him to the United States for experimental treatment in a case that has attracted global attention.
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Britain’s Johnson compares Maori greeting to headbutt
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Britain’s gaffe-prone Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson likened a traditional Maori greeting to a headbutt Monday while visiting indigenous leaders in New Zealand.
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Philippines’ president threatens to tax miners to death
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President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines on Monday threatened to tax miners “to death” if damage to the environment persisted.
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Saudi crown prince in charge as king takes holiday
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, named heir to the region’s most powerful throne last month, took temporary charge of the country Monday as the king left on holiday.
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US Senate grills Trump’s son-in-law over Russian links
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Jared Kushner, son-in-law to President Donald Trump is to face two days of grilling by a panel of the US senate over his links with Russia.
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Russia warns US against new sanctions
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The Kremlin on Monday warned that new US sanctions on Russia would hit the interests of both sides as Congress gears up to approved fresh punitive measures.
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Kushner says met Russians four times, denies collusion – US media
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Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on Monday said he had four contacts with Russian officials but denied any collusion to help his father-in-law Donald Trump win the presidency, US media said.
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Why we repatriated North Koreans – China
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China on Monday defended its repatriation of North Koreans who have escaped across its border after a United Nations envoy voiced concern about increasing detentions and expulsions.
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Trump envoy heads to Israel for holy site crisis talks
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A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend of deadly violence.
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India must pull back its troops amid border standoff – China
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China on Monday warned India not to “push your luck” by underestimating Beijing’s determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign Chinese territory, amid an ongoing standoff between the two neighbors over a contested region high in the Himalayas.
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Suicide car bomb hits western Kabul
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At least 24 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded after a suicide car bomb targeted Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, police said.
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ISIL fighters executed by Haftar’s forces in Libya
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A group of 20 suspected fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also know as ISIS) group have been executed by the forces of General Khalifa Haftar in Libya, according to a video posted online.
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Israel under pressure over holy site, shooting at Amman embassy
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Israel faced mounting pressure Sunday over tougher security at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site as a shooting at the its embassy in Jordan raised further concerns after a weekend of deadly unrest.
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Trump’s son-in-law Kushner to testify on Hill twice
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Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner will meet behind closed doors this week with both the House and Senate intelligence committees investigating possible collusion between the president’s campaign and Russia.
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