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August 14, 2019
Admiral takes £33m hit from personal injury compensation reforms

Car insurer Admiral has revealed a £33 million hit due to reforms to personal injury compensation and warned that the total impact could be as much as £60 million.

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August 14, 2019
Firefighting planes resume flights over Greek island blaze

Water-dropping planes and helicopters have resumed flights over a major wildfire burning through a protected nature reserve on the Greek island of Evia, where hundreds of people were evacuated from...

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August 14, 2019
Balfour Beatty shares jump as overseas growth drives turnaround

UK infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty's turnaround has continued to gather pace as the firm boosted profits by more than a quarter in the first half of the year.

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August 14, 2019
Man accused over New Zealand mosque shootings sends letter from jail cell

New Zealand officials have admitted making a mistake by allowing the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques to send a handwritten letter from his prison cell.

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August 14, 2019
Sports Direct auditor Grant Thornton quits after huge tax bill

Sports Direct has announced that auditor Grant Thornton is set to quit its role working for the retail giant.

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August 14, 2019
Pakistani PM reiterates support for residents in Indian section of Kashmir

Pakistan's prime minister has assured Kashmiri people living in the Indian-administered part of the divided region that he supports them in their struggle for self-determination.

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August 14, 2019
Flights resume after violent clashes at Hong Kong airport

Flights have resumed at Hong Kong's airport after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence.

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August 14, 2019
China denies two US Navy warships permission to dock in Hong Kong

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August 14, 2019
‘He was bloodied and tried to bite us’ – Irish hero who tackled Australian killer

An Irishman has described how he helped to take down a killer rampaging through the streets of Sydney.

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August 14, 2019
‘We’re leading nuclear arms race’ – Kremlin

The Kremlin boasted yesterday that it was winning the race to develop new advanced nuclear weapons despite a mysterious rocket accident last week.

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August 14, 2019
China sending army to Hong Kong border, warns Trump

Donald Trump warned that China was moving troops to the Hong Kong border as protesters clashed with riot police at the city's international airport for a second time last night.

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August 14, 2019
Ex-president charged over death, accused of coup plan

The head of Kyrgyzstan's security forces accused ex-president Almazbek Atambayev yesterday of planning to stage a coup, state news agency Kabar said, following a deadly clash last week with police...

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August 14, 2019
Forest animal population has halved in 50 years, says WWF

The number of animals living in the world's forests has more than halved in the last 50 years, the conservation charity WWF has revealed.

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August 14, 2019
The mystery of Nóra Quoirin’s last hours: Family are ‘broken’ after teenager’s body found

Mystery surrounds the death of Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin after her naked body was discovered less than 2km from a resort in the Malaysian rainforest where she vanished 10 days...

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August 14, 2019
Opera ‘God’ Domingo is accused of sexual harassment by nine women

One of the world's greatest opera singers has been accused of sexual harassment, with one woman claiming he had a superstition that "he had to be with a woman before...

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August 14, 2019
President, Taoiseach send their sympathies to Quoirins

President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar yesterday sent Ireland's condolences to the bereaved family of Nora Quoirin, whose body was found in the Malaysian rainforest 10 days after...

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August 14, 2019
Sex offender Epstein ‘taped famous guests for blackmail’

Jeffrey Epstein may have videotaped the rich and famous friends who visited his "Paedophile Island" retreat, it has emerged.

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August 14, 2019
Sex selection fears over sperm breakthrough

Sperm can be separated to allow gender selection, a team of Japanese scientists have shown for the first time.

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August 14, 2019
The mystery of Nora Quoirin’s last hours: Family are ‘broken’ after teenager’s body found

Mystery surrounds the death of Irish teenager Nora Quoirin after her naked body was discovered less than 2km from a resort in the Malaysian rainforest where she vanished 10 days...

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August 14, 2019
Two Canadian teen fugitives found dead ‘took their own lives’ – police

Canadian police have said they believe two teenage fugitives suspected of killing a woman and her boyfriend as well as another man took their own lives.

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August 14, 2019
UN urges European nations ‘not to leave fleeing migrants on high seas’

The United Nations refugee agency urgently appealed to European governments yesterday to let two migrant rescue ships disembark more than 500 passengers who remain stranded at sea as countries bicker...

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August 13, 2019
Two prison guards suspended and warden reassigned after Jeffrey Epstein’s death

Two guards assigned to watch Jeffrey Epstein the night he apparently killed himself in jail have been placed on leave and the warden has been removed as federal authorities investigate...

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August 13, 2019
San Francisco Opera cancels Domingo concert

The San Francisco Opera says it is cancelling an October concert featuring Placido Domingo amid claims that he sexually harassed several women.

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August 13, 2019
Two guards suspended and warden reassigned after Epstein death

Two guards assigned to watch Jeffrey Epstein the night he apparently killed himself in jail have been placed on leave and the warden has been removed as federal authorities investigate...

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August 13, 2019
Man given his own private Delta flight after being the only one to turn up

A man was given his own private Delta flight after he was the only person to show up for the trip.

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August 13, 2019
Russian fighter wards off Nato jet nearing minister’s plane

A Russian fighter jet warded off a Nato military aircraft that approached a passenger plane carrying Russia's defence minister, according to media reports.

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August 13, 2019
Markets boosted by delay to Trump tariffs

Markets pushed higher on Tuesday despite a number of global economic and political uncertainties, as the latest round of US tariffs on Chinese goods looked set to be delayed.

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August 13, 2019
Police and protesters scuffle in terminal at Hong Kong airport battleground

Riot police have clashed with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's airport, moving into the terminal where the demonstrators had shut down operations at the busy transport hub for two straight...

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August 13, 2019
Rock hyrax triplets – the closest relative to elephants – born at Chester Zoo

A tiny trio of rock hyrax pups — the world's closest-known relative to the elephant — have been born at Chester Zoo.

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August 13, 2019
Nespresso turns aluminium capsules into bike

Nespresso has partnered with a Swedish company to produce a bike made from used aluminium capsules in an effort to motivate customers to recycle coffee pods.

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August 13, 2019
Billboards remind Government ministers of their no-deal Brexit warnings

No-deal Brexit warnings from Government ministers are being placed on billboards around the country.

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August 13, 2019
‘I just started running’ – Irishman among group praised for taking down knifeman on rampage in Sydney

An Irishman has been praised after he helped take down a knifeman who stabbed a woman to death and left another injured in Sydney, Australia.

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August 13, 2019
12 US Marines suspected of smuggling illegal migrants face charges

A dozen marines have charges pending against them after being accused of involvement in smuggling migrants that have crossed the US border, Marine Corps officials have said. Read Full Article...

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