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August 2, 2019
Majestic Wine finds buyer for high street business in £95m deal

Majestic Wine has confirmed it will sell its retail business to US firm Fortress Investment Group for £95 million, in a move which will split the high street business off...

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August 2, 2019
Pictured: Mother convicted of murdering two daughters after they ‘got in the way’ of her sex life

An "emotionless" mother has been convicted of murdering her two young daughters after they "got in the way" of her sex life.

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August 2, 2019
Six explosions rock Bangkok as Thai capital hosts security summit

Six explosions, believed to be the result of homemade bombs set off by timers, injured at least three people in Bangkok on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

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August 2, 2019
Investigation ordered as blasts reported in Bangkok

Several small bombings have been reported in Thailand's capital Bangkok.

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August 2, 2019
Trump denounces Democrats at rally but avoids race

US president Donald Trump used a revved-up rally in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils, attacking four liberal congresswomen of colour...

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August 2, 2019
Several bomb blasts reported in Bangkok during ASEAN summit

Several small bombings have been reported in Thailand's capital Bangkok.

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August 2, 2019
Robert F Kennedy’s granddaughter dies aged 22

Robert F Kennedy's granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill has died, her family has said.

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August 2, 2019
South Korea vows retaliation after Japan ends preferential trade status

Japan has approved the removal of South Korea from a list of countries with preferential trade status.

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August 2, 2019
South Korea criticises Japan for removing it from preferential trade ‘whitelist’

South Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has slammed Tokyo's “unilateral and arbitrary” decision to remove her country from a “whitelist” of countries with preferential trade status.

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August 2, 2019
Plane-tragedy student ‘jumped to her death’

Police on the African island of Madagascar are investigating whether a British teenager deliberately threw herself to her death after escaping from a tiny two-door plane as it cruised over...

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August 2, 2019
Rapper A$AP Rocky acted in self-defence during brawl, star tells court

Rapper A$AP Rocky told a Swedish court he had tried to avoid the fight in Stockholm city centre that landed him in custody and facing a charge of assault.

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August 2, 2019
US believes Bin Laden’s son and jihadi heir is dead

The United States believes that Hamza bin Laden, a son of slain al-Qa'ida leader Osama bin Laden and himself a notable figure in the militant group, is dead, a US...

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August 2, 2019
Wildfires leave hundreds of towns cloaked in dense smoke

Hundreds of Russian towns and cities were shrouded in heavy smoke from wildfires in Siberia and the Far East, and the blazes appeared to be spreading in remote terrain.

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August 2, 2019
Markets fall as Trump vows new trade tariffs on China

US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would impose a 10pc tariff on the remaining $300 billion (€271bn) of Chinese imports starting on September 1, after negotiators failed to make...

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August 2, 2019
Chinese army in ‘anti-riot’ drills

As Hong Kong's political crisis simmers amidst heated protests, China's People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong released a video showing footage of "anti-riot" exercises and its top brass warned violence...

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August 2, 2019
European Ryder Cup golfer Thorbjorn Olesen arrested on suspicion of sexual assault

Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen, who made a successful debut in last year's Ryder Cup, is being investigated by police after being arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a flight...

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August 2, 2019
Daughter (1) and wife of Ebola victim now infected

The one-year-old daughter of a man who died of Ebola in a major city of the Democratic Republic of Congo has contracted the disease.

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August 2, 2019
Olesen investigation over flight ‘sex assault’

Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen, who made a successful debut in last year's Ryder Cup, is being investigated by police after being arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a flight...

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August 2, 2019
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male consent

Saudi Arabia has issued new laws that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely without male consent.

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August 1, 2019
Katy Perry and others ordered to pay 2.78 million dollars for copying song

Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than 2.78 million US dollars (£2.3 million) because the pop star's 2013 hit Dark Horse copied a Christian rap...

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August 1, 2019
Pilot of F-18 Super Hornet crash in California dead

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August 1, 2019
North Korea ‘launches third weapons test in just over a week’

South Korea's military said North Korea has fired unidentified projectiles twice into the sea off its eastern coast in its third weapons tests in just over a week.

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August 1, 2019
Trump says phone talks with Putin ‘short, but good’

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August 1, 2019
Trump says he would rather rally crowd does not chant ‘send her back’

US President Donald Trump has said he would prefer that supporters at his upcoming rally do not chant “send her back”.

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August 1, 2019
Gaming megastar Ninja leaves Twitch for Mixer

Fortnite superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has left Twitch and is taking his video game live streams to Microsoft's Mixer platform.

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August 1, 2019
CBS stands by Bull star in wake of Eliza Dushku misconduct claim

US TV channel CBS is standing behind the star of its legal drama Bull, who is getting leadership training in the wake of a sexual harassment settlement.

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August 1, 2019
6.8 quake strikes off coast of central Chile, shakes Santiago

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August 1, 2019
Rebel missile, suicide attack kill dozens in Yemen’s port

Yemen's main southern city of Aden has been shaken by double attacks as a missile fired by rebels hit a military parade and suicide bombers blasted a police station.

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August 1, 2019
Trump announces new tariffs in trade war with China

President Donald Trump has announced the US will apply a new tariff of 10% on about 300 billion dollars worth of products from China.

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August 1, 2019
Pompeo says US remains ready to resume talks with N. Korea

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August 1, 2019
Disappointing oil and gas stocks drag FTSE 100 into red

The FTSE 100 closed lower as it came under pressure for the third day in succession, after it was weighed down by poor figures from oil and gas stocks.

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August 1, 2019
Mother accused of murdering two daughters after they “got in the way” of her sex life found guilty

Louise Porton has been convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court of murdering her two young daughters after they "got in the way" of her sex life.

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August 1, 2019
Heat wave reaches Greenland amid threat to island’s ice sheet

The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive...

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August 1, 2019
Orthopaedic plate from human body found in crocodiles stomach

An orthopaedic plate from a person's body was found inside a crocodile's stomach, an Australian farmer said.

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August 1, 2019
New car sales slump as Ireland becomes ‘dumping ground for older cars UK doesn’t want’

Car shoppers increasingly are opting for cheaper used UK imports rather than showroom vehicles in Ireland, the Society of the Irish Motor Industry warned Thursday as it published figures showing...

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August 1, 2019
Teenager wins as she becomes first jockey to race in a hijab in Britain

An 18-year-old took first place as she became the first jockey to race in a hijab in Britain.

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