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May 8, 2019
‘The mountain should be left as it is’ – proposal to put cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro

Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain, and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western...

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May 8, 2019
KPMG fined £5m over Co-Op Bank audit misconduct

KPMG has been fined £5 million and will face regular scrutiny by the accountancy watchdog as part of sanctions handed down over its audit of the Co-operative Bank in 2009.

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May 8, 2019
New Zealand to become carbon neutral by 2050

New Zealand's government has introduced a bill that aims to make the nation mostly carbon neutral by 2050.

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May 8, 2019
One dead and eight injured as two students open fire in Colorado school shooting

A teenager was killed and eight students injured after two students opened fire at a school in Denver, Colorado.

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May 8, 2019
One dead and eight injured after school shooting in Colorado

A teenager was killed and eight students injured after two students opened fire at a school in Denver, Colorado.

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May 8, 2019
‘It was a mistake not to intervene’ – Juncker’s regret over his silence before UK referendum

The European Union was wrong to stay silent in 2016 during the campaign ahead of the British referendum on membership in the bloc because it should have corrected "lies" spread...

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May 8, 2019
Ban on Catalan nationalists standing in Euro elections lifted by Madrid’s supreme court

Spain's highest court has thrown out a ban on Catalonia's pro-independence former leader from standing in the European elections.

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May 8, 2019
Brexit: Theresa May targets July 1 for UK exit but Tories more focused on resignation date

Theresa May is targeting July 1 as the day Britain leaves the EU after abandoning a deadline for a Brexit agreement with Labour.

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May 8, 2019
Erdoğan foes warn democracy at stake after vote quashed

Opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have warned the Turkish leader's grip on power is a threat to democracy after his party successfully overturned the Istanbul mayoral election result.

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May 8, 2019
What’s in a name? Royal baby’s title linked to Merlin

Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, the guessing has turned to what he will be called.

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May 8, 2019
Impeachment calls intensify as tax returns legal battle looms for Trump

Bill Weld, the Republican former governor and federal prosecutor challenging Donald Trump for their party's nomination in 2020, says the president is "impeachable" as a result of the Mueller report,...

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May 8, 2019
Journalists freed after 500 days behind bars in Myanmar

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon yesterday after spending more...

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May 8, 2019
Juncker’s regret over his silence before UK referendum

The European Union was wrong to stay silent in 2016 during the campaign ahead of the British referendum on membership in the bloc because it should have corrected "lies" spread...

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May 8, 2019
Katrina vanden Heuvel : ‘President promised restraint on foreign soil – but instead is bringing calamity’

The lie of "promises made, promises kept", a favourite phrase in US President Donald Trump's stump speech for re-election, is perhaps most apparent in his foreign misadventures. The candidate who...

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May 8, 2019
Kim tries to disguise regime-threatening economic crisis with cut-price wigs and false eyelashes

North Korea is increasingly turning to wigs and false eyelashes to stave off an economic crisis that threatens to bring down the regime of Kim Jong-un.

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May 8, 2019
May targets July 1 Brexit but Tories more focused on resignation date

Theresa May is targeting July 1 as the day Britain leaves the EU after abandoning a deadline for a Brexit agreement with Labour.

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May 8, 2019
What’s in a name? Guessing game ramps up over name of Harry and Meghan’s newborn

Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, the guessing has turned to what he will be called.

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May 8, 2019
Royal baby’s title linked to Merlin

Now that everyone knows Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have a baby boy, the guessing has turned to what he will be called.

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May 8, 2019
US move to deploy aircraft carrier and bombers is ‘psychological warfare’: Iran

Iran's top security body dismissed as "psychological warfare" a US announcement that a carrier strike group and bombers are being sent to the Middle East as a message to Tehran,...

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May 8, 2019
European investment in British tech sector surges despite Brexit

European investment in the British tech industry surged last year as the sector shrugged off Brexit uncertainty, according to a new report.

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May 7, 2019
At least seven injured in shooting at US school

At least seven people have been injured in a shooting at a school in Denver, Colorado.

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May 7, 2019
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Liverpool’s sensational victory over Barca

Liverpool sent social media into a spin during an epic Champions League encounter against Barcelona in which the Reds prevailed against the odds.

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May 7, 2019
Seven injured in Colorado school shooting

Seven people have been injured in a shooting at a school in Denver, Colorado.

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May 7, 2019
R Kelly’s solicitor demands celebrity lawyer’s texts and emails at court hearing

R Kelly's solicitor has repeated his demand that he be given any communications between celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti and prosecutors regarding the R&B star.

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May 7, 2019
Iran ‘prepares to withdraw from parts of nuclear deal’

Iran will announce on Wednesday it is partially withdrawing from the nuclear deal it struck with world powers, a year to the day that US president Donald Trump pulled America...

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May 7, 2019
Fireworks let off outside Barcelona hotel before crunch game against Liverpool

Video footage of fireworks being let off near the Hilton hotel in Liverpool city centre, where Barcelona players were staying ahead of their Champions League tie against Liverpool, has prompted...

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May 7, 2019
Cadbury World creates giant chocolate teddy bear to celebrate royal birth

Chocolatiers at Cadbury World have created a giant chocolate teddy bear to celebrate the birth of the royal baby.

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May 7, 2019
Trade tensions drag global markets into the red

The FTSE 100 crashed into the red on Tuesday as growing trade tensions and a weaker economic outlook weighed on markets around the globe.

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May 7, 2019
Woman pulls alligator from her trousers during traffic stop

A Florida woman pulled a small alligator from her yoga pants during a traffic stop, sheriff's officers said.

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May 7, 2019
Watch: Egg thrown by protester bounces off Australian PM’s head

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had a lucky escape after a protester tried and failed to crack an egg on his head.

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May 7, 2019
Thomas Cook shares soar after Lufthansa’s Condor bid

Shares in cash-strapped travel firm Thomas Cook jumped after Lufthansa confirmed it has made a bid for Condor, the UK Group's German airline arm.

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May 7, 2019
Rescued Albanian lions heading off to new life at Dutch zoo

Three lions rescued from a private zoo in Albania are travelling to their new home in the Netherlands.

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