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| UpdatedFrench officials conduct an autopsy to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Orly Airport in Paris and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.
Topics: terrorism, air-transport, defence-forces, france
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Malaysian police are hunting for more North Korean suspects over the killing of the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which occurred last month in a crowded airport terminal.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, foreign-affairs, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedThe German Defence Minister says "there is no debt account at NATO" in response to US President Donald Trump's claim that the country owes "vast sums" of money for defence.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, defence-and-national-security, germany, united-states
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| UpdatedA driver who reportedly claimed to have a bomb is in custody after approaching a White House checkpoint in the second security scare in one day.
Topics: crime, united-states
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| UpdatedAuthorities in Peru declare the intense rains, overflowing rivers, mudslides and flooding being experienced in the country as the worst in two decades, with respite not expected for another two weeks.
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| UpdatedFellow musicians pay tribute to Chuck Berry, the legendary rock 'n' roll pioneer behind the hits Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven and Sweet Little Sixteen, after he died aged 90.
Topics: death, arts-and-entertainment, music, united-states
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| UpdatedChuck Berry, the man who defined rock 'n' roll's joy and rebellion, set a template for a new sound — and a new way of life.
Topics: rock, death, united-states
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Marc Leishman is poised for a final-round charge at the US PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational, three shots off the lead in Florida.
Topics: golf, sport, united-states
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Rebels and their families begin leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs under a Russian-backed deal with the government expected to be among the largest evacuations of its kind.
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| UpdatedChuck Berry, who duck-walked his way into the pantheon of rock 'n' roll pioneers as one of its most influential guitarists, dies at his Missouri home at the age of 90.
Topics: death, arts-and-entertainment, music, united-states
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| UpdatedArsenal falls further behind unstoppable Chelsea with a dismal 3-1 loss to West Brom as protests mount against the long-serving Gunners boss.
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england
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Prince William visits Paris officially for the first time since his mother Princess Diana died there 20 years ago, meeting survivors of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan concert hall and other sites with wife Kate.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, terrorism, foreign-affairs, france, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump says Germany owes "vast sums of money" to NATO and that the United States "must be paid more" for providing defence.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, defence-and-national-security, united-states, germany, european-union
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| UpdatedA man is shot dead at Orly Airport in Paris after wrestling a soldier to the ground in attempt to take the officer's rifle, in an incident which is now being investigated by France's anti-terrorism division.
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| UpdatedThe White House's new official email promotes a link to a Washington Post article titled: Trump's Budget Makes Perfect Sense and Will Fix America, and I Will Tell You Why. There was just one problem — the piece was satirical.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, journalism, social-media, united-states
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Nick Kyrgios withdraws from his quarter-final match at Indian Wells against Swiss star Roger Federer, due to sickness.
Topics: tennis, sport, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, and tells her they have something in common — being wire-tapped by Obama's administration.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, united-states, germany
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| UpdatedFor people living in the tiny town of Vik, in the shadow of one of Iceland's biggest volcanoes, the threat of an long-overdue violent eruption is part of normal life.
Topics: volcanic-eruption, disasters-and-accidents, travel-and-tourism, iceland
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More than 40 Somali refugees are killed off the coast of Yemen when a helicopter attacked the boat they are travelling in, an officials says.
Topics: refugees, immigration, unrest-conflict-and-war, yemen, somalia
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| UpdatedOn his two-day visit to China, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will deal with a host of issues that threaten to derail the world's most important bilateral relationship, including the hotly disputed South China Sea.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, china, united-states