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A Brexit supporter holds an England flag at Parliament Square in Westminster, London.
Analysis
Brexit chaos

The best-case Brexit scenario could still happen. It probably won't.

Another day, another debacle for British democracy. Could May still navigate to an orderly Brexit from here? There are a lot of reasons to be pessimistic.

  • by Nick Miller

Opinion & Perspectives

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US President Donald Trump.

'Not kidding': Donald Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border

Trump has been promising for more than two years to build a long, impenetrable wall along the border to stop illegal immigration.

  • by Nooman Merchant and Jonathan Lemire
"Infowars" host Alex Jones.

Alex Jones blames conspiracy claims on 'psychosis'

Jones said during the deposition that he "almost had like a form of psychosis back in the past where I basically thought everything was staged."

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Asia

Blurred earlobes: a frame grab from Chinese television.

No earrings, tattoos or cleavage: inside China’s war on fun

Chinese censors are blurring the earlobes of some of China's young male pop stars in television and internet appearances.

  • by Li Yuan
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks after he reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in the South China Sea in April last year.

Chinese officials issue stark warning about South China Sea confrontation

Two senior officials speak up to threaten "more countermeasures" against the United States in the contested waterway.

  • by Kirsty Needham

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Tunisians take their coffee on a rooftop coffee shop, in the old city of Tunis, Tunisia.

Iran to 'resist' Trump decision on Israel's hold over Golan

Israel seized the Golan in the 1967 Mideast War after Syria used the strategic plateau to shell northern Israel for years.

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