President Donald Trump made his pitch for repealing his predecessor’s healthcare law by bringing a number of Americans who've had poor experiences with Obamacare to a “listening session” at the White House.
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Ride-hailing firm Uber is working to thwart a Seattle Teamsters union's efforts to organize company drivers, going as far as issuing drivers with a series of anti-union podcasts. Uber has sued over a city ordinance allowing drivers a union vote.
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MPs have rejected the House of Lords’ amendments to the Brexit bill, meaning Britain could be just a day away from officially launching talks to leave the European Union.
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A group of animal rights activists staged a dramatic, ‘blood-soaked’ protest in front of the town hall of Valencia on Sunday calling for an end to the highly-controversial bullfighting tradition prevalent throughout Spain.
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Turkey will challenge the Netherlands in the European Court of Human Rights over its refusal to allow Turkish officials to enter the country and deliver campaign speeches, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned.
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Poland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man after confirming he was a top commander of a Nazi-allied SS unit and suspected of ordering the burning of villages and the killing of Poles during World War II, according to a prosecutor.
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“Magical pens” for students anxious about sitting their board exams are now on sale for around $29 in the Indian state of Gujarat. The vendor – a local temple – says the guarantee of success is rock solid, but still offers a full refund if a student fails.
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Students in Chiba, Japan, are trying their best not to drop their jaws despite news that a man is wanted in the area for shoving his finger into people’s mouths. The culprit allegedly asked for directions before doing the deed and fleeing on a bicycle.
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A group of Turkish demonstrators have been left red-faced after a video of them setting what they thought was a Dutch flag on fire circulated online. Social media users were quick to mock the group, claiming it was actually a French flag.
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French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon says he wants to open up dialogue with Russia, while blaming the “bad policy” of the EU for driving Russia away. He also stressed that the sanctions imposed on Moscow are Europe’s “responsibility.”
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for a second Scottish independence referendum in a key speech in Edinburgh on Monday. It comes as Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to formally launch Brexit negotiations.
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Amid a row with Turkey over its presidential powers referendum, some German MPs are calling for the withdrawal of troops deployed at Incirlik airbase. Germany is flying reconnaissance sorties from the Turkish base as part of the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition.
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Britain is poised to begin its departure from the EU as early as Tuesday, as the Brexit bill allowing Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50 is approaching its final parliamentary hurdle.
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Leaving the EU with no deal in place with the bloc could put the UK in the worst trade position among the world’s richest countries, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
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For most people the idea of a 100 baby spiders scuttling overhead in the dark while their gigantic mother looks on is the stuff of nightmares. Not for one pest controller though, who was in awe at the sight, even managing to blow the babies a kiss.
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Riot police have used tear gas, batons and sound grenades to disperse a rally in Ramallah on Sunday. The protest was prompted by the death of an anti-occupation activist during an Israeli raid, linked by protesters to security cooperation between Israel and Palestine.
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From a Dutch leader telling a Turk to see tulips instead of rallying, to a top Turkish official comparing the Netherlands to “Nazi remnants” and a “banana republic,” the two sides didn’t pull their punches in the two countries’ worst diplomatic crisis so far. See if you can tell who said what.
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