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Protesters clash with police before planned visit by French president Emmanuel Macron...

Alabama’s supreme court ruling that frozen embryos are ‘children’ is a chilling example of the Republican party’s extremism...

Military industrial complex and companies aiding Moscow in third countries will be targeted, treasury says...

Russia has said it has taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut last May, after a retreat by Ukrainian troops....

Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from church officials....

Moscow has massively ramped up its industry, giving it advantages in Ukraine and leading to a redistribution of wealth...

Japan has been eclipsed by Germany as the world’s third-biggest economy and has slipped into recession, according to data released Thursday, as the country battles a weak yen and an ageing, shrinking population....

David Cameron has urged US lawmakers to pass a bill including support for Ukraine and warned them not to show “the weakness displayed against Hitler”....

A White House spokesperson put it the best, I think:...

Shaadi Muqtasen worries most about his children, who are going crazy with boredom after nearly four months stuck at home without school; and his dogs, which are going wild with frustration after more than 100 days caged in a tiny yard....

Its walls collapsed and its minaret cut short, Gaza’s Omari mosque remains standing but vastly diminished. Around it, the historic old city is also in tatters. The 7th-century mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Gaza, was Gaza’s most famous and its surroundings a focal point of the Palestinian enclave’s history and...

Armenia has formally joined the international criminal court (ICC), officials said, a move which traditional ally Moscow has denounced as unfriendly....

Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used ageist jibe and mixed up her place in history...

Constitutional change could face fight in Senate after national assembly approves measure by 493 votes to 30...

There’s a pretty cool set of footage from CBC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApsl5_4PsE

Plans to make vaping less appealing also to include restricting fruity flavours and introducing plain packaging...