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  1. Berlin, Rome, Paris threaten sanctions on states interfering in

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  2. One killed in Damascus blast on eve of polls: state media

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  3. The opposition in insist on the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and have rejected a mediation plan to defuse tensions, the latest setback in efforts to end a standoff that has left 11 dead in violent clashes

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    PICTURES OF THE WEEK (11 -17 July)

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    The black boxes of a Ukrainian passenger plane that Iranian forces mistakenly shot down in January, killing all 176 people aboard, have arrived in France where they will be examined by a 20-member international team

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    Video shows prominent Philippine personalities voicing support for anti-terror law? 🇵🇭 False - the audio track in this video about the Philippines’ anti-terror law has been doctored.

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    The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives

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    PICTURES OF THE WEEK (11 -17 July)

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    Barcelona's streets were largely empty on Saturday, with millions of people instructed to stay at home as new coronavirus restrictions came into effect following a spike in the number of infections in the region over the past week

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    Thousands of mainly young and black-clad Thai protesters converged on Saturday at Bangkok's Democracy Monument as the city's largest and rowdiest anti-government protest in years stretched deep into the night

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    US congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, has died aged 80. The flag at the White House flew at half-staff Saturday morning. House speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered flags at the Capitol to be lowered as well

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    White House says civil rights icon Lewis leaves 'enduring legacy'

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  13. 4 hours ago

    Twitter says hackers "manipulated" some of its employees to access accounts in a high-profile attack on the social media company, including those of Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk

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    Iran's president Hassan Rouhani said that 35 million Iranians may contract coronavirus. He said the country still did not have herd immunity, although a quarter of the population may have already been infected

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    G20 finance ministers and central bankers held talks Saturday aimed at spurring global economic recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession amid growing calls to widen debt relief for crisis-hit poor countries

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    Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Russia's Far East in a rare show of defiance against the Kremlin as they protested the arrest of a popular governor Sergei Furgal in a murder probe

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  17. 6 hours ago

    US President Donald Trump has clashed with a Fox News interviewer over his claims that Democratic challenger Joe Biden plans to defund the police, and blamed rising violence in some cities on their Democratic leaders

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    Fire erupted in the gothic cathedral of Nantes in the western France on Saturday before being brought under control, sparking an arson investigation and leaving Catholic officials lamenting the loss of priceless historical artefacts

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    Tiger Woods struggled with back issues, but made the cut at the Memorial Tournament on the number: + 15-time major winner cards second-round 76 + Sits 12 shots behind co-leaders Finau, Palmer

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    Twitter says hackers 'manipulated' employees to access accounts

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