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Green diamond sells for $16.8 million, sets auction record
Angela Merkel strikes deal with German states to put brakes on green energy
Maduro accuses Venezuela Parliament of treason
German finance minister blasts CSU’s ‘attacks against Merkel’
World’s longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland
U.S. to host world’s largest maritime exercises with 27 countries
Two dead, 18 injured in China battery plant blast
China’s textbook criticized for including Bible story
Subway construction site collapse in South Korea leaves 4 dead, 10 injured
Brazil approves increased penalties for gang rape
Houston tutor learns hard lesson on age of consent
Online project offers 21st-century take on Christian centerpiece
Thousands fleeing Fallujah as battle continues: UN
British PM joins celebrity businessman in backing Remain campaign
Security forces repel IS attack, as battles continue in Iraq’s Fallujah
US warns Euro 2016 soccer possible terror target
Death toll of migrants in Mediterranean Sea crossing reaches 880
Majority of female Israeli MPs faced sexual harassment – survey
Boeing wins $3.2 billion US defense contract
Rental app adds neighbor complaint feature
Dalai Lama says Europe has accepted ‘too many’ refugees
Paris to build its first official refugee camp
1 dead, 5 injured as water tower collapses in China school
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft sign EU hate speech code
Gorilla ‘murder’ in US zoo sparks widespread outrage
Philippine president-elect offers bounties for drug lords
Student burned alive by ex-boyfriend in Rome: Police
Baking soda ‘sponge’ could capture carbon emissions
More Jews fleeing France over skyrocketing anti-Semitism, locals & researchers say
Texas braces for more floods as deadly storm system rumbles on
EU, Twitter, Facebook agree on ways to combat hate speech
This village chose to pay a £200,000 fine instead of accepting 10 refugees
Ukraine’s released pilot assumes parliament seat
Female MP gets 600 online rape threats in 1 night over campaign to stop cyber-bullying
Moscow exhibition celebrates Soviet cinema’s grand designs
EU’s top lawyer backs work headscarf ban
Israeli police are considering charges against Sara Netanyahu, say reports
Cyber-attack threat to nuclear facilities underestimated by UK
EU Commission president to urge wary EU leaders to reconfirm TTIP support
Olympic velodrome builder’s contract cancelled by Rio city government
Hamas executes 3 convicts in Gaza, sparks criticism
Top N Korea official visits China in bid to mend ties
New call in Poland to extradite Roman Polanski to US
Taliban attack buses in Afghanistan, kill 9, kidnap 35
Leaders of Egypt’s journalist union to face trial for ‘harboring fugitives’
Aid group warns of ‘human catastrophe’ in Iraq’s Fallujah
Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed ‘public service’ with NSA leak
Gadaffi’s murder in Libya was a ‘War Crime’ – Lavrov