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Protests in US cities as Dallas shooting rocks race relations
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in US cities after a black extremist shot dead five cops in Texas during a ...Hundreds of thousands evacuated as tropical storm hits China
Typhoon Nepartak weakened to a strong tropical storm Saturday as it lashed China\'s eastern coast, bringing powerful winds and heavy rains.Five U.S. police officers killed in Dallas sniper shootings
Dallas police were in a standoff with a suspect on Friday after snipers killed five officers and wounded six, one of the ...Powerful typhoon blows off Philippines, threatens Taiwan
Philippine forecasters warned fishing boats not to venture out to sea and commercial ships to watch out for big waves Thursday as ...Hepatitis outstrips AIDS, TB as killer: report
Virus-caused hepatitis has become a leading cause of death and disability in the world, killing more people in a year than AIDS, ...Britain to have first female Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher
Britain will have its first female prime minister since Margaret Thatcher after Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom made the shortlist on Thursday ...Poland wants emigrants in Britain to return, just not yet
Poland\'s eurosceptic government has long said it would like Poles living in Britain to return home, but it is now promising to ...Syrian army, rebels agree to 72-hour Eid truce, but fighting continues
A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced ...French court jails two Rwandan mayors for life over genocide
In a landmark ruling, a Paris court jailed for life Wednesday two former Rwandan mayors accused of orchestrating the massacre of hundreds ...Obama slows Afghanistan pullout, 8,400 troops to stay
President Barack Obama on Wednesday put the brakes on the US pullout from Afghanistan, saying 8,400 troops will remain in the war-ravaged ...