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US President Donald Trump has forced a government shutdown and plans a national address to defend his insistence that Congress fund a massive wall for the US-Mexico border to block illegal immigrants
World
05.08.2024
What is fight over Trump's border wall about?
Macron and Merkel, both weakened domestically, will meet in the French border town of Aix-la-Chapelle to ink an accord "which will strengthen the already close ties between Germany and France," the French presidency said
World
05.08.2024
Macron, Merkel to sign new Franco-German treaty on January 22
Playa del Carmen is a popular resort in Mexico, but has also been the scene of drug-related violence
World
05.08.2024
Mexico detains suspects in shooting attack on resort town bar
Arriving planes are continuing to land at London's Heathrow Airport
World
05.08.2024
Heathrow Airport halts departures after drone sighting
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National Anti-Corruption Directorate head Anca Jurma stepped down just as Romania takes on the EU's presidency
World 05.08.2024
Romanian anti-corruption chief steps down
A Russian lawyer who took part in a meeting at Trump Tower in 2016 with top officials from Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been indicted in a separate money laundering case
World 05.08.2024
Russian tied to Trump Tower meet indicted in separate US case
The ancient Temple of Zeus towers over an unusual blanketing of snow on Athens' Acropolis
World 05.08.2024
Athens blanketed with unaccustomed snow
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is putting his pledge to crack down on crime to the test in the northeastern state of Ceara where he has deployed federal security forces to put down a wave of gang violence
World 05.08.2024
Brazil reinforces troops trying to stop northeast crime wave
Michael Spavor, pictured in 2014,is accused of activities that "endanger China's security"
World 05.08.2024
Canadian detained in China gets consular visit
The Sea-Watch, along with a second boat the Sea-Eye, are carrying a total of 49 migrants
World 05.08.2024
Malta demands EU solution before migrants disembark
Venezuela's complaint comes days before President Nicolas Maduro is to be sworn in for a new term after a controversial re-election
World 05.08.2024
Venezuela launches WTO legal challenge against US sanctions
Jeanne Augier inherited the hotel from her father in 1957 and built it up into a favourite with the Cote d'Azur jetset
World 05.08.2024
Queen of Nice's famed Negresco hotel dies at 95
A Russian lawyer who took part in a meeting at Trump Tower (seen here) in 2016 with top officials on Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been indicted in a separate money laundering case
World 05.08.2024
Russian tied to Trump Tower meet indicted in separate US case
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