White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigns
White House press secretary Sean Spicer quits after objecting to new communications director.
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Palestinian teen shot dead as protests rage in Jerusalem – reports
A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by an Israeli settler amid mass protests, according to the Palestinian Maan agency and the Israeli Haaretz media outlet.
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North Korea tourism: US 'to ban Americans from visiting'
The US is to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, according to two agencies that operate tours there.
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Embarrassment for Rex Tillerson as ExxonMobil sues new boss Donald Trump over Russia fine
ExxonMobil, the world's largest public-listed international oil company, is taking US president Donald Trump's administration, in which its former boss Rex Tillerson serves, to court.
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Did Japan's first lady pretend she can't speak English to avoid talking to Trump at a G20 dinner?
Japan's first lady may have pretended not to speak any English to avoid talking to President Donald Trump at the G20 dinner in Hamburg last month.
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'Karoshi': A Tokyo Olympic stadium worker killed himself because he worked too hard
The family of a man working on Tokyo's Olympic stadium who took his own life say that overwork was the cause of his death. His parents have petitioned the Japanese government to recognise his suicide as 'karoshi', the Japanese legal term for 'death by overwork.'
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Greece-Turkey earthquake: Two killed on island of Kos
A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has killed at least two people on the Greek island of Kos, officials say.
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Wounded National Front seeks way back after French poll failures
Top officials from France's far-right National Front gather on Friday to find a way back from successive election failures, and senior members said everything from the party's name to its vow to restore the franc currency were up for review.
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Far-right millennials set out to sea to 'defend Europe' from migrants
A dozen far-right millennials from Europe and North America plan to set sail next week to "defend Europe" from what they call a migrant invasion from Africa, using social media as their weapons.
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Quran dripping in pork lard sent to California mosque by middle-aged white woman
A middle-aged white woman from Texas sent a Quran immersed in a tub of pork lard to a Muslim organisation in California, according to police. The incident is not currently being investigated as a crime although it is the latest in a wave of Islamophobic incidents in California and across the US.
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Toronto rebukes handyman whose steps save taxpayers $50,000
A Canadian pensioner built a set of stairs at his local park for just C$550 when the city estimated it would cost at least C$65,000 ($51,500, £40,000).
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Girl, 5, fined £150 for lemonade stand
A five-year-old girl was fined £150 by a council for selling 50p cups of lemonade to festival goers.
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US police are now using drones to gather evidence on crime investigations
Hundreds of police departments across the US are now starting to use hexacopter drones to aid criminal investigations by remotely gathering evidence.
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Get a vasectomy and leave prison 30 days early, Tennessee convicts told
Prisoners in Tennessee have been offered the chance to get 30 days taken off their sentences. All they have to do is have a vasectomy, rendering them unable to have children.
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