Paris clashes after French police kill Chinese man
Violence in Paris over the police killing of a Chinese man has left three police officers injured with at least 35 people detained.
bbc.com
Cyclone Debbie: Deadly storm batters Australia
A powerful cyclone has pummelled the north-east Australian coast, causing major damage, torrential rain and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes.
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Civilians in western Mosul are being shot at by Isis and Iraqi forces alike
Civilians trying to flee the besieged Isis-held enclave in west Mosul are being shot dead by Isis and Iraqi army snipers as they try to cross the Tigris River, says an eyewitness trapped inside the city with his family.
independent.co.uk
Canada to legalise marijuana by 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is reportedly planning to announce legislation that will legalise recreational marijuana use across the country.
independent.co.uk
Political, regional clouds gather over Israel even as economy booms
Israel's politics are darkening: the governing coalition, in power for barely two years, is in tumult and regional tensions are rising.
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Robots Are Slashing U.S. Wages and Worsening Pay Inequality
Robots have long been maligned for job-snatching. Now you can add depressing wages and promoting inequality to your list of automation-related grievances.
bloomberg.com
Turkey 'spied on pro-Gulen opponents' in Germany
Turkey's MIT intelligence service has been spying on hundreds of people in Germany suspected of being part of an anti-Erdogan movement, reports say.
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Kasai unrest: Bodies found in hunt for UN Congo experts
Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo believe they have located the bodies of two UN investigators who went missing in the country.
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‘Terrorism Godfather’ Erdogan pursuing ‘Third Reich-style’ foreign policy – top German MP
A top German MP has slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling him a “terrorism Godfather” and accusing him of pursuing a Third Reich-style foreign policy. The outburst follows Ankara’s Nazi-themed taunts over a ban on Turkish rallies in Germany.
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Duterte tops Time poll as EU critics told ‘stick to child porn’
The Filipino people’s “love affair” with their leader “is like a jet plane that's just taken off” and EU critics of President Rodrigo Duterte should ‘stick to child porn’.
rt.com
Michigan and Flint just agreed to replace 18,000 lead-tainted pipes
Michigan and the city of Flint have agreed to spend the next several years replacing roughly 18,000 aging underground pipes as part of a far-reaching legal settlement over the city’s ongoing crisis involving lead-tainted water.
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