Puerto Rico votes in referendum to ask to become US state
The US territory of Puerto Rico has voted to ask Congress to make it America's 51st state.
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Russia protests: 'Hundreds detained' at opposition rallies
Hundreds of people have been detained at anti-corruption rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg, an NGO says.
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Delta, Bank of America pull support for theater following Trump-like ‘Julius Caesar’
A Julius Caesar with blond hair and a suit was enough to scare Delta and Bank of America away from the theater. The organizations withdrew their sponsorship of The Public Theater in New York following allegations the group was taking aim at Donald Trump.
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Melania Trump, Son Barron Move Into the White House
After nearly five months of living apart, President Donald Trump's wife, Melania, announced Sunday that she and the couple's young son have finally moved into the presidential mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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IT company accused of threatening redundancy for staff who voted Labour
An IT company in Watford has been accused of threatening to make all staff who voted Labour in the recent general election redundant if Jeremy Corbyn's party had won.
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Will Tory-DUP deal reignite N. Ireland’s Catholic-Protestant tensions?
Northern Ireland’s Protestant Orange Order has urged the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to use its newfound political influence over Tory Prime Minister Theresa May to get a ban on its controversial annual march lifted.
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France election: Macron party set for big parliamentary win
The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections.
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Norway to ban full-face veil in nurseries, schools and universities
Norway is proposing a ban on the Muslim full face veil and other face-covering clothing because it says it hinders communication between pupils and teachers.
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Israel approves largest West Bank settlement construction in 25 years
Israel has greenlighted plans for over 8,000 new homes in the West Bank, with over a third for “immediate” construction, the defense minister revealed on Sunday, making it the largest expansion of Jewish settlements in the area in 25 years.
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Supreme Court speeds copycat biologic drugs to market
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cut the time it will take for copycat versions of biologic drugs to get to the market in a pivotal ruling about an expensive class of medicines that can yield billions of dollars in sales for drug companies.
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Mexico leftist party says will not join other parties in presidential run
Mexico's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party chief Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ruled out on Sunday aligning with other traditional political parties in the run-up to the 2018 presidential elections. "Those who associate themselves and deal with the mafia of power are nothing more than opportunist mercenaries and politicians … as such we can't move forward with those parties," Lopez Obrador said in a speech to MORENA party members and supporters in Mexico City.
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