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Brazil mourns after football training facility fire kills 10
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian football was in mourning on Friday after 10 people died when a fire ripped through a youth training facility at the country's most popular club, Flamengo, authorities said.
Genoa starts demolishing disaster bridge six months on
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» GENOA (ITALY) - Engineers started the delicate task of taking apart Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge on Friday almost six months after its partial collapse during a storm killed 43 people and injured dozens.
Paralympics lift Russia suspension to Kremlin 'delight'
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» BONN - The International Paralympic Committee said Friday it will conditionally readmit Russia by March this year, lifting a suspension imposed over a doping scandal.
US envoy back from North Korea after talks on Trump-Kim summit
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» SEOUL - The special US envoy for North Korea returned to Seoul on Friday after talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang to set up the agenda for the second summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Erupting Indonesian volcano spews ash, lava
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» YOGYAKARTA (INDONESIA) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has spewed a plume of grey ash into the sky as fiery red molten lava streamed down from its crater.
Double or quits: will Macron risk a referendum?
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron could be set to organise France's first referendum in 14 years to end months of "yellow vest" protests, but analysts say the move is a risky gamble.
Ukrainian 'clown' Zelensky leading polls ahead of presidential vote
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» KIEV - Volodymyr Zelensky has already been elected president of Ukraine once -- in a television series. Now the popular actor with no political experience has confounded his critics to lead opinion polls before the real presidential race.
Ghosn ready to repay cost of Versailles wedding: lawyer
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» PARIS - Detained former Renault boss Carlos Ghosn is ready to repay a 50,000-euro ($57,000) bill for his wedding party at the Palace of Versailles which was waived under a sponsorship deal with the French car group, his lawyer said Friday.
Khashoggi fiance hopes Trump will change mind on killing
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» ISTANBUL - The Turkish fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday she hoped pressure from the US Congress would encourage the Trump adminstration to take a tougher stance on the killing.
France, Germany compromise on Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
AFP, Published on 08/02/2019
» BRUSSELS - France and Germany have struck a compromise allowing Berlin to remain the lead negotiator with Russia on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe, a proposed deal showed Friday.