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EU breaks cover to urge Catalonia crisis dialogue

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | EU leaders on Monday called for dialogue to solve the crisis over Catalonia’s banned independence referendum and urged an end to violence in a cautious first reaction to a thorny subject for the bloc. Breaking weeks of virtual silence on the subject after scores were …

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Kenya police use tear gas to disperse opposition protesters

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Police tear-gassed opposition supporters in two of Kenya’s biggest cities on Monday as they protested at the country’s election watchdog, which is due to referee a re-run presidential poll this month. Hundreds of opposition protesters in the capital Nairobi, the western city of Kisumu and the …

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Lukaku denies Beverly Hills party charge

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku entered a not guilty plea on Monday after being cited for holding a rowdy party at his rented Beverly Hills mansion in July. A lawyer for Lukaku, who was not required to be in court in Los Angeles, entered …

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Egyptian officials in Gaza ahead of Palestinian unity talks

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories | AFP | Egyptian delegates arrived in Gaza Sunday on the eve of a fresh attempt at reconciliation between the strip’s Hamas rulers and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement, an official said. West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah is to make his first visit …

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Negotiating with North Korea a waste of time: Trump

Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump said negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program would be a waste of time Sunday after it emerged that Washington had channels of contact with Pyongyang. Only hours after his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that US officials were …

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Five things we learned in the Premier League

London, United Kingdom | AFP | The Manchester clubs continued to lead the way in the Premier League, City and United both winning this weekend, while Tottenham kept pace by overpowering Huddersfield and Liverpool lost ground in a draw with Newcastle. Here are five things we learned in the Premier …

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Scores hurt as riot police crack down on banned Catalan vote

Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Spanish riot police used batons and rubber bullets to storm polling stations in Catalonia on Sunday, triggering clashes as thousands turned out to vote in an independence referendum banned by Madrid. At least 92 people were confirmed injured out of a total of 761 who …

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