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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Monday said his much-criticized attempt to stage the G7 at one of his golf courses was not intended to promote his business brand, arguing he’s too famous to “need promotion.” “They say, ‘Oh, you get promotion.’ You don’t think I get enough promotion? I get …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  A new study carried out by Glasgow University has found former footballers are approximately three-and-a- half times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. The report, released on Monday was commissioned by England’s Football Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to Monday make a second attempt to ram his EU divorce deal through parliament and avoid the political damage of delaying Brexit next week. Another momentous week in the tortuous saga could end with Johnson engineering a divorce from Brussels …

Washington, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton on Sunday posted a joke letter on Twitter supposedly sent by John F. Kennedy during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, written in the excitable style of US President Donald Trump’s recent letter to Turkey. The parody letter, originally from ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” …

    ✳ Man United 1⃣ Liverpool 1⃣ Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Liverpool failed to record a record-equalling 18th straight Premier League win, but Adam Lallana’s late equaliser saved the European champions from a loss at Manchester United in a 1-1 draw on Sunday. Marcus Rashford’s controversial goal handed Ole …

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Brussels officials on Sunday pressed on with plans to ratify the divorce deal as European leaders considered Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctant request for a Brexit delay. Ambassadors and senior officials from the other 27 members states met Sunday after British MPs forced Johnson to send …

Madrid, Spain | AFP |  From blocking airports to using encrypted messaging apps, Catalan separatists demonstrating against the jailing of nine of their leaders are openly copying tactics devised by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. Shortly after Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan leaders to prison terms of up …

  New York, United States | AFP | On September 12, Boeing started putting out 30-second videos in which employees tout its planes’ safety, hoping to reassure travelers about the 737 MAX that’s been grounded worldwide since two crashes that killed 346 people. “Safety is at the core of our …

New York, United States | AFP | A Boeing pilot behind the 737 MAX certification in 2016 told a colleague a key flight handling system was “running rampant” during simulator tests, according to documents reviewed Friday by AFP. The Boeing employees quipped about problems during simulations of the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP |  While Boris Johnson scrambled Friday to sell his EU divorce deal to parliament, the Dutch port of Rotterdam handed out “Brexit Muppet” leaflets to truckers to prepare them for whatever happens. Staff at Europe’s busiest seaport have stepped up a campaign to ensure lorry drivers, …