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After decades of mistrust, Pope pushes for diplomatic breakthrough with China

After decades of mistrust, Pope pushes for diplomatic breakthrough with China

Pope Francis is leading a determined push to fundamentally alter the relationship between the Vatican and China, which for decades…
South Sudan’s vice president leaves Juba, not seeking war: spokesman

South Sudan’s vice president leaves Juba, not seeking war: spokesman

South Sudan's vice president has withdrawn with his troops to outside of Juba but is not planning for war, his…
Cameron bows out with jokes, May to take over as British PM

Cameron bows out with jokes, May to take over as British PM

David Cameron entertained parliament with a series of farewell quips on Wednesday in his last appearance as prime minister before…
China vows to protect South China Sea sovereignty, Manila upbeat

China vows to protect South China Sea sovereignty, Manila upbeat

China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty over the South China Sea and said it had…
Austria seizing Hitler’s birthplace to prevent Nazi pilgrimage site

Austria seizing Hitler’s birthplace to prevent Nazi pilgrimage site

Austria's government moved on Tuesday to seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born to prevent it becoming a site…
Twenty killed, dozens injured as trains collide in Italy

Twenty killed, dozens injured as trains collide in Italy

Twenty people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy on Tuesday, a regional…
Heavy fighting in South Sudan risks return to civil war

Heavy fighting in South Sudan risks return to civil war

Heavy fighting involving tanks and helicopters raged in South Sudan on Monday between troops loyal to the president and those…
Beijing vows to ignore high-stakes South China Sea ruling

Beijing vows to ignore high-stakes South China Sea ruling

China said it will ignore a ruling expected on Tuesday by an arbitration court in The Hague in a case…
Montenegro president calls October vote, key to EU-NATO hopes

Montenegro president calls October vote, key to EU-NATO hopes

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Monday set October 16 for parliamentary elections regarded as crucial for his country's aspirations to…
Theresa May set to replace Cameron as rival quits PM race

Theresa May set to replace Cameron as rival quits PM race

Britain's Interior Minister Theresa May is set to become the nation's first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher after her…
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