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EU president Donald Tusk will issue draft guidelines setting out the political priorities of the remaining 27 countries for talks to sever Britain from the European bloc
World
31.03.2017
EU to unveil talks strategy
South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan has been sacked by President Jacob Zuma
World
31.03.2017
Finance minister sacked in shock reshuffle
Bob Dylan, whose new album "Triplicate" comes out March 31, is shown here receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a 2012 White House ceremony
World
30.03.2017
At 75, icon on 'sentimental journey' into musical past
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is the most senior US diplomat to visit Turkey since President Trump took office in January
World
30.03.2017
US Secretary visits as Turkey says its Syria campaign over
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Benny Tai (L) is co-founder of Occupy Central, one of the groups behind the 2014 Umbrella Movement rallies
World 30.03.2017
Hong Kong activist jailed over Umbrella Movement protest
A displaced Iraqi receives humanitarian aid supplies at a camp for the internally displaced, in Salamiyah village east of Mosul, on March 27, 2017
World 30.03.2017
UN chief lands in Iraq to review aid efforts
US ambassador Nikki Haley said the US share of the $7.9 billion UN peacekeeping budget would have to fall from 29 to at most 25 percent
World 29.03.2017
US envoy warns of deep review of UN peacekeeping
Fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces guard a section of Tabqa Dam under their control on March 28, 2017
World 29.03.2017
Engineers set to to enter IS-held parts of Tabqa Dam
At its peak in 2014 wholesale prices for raw ivory stood at $2,100 (1,900 euros) per kg in Chinese markets, according to a report by two ivory trade experts
World 29.03.2017
Hope for elephants as prices fall
SF Express has an 80,000-strong staff -- using three-dozen aircraft and thousands of vehicles -- delivering throughout China's huge cities
World 29.03.2017
The illegal deliveryman who became one of country's richest men
French presidential candidate Francois Fillon's wife, Penelope, seen her outside her Paris apartment, has also been charged in the fake jobs affair
World 28.03.2017
France's presidential candidate's wife also charged in fake jobs affair
Prosecutors have demanded a life jail term for Ivory Coast's former first lady Simone Gbagbo, accused of crimes against humanity.
World 28.03.2017
Ivory Coast ex-first lady acquitted of crimes against humanity
Ahmed Kathrada, seen here speaking at Nelson Mandela's funeral in 2013, was a fellow anti-apartheid activist who later served in the first African National Congress government
World 28.03.2017
Tributes flood in for South African anti-apartheid icon
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