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Airport tells passengers to check before travel but raises hopes some planes will depart ‘in coming hours’ -
Mattis, who was appointed in January 2017, becomes latest high-profile Trump official to step down
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‘The tentacles of the campaign are vast,’ UK official says, as two Chinese nationals charged in US -
Company investigates after bakers complain lopped-off tops are ruining their festive snacks -
Media says Ghosn was re-arrested on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust and could face further period of detention -
An ailing domestic oil market has contributed to the nascent movement which draws inspiration from France’s gilets jaunes
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Scientists warn policymakers not to ignore links, and stress that ‘every action counts’
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Airport tells passengers to check before travel but raises hopes some planes will depart ‘in coming hours’ -
Europe’s largest sanctuary will keep 1,400 animals over festive season so that none end up as unwanted gifts -
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Renewed calls for country to end practice after girl bleeds to death following mass initiation into secret society -
Wracked by disease and hunger, and forgotten by the state, survivors of a rebel raid on Cianciamka struggle to survive -
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Opinion & analysis
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When US president declared war over he upended consensus to see off threats of Iran and Isis -
As US president announces US withdrawal from the conflict, has the threat of Islamic State really been wiped out? -
Leak offers picture of EU bureaucracy worried by China, Russia and Trump -
While Britain seems to put politics above the economy, Germany’s new law welcomes foreign job-seekers
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House speaker Paul Ryan has said Donald Trump will not sign a bill to keep the federal government running
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Female inmates at Nelson Hungria prison in Rio de Janeiro have been getting in the festive spirit as they prepare to spend Christmas away from their families -
The Democratic Republic of the Congo goes to the polls on Sunday with 21 candidates running to replace Joseph Kabila
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A selection of some of the planet’s most stomach-turning foods, including maggot cheese, fish sperm sac sushi and Chinese mouse wine, are on display in Los Angeles as part of a new exhibition which aims to delight and disgust in equal measure
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Sarah Sanders struggles to answer questions about Donald Trump's apparently more favourable view of Michael Flynn compared with his former aide Michael Cohen
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Watchdog organisation Border Violence Monitoring has published videos of Croatian police conducting apparent 'pushback' operations against asylum seekers in woods on the border with Bosnia
The fallen metropolis: the collapse of Caracas, the jewel of Latin America