Hollande vows to crush Islamic State at homage to Paris attacks victims

President François Hollande on Friday pledged to crush the Islamic State (IS) armed group at a ceremony of national homage to the victi...

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South Korea bans French poultry imports after bird flu case found

South Korea has banned French poultry imports following the discovery of bird flu on a farm in south-west France. The French agricultur...

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Swissleaks whistelblower sentenced to six years in jail in absentia

A Swiss court has sentenced the former HSBC employee behind the Swissleaks tax evasion revelations to five years in prison. But Hervé F...

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France to opt out of European human rights convention because of Paris attacks

France is to opt out of some aspects of the European Human Rights Convention while the state of emergency declared after this month...

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Vladimir Putin: Russian president wants doping investigation

  Vladimir Putin and Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko visited a sports club in Sochi on Wednesday...

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Keystone pipeline company wants pause to the bid process

The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has asked the US government to put its review of the controversial project on hold. TransCa...

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Ever feel unease that the natural environment around you is changing for the worse? There’s a word for that.

Every few months, Oxford Dictionaries makes global headlines when it adds new words to its online vocabulary – the most recent updatesinclud...

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China two-child policy not valid until March, government says

China's top family planning body has warned couples that they must continue to obey the country's one-child policy until the law ch...

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