Latest and Breaking World News and Top Stories - July 4
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A French teacher has been stabbed to death in front of school pupils by the mother of a student, police in southern France say.
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Legislation relating to unpaid work schemes is ruled "incompatible" with the European Convention on Human Rights.
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The body of a murdered Palestinian teenager is carried through East Jerusalem by mourners ahead of his funeral, as Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash.
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An employee of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the US, reports say.
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Entertainer Rolf Harris is jailed for five years and nine months for 12 indecent assaults on four girls - including one aged just seven or eight.
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Billionaire American publisher and influential conservative Richard Mellon Scaife dies aged 82.
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The funeral of a Palestinian teenager abducted and killed in Jerusalem this week is expected to take place Friday, amid seething tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
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State auction of luxury property fails to meet expectations or, in most cases, reserve price Continue reading...
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Mohammed Abu Khdair, 17, killed in apparent revenge attack, has been buried in occupied East Jerusalem.
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European companies are set to see almost 18 percent growth in their second-quarter earnings, new data has shown.
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Police fire teargas at stone-throwing mourners Dozens reported to be injured in clashes Hamas offering 'truce' if Israel halts air raids Khdeir's family says video shows abduction Israel strikes more targets in Gaza HRW accuses Israel of...
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President Xi Jinping's speech in Seoul comes days after Tokyo announced a landmark shift in its pacifist defence policy.
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A group of jihadists claiming to be part of ISIS have vowed to invade Spain along with all other “occupied lands” in a video posted on the web.
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Train rams truck at crossing in southwestern Germany; 33 injured, 4 of them seriously
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Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that Russia-US relations are currently not at their best in a congratulatory Fourth of July note to Barack Obama. The Russian president said he was sure, however, that the two countries “must cooperate.”
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The hurricane was the first this season, and the first to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
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Veteran who collapsed in hospital cafeteria died after waiting around 20 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Continue reading...
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We've been getting such great contributions from our readers that we want to share them on our blog. Here are some of this week's highlights Continue reading...
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Veteran entertainer faces prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars for the sexual abuse of young girls.
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Richard Mellon Scaife, the grand-nephew of Andrew Mellon, has died.
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BoE Governor Mark Carney has announced his next big shake up: scrapping the central bank's annual cricket match.
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Israeli police and Palestinian protesters are clashing in Jerusalem where thousands of mourners gathered for the funeral of an Arab teenager who, Palestinians believe, was killed by Israeli extremists in a revenge attack.
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Entertainer Rolf Harris sentenced to 5 years, 9 months in prison for sex abuses convictions
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Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank believe Mohammed Abu Khader was killed by far-right Jews.
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Amid an intense antigraft campaign ordered by President Xi Jinping, China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced it had increased its offices by 36 percent, suggesting the secretive body’s existing resources have been s...
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President Xi Jinping reminded South Koreans on Friday that their two countries had fought “shoulder to shoulder” against Japan more than four centuries ago.
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A piece of aluminum sheeting found on the island where Earhart is thought to have died might match pictures of a window patch on her plane.
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The death toll from last week's building collapse in southern India has risen to 61, area administrator K. Baskaran said Friday.
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Palestinians say the 16-year-old was killed by Israeli extremists. His body was found just days after the recovery of the bodies of three Israeli teens in the West Bank.
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Myanmar journalist and assistant freed after appeals court reduces jail sentences
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Two people were killed and 22 injured when an overpass bridge under construction collapsed Thursday in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, one of the host cities for the ongoing World Cup, firefighters said on Twitter.
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While Ukrainian authorities expect troops to spare no effort in bringing the south-eastern regions back under Kiev’s control, soldiers on the ground appear to doubt if the government is doing all it takes to provide for those it sends to...
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The search giant has told The Guardian that several of the newspaper’s articles that had been scrubbed from some search results have been reinstated.
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The No. 1 seed, Novak Djokovic, looks to advance to the finals at Wimbledon.
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General Sir David Richards' bid for 100,000-strong force had support from US heavyweights but was shelved as too risky Continue reading...
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Elderly relatives of Japan abductees see this as last chance to rescue loved ones from NKorea
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In the concluding installment of “The Dirty Truth,” a series of reports on avoiding illness during summer vacation, Jeff Rossen and his investigative team test rental cars for bacteria – and find some dangerous ones.
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Crude oil slips for 7th session despite strong US jobs growth as supplies set to increase
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Children's entertainer Rolf Harris was sentenced Friday to five years and nine months in prison for a string of indecent assaults against women and girls, Britain's Press Association news agency reported.
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Some expat Americans are so excited by Scotland's looming referendum that they have obtained dual U.S.-British citizenship to allow them to vote.
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Louis Armstrong, Leona Helmsley, George Steinbrenner and Malia Obama. A slideshow of famous people born on the Fourth of July.
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Activists: Islamic insurgents seize eastern Syrian oil field
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The Tour de France is ready to go -- and 'God's own country' is ready to host the world's most famous road race.
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Many people dream of quitting their boring, corporate positions for a "dream job" elsewhere... and Emma Radford actually did.
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AP INTERVIEW: Jordanian militant leader says Jordan is not immune to regional chaos
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Some experts are warning that the era of rapid growth in German-Chinese trade and dealings may be ending.
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Son of Maori king cleared of theft and drunk driving charges to safeguard his chances of succeeding father.
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PARIS (AP) — Police say the mother of a pupil at a French pre-school stabbed a teacher to death in front of her class Friday, the last day of the school year. French President Francois Hollande expressed outrage at "this abominable drama...
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Football has traditionally been a male preserve -- but no more, thanks to the rise of social media.
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Richard Mellon Scaife, the publisher and billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune, has died at the age of 82, his newspaper said.
