Happiness is a birthday cake, a meal of pork-knuckle rice, a warm bed and a trip to buy a new mobile telephone.
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UK to warn public every week over 'no-deal Brexit': The Times
Britons will from next week start receiving weekly information bulletins from the government about how to make sure they’re ready for a disorderly Brexit, The Times reported on Friday.
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South Korean court sentences president Park to another eight years in jail
A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.
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Weary Venezuelans rely on 'dog cart' transports as buses succumb to crisis
On a recent afternoon, a crowd of hundreds massed on the sidewalk outside an exit from the subway in the central Venezuelan city of Valencia.
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Civilians killed in Afghanistan air strike: officials
As many as 14 people, including women and children, were killed in an air strike carried out during an operation by Afghan security forces near the northern city of Kunduz on Thursday, officials said.
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Trump rejects Putin offer on interviewing Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal that Russian authorities be allowed to question American citizens, the White House said on Thursday, after the offer drew fierce criticism in the United States.
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Amid growing anger over Ortega, Nicaragua marks Sandinista revolution
Nicaraguans mark the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution on Thursday despite months of bloody repression of protesters opposed to President Daniel Ortega, with critics increasingly comparing the former rebel to the dictator overthrown in 1979.
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Mexico says Canada's top diplomat to meet Lopez Obrador, discuss trade
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will meet Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and discuss NAFTA trade talks during a visit to the country on July 25, the Mexican foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
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Evacuation of two pro-Assad Syrian villages complete
The evacuation of thousands of people from two loyalist Syrian villages that were besieged by rebels in the northwest is complete, state media said on Thursday, with the government expected to release hundreds of detainees in return.
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Ethiopia appoints ambassador to Eritrea: Fana TV
Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in two decades, the latest sign of the Horn of Africa neighbors restoring relations a generation after a brutal border war, the state-affiliated Fana news agency said on Thursday.
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