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Pristina in the spotlight: Rita Ora aside, can Kosovo's capital make it big? Crowds at Rita Ora's concert celebrate the 10th anniversary of Kosovo's independence in Pristina on Saturday. Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters. Pristina is a city of constant renewal. Not only is Kosovo's main city the youngest capital in Europe – 42% of the population is under 24 years old – but it ...
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Latvian representative at ECB detained in bribery case Ilmars Rimsevics, who represents Latvia on the ECB general council, was questioned on a charge of demanding a bribe from the country's third largest bank, ABLV, which is being investigated in a separate money-laundering inquiry. Jekabs Straume, the head of Latvia's anti-corruption authority, denied ...
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Turkey warns Assad not to intervene in Kurdish enclave Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters fire towards YPG positions near the Syria-Turkey border. Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images. Turkey warned the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad that it risked a military confrontation with Ankara if it intervened in an ongoing war in the Kurdish ...
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Barry Bennell: 31 years in jail for soccer's 'devil incarnate' "Your behavior towards these boys in grooming and seducing them before subjecting them to, in some cases, the most most serious, degrading and humiliating abuse was sheer evil." He added that Bennell had appeared to his victims as a god, adding: "In reality, you were the devil incarnate. You stole ...
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Angela Merkel gives key ally crucial job in CDU Sometimes dubbed 'mini-Merkel' by German media, Kramp-Karrenbauer is highly regarded in her party. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, put forward close ally Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Monday to take over as secretary general of her Christian ...
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Major Russian mafia trial opens in Spain A Russian MP, Vladislav Reznik, and 17 other suspects have gone on trial in Madrid accused of massive money-laundering for a Russian mafia gang. The alleged gang bosses Gennady Petrov and Alexander Malyshev are still at large, believed to be in Russia. Some suspects are alleged to have ...
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War monitor: 71 dead in Eastern Ghouta in last 24 hours At least 71 civilians have been killed near Damascus in less than 24 hours in heavy bombardment by Syrian government forces as they prepare a ground operation to recapture the opposition-held enclave, a war monitor group said. Air raids and artillery fired on Eastern Ghouta - a suburb of the Syrian ...
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Florida students, thrust in new role after shooting, find a powerful voice: 'we can't waste this chance' But as another week begins in Parkland, Florida, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school are adjusting to life in a different and unexpected role. They find themselves the flag bearers of a powerful new push for gun control laws, and are determined to be the generation that finally breaks ...
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Elon Musk gets Hyperloop digging permit in Washington, DC Last year, the internet needled Elon Musk for tweeting he had verbal approval to dig a Hyperloop tunnel in Washington, DC, because officials said they granted no such thing. Now, however, The Boring Company does have an honest-to-gosh written permit, albeit only for some preliminary site ...
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New blood test can detect autism in children Researchers at the University of Warwick said the test, believed to be the first of its kind, could lead to earlier diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children who could then be given appropriate treatment much earlier in their lives. ASDs mainly affect a person's social interaction and ...
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