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  Nations agree global climate pact rules, but seen as weak

  Reuters . Katowice | Updated at 11:01am on December 16, 2018

  Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is...

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  Not just a small-island problem

  Reuters . Katowice, Poland | Updated at 11:00pm on December 15, 2018

  Climate change is turbo-charging losses from wilder weather and rising seas in rich countries as well as poor - and leaders must figure out how...

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  May’s plea for EU help cast as failure at home

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on December 15, 2018

  British prime minister Theresa May’s attempt to win assurances from the European Union on her Brexit deal was cast by opponents on Friday as a...

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  Blair sees another Brexit referendum

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on December 15, 2018

  Former prime minister Tony Blair said a second Brexit referendum is now the most likely outcome because plans to leave the European Union face deadlock...

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  Strasbourg Christmas market gunman shot dead by French police

  Agence France-Presse . Strasbourg | Updated at 11:06am on December 14, 2018

  The gunman who killed three people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg was shot dead by French police on Thursday as the Islamic State jihadist...

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  May survives confidence vote

  Agence-France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:00am on December 14, 2018

  British prime minister Theresa May on Wednesday survived a confidence vote by her own MPs but lost the support of one third of her colleagues,...

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  French govt urges end to protests after Strasbourg attack

  Agence France-Presse . Strasbourg | Updated at 12:00am on December 14, 2018

  The French government on Thursday urged ‘yellow vest’ protesters not to hold another round of demonstrations this weekend as police hunted for a second day...

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  Ankara train crash leaves nine dead, 47 injured

  Agence France-Presse . Ankara | Updated at 02:19pm on December 13, 2018

  Seven people were killed after a high-speed train crashed into a locomotive in the Turkish capital on Thursday, the Ankara governor's office said, revising an...

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  Theresa May wins Conservative Party vote of confidence

  Reuters . London | Updated at 03:12am on December 13, 2018

  British prime minister Theresa May won a confidence vote from her party on Wednesday but 117 of her lawmakers said she was no longer the...

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  Climate talks must be rescued from failure, warns UN chief

  Agence France-Presse . Katowice, Poland | Updated at 02:15am on December 13, 2018

  ‘Key political issues’ deadlocking UN climate talks ‘remain unresolved’, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday after an unscheduled stop at the troubled negotiations in...