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  Italy seizes migrant rescue vessel, another to disembark

  Agence France-Presse . Rome | Updated at 10:44pm on September 02, 2019

  Italian authorities on Monday seized the charity rescue vessel Eleonore, disembarking the around 100 migrants aboard after it entered Italian territorial waters despite a ban...

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  EU will not change divorce deal agreed with Britain: Barnier

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 02:35pm on September 02, 2019

  The European Union will not change the divorce deal agreed with Britain, EU negotiator Michel Barnier said in an interview published Sunday as MPs opposed...

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  UK lawmakers opposed to no-deal Brexit to bring forward legislation

  Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on September 02, 2019

  British lawmakers opposed to no-deal Brexit will attempt to pass a law this week to stop prime minister Boris Johnson allowing Britain to crash out...

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  Poland criticises Russia’s ‘imperialist tendencies’ on WWII anniversary

  Agence France-Presse . Warsaw | Updated at 12:00am on September 02, 2019

  Poland’s president Andrzej Duda on Sunday slammed Russia’s military actions as ‘imperialist tendencies’ at ceremonies in Warsaw marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of...

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  Pope urges politicians to take  measures on climate change

  Reuters . Vatican City | Updated at 08:23pm on September 01, 2019

  Pope Francis challenged governments on Sunday to take ‘drastic measures’ to combat global warming and reduce the use of fossil fuels, saying the world was...

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  Pope gets stuck in Vatican lift, freed by fireman

  Agence France-Presse . Vatican City | Updated at 04:52pm on September 01, 2019

  Pope Francis said Sunday he was late to his weekly Angelus prayer because he had been stuck in a Vatican elevator and had to be...

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  France rescues 13 migrants headed for Britain by boat

  Agence France-Presse . Lille, France | Updated at 12:00am on September 01, 2019

  Thirteen migrants attempting to reach Britain by boat from France were rescued in the English Channel early Saturday, French maritime authorities said. The 13 migrants,...

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  Merkel hints at return to academia after politics

  Reuters . Leipzig, Germany | Updated at 12:00am on September 01, 2019

  German chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to suggest on Saturday that she might return to academia at the end of her current term in office, which...

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  Thousands of Russians rally to demand free elections

  Reuters . Moscow | Updated at 12:00am on September 01, 2019

  Thousands of Russians took to the streets of central Moscow on Saturday to demand free elections to the capital’s city legislature on Sept. 8, defying...

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  Environmentalists conduct Magnetic fishing in French rivers

  Agence France-Presse . Lacroix-Saint-Ouen | Updated at 03:22pm on August 31, 2019

  Equipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts and environmentalists scour France’s rivers, pulling out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd kitchen appliance...