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Canada’s Justin Trudeau defends the burkini

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday defended individual rights and freedoms while touting cultural diversity…

Olympics: NBA Spurs stars Ginobili, Parker end international careers

by Jim SLATER RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Star guards Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, NBA teammates for the…

Factbox: Why the Zika virus is causing alarm

  (REUTERS HEALTH)   Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began…

Olympics: USA goes 5-0 as Thompson dumps slump

by Dan Martin RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- NBA marksman Klay Thompson shook off his Rio slump to net…

Firefighters battle blazes in southern France and Portugal

MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - by Andrea PALASCIANO Fires that raged through countryside near Marseille left a trail of destruction but were…

French ferry evacuated after mystery underwater blast

MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- A passenger ferry docked in the southern French port of Marseille was evacuated Sunday after an…

Islamic state posts video of men it says were French church attackers

REUTERS -- Islamic State's news agency on Wednesday (July 27) released a video of two men it said were those…

Priest murdered in French church attack: what we know so far

by Pauline FROISSART PARIS, France (AFP) -- An elderly priest had his throat slit in a church in northern France…

Priest killed in French church before police shoot dead hostage-takers

  (REUTERS)  Two attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern…

France probes possible security failings in Nice attack

PARIS, France (AFP) - by Andrea BAMBINO with Catherine MARCIANO in Nice French President Francois Hollande on Thursday promised "truth and transparency"…

Five detained over Nice attack to face judge

by Anne Pascale REBOUL Sophie DEVILLER NICE, France (AFP) -- Five people detained after last week's massacre in Nice are…

European and Asian leaders condemn Nice terrorist attack

  EUROPEAN and Asian leaders who are gathering at the Asia-Europe meeting summit in Mongolia on Friday (July 15) condemned…

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