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Rabat, Morocco | AFP |  French President Emmanuel Macron was in Morocco Wednesday on a 24-hour visit for talks on battling terrorism as well as the Libyan conflict and Qatar’s dispute with its Gulf neighbours. As he stepped off the plane for his first visit to Morocco since his election …

Beijing, China | AFP |  Chinese President Xi Jinping met with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Wednesday as the football world watches for signs that the Asian giant will make a bid to host a World Cup. Xi greeted Infantino in the capital’s palatial Great Hall of the People but …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  A massive fire ripped through a 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. Witnesses could hear screaming from the upper floors as the flames rose and one desperate resident could …

Washington, United States | AFP |  US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday vehemently denied any collusion with Russia to tilt last year’s election in Donald Trump’s favor, branding the suggestion an “appalling and detestable lie.” In closely-watched congressional testimony, Sessions angrily denounced allegations he acted improperly during meetings with …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Britain’s Guardian newspaper is to move to a tabloid format in early 2018 as part of its “three-year transformation programme,” parent company Guardian Media Group (GMG) announced on Tuesday. The Guardian’s sister Sunday title The Observer will also be downsized from their shared Berliner …

Munich, Germany | AFP |  Several people were wounded when shots were fired at a commuter rail station near the southern German city of Munich on Tuesday and one person was detained, police said. “Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer was badly wounded” at an S-Bahn …

  The French presidential elections in 2022 will surely reverse the pro-EU result By Isidoros Karderinis The election of the Europeanist Macron, who is a real child of the banking system and of the forces of globalisation, to the presidency of France has prevented, on the one hand, the automatic …

Washington, United States | AFP |  A much-lampooned — and now-deleted — tweet by President Donald Trump has spurred a serious legislative effort aimed at stopping him from erasing his many misspelled missives and other online messages. Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley on Monday introduced the so-called COVFEFE Act, a reference …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP |  Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman is expected to arrive in Pyongyang Tuesday, US media reported, with the heavily-tattooed former player apparently set for another round of his controversial “basketball diplomacy”. The eccentric ex-Chicago Bulls power forward made at least four visits to Pyongyang, …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May took the blame for the ruling Conservatives’ disastrous performance at last week’s elections, as she faced her party’s angry MPs on Monday, seeking to ward off any challenge to her leadership. “I got us into this mess, and I’m …