Seven killed in China plant explosion; second deadly blast this month

A plant explosion in China's Jiangsu province has killed seven people, authorities said on Sunday, the second deadly blast in the province this month as Beijing begins a nationwide industrial safety inspection campaign.

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Algerian businessman with ties to Bouteflika arrested at border

Leading Algerian businessman Ali Haddad, who was part of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's inner circle, has been arrested at the Tunisian border, a close associate said on Sunday, as pressure mounted on the long-standing leader to resign.

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As pope visits Morocco, tiny Jewish community looks on with quiet pride

Suzanne Harroch speaks and sings in Judeo-Moroccan, a language of a once-thriving Jewish community that numbered about 300,000 - one of the largest in the Muslim world.

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Turks vote in local polls, Erdogan's party could lose in big cities

Turks voted on Sunday in local elections which President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for Turkey and which were marred by violence that left two party members dead in the country's southeast.

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UK PM May would have to look closely at customs union if parliament votes for it: minister

British Prime Minister Theresa May would have to look closely at pursuing a customs union with the European Union if parliament votes for it, justice minister David Gauke said on Sunday.

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Trump Seeks to Cut Foreign Aid to 3 Central American Nations

Taking drastic action over illegal immigration, President Donald Trump moved Saturday to cut direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, whose citizens are fleeing north and overwhelming U.S. resources at the southern border.

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Model with alopecia wants people to embrace differences

Caitlin Leigh says fashion is for everyone after becoming a model since her alopecia diagnosis.

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My first Mother's Day without my mum

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'This is who I am': Three generations of transitions

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China plant explosion kills seven; second blast in Jiangsu province this month

A plant explosion in China's Jiangsu province has killed seven people, state media reported on Sunday, 10 days after a blast at a pesticide plant killed 78 people in the province and triggered a nationwide safety inspection campaign.

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Rights groups dispute Philippine police account of clash that killed 14 suspected rebels

Fourteen suspected communist rebels were killed in a clash with security forces in the central Philippines, police said on Sunday, but human rights activists said those who died were farmers.

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Britain has limited options available on Brexit: Conservative deputy chair

Britain has a limited range of options available on Brexit and lawmakers should support Prime Minister Theresa May's exit deal to avoid a 'no deal' exit or no Brexit at all, the deputy chairman of her Conservative Party said on Sunday.

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Brazil military takes up coup commemoration at Bolsonaro's behest

Brazil's armed forces on Sunday paid tribute to a 1964 coup leading to a two-decade dictatorship, after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro - who argues that military intervention saved the country from communism - reversed an 8-year-ban on celebrations.

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UK PM May under huge pressure from some ministers to pursue 'no deal' Brexit: former minister

Prime Minister Theresa May is under huge pressure from some members of her top team of ministers who want to Britain to leave the European Union without a deal, a former minister said on Sunday.

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