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Google to invest US$1 bil in deals with newsrooms

CEO says internet giant will pay publishers to create, curate high-quality content for ‘a different kind of online news experience’

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Thai buffalo fest races on despite virus travel ban

Coronavirus curbs leave event with a fraction of usual tourist crowds

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EU launches legal action over UK Brexit bill

UK lawmakers adopted a bill that overwrites parts of the withdrawal treaty signed with the EU last year, resulting in a breach of international law

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Putin behind poisoning: Navalny

Toxicology tests show he was poisoned by the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok

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Agency launches fact-checking programme with TikTok

Under the agreement, AFP fact-check teams will verify potentially false and misleading videos

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French Pacific outpost votes in new independence poll

The referendum is part of a carefully negotiated de-colonisation plan agreed in 1998 to put an end to decade-long conflict

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US court approves US$800m settlement in LV mass shooting

Families of victims of America's worst mass shooting – a rampage that left 58 dead and more than 800 wounded – now 'closer to closure'

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'Glass Fire' damage to wine region laid bare

At least a dozen Napa wineries and vineyards were burned this week

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Armenia and Azerbaijan vow to keep fighting as deaths mount

Armenian PM says it is not ‘appropriate’ to talk about negotiations in times of ‘intensive hostilities’

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US Senate passes funding to prevent government shutdown

Bill will extend funding past the November 3 presidential election

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Sri Lanka to ban cow slaughter

It will be in force after govt finalises scheme to care for cattle too old to plough fields

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Belgium gets PM 16 months after elections

Alexander De Croo will head 7-party coalition govt

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Top Japanese chef in France kills self after assault claims

Taku Sekine’s family say he ‘got caught in a violent spiral of depression’ after becoming target of ‘false and malicious gossip’ online