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New York county declares measles outbreak emergency
A county in New York State has declared a state of emergency following a severe outbreak of measles.
According to the BBC, Rockland County, on...
France hits all-time record temperature of 45.8C
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.8C (114.4F) - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
The new record was...
US military reports major spike in sex assaults
The US military has reported a major spike in sexual assaults despite years of efforts to address the problem.
Figures show 20,500 instances of unwanted...
Theresa May’s Brexit deal rejected by MPs for a second time
British MPs has rejected Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to...
New Zealand to ban military style weapons
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand will ban all types of semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles.
The announcement comes less...
Eight children killed at primary school in China on the first day back to...
Eight children have been killed in an attack outside a primary school in China, on the first day back at school after the summer...
India rejects critical US religious freedom report
India has hit out at a report by the United States - saying religious intolerance was growing under its right-wing government, setting off a new spat...
Peru’s ex president shoots himself before arrest
Peru's former President Alan García has shot himself as police came to arrest him.
Casimiro Ulloa hospital in the capital, Lima said he was in...
Syrian military ‘burning farmland in rebel-held north’ -west Syria
Satellite images show large areas of farmland in opposition-held north-west Syria have been burnt as part of what activists allege is a campaign by...
Man who confessed to killing, dismembering mom gets 30 years
A man who admitted to killing his mother and cutting her into pieces during an argument in their Honolulu apartment in Hawaii has been...