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Jamaican women's bobsleigh team makes debut at the Winter Olympics   The Jamaican women's bobsleigh team made their Winter Olympics debut on Tuesday, thirty years after the country's first appearance at the Games in Calgary. Pilot Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and...

British Virgin Islands brave two storms in two weeks: 'Maria destroyed most of what was left' Alex Dick-Read in Great Mountain, British Virgin Islands Residents of the tiny British territory begin to pick up the pieces...

CSIS: Potential Scenarios for Venezuela’s Future   Given the ongoing political, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, in early June CSIS convened a small group of experts to identify the major drivers of possible future...

Prisoners of Greek Islands   Refugee families trapped in Greek Islands are surviving various odds — from tackling violence to rape threats — with the hope that the European Union may agree to assimilate them into...

Suspect in Austin bombing attacks blows himself up   Austin police chief says the suspect is believed to be responsible for all the major Austin bombings, but authorities acknowledge it is too soon to say if...

Venezuela, Panama agree to restore envoys, air links     The rapprochement between the two countries comes after a diplomatic crisis erupted in late March when Panama added a string of senior Venezuelan officials to a list...

Barcelona mourns as police step up hunt for driver of van Jonathan Watts, Giles Tremlett and Stephen Burgen   Younes Abouyaaqoub, understood to be chief suspect in Las Ramblas attack, is thought to be key member of...

Is the EU and Serbia isolating Kosovo on the international stage?     Kosovo has placed trade sanctions on Serbia as the latter increasingly disregards Kosovo's territorial integrity and international standing. Kosovo introduced 100 percent customs tariffs on...

Russia plane crash responders find 200 body parts By Mary Ilyushina and Angela Dewan, CNN   https://youtu.be/ofVf5AuOv6U Moscoww (CNN)  Emergency workers have found around 200 body parts strewn across a snowy field near Moscow at the site of...

  Sergei Skripal discharged from Salisbury hospital Steven Morris and Patrick Wintour Russia demands access to poisoned former spy and daughter to ensure they do not want help.   Sergei Skripal pictured before the attack. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Moscow has demanded...