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US students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence   Across the US, students were urged to leave class at 1400 GMT for 17 minutes – one minute for each of the dead in Florida. Students from...

Spain exhumes bodies from Valley of the Fallen civil war monument The Valley of the Fallen monument is a rallying point for the far-right Work has begun on exhuming the bodies of four men killed in...

Death toll hits 31 from California fires as search goes on for victims   At least five search teams were working in Paradise, a town of 27,000 that was largely incinerated on Thursday, and surrounding Northern...

Kenya's election rerun faces major hurdles   The courts may have agreed with Kenya's opposition that there were problems with the election and ordered a rerun. But this poll may too be scuppered if concerns in...

Greece's Varoufakis launches new party   Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has launched his political party called MeRA25 which is part of DiEM25, a transnational anti-establishment movement. Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, second right, presents...

Lula still in prison after Brazil judge voids release order   Judge Sergio Moro, who sent Lula to prison in April for a bribery conviction, said that the appeals court judge lacked authority to issue an...

New Italian government tells migrants to pack their bags   League leader Matteo Salvini, Italy's new interior minister, warned migrants at a rally in northern Italy warned migrants that "The free ride is over". Italy's Interior Minister...

Greece welcomes Macedonian move to settle name dispute Helena Smith in Athens   Balkan state considering alternative names such as Upper Macedonia or New Macedonia. Greece...

Meet Tesla's new bondholder: Billionaire George Soros   The investment firm founded and chaired by billionaire George Soros took a stake in Tesla Inc bonds during the first three months of the year, giving the electric...

Vintage plane crash in Switzerland kills all 20 on board   JU-Air's JU-52 HB-HOT aircraft crashed in the Swiss Alps, killing all 20 people on board, police said. A general view of the accident site of a...