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Q&A: Catalonia's independence push explained   MADRID -- The most serious threat to Spain's national unity in decades is likely to come to a head in the coming days with attention focused on whether Catalonia will...

Catalan or that annoying obstinacy Esther Vera   https://youtu.be/N6C_VjBCZTc This thing about speaking Catalan is nothing short of an annoying obstinacy. In fact, for a native Spanish speaker Catalan is an impenetrable language which —as everyone knows— is...

Kenyan supreme court annuls Uhuru Kenyatta election victory Six-judge bench rules 4-2 in favour of petition filed by rival candidate Raila Odinga and orders new vote within 60 days. https://youtu.be/36aGejTyONg Kenya’s supreme court has declared Uhuru Kenyatta’s...

UN warns of mass famine in Yemen over Saudi blockade of aid   United Nations (United States) – Yemen is facing a mass famine that will affect millions of lives unless the Saudi-led coalition ends its...

Iranian rescue teams find site and wreckage of crashed plane   The Aseman Airlines ATR-72 crashed into Mount Dena in southern Iran on Sunday. The airline said all 65 on board Flight EP3704 were killed, including...

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...

Chaos spreads in France as Nutella-loving customers battle to get 70 percent off   By James McAuley    https://youtu.be/JPY09Abcg10 In this video posted to Twitter on Jan. 25, French shoppers fought for Nutella after France’s Intermarché supermarkets offered...

Designer Kate Spade found dead in her apartment   New York City police say the fashion designer's death appears to be a suicide. Kate Spade arrives at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards in New...

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...

North Korea's top diplomat in surprise visit to Sweden   North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho met with his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallstrom and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven amid speculation that Sweden may mediate talks between...