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Brazil army ordered to take over security in violent Rio de Janeiro  Pedro Fonseca, Alexandra Alper RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil’s federal government on Friday ordered the army to take over command of police forces...

Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz: Guns, depression and a life in trouble By William Wan, David Weingrad, Fred Barbash and Mark Berman   https://youtu.be/4qYfSC73_OU He had been getting treatment at a mental health clinic, but he had...

Former Georgian leader Saakashvili deported from Ukraine to Poland   Ukraine's border service spokesperson says the former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland. (ReutersArchive)   Former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland,...

Protests greet Serbian president in Croatia amid tensions   Aleksandar Vucic's two-day visit is seen as an attempt to solve a number of issues between the two Balkan countries and boost economic ties between them despite...

Orbán allies could use EU as cash register, MEPs say Jennifer Rankin in Brussels   Hungarian PM’s supporters are winning EU-funded contracts while facing little competition   Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/EPA A European parliamentary watchdog...

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...

Could a German 28-hour week make waves across Europe?   Nearly one million employees with Germany's powerful metalworking union IG Metall won higher pay and the right to a reduced working week. Germany's powerful metalworking union IG...

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...

Donald Trump orders Pentagon to plan grand military parade David Smith in Washington President reportedly seeks parade in model of France’s Bastille Day celebration, prompting one veterans’ group to call him ‘a wannabe banana republic strongman’ ...

Sacré blanc! Eiffel Tower remains closed as snow disrupts Paris   Traffic chaos in French capital as wintry weather hits country’s north.   The Eiffel Tower...