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Eyes to the skies for Taiwan's kite festival

A host of national and international competitors are battling for air superiority at the Taiwan Kite Festival.

Sport

Mayweather v. McGregor: It'll be all fight on the night

Mayweather-McGregor fight on course to be richest in history

USA

"Crown Heights" tells true story of two mens' fight for justice

"Crown Heights" tells true story of the fight for justice by a wrongfully-imprisoned African-American, and his best friend.

Spain

Barcelona to conduct full security review

In the wake of the attack on Las Ramblas, Barcelona is to overhaul security.

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Argentina

Gutierrez & Ballejo take Salon Tango World Cup in Buenos Aires

A Argentine dance partnership beat off all competition to win the 2017 Salon Tango prize in Buenos Aires.

Yemen

Airstrike near San'aa in Yemen kills 35

At least 35 people have died after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a hotel near San'aa in Yemen.

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Deadly mudslide hits Guinea capital

Conraky is mourning at least eight dead after a mudlside ripped through the outskirts of the Guinea capital.

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Angola votes as MPLA changes man at the top

Angola is about to get its first change of president since independence, but will Joao Lourenco break the mould of cronyism and over-reliance on oil?

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Typhoon Hato rips into Hong Kong

A category 10 Typhoon, the strongest, is smashing into Hong Kong.

Rwanda

Kagame sworn in for another term leading Rwanda

Paul Kagame has been sworn in for another sucessive term as President of Rwanda, a job he has held since 2000.

Austria

Austria sends troops to Italian border

Austria, where an election campaign is getting under way, sends troops to crack down on human trafficking on its Italian border.

Spain

Spanish coastguards save over 300 lives off Cadiz

Spanish coastguards have made one of their biggest migrant rescues of the year, saving over 300 people from the sea.

Ireland

Ireland refuses to collect commission's 13 billion tax bill from Apple

Ireland will not be sending the EU Commission's 13 billion euro back-tax bill to Apple - "Not our job" says Finance Minister.

United Kingdom

Daniel Craig says he will do Bond "one more time"

Having said recently he'd rather "slash his wrists" than play James Bond again, Daniel Craig now says he will make one more movie.

Economy

Eurozone's GDP growth outlook rosier, eastern members catching up

G2 GDP growth in the Eurozone was up 0.6%, and with newer eastern members doing better, the economic outlook is set fair.

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Smile for the camera as Danish tiger goes to the dentist

Danish zoos give their animals top-drawer medical support, but is it all for the cameras to stimulate public interest?

Sierra Leone

Death toll rises in Sierra Leone mudslide

Sierra Leone's president calls for international help after devastating landslide

Economy

Trump gets tough with China and orders trade inquiry

Trump gets with tough with China and orders trade inquiry, focusing on intellectual property theft.

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Migrants take over empty ground in French capital

After clearing migrants from the approaches to Calais, the French now find thousands making their way to Paris.

Argentina

World Tango Festival and Championship opens in Buenos Aires

The world's greatest Tango dancers have gathered in Buenos Aires for the famous World Tango Festival and Competition

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