French ex-president Sarkozy gets 5-year jail term in Libya campaign case
Paris criminal court finds Nicolas Sarkozy partly guilty in trial related to alleged campaign funds from Libya.
Weakened Super Typhoon Ragasa heads towards Vietnam after battering China and Hong Kong
Huge clear-up efforts start after storm leaves trail of destruction, with 25 reported dead in Taiwan and the Philippines
Huge clear-up operations were under way in southern China and Hong Kong on Thursday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa battered the region, causing widespread flooding and damaged roads.
Ragasa, the most powerful tropical cyclone so far this year, left a trail of damage across Hong Kong, which resumed international flights on Thursday but kept kindergartens and some schools closed. In the economic hub of Guangdong province in mainland China, where more than 2 million people were evacuated ahead of the super typhoon, crews used excavators to clear thousands of toppled trees and unblock roads.
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Massive sinkhole swallows part of a Bangkok road, forcing evacuations in Thailand’s capital – CBS News
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- Thailand works to tackle massive sinkhole in capital Reuters
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Taiwan lowers Typhoon Ragasa death toll to 14; China starts cleanup
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Xi Declares Success in Chinese Region at Center of Rights-Abuse Claims – The Wall Street Journal
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- China's Xi urges efforts to maintain social stability in Xinjiang Reuters
The professor who beat fraud allegations to become Malawi’s president…again
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Woman in Spanish cold case identified after 20 years
Russian citizen Liudmila Zavada, 31, was found dead in July 2005 by a road in the northeastern Spain.
Woman in Spanish cold case identified after 20 years
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Italy, Spain send navy ships to protect Gaza flotilla after drone attacks
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Low birthrates in England could lead to ‘closure of 800 primary schools by 2029’
Primary pupil numbers could fall by 4% over next five years leading to reduction of 162,000 pupils, study finds
Declining numbers of children across England could lead to the equivalent of 800 primary schools falling empty or being closed by the end of the decade, according to research by a thinktank.
The national decline in pupils at state primary schools is mainly driven by low birthrates but is magnified in London by increasing numbers of people moving out of the capital or leaving the state system to move abroad or send their children to private schools, according to the Education Policy Institute.
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