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Paris waiter shot dead over slow service
BBC NEWS
A waiter near Paris has been shot dead by a customer who was reportedly angry because his sandwich was not prepared quickly enough.
Actress Priyanka Chopra accused of 'encouraging nuclear war'
ALJAZEERA
LOS ANGELES, California, USA - Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has been branded a hypocrite over a tweet she posted in February amid escalating tensions between neighbours India and Pakistan.
Iceland cuts teenage drinking with curfews
AP
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - The clock strikes 10 p.m. on a Friday night when the “Parent Patrol” enters a popular playground in suburban Reykjavik.
Europe melts under Sahara heat wave
AP
PARIS, France - Even ice cream, Italian gelato or Popsicles couldn’t help this time. Temperature records that had stood for decades or even just hours fell minute by minute Thursday afternoon and Europeans and tourists alike jumped into fountains, lakes, rivers or the sea to escape a suffocating heat wave rising up from the Sahara.
Dangerous heatwave starts hitting US & Canada
BBC NEWS
Extremely hot weather has started to hit most of the United States, with temperatures set to peak over the weekend, meteorologists say.
US senator calls for investigation into Russia-made FaceApp
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The chart-topping Russian-made FaceApp, which allows users to see how they will look as they age, found itself in the eye of a political storm in the US Wednesday, with one senator urging an FBI investigation into its "national security and privacy risks".
'El Chapo' sentenced to life in prison
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK, USA- Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, expressing no remorse over his conviction for a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades.
England win Cricket World Cup in dramatic Super Over against NZ
BBC SPORT
LONDON, England, UK- England won the men's Cricket World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand following a dramatic sudden-death super over in one of the most thrilling matches in cricket history today, July 14, 2019.
Rain puts India's World Cup dream on hold
CNN
LONDON, UK - India has proved a nigh on unstoppable force at the Cricket World Cup, but it had no answer to the infamous English weather as rain cut short its semifinal clash against New Zealand Tuesday.
Court rules Trump can’t ban critics from Twitter
AP
NEW YORK, USA — President Donald Trump can’t ban critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of public concern.
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