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Federal workers to miss pay; U.S.-Colombia tension : NPR

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Brazil grants state oil firm exploration license in Amazon region

Brazil’s state oil firm has received a licence to conduct exploratory oil drilling in the
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‘Delighted’ Crowborough woman played clarinet in brain surgery

PA Media Denise Bacon experienced instant improvement in her finger movements A woman with Parkinson’s
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Workers back minimum wage rise ‘as everything getting expensive’

Catherine NicollIsle of Man BBC Hassan Ali Tipu said a proposed 9.9% minimum wage increase
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Britain is suddenly pining for closer ties with the EU.

A palpable sense of urgency has emerged in the UK’s approach to relations with the
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The trailblazer who made history as Nasa’s first woman commander

Rebecca MorelleScience Editor and Alison FrancisSenior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/ BBC News From a very
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Japan allows over-the-counter emergency contraception pill for the first time

Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its
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Pizza Hut to close 68 UK restaurants

Charlotte EdwardsBusiness reporter, BBC News Getty Images Pizza Hut is to close 68 restaurants and
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US, Australia sign rare earth, mineral agreement as China tightens

US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to
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Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again

Fergus WalshMedical editor Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at
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