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Eurozone inflation edges up in January to 2.5%

Eurozone inflation edges up in January to 2.5%

Eurozone inflation ticked up slightly in January to 2.5 percent, edging higher for a fourth consecutive month driven by energy price increases, official data showed on Monday.

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French PM set to force budget through parliament

French PM set to force budget through parliament

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a no-confidence motion from the left that could topple his government after less than two months in office.

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Marcus Rashford: Man Utd fallout ends in divorce

Marcus Rashford: Man Utd fallout ends in divorce

Marcus Rashford was once hailed as Manchester United's golden boy and the social conscience of the Premier League, but the misfiring forward leaves Old Trafford for Aston Villa with his reputation tarnished after a precipitous fall from grace.

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'Ruined my life': Sterilised Czech Roma await compensation

'Ruined my life': Sterilised Czech Roma await compensation

Czech Anna Adamova is still haunted more than three decades after she was forced into a sterilisation that she says irreparably damaged her life.

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Pakistan Taliban kill police polio escort as vaccination drive starts

Pakistan Taliban kill police polio escort as vaccination drive starts

The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases.

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Alpine Skiing: Five faces to look out for at World Championships

Alpine Skiing: Five faces to look out for at World Championships

The World Ski Championships get under way in the Austrian resort of Saalbach on Tuesday and run through until February 16.

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Trial of Spain's ex-football chief over forced kiss begins

Trial of Spain's ex-football chief over forced kiss begins

The highly anticipated trial of Spain's disgraced former football chief Luis Rubiales over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso began on Monday with the player scheduled to take the stand.

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Stocks drop, dollar rallies as Year of the Snake starts with bite

Stocks drop, dollar rallies as Year of the Snake starts with bite

Stock markets in Asia and Europe sank and the dollar surged Monday after Donald Trump signed off huge tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and warned the European Union would be hit "pretty soon".

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Fresh tremors shake top Greek tourist island Santorini

Fresh tremors shake top Greek tourist island Santorini

Fresh overnight tremors shook Greece's top tourist island Santorini, media reports said Monday, prompting people to sleep outdoors and others to leave by plane or ferry.

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Pakistan police officer killed as polio vaccination drive starts

Pakistan police officer killed as polio vaccination drive starts

A Pakistan police officer travelling to guard polio vaccinators was shot dead Monday, police said, on the first day of a nationwide immunisation effort after a year of rising cases.

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