They laughed, chatted like friends and agreed on just about everything.

Germany's former finance minister Christian Lindner was slapped with a cake that he said was made out of soap during a campaign trail speech in Greifswald on Thursday, 9 January.

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Detectives said the former sub allegedly tried to delete the explicit images from her phone when they found her

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‘We need to make it incredibly expensive to build in these kinds of environments,’ one expert told The Independent. ‘If the insurance industry refuses to sell policies, maybe people won’t risk it’

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Analysis: Carter navigated the barbed wire of the politics of religion, Eric Garcia reports. In doing so, he ran his race and he kept his faith

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Watch live as Joe Biden addresses the nation as wildfires continue to rip through the Los Angeles County area on Thursday, 9 January.

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Donald Trump blames Democratic governor over California water shortages that have hampered firefighters, as celebrities including Jamie Lee Curtis and Prince Harry offer help to residents who have lost homes

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Federal judge blocks Title IX changes intended to protect trans and nonbinary students from discrimination

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Maria Corina Machado was arrested Thursday when her motorcycle convoy was fired upon by security forces as it departed an anti-government protest in Caracas.

Photographs have captured the moments after a baby girl was born on a packed migrant dinghy heading for the Canary Islands.

Copenhagen's grey winter skies match the mood among politicians and business leaders in the face of a crisis.

The highly-contested plea deal has taken its toll on the families of victims

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A Russian spy was living in a "typical seaside hotel" on the English coast crammed full of electronic surveillance equipment, a court has heard.

Police officers rescued a cat in distress in the middle of a busy interstate highway in Jacksonville, Florida, in early January.

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Meloni was question on Trump, Musk and stepping on ants

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Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system.

The Swiss Foreign Affairs Department confirmed the death

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Salt water can wreck a fire, but it can also wreck equipment and vegetation as well

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World cricket bosses have no plans to ban Afghanistan's men from the Champions Trophy or to demand the Taliban allow a women's team to represent the country, Sky News has learned.

Inmate firefighters make around $27 for a 24-hour shift

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