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US midterms: Polling stations have closed in five eastern states
The crucial midterms could put a check on how much power President Donald Trump can wield during the last two years of his term. Follow DW's live updates.
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Hayden Panettiere’s Overdose Death Investigation Closed by Police
Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled as accidental and the investigation has concluded, the Greenville, South Carolina police department announced Wednesday. “Based on the (coroner’s office’s) determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled accidental. The Greenville Police Department has concluded its investigation,” the police department told media outlets. The […]
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I closed my eyes and stuck my finger on a map of western Europe: ‘This is where we’re going on holiday!’
Sick of relying on internet recommendations, I left my next destination to chance. Luckily, it led to me discovering a magical hamlet in the Cévennes mountains of south-central France An unruly rabble bursts on to the street: a noisy eruption, bubbling towards us. This isn’t closing time on the Croisette in Cannes. A flock of sheep bustles past our cottage towards the shade of a huge chestnut tree, driven by three generations of herders and their dogs. The waterlike cacophony of their bells slows until only the odd tink tink punctuates the cicadas’ hum. The sheep graze, the shepherds doze off,
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Louvre Closed, Travel Warnings Mount: What France’s Protests Mean for Tourists
Governments are updating their travel guidance as protests spread across Europe. The question for travel is whether unrest will continue beyond region's shoulder season.
Sports
How have Canada closed gap to world champions England?
Forty-one matches, four years and one Rugby World Cup triumph - but England's unbeaten run is over. So how did Canada close the gap to the Red Roses?
Entertainment
Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape
The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
World
Nuremberg airport briefly closed after in-flight emergency
Police are investigating a suspected in-flight emergency on a Corfu flight. After the airport reopened, the airline said they believed the emergency code was a result of a technical malfunction.
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Germany: Nuremberg airport closed over in-flight emergency
Police are investigating a suspected in-flight emergency on a Corfu flight. The plane landed safely in Nuremberg after a fighter jet escort.
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Live: 141 French high schools closed as student protests continue for fifth day
France's ministry of education said that 141 high schools remain closed Friday as national student protests continue despite a pledge from the education minister on Thursday to deploy 3,000 extra substitute teachers. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
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Hundreds of French schools closed amid protests
The student protests that rocked France last week have prompted authorities to keep up to 500 schools closed on Monday. More protests are planned for Tuesday.
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Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as France braces for more student protests
France's education minister said lessons would be "totally or partly suspended" at up to 500 high schools on Monday after several days of sometimes violent protests against teacher shortages, dilapidated school buildings and overcrowding in classrooms. The minister said 24 schools had been "burned or ransacked" since the start of the protest movement.
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Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions
Tehran says reopening Strait of Hormuz has been its main goal, while the US continues to focus on nuclear talks.
Politics
France: 400 schools closed as student protests continue
Police have made around 2,000 arrests and dozens of people have been injured as student protests spread across France. Ministers have called for a "day of dialogue" but students have called for further strike action.
Sports
Celtic and Rangers contest closed doors sanctions
Celtic and Rangers appeal against the Scottish FA decision forcing both clubs to play their next home Scottish Cup ties behind closed doors.
Politics
In cosmopolitan Berlin, elections still closed to foreigners
A quarter of Berlin residents will have no say in the German capital's city-state election because they lack citizenship. That's the highest proportion of residents excluded from the election yet, and many are unhappy.