Cultures

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Serbia withdraws entire staff from its embassy in Macedonia

Aug 21, 2017

The entire staff of the Serbian Embassy in the Macedonian capital has been withdrawn for urgent consultations in Belgrade in a move that has further strained relations between the Balkan neighbors

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Trump remarks could sidetrack Democrats from other issues

Aug 19, 2017

Responding to Trump's remarks about white supremacist violence could sidetrack Democrats from issues important to a wider range of voters in 2018 midterm elections

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Dems risk culture war fight in Charlottesville response

Aug 19, 2017

President Donald Trump's widely criticized response to white supremacist violence in Virginia has left Democrats in a quandary: how to seize the moral high ground without getting sucked into a politically perilous culture-war debate

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Kabul catwalk: Afghan models show off traditional clothing

Aug 17, 2017

Amid tight security, Afghan models promote traditional clothing of country's ethnic groups in rare Kabul fashion show

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People from across Europe protest logging in Polish forest

Aug 13, 2017

Hundreds of people have gathered in an ancient forest in Poland to protest the widespread logging the government has ordered there

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Beautiful Bruges: Old-world Europe in the present

Aug 9, 2017

Walking through central Bruges is like a romantic journey into the past while still in the present

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Wrecks, sunken treasures lie under Albania's coastal waters

Aug 2, 2017

On the seabed off the rugged shores of Albania, one of the world's least explored underwater coastlines, lies a wealth of treasures. The country is examining how best to protect them while opening them up to visitors

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No visa, no veil? Saudi Arabia may ease rules for tourists

Aug 1, 2017

Saudi Arabia announces plans for Red Sea travel resort project where restrictions on tourists could be lifted

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Mexican family of man left by cops at Taco Bell settles suit

Jul 31, 2017

The family of a drunken man dropped off at a Taco Bell by Ohio sheriff's deputies and later fatally struck by a car has reached a $300,000 settlement in a lawsuit that alleged authorities endangered him while joking about his Mexican heritage

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TV reporter filming in Polish forest attacked by loggers

Jul 29, 2017

Polish police say that they have detained two men who attacked a television crew filming in a forest, hitting a camera man in the head, smashing his camera and seizing his memory cards