Read the latest and breaking world news and top stories - June 7
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In Saturday's final, the No. 7-seeded Sharapova will face No. 4 Simona Halep, a 22-year-old Romanian who never before had been past the quarterfinals at a major.
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Office of South African President Jacob Zuma says he is in a hospital for tests
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Portuguese police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann tell the BBC they will question "several suspects" in the very near future.
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Petro Poroshenko is sworn in as president of Ukraine, setting out a plan to bring peace to the conflict-torn east.
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Kerry spoke in French seaside town of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, home to his family's ancestral estate on 70th anniversary of D-Day Continue reading...
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European Central Bank is inching closer to long-taboo stimulus program of bond purchases
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On the 70th anniversary of D-Day, four veterans make the long journey back to Normandy to the places that changed them - and the world -- forever.
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Media watchdog says Nigerian gov't disrupting distribution of several newspapers
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Gap to become first American retailer to enter Myanmar market since the end of military rule
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The thing about presidential elections, be it in Ukraine or anywhere else for that matter, is that it makes sense to ignore everything that was said during the election campaign and, especially, in the immediate aftermath.
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The Queen has been in Paris on the final day of her state visit to France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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Petro Poroshenko sets the tone for his country's conversation with itself and the world, but how will Russia now react?
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Islamist militants briefly take dozens of people hostage after storming a university campus in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, police say.
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Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series Continue reading...
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10 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt
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Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko addresses inauguration assembly.
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Eager crowds listen to the Ukrainian President's inaugural speech, hoping for answers to one question: will there be peace?
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Bob Badger and Pat Maisch helped subdue Jared Lee Loughner. They shared their thoughts on the student who this week took down a gunman with pepper spray Continue reading...
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30 Rock actor Tracy Morgan is in intensive care following a crash involving several cars in New Jersey.
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Ban Ki-moon calls on Israel to charge or release without delay prisoners refusing food for more than six weeks.
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Students and staff leave University of Anbar after gunmen briefly hold them hostage before deserting campus.
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Both sides are beefing up their firepower but it is civilians who are suffering in eastern Ukraine where one nurse described a hospital being attacked.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Iranian officials will meet on June 9-10 for talks ahead of the next round of negotiations between Iran and six world powers on Iran’s nuclear program, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday.
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In Saturday's final, the No. 7-seeded Sharapova will face No. 4 Simona Halep, a 22-year-old Romanian who never before had been past the quarterfinals at a major.
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South African President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to the hospital for tests, his spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement Saturday.
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Petro Poroshenko takes oath of office in Kiev after promising to bridge the east-west divide that has split the country.
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Kerry hopes for steps to ease tensions in Ukraine, including Russian help with separatists
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Comedian involved in New Jersey Turnpike accident One person killed in crash near Cranbury Township Continue reading...
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RAMADI Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen occupied a university in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Saturday, taking hundreds of students and their professors hostage on campus, security sources said.
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How rogue general's anti-Islamist campaign divides Libyans
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US comedian Tracy Morgan, best known for starring in 30 Rock, is in intensive care in hospital after a six-vehicle crash in New Jersey.
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Relatives of Gareth Huntley, who disappeared after going on a jungle trek, said "no words can describe the void he will leave".
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Personal stories from Israeli soldiers enforcing the occupied territories have been shared in a project celebrating its 10th anniversary this week.
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's new president on Saturday called for dialogue with the country's east, gripped by a violent separatist insurgency, and for armed groups to lay down their weapons but said he won't talk with rebels he called...
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Kerry commemorates D-Day with personal tribute near family estate in small French town
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It was announced on Friday that Jacob Zuma would take a few days off from public appearances after a tiring election campaign.
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The government is accused of "incompetence" over its handling of the threat of extremism in schools, by shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt.
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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is admitted to hospital for tests after doctors told him to to rest following "a demanding election".
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In two difficult weeks, the president's effort to bypass a hostile Congress and regain the political initiative has had mixed results Continue reading...
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Officials from the Marshall Islands say remains, thought to be of Japanese soldiers, were disturbed after high tides.
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Flash flooding in the remote northern Afghan province of Baghlan kills at least 73 people and forces thousands from their homes, police say.
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Arizona is rushing emergency supplies to a detention centre where over 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children are due to arrive.
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Cheer up, Thailand! Army junta wants to "return happiness" _ even as it stifles dissent
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its course towards closer ties with Europe, spelling out a combative and defiant message to Russia in his i...
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Doctors express satisfaction with South African leader's condition, a statement on the presidency's website says.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup begins June 12, and host cities across Brazil are gearing up to welcome hundreds of thousands of travelers. Soccer fans traveling to the games in the 12 host cities are in for a treat. Brazil offers stunning scene...
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Stuntman Nick Macomber jumps off the 45th floor rooftop of the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, with the help of a hydrogen and nitrogen-powered jetpack. Macomber hovers and flies for about 30 seconds before landing ba...
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The decision to swap five militants for one American prompted a furore that threatens a family as well as the White House. The Guardian speaks to those who know a suddenly famous father Rory Carroll in Hailey, Idaho: backlash bewilders h...
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Spanish court rules criminal investigation into killing of Jose Couso by a US tank shell in Iraq in 2003 can be pursued.
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Ukraine's new president, Petro Poroshenko was inaugurated Saturday. Analyst Olexiy Haran tells NPR's Scott Simon that the Chocolate King, as he's known, hopes to mend ties with Russia.
