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Former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato. (AP)

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Ex-IMF boss Rato sentenced to jail in Spain over credit card scandal

After his tenure at the IMF, Rato chaired Bankia for two years until just before its state bailout in 2012.

23 Feb 2017 8:03 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo: AP)

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False rape claim shows need for fake news wariness: Angela Merkel

Merkel was referring to a fake' story on a German soldier raping a teenaged girl.

23 Feb 2017 7:05 PM IST

As soon as cops showed up, a member of the TJAC started to live-stream the entire incident on Facebook a never-seen-before tactic by the TJAC.

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Swedish citizen jailed for Facebook call to fund Islamic State

Around 300 people have left Sweden to fight with jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

23 Feb 2017 6:54 PM IST

Emmanuel Macron, right, candidate for the 2017 French presidential elections and his wife Brigitte Macron. (Photo: AP)

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France's Macron emerges as undisputed king', but election still...

A final election twist, largely overlooked until recently, is the potential for a tie-up between the splintered leftist...

23 Feb 2017 5:26 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Man involved in Denmark's first blasphemy charge since 1971

Prosecutor Reckendorff that the unidentified man burned the Quran and posted the video, in 2015, on an anti-Muslim...

23 Feb 2017 5:24 PM IST

Warsaws Teatr Powszechny theatre. (Photo: AP)

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Prosecutors probe play simulating oral sex on statue of late pope

Investigators will examine if the play, at Warsaw's Teatr Powszechny theatre offends religious feeling.

23 Feb 2017 11:02 AM IST

From Left. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the new Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick and Home Secretary Amber Rudd address the press, outside New Scotland Yard on Victoria Embankment, in London. (Photo: AP)

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UK appoints counter-terror officer Cressida Dick first woman police...

The 56-year-old becomes the most senior officer in the country, heading a force of some 43,000 officers and staff.

23 Feb 2017 8:24 AM IST

The study raises questions about personalised media and the extent to which social media filter bubbles only expose us to information that supports our own point of view. (Photo: Facebook)

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Man jailed in UK for live-streaming court case

Cameras are not allowed in courts in England and Wales.

22 Feb 2017 8:57 PM IST

$Though the apex court has used the words \surrender forthwith\, As per the procedure, after getting the certified copies of the judgment of the Apex court, they have to go to the trial court, file a surrender application before the trial court.$ World