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- 7 March 2018: Winter storm fells US President George Washington’s tree at Mount Vernon estate, Virginia
- 4 March 2018: Maria Contreras-Sweet Group buys The Weinstein Company assets, saves it from bankrupcy
- 3 March 2018: French fashion brand Lacoste announces limited-edition logo change from crocodile to endangered animals
- 2 March 2018: Amazon to buy smart doorbell startup Ring
- 27 February 2018: Pixar Studios animator Bud Luckey, designer of Toy Story’s Woody, dies aged 83
- 24 February 2018: Bus crash in Ocoña District of Peru costs over 40 lives
- 21 February 2018: Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead
- 20 February 2018: Oxfam produces action plan after revelation of prostitution scandal on Haiti
- 18 February 2018: Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
- 16 February 2018: United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis
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- Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
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- Pixar Studios animator Bud Luckey, designer of Toy Story’s Woody, dies aged 83
- Irish rock band The Cranberries’ lead singer Dolores O’Riordan dies at 46
- Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam
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- Winter storm fells US President George Washington’s tree at Mount Vernon estate, Virginia
- Bus crash in Ocoña District of Peru costs over 40 lives
- Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead
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- French fashion brand Lacoste announces limited-edition logo change from crocodile to endangered animals
- British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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- England: Baby born with heart outside body operated on; surviving, three weeks after birth
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- United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis
- Russia: ex-governor of Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin sentenced to thirteen years for bribery
- Dhaka court sentences former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to five years on corruption charges
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- Fisheries Science Centers report demise of the Blob, end of West Coast heat wave
- Australia government funds edible worms research
- Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
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- Former Irish footballer Liam Miller dies at 36
- Dutch Football Association appoints Ronald Koeman manager of men’s national team
- North Korea to send head of state to South Korea for Olympics
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- State of emergency in Sri Lanka fails to stop violence
- Indian city of Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru
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- New South Wales police extradict ‘self-healer’ Hongchi Xiao from London over death of six-year-old boy at conference
- Australia: Victorian government to trial driverless vehicles on public roads
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- Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
- Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
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- French fashion brand Lacoste announces limited-edition logo change from crocodile to endangered animals
- Oxfam produces action plan after revelation of prostitution scandal on Haiti
- Russia: ex-governor of Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin sentenced to thirteen years for bribery
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- Iran: Wreckage found of plane crashed in mountains; all believed dead
- ‘Save the Children’ organisation suspends all activities in Afghanistan after ISIL attack
- US Vice President Pence speaks to Israeli Knesset: US embassy to move to Jerusalem
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- Winter storm fells US President George Washington’s tree at Mount Vernon estate, Virginia
- Amazon to buy smart doorbell startup Ring
- Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
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