'A normal family', says son of surgeon in French sex abuse trial
VANNES (FRANCE) - The youngest son of Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, a former surgeon on trial for the alleged assault or rape of 299 patients, told the court Tuesday that he remembered growing up in a "normal family" but in which some things were left "unsaid".
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British PM pledges to lift defence spending
LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Tuesday to increase defence spending to 2.5% of the economy by 2027, as uncertainty reigns over US President Donald Trump&s commitment to European security.
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Thai rice seeds added to ‘doomsday& vault
COPENHAGEN - A &doomsday& vault storing food crop seeds from around the world on a remote Norwegian Arctic island is receiving more than 14,000 new samples, including Thai rice seeds, this week.  
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Four dead in Korean highway construction collapse
ANSEONG, South Korea - At least four people died and six were injured on Tuesday after a collapse at a highway construction site in an area south of Seoul, fire authorities said.
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Ailing pope ‘rested well& amid improvement
VATICAN CITY - A critically ill Pope Francis, who is battling pneumonia in both lungs, &rested well&, the Vatican said on Tuesday after earlier reporting a &slight improvement& in the condition of the 88-year-old.
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British couple arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan
LONDON — A British couple who spent almost two decades running education programs in Afghanistan were detained by the Taliban this month, their children said in interviews with a number of British news outlets.
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