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France's new PM resigns, hours after cabinet unveiled

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's resignation just hours after unveiling his cabinet, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock.

Macron named Lecornu, a former defense minister, to the post last month.

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Flights resume at Munich airport after second drone scare

Flights resumed "progressively" on Saturday at Munich airport, but delays were expected after a drone scare caused a second shutdown in as many days, affecting over 6,500 passengers, the operator said.

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Armenia jails archbishop over 'coup' plot

Armenia on Friday jailed a senior cleric for two years over alleged calls to overthrow the government, deepening a standoff between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the influential Armenian Apostolic Church.

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Munich airport resumes flights after drone sightings trigger closure

Germany's Munich airport said normal service resumed Friday after several drone sightings forced its closure overnight, the latest in a string of similar aviation disruptions across Europe.

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Dutch to treat 'very limited' number of injured Gaza children

The Netherlands will treat a small number of children with life-threatening injuries sustained in Gaza, the government announced Thursday, reversing its previous policy and joining several other European countries.

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UK police say two arrests made over 'terrorist' synagogue attack

Two people have been arrested over a "terrorist" attack outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester on Thursday in which police shot dead the suspect, a senior officer said.

The attack, which left two dead and three seriously wounded, had been declared a "terrorist incident", added Laurence Taylor, assistant commissioner in counterterrorism policing at London's Metropolitan Police force.

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China's diplomat in Hong Kong tells new US envoy not to 'interfere'

China's top diplomat in Hong Kong has rebuked his American counterpart just weeks after her arrival and warned her against meeting people she "shouldn't meet with," according to a statement released Thursday.

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Four wounded, suspect shot in Manchester synagogue attack

Four people were injured and a suspected knifeman shot by police Thursday after a car ramming and stabbing incident outside a synagogue in Manchester, officials said.

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Macron urges Europe to 'increase pressure' on Russia's shadow fleet

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe Thursday to take coordinated action against Russia's so-called shadow fleet and follow his country's lead in clamping down on vessels used to bust Western sanctions.

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Indonesian rescue workers search for dozens in rubble of collapsed school

Indonesian rescue workers were racing against the clock on Wednesday in the search for survivors from a school collapse in the province of East Java, with at least 90 students still unaccounted for, along with three confirmed dead and about 100 injured.

The Islamic boarding school, which authorities said was undergoing an unauthorized expansion to add two new stories, collapsed during afternoon prayers on Monday, sending slabs of concrete and other heavy debris crashing onto the students below.

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