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China's top diplomat Wang Yi will head to Europe next week for talks with counterparts from the European Union, Germany and ...

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Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

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The pair set off from Base Camp at 4,200m after a rough approach trek over a badly crevassed glacier. This may be the first ascent of the East Ridge.