#BREAKING UK police charge two men with allegedly spying for China

VIDEO: 🇺🇸 Despite legalisation, California battles illegal marijuana farms

Marijuana was fully legalised in the state in 2016 following a public vote, in a move proponents said would bring an end to a huge black market and the crime and nuisance associated with it
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The unprecedented trial of Donald Trump moves to opening statements on Monday, kickstarting weeks of evidence centered on a porn star and alleged fraud that will overshadow the Republican presidential candidate's attempt to retake the White House ➡️ u.afp.com/5dkn

PICTURES OF THE WEEK (13-19 April)
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World No. 1 and record 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will not play at the #MadridOpen this week, while veteran great Rafael Nadal will continue his comeback from injury ⬇️ u.afp.com/5dk4 #AFPSports

#Japan - #AFP Yuichi YAMAZAKI captures scenes during a Yabusame horseback archery demonstration of the samurai martial arts at Sumida Park in Tokyo.

#UPDATE Poland is ready to host nuclear arms if NATO decides to deploy the weapons in the face of Russia reinforcing its armaments in Belarus and Kaliningrad, President Andrzej Duda said in an interview published on Monday ➡️ u.afp.com/5Avm

Game on! Dutch darts world hits the Bullseye.

The packed stadium shudders as thousands of orange-clad Dutch fans bounce around, chanting the name of their favourite player. But they're not watching Ajax or the Netherlands football team. This is darts

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Venice's 60th Biennale international art show opens its doors.

This year's event explores humankind's relationship with the fragile planet, from Greenland's icecaps to deforestation in the Amazon

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Desperate measures.

AFP News Agency's Fabrice Coffrini photographs a vineyard in Fully, western Switzerland, where burning torches have been placed to stop the vines from freezing, part of the fight against frost destroying the newly emerging buds.

The risk of late frost damage to crops