BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel has offered her most detailed response to French President Emmanuel Macron's ideas for reforming Europe, seeking to avert a damaging rift with Paris at a time of high anxiety over Italy and growing transatlantic tensions.

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KABUL (Reuters) - Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday.

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Tunisia:  More than 50 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean on Sunday, the majority off the coasts of Tunisia and Turkey, while Italy marked a sea change in its policy.

Tunisian authorities said 47 bodies were recovered off the country's southern coast, close to the city of Sfax, while 68 people were rescued.

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The San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in California was winding down when the shooting took place. (AFP)

Los Angeles:  A shooter opened fire in downtown San Diego and was taken into custody Sunday as thousands of people participated in the California city's marathon, police said.

A woman fired shots in a parking structure

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Pahoa, Hawaii:  National Guard troops, police and firefighters ushered the last group of evacuees from homes on the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island early on Saturday, hours before lava from the Kilauea volcano cut off road access to the area, officials said.

A stream of lava as wide as three football fields flowed over

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US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Beijing (Reuters)

Beijing:  China warned the United States on Sunday that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if Washington implements tariffs and other trade measures, as the two ended their latest round

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