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Populists finally take power in Italy
Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME: Eurosceptic politicians cheered and Milan's stock index rose on Friday after Italy's populists staved off the threat of a new election and formed western...
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Motorway accident kills 8, injures 7
Published on 01/06/2018
» A four-vehicle accident on the motorway in Chon Buri killed eight people and injured seven others on Friday evening, traffic radio reported.
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Nobel dissident's widow serving 'life sentence' for love
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» BEIJING: Liu Xia, the widow of dissident Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, has said she felt that loving her husband was a "crime" for which she had received...
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Paolo Savona, Italy's eurosceptic in charge of European affairs
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME - Paolo Savona, who was rejected as Italy's economy minister by the president due to his hostility to the euro, was instead sworn in Friday as European affairs...
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Lebanon's spearfishers fight to preserve stocks
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» TRIPOLI (LEBANON) - Hunting fish with spear guns may seem like a counterintuitive way to save Lebanon's dwindling marine life, but a growing community of freedivers...
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After pro-Trump bravado, Kanye turns inward on album
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» NEW YORK - Kanye West succeeded in rocketing back into the headlines through his stubbornly contrarian lovefest with Donald Trump. But on a new album he offers...
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Stunned US allies seek new friends as Trump tensions mount
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» BRUSSELS - America's traditional allies are desperately seeking new friends as Donald Trump hails the leaders of North Korea and China instead, but may have to...
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US unemployment falls to 3.8% in May, lowest in 18 years
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 18 years in May, the Labor Department reported Friday, showing the world's biggest economy remains...
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US orders steel, aluminium tariffs on EU, Canada, Mexico
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday it will impose harsh tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, Canada, Mexico at midnight Friday...
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Death toll in Nicaragua nears 100 as Ortega vows to stay
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» MANAGUA - The death toll from weeks of violent unrest in Nicaragua rose to almost 100 as embattled President Daniel Ortega rejected calls to step down and the...