Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
A retrospective of one of the world's great architects opens in London on Saturday. Renzo Piano designed the Shard in London, the new Whitney Museum in New York
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Stocks of the tech giant Apple have dropped slightly after its latest launch featured its largest iPhone yet, but little in the way of groundbreaking innovation. However, the
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World
European lawmakers have approved new rules that could force Google and Facebook to stop users uploading copyrighted content and to share revenue with writers and musicians. The vote
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World
Tesla is losing another top executive. This time, it's the electric car company's vice president of worldwide finance and operation. Justin McAnear said in a statement Wednesday that
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World
Apple is betting big on the iPhone X. And we mean big. The company announced on Wednesday its largest smartphone ever: the 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max ($1,099). It's
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Middle East
AMMAN: When the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, and his deputy, Mahmoud Abbas, stepped foot on US soil in September 1993, the PLO was considered
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AMMAN: When the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, and his deputy, Mahmoud Abbas, stepped foot on US soil in September 1993, the PLO was considered
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Middle East
AMMAN: When the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, and his deputy, Mahmoud Abbas, stepped foot on US soil in September 1993, the PLO was considered
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Middle East
With a firm handshake, the presidents of China and Russia have announced stronger ties. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted China's Xi Jinping in Vladivostok - as well as
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Middle East
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said countries outside Indochina are too critical of politics in the region and Southeast Asian nations should be left to solve their own
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Middle East
Palestinians leaders are weighing retaliatory measures against the United States' decision to shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization's diplomatic office in Washington, DC, including ending security cooperation. "It's
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World
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Government forces shelled Syria’s last major rebel bastion on Wednesday, hours after UN chief Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council any full-blown offensive in Idlib risks
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Middle East
RABAT: A law to combat violence against women in Morocco entered into force on Wednesday after years of heated debate. For the first time women in Morocco have
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RABAT: A law to combat violence against women in Morocco entered into force on Wednesday after years of heated debate. For the first time women in Morocco have
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Middle East
Authorities in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, banned public gatherings as part of efforts to contain a cholera outbreak that has killed 21 people over the past week. In a
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Middle East
Gun violence in the United States has become a human rights crisis, Amnesty International said in a new report that points the finger at the US government. "The
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Middle East
Freedom of the press is under threat in Pakistan where its powerful military has used fear, intimidation, and even violence to push journalists into self-censorship, a media rights group
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World
The Permian Basin, arguably the most important oilfield in the world, is growing so fast that it hurts. A rush to pump oil out of the West Texas
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World
Texas has been flexing its global oil muscles. For the first time, the Lone Star state's biggest port district recently exported more crude oil than it imported, according
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World
(CNN)President Donald Trump's drive to rescind the federal efforts to combat global climate change is highlighting another chasm between Republican- and Democratic-leaning states.From wildfires to droughts, heat waves
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Middle East
Updated 12 September 2018 September 12, 2018 00:00 0 Israeli minister: Iran could face military answer to nukes Updated 12 September 2018 AP September 12, 2018 00:00 JERUSALEM:
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Middle East
TRIPOLI: The Libyan capital’s only working airport has closed after coming under rocket fire just days after reopening following a UN-backed cease-fire between rival armed groups vying for
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Middle East
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Germany could not simply look away if chemical attacks took place in Syria, two days after her government said it was
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Middle East
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signed a peace deal with main rebel leader Riek Machar on Wednesday, formally ending a five-year war that killed tens of thousands. The deal, mediated by
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wants his country to sign a peace deal with Japan this year to formally end hostilities that began during World War II over
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Middle East
European Union legislators voted overwhelmingly in favour of launching punitive action against the Hungarian government for flouting democratic rules in a stunning political blow for Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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