Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
Argentina is set to make a series of spending cuts in an effort to stabilise the country's spiralling currency crisis after the peso lost more than half its
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India and American officials signed an agreement on secure military communications following talks between top officials, which analysts say will open the door for the sale of sensitive
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Middle East
A gunman opened fire in a downtown bank in the US city of Cincinnati, killing three people and wounding five others. Police received an emergency call at 9:10am
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World
Thirty-five years after a trip to Milan inspired American entrepreneur Howard Schultz to transform Starbucks, the coffee chain has finally arrived in Italy. Starbucks will open its first
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World
(CNN)A controversial Philippines mayor who gained notoriety for parading people arrested on drug offenses was shot and killed by a sniper at a flag-raising ceremony at Tanauan City
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World
(CNN)Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police officers in his country not to cooperate with United Nations human rights investigators and offered a crass warning to those conducting the
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Middle East
Police in the US city of Cincinnati say that four people, including the shooter, are dead and another five are injured after officers responded to an active shooter situation
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Middle East
Argentina's sinking economy is starting to have a negative impact on one of Latin America's most stable countries. Neighbouring Chile has seen its peso slump - in what's
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Middle East
Iraqi authorities have cancelled a planned curfew in the southern city of Basra minutes before it was to start, following the blocking of the Umm Qasr port by
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World
Facebook has picked Singapore for its first data center in Asia, announcing plans to spend $1 billion on a project that highlights its growth ambitions in the region.
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World
New York is no longer the city with the biggest super-rich population. Hong Kong overtook the Big Apple to become the top destination for the planet's wealthiest people
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World
Beer loving environmentalists will be raising a pint to Carlsberg after the brewer revealed plans to replace traditional can holders with a new technology that cuts plastic use.
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Middle East
BASRA, Iraq: A curfew has been imposed in Basra on Thursday, to come into affect at 3pm local time, after continued clashes between local residents and security forces,
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Middle East
BEIRUT: When the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran meet Friday in Tehran, all eyes will be on their diplomacy reaching a last-minute deal to avert a bloodbath
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Middle East
Paraguay moves its embassy back out of Jerusalem; Israel closes mission in retaliation ASUNCION: Paraguay announced Wednesday it would immediately move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem
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Middle East
Nicaragua has been in turmoil for the last five months, with nearly 300 people killed and more than 2,000 wounded by government forces as they violently repressed protests.
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Middle East
British Security Minister Ben Wallace has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England
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Middle East
The definition of anti-Semitism has long been a dividing topic. It is commonly used to describe hostility towards or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group.
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World
Meituan Dianping, China's app for everything, is hoping to raise as much as $4.4 billion by selling shares in Hong Kong. The online services startup announced details Thursday
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World
Siemens is urging its employees to speak out following a series of violent protests in Germany. The engineering company sent a letter to its 4,300 employees in the
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World
Loaded looks. Repeated glances. Too much eye contact, or not enough. Such small actions may seem insignificant to some, but can still create a hostile work environment and
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Middle East
WASHINGTON: The US warned Syria Tuesday it will respond “swiftly and appropriately” if it uses chemical weapons against its people. The warning came amid signs that Syrian President
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WASHINGTON: The US warned Syria Tuesday it will respond “swiftly and appropriately” if it uses chemical weapons against its people. The warning came amid signs that Syrian President
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Middle East
ISTANBUL: Turkey hopes a summit with Iranian and Russian leaders in Tehran on Friday will avert a Syrian regime offensive on the opposition-held Idlib enclave and prevent a
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Middle East
A powerful magnitude 6.6 quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing eight people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Multiple, large-scale
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Middle East
New Delhi, India - India has decriminalised gay sex following a top court ruling on Thursday. The court heard petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 377 -
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Middle East
India's Supreme Court is expected to rule on an archaic law that criminalises gay sex. The country's LGBTQ community is hopeful that the controversial ban, which India's top court
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