Monthly Archive:: June 2015
Middle East
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made good on a long-promised visit to Chemnitz, an eastern city that has experienced violent far-right rallies and xenophobic riots. The demonstrations in August occurred
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London (CNN Business)Volkswagen has committed to spending tens of billions of dollars as part of a dramatic shift to electric and autonomous vehicles. The Germany carmaker said Friday
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(CNN)Fred Couples is as synonymous with Augusta National as blooming azaleas, towering pines and green jackets, but one of the silkiest swingers in town is being out-gunned. The
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London (CNN Business)Britain awoke Friday to newspaper front pages that portrayed its prime minister as a lonely soldier intent on keeping her Brexit plan alive.The headlines were largely
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was battling to keep his government afloat on Friday after Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman quit over a ceasefire deal for Gaza.Left with
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was battling to keep his government afloat on Friday after Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman quit over a ceasefire deal for Gaza.Left with
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ANKARA: Police in Istanbul detained 12 academics, businesspeople and journalists as part of an investigation into an association that was headed by a jailed prominent businessman and activist,
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Sri Lanka's parliament has descended into chaos for a second day as legislators supporting disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa threw books, furniture and chilli paste at rivals in
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit deal reached with the European Union that triggered the resignations of senior ministers and mutiny within her Conservative
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Theresa May surely by now symbolises the phrase "bad day at the office". This week, having spent months negotiating the deal by which Britain will leave the European
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Jerusalem (CNN)Israel will pick a date for early elections on Sunday, a source close to a key minister told CNN, following a turbulent week for Prime Minister Benjamin
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(CNN)Figures show that you're safer traveling by plane than by car, but presumably your chances of a safe flight are reduced if your pilot is drunk.In a development
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(CNN)A strong wintry storm still is dumping snow Friday morning in parts of the Northeast after creating traffic havoc that claimed at least eight lives across the country's
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The organisation promoting sustainable use of palm oil has agreed to tighten rules on the production of the crop, requiring companies to commit to no deforestation and not
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The first winter storm of the season to hit the contiguous United States has the most parts of northeast covered under several centimetres of snow. The snowfall and
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Funeral prayers have been held in absentia for slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Prophet Muhammad's mosque in the Saudi city of
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)US tariffs are prompting companies to move some production out of China, but it's not going where President Donald Trump would prefer.The trade war has
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(CNN)Lewis Hamilton has clarified his comments on Indian poverty after some of his social media followers were "upset." In an interview with the BBC, the five-time world champion
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New Delhi (CNN Business)Ikea has come up with a plan to help some of the world's most polluted cities breathe easier. The global furniture giant will start making
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CAIRO: Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with “breathtaking” views in compounds with names like “La Verde” or “Vinci” in Egypt’s new capital that is under construction in
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is considered a wanted man in the United States for the publication of several classified documents, has been charged in secret by US
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A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to punish Saudi Arabia over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and for the kingdom's role in
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - As a lawyer, Liew Vui Keong helped one of his clients appeal successfully against a death sentence. Now, as Malaysia's minister in charge of
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Hong Kong (CNN)Every day before work, Kevin Lau stopped for breakfast at a restaurant in Sai Wan Ho, a residential area in eastern Hong Kong. It was a
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New York (CNN Business)Apple's five-day losing streak, which wiped about more than 10% of the company's market value, appears to be coming to an end.Shares of Apple (AAPL)
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New York (CNN Business)Boeing's stock has slid more than 8% in the past week as investors grow increasingly concerned that it could be held liable for the deadly
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MARSA MATROUH, EGYPT: Military units from Egypt and five other Arab nations have conducted war drills with live ammunition in the Egyptian desert west of Cairo.Thursday’s drills were
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