Congress votes to end shutdown, funding bill heads to Trump
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Congress put the US government back in business Monday…
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Dimming the Sun to cool Earth could ravage wildlife: study
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Geoengineering schemes designed to deflect some of the Sun's planet-warming…
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Global unemployment down but working poverty rampant: UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations said Monday,…
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Sanofi buys US hemophilia treatment firm for $11.6 billion
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi said Monday it had reached an agreement to purchase US biotech company…
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Netflix lifted by ‘beautiful’ quarterly report
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Netflix shares raced higher in after-hours trade Monday as the streaming television giant reported better-than-expected gains…
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NBA: Bucks fire coach Kidd
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Jason Kidd was fired as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, with franchise chiefs…
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UK man ‘obsessed’ with Muslims hit group with van: court
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A British man "obsessed" with Muslims deliberately drove into a group outside a mosque in an act…
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Slovenia ready to recognize the state of Palestine: minister
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) -- The Slovenian government hopes MPs will vote to recognize the Palestinian state and become only the second country…
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Turkey steps up assault on Kurdish militia in Syria
by Diyar Mustefa and Bulent Kilic in Hassa Agence France-Presse AFRIN, Syria - Turkey on Monday intensified its offensive against Kurdish militia targets…
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Pence in Jerusalem pledges embassy move by end of 2019, faces protest
by Mike Smith Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined - US Vice President Mike Pence pledged to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem…
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