Nearly 300 detained as Paris braces for ‘yellow vest’ protests
by Katy Lee Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Paris police detained nearly 300 people Saturday ahead of…
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International
Six dead, dozens hurt in stampede at Italian nightclub
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Six people died and dozens were injured in a stampede when panic broke out during…
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DFA: Body of Filipina found floating in river in Sabah
(Eagle News)--The body of a Filipina was found floating in a river in Sabah recently, the Department of Foreign Affairs…
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Cash for kids: South Korea seeks to raise falling birthrate
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea issued a raft of measures Friday to try to reverse one of…
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Road accident deaths swell to 1.35 million each year: WHO
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of…
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Huawei arrest a ‘despicable rogue’ action: Chinese media
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese state-run media on Friday condemned the arrest in Canada of a top executive of telecoms…
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Aquarius migrant rescue ship quits after facing ‘sustained campaign’
The charity-run migrant rescue ship Aquarius will end its missions in the Mediterranean, with humanitarian group MSF blaming Italy and…
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Tennessee executes man on death row for 36 years
Tennessee on Thursday electrocuted a convicted murder who had been on death row for 36 years, in a case that…
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a 70-year-old aspiration
Paris, France | AFP | Friday 12/7/2018 - 02:59 UTC+1 | by Claude CASTERAN On December 10, 1948 -- three years after the Allied victory over…
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Paris shops, monuments to close as fears of protest violence mount
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum and scores of shops on the Champs-Elysees are set to close as authorities warned…
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