Anxious search for missing after deadly Mexico blast
by Ignacio Carvajal Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz State, Mexico (AFP) -- Anguished relatives nervously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday outside…
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International
Oil prices rise, set for third weekly gain
SINGAPORE,Singapore (AFP) -- Oil prices climbed in Asia on Friday, heading for their third weekly gain after OPEC said it…
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USGS: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes disaster-hit Ecuador
(Reuters) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck Ecuador on Thursday, as the country was still struggling to recover from…
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China could build nuclear plants for South China Sea, paper says
(Reuters) China is getting closer to building maritime nuclear power platforms that could one day to used to support Chinese…
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More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
AN intense heat wave in India has left more than one hundred people dead in India. The early-summer heat have forced…
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Israel blocks off Gaza Strip and West Bank for Passover
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the construction site of a new military border fence between Israel and Jordan, on…
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Two dead after new bike lane collapses in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- At least two people were killed on Thursday (April 21) when part of a…
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FBI paid over $1 mn for iPhone hack
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid hackers more than $1 million to break into the iPhone…
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Ecuador’s President decrees emergency tax measures following quake
ECUADORIAN President Rafael Correa announced several one-year tax increases to help pay for reconstruction --- after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake…
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Obama wades in to UK’s Brexit debate
by Andrew BEATTY LONDON,United Kingdom (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama wasted no time in plunging into Britain's poisonous EU…
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