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Venezuela, in ‘selective default’, signs debt deal with Russia

by Andrea Palasciano with Maria Isabel Sanchez in Caracas Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – Venezuela signed a debt restructuring deal with major creditor Russia on Wednesday, as ratings agencies declared Caracas in partial default. The country is seeking to restructure its foreign debts, estimated at around $150 billion, after it was hit hard by tumbling oil prices and American sanctions. A Venezuelan delegation led by Finance Minister Simon Zerpa signed the deal restructuring $3.15 billion of […]

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Serena Williams set to tie the knot in New Orleans: reports

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tennis superstar Serena Williams is used to hoisting trophies, but on Thursday, it looks like she’ll be carrying a wedding bouquet. Music royalty Beyonce and Jay Z, along with actress Eva Longoria are among the A-listers reportedly convening in New Orleans for Williams’ wedding to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. People and The Daily Mail, citing unnamed sources, have reported that about 250 guests will be invited to the ceremony at […]

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Da Vinci sells for $450 million in auction record: Christie’s

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A 500-year-old work of art — believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci and supposedly depicting Jesus Christ — sold in New York on Wednesday for $450.3 million, smashing a new art auction record, Christie’s said. The whopping price dwarfed the previous record for the most expensive piece of art sold at auction, set at $179.4 million for Pablo Picasso’s “The Women of Algiers (Version O)” by Christie’s in […]

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Japan, US stage naval drill amid N. Korea tension

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan and the United States launched a joint naval drill Thursday in a show of force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions dominated US President Donald Trump’s recent Asia trip. The 10-day exercise, joined by some 14,000 US servicemen, aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stethem, USS Chafee and USS Mustin, among others, “will take place in waters surrounding Okinawa” in southern Japan, the US navy […]

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World leaders plead for climate action at UN forum

by Mariette le Roux and Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse BONN, Germany  — World leaders shared the spotlight with a 12-year-old Pacific islander on Wednesday to drive home a plea for urgent climate action despite the Trump administration’s rejection of a planet rescue plan. UN chief Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel led the diplomatic push in Bonn, but it was a small boy with a big smile who got the message […]

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Musician helps comic superheroes “Come Together”

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Guitarist Gary Clark Jr, best known for his modern blues style and soulful vocals, is bringing his trademark guitar licks to a wider audience in the upcoming blockbuster superhero movie “Justice League.” Clark’s guitar-heavy remake of the Beatles’ 1969 classic “Come Together,” features in the latest from the DC Comics cinematic universe, which finally unites all the major superheroes to face down a new threat to earth. And there’s no […]

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MekaMon mixes robotics and augmented reality gaming

LONDON, England, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A real robot in a virtual war. MekaMon inhabits both real life and augmented reality. No toy, Reach Robotics say this programming platform is a world first. “MekaMon is the world’s first gaming robot so that’s a robot that you control from your smartphone or tablet. Think of it as a video game character in real life, your personal robot and then you can take it into lots of […]

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Canada announces rapid response force for peacekeeping

 by Michel Comte  Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada will boost its support for United Nations peacekeeping missions by mobilizing a rapid response force of 200 soldiers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. Details of the plan — part of a long-awaited announcement by the government in Ottawa — however still need to be sorted out with the UN, and the troop numbers fall far short of the 600 pledged one year ago. “The conflicts we […]

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Wife of California shooter found dead under floorboards

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Detectives searching the home of a man who went on a shooting rampage in northern California said Wednesday they had found his wife’s body under the floorboards, raising the death toll to five. Police in Tehama County believe Kevin Janson Neal shot her dead on Monday night before he began roaming the streets the following morning, armed with two semi-automatic rifles and selecting targets apparently at random. “We believe that is […]

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Lebanon’s ‘detained’ premier to travel to France

  by Anuj Chopra and Valerie Leroux Agence France-Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Lebanon’s premier Saad Hariri will travel to France “in the coming days,  a French presidential source said Wednesday, after Beirut accused Saudi Arabia of detaining him following his shock resignation. International pressure has been mounting for Hariri to return to Beirut after his prolonged stay in the kingdom since he announced in a televised speech from Riyadh on November 4 that he would […]

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Mugabe under house arrest as military takes control

by Fanuel Jongwe Agence France-Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s military was in control of the country on Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe said he was under house arrest and his generals denied staging a coup. Mugabe’s decades-long grip on power appeared to be slipping as armoured military vehicles blockaded parliament, soldiers took up positions at strategic points across Harare and senior soldiers commandeered state television to broadcast a late-night address. “The president… and his family are […]

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Lebron, Cavs 43-point fourth quarter comeback stuns Knicks

By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Lebron James saved his best shot for last, silencing the sold out Madison Square Garden crowd with a step back 3-point shot over Kristaps Porzingis with 1:23 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers from 23 points down and stun the Knicks 104-101 Monday night. An array of boos filled the arena throughout the game for James, who heavily criticized […]

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