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Panama Lawsuit Requests Axing Hong Kong Firm's Canal Concession

Two Panamanian lawyers filed a complaint Monday to cancel the concession of a Hong Kong-based company for operating two ports on the Panama Canal,...

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China Says To Probe Google Over Anti-monopoly Violations

China on Tuesday said it would probe US tech giant Google over violations of anti-monopoly laws after Washington slapped 10 percent levies on Chinese...

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Asian Stocks And Peso Rise On Trump's Mexico, Canada Tariff Delay

Asian equities rose with the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar Tuesday after Donald Trump said he would delay the imposition of stiff tariffs on...

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Japan PM To Meet Trump On Feb 6-8 US Trip

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will meet President Donald Trump on a visit to the United States this week, top government spokesman Yoshimasa...

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Musk Brands USAID 'Criminal', Trump Calls Its Leaders 'Radical Lunatics'

Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a "criminal organization" on Sunday, as Donald Trump said the agency was...

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EU Leaders Vow To Hit Back If Trump Triggers Trade War

EU leaders meeting in Brussels Monday warned there would be no winners in a trade war with the United States, insisting they would hit back if...

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Eurozone Inflation Edges Up In January To 2.5%

Eurozone inflation ticked up slightly in January to 2.5 percent, edging higher for a fourth consecutive month driven by energy price increases,...

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Stock Markets Sink, Dollar Rallies As Trump Imposes Tariffs

Stock markets slumped, the dollar rallied and oil prices rose Monday as US President Donald Trump eyed more tariffs after launching trade wars with...

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East Ukrainian Crime Boss Killed In Moscow Blast: Russian Media

An east Ukrainian crime boss and separatist wanted by Kyiv was killed with one other person in a blast at a luxury residential complex in Moscow on...

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WHO Chief Counters Trump Criticisms Behind US Pullout

The World Health Organization's chief hit back Monday at US President Donald Trump's reasons for pulling the United States out of the WHO -- and again...

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Mexican Farmers, Auto-parts Makers Urge Dialogue With US

Mexican agricultural and auto-parts producers called Sunday for "dialogue" to head off the trade war prompted by US President Donald Trump's decision...

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Russian Attacks On Ukraine Kill 15

Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight and early Saturday, killing 15 people, Kyiv said. Ukraine and Russia also traded blame...

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At Least 56 Killed As Fighting Grips Greater Khartoum

Artillery shelling and air strikes killed at least 56 people across greater Khartoum on Saturday, according to a medical source and Sudanese...

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Stock Markets Close Out Turbulent Week With Gains

European and Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday, the end of a week beset by volatility after China's DeepSeek unveiled an artificial intelligence...

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Hamas To Free Three Israeli Hostages In Next Ceasefire Swap

Hamas and Israel will carry out their fourth hostage-prisoner swap of the Gaza ceasefire on Saturday, with the militant group to free three Israeli...

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Trump Blames 'Diversity' For Deadly Washington Airliner Collision

US President Donald Trump -- speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington's Potomac River -- launched an extraordinary...

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New Abnormal Begins For East DR Congo's Looted Goma After Siege

Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- hiding from bandits and...

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'No Happiness': Misery For Myanmar Exiles Four Years On From Coup

Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's...

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Dubai Airport Sees Record 92.3 Million Passengers In 2024

A record 92.3 million passengers travelled through Dubai's international airport last year, its operator said on Thursday, underlining the Gulf city's...

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France, Germany Stall Eurozone Growth In Fourth Quarter

Eurozone growth slowed to a halt in the fourth quarter last year, dragged by contractions in major powers Germany and France which were held back by...

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Philippines To Remove US Missile System If China Ends 'Coercive Behaviour'

President Ferdinand Marcos said Thursday his government will remove a US missile system from the Philippines if Beijing ends its "aggressive and...

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Plane Carrying More Than 60 Collides With Helicopter, Crashes In Washington

A US passenger plane carrying 64 people crashed into Washington DC's chilly Potomac River after colliding midair with a military helicopter on a...

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Australia Says Reliance On Coal-fired Power Drops To Record Low

Australia's reliance on coal-fired power stations has dropped to a record low, accounting for less than 50 percent of its electricity for the first...

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OpenAI Tailors Version Of ChatGPT For US Government

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a bespoke version of its ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool for use by the United States government. Big money government...

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Putin Says Talks With Ukraine Possible, But Not With Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country could hold peace talks with Ukraine, but ruled out speaking directly with President...

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Taiwan Identifies 52 'Suspicious' Chinese Ships For Close Monitoring

Taiwan has identified 52 "suspicious" Chinese-owned ships flying flags of convenience that require close monitoring if detected near the island, the...

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Trump Orders Planning For 'Iron Dome' Missile Shield For US

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to start planning for an "Iron Dome" air defense system for the United States, like the one...

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Fast-moving Fires Torch National Parks In Southeast Australia

Firefighters were desperately trying to stop a cluster of fast-moving blazes in southeast Australia on Tuesday, as thousands of acres of national park...

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Japanese Tech Stocks Hit By AI Fears, Dollar Boosted By Tariff Talk

Japanese tech firms sank Tuesday after a sell-off in US titans following news of China's DeepSeek chatbot, while the dollar rallied on a report saying...

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Auchan's Russia Unit Dismisses Sale Rumours

The Russian subsidiary of French supermarket chain Auchan quashed rumours of an impending sale on Monday, saying it continued to operate for the...

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Universal, Spotify Ink Multi-year Deal

Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, and streaming behemoth Spotify on Sunday announced a multi-year direct deal that will affect...

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Asian Stocks Drop As Tariff Fears Return, New AI Programme Emerges

Asian markets mostly fell Monday on fresh trade fears after Donald Trump's threat to impose huge tariffs on Colombia in retaliation for its refusal to...

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DR Congo Battles Intensify, Western Nations Ask Citizens To Leave Goma

The DR Congo army and M23 fighters clashed outside Goma on Friday as the UK, United States and France urged citizens to leave the main city in the...

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Trump Floats Plan To 'Clean Out' Gaza As Fragile Truce Enters Second Week

US President Donald Trump floated a plan to "just clean out" Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory, as a...

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IMF Chief Tells Europe To Take Page Out Of US Book

With the European economy lagging behind the United States, the head of the International Monetary Fund had a piece advice for the continent on...

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S. African Peacekeepers Killed As Fighting Rages In DRC

Three South African peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting intensified on Saturday between the...

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Sudan Army Breaks Paramilitary Siege On Khartoum HQ, Reclaims Oil Refinery

The Sudanese army said Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had encircled it since...

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Global Stock Markets Build On Trump Rally

Global stock markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to US President Donald Trump's tax-cut pledge and his more friendly...

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Putin Ready To Talk To Trump, Waiting For 'Signals', Kremlin Says

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to US counterpart Donald Trump but is waiting for signals from Washington first, the Kremlin said on...

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Trump's Deportation Operation Underway, Hundreds Of Migrants Arrested: White House

Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as President Donald Trump's...

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After Musk Gesture, Activists Project 'Heil' On Tesla Plant

Political activists in Germany said Thursday they had projected an image of Elon Musk's infamous raised-arm salute and the word "Heil" onto the...

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Relentless Swiatek, Dizzy Sinner Eye Australian Open Semi-finals

Iga Swiatek will look to continue her march to a maiden Australian Open title on Wednesday while Jannik Sinner's powers of recovery will be tested in...

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Stocks Mainly Rise After Wall Street's AI-fuelled Rally

Global stock markets mostly rose Thursday following a tech-fuelled rally on Wall Street spurred by US president Donald Trump's massive AI-investment...

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Kremlin Ready For 'Mutually Respectful' Trump Talks

The Kremlin said Thursday it saw nothing new in US President Donald Trump's calls for Russia to end its military offensive in Ukraine, and that Moscow...

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West Africa Juntas Tighten Screws On Foreign Mining Firms

Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold -- all done on...

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Chief US Diplomat Vows 'Unwavering Support' For Israel

The United States' new top diplomat Marco Rubio reaffirmed the country's "unwavering support" for Israel, days into a fragile ceasefire in the Gaza...

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Saudi Crown Prince Promises Trump $600bn Trade, Investment Boost

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised on Thursday to pile $600 billion into US trade and investments as he congratulated Donald Trump on his...

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Malaysia's Anwar Says Don't Single Out China In Sea Tensions

There will always be border disputes in Asia, and China should not be singled out because of tensions in the South China Sea, Malaysian Prime Minister...

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Liverpool Clinch Champions League Last-16 Berth, Barcelona Win Epic

Liverpool beat Lille 2-1 on Tuesday to maintain their perfect record in this season's Champions League and clinch qualification for the last 16, while...

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Netflix Reports Surge In Subscribers, New Price Hikes

Netflix on Tuesday said it added nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday season to finish out last year with more than 300 million...

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