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Putin claims crushing victory in Russian presidential vote

MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing re-election victory Sunday for six more years as Russia's president, and he told cheering supporters in a triumphant but brief speech that "we are bound ...

Mar 19, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Nearly 1 out of 5 guests in S. Korea were from US in 2017: Airbnb

Airbnb said that 18 percent of all tourists who used the global room-sharing platform in South Korea last year were from the United States. A total of 113,700 US tourists stayed at Airbnb-listed r...

Mar 18, 2018
World Business
At least 4 dead, 9 injured, in Florida bridge collapse

MIAMI -- Florida officials said Thursday that four people have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida pedestrian bridge where the frantic search for any survivors continued past n...

Mar 16, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Shipments of protected African species to Asia soar

Shipments of protected African species, including tortoises, pythons and parrots, to Asia have soared since 2006 as demand grows in the Far East for exotic pets, meat and other animal products, a ne...

Mar 15, 2018
World
Toys R Us said to be planning to liquidate its US operations

Toys R Us appears headed toward shuttering its US operations, spelling an end to a chain known to generations of children and parents for its sprawling stores and Geoffrey the giraffe mascot but that...

Mar 15, 2018
World Business
Donatella Versace says label will stop using fur in products

Donatella Versace has said her family's luxury fashion label will no longer use real furs in its products, according to an interview with a British magazine. The Italian fashion queen and Versace's ...

Mar 15, 2018
World Business
[Breaking] Trump says top diplomat Tillerson out, names Pompeo successor

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the departure of his top diplomat Rex Tillerson, to be succeeded by the current CIA chief Mike Pompeo. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Yonhap) "...

Mar 13, 2018
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[Graphic News] Bezos tops Forbes world's rich list

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who slipped to second place, according to Forbes magazine's annual billiona...

Mar 12, 2018
World Business
Xi's life mandate seals march of the strongmen

PARIS - The Chinese Communist Party's decision to give President Xi Jinping a mandate to rule for life is further evidence of the world's slide towards more nationalist, authoritarian regimes, analys...

Mar 11, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Main sources of US steel, aluminum imports

Last week, President Donald Trump said the US would impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum. Last year, US imports of steel, iron and ferroalloy jumped 38 percent o...

Mar 11, 2018
World Business
Japan marks 7th anniversary of tsunami that killed 18,000

Japanese in Tokyo and along the northeast coast are marking the seventh anniversary of the tsunami that took more than 18,000 lives and triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Resi...

Mar 11, 2018
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3 hostages, gunman found dead in California veterans home

Three workers for a program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder were found dead Friday along with the suspect who took them hostage in a daylong standoff at the largest veterans h...

Mar 10, 2018
World News
China silences critics of move to make Xi president for life

The day China's ruling Communist Party unveiled a proposal to allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely as Mao Zedong did a generation ago, Ma Bo was so shaken he couldn't sleep. So Ma, a reno...

Mar 10, 2018
World News
Cigna and Express Scripts in $67 bn health merger

NEW YORK -- Health service provider Cigna said Thursday it had reached an agreement to acquire pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts in a cash and stock deal worth approximately $67 billion (54 b...

Mar 8, 2018
World Business
EU targets peanut butter, orange juice, whiskey in Trump trade spat

The EU said Wednesday it would hit flagship US products including peanut butter, orange juice and bourbon whiskey with counter measures if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with threatened steel a...

Mar 7, 2018
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