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Migrant caravan stops to rest in Mexico amid Trump threats

Thousands of Honduran migrants heading to the United States -- a caravan President Donald Trump has called an "assault on our country" -- stopped to rest Tuesday after walking for two days into Mexic...

October 24, 2018
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Trump to cut Central America aid as migrant caravan rolls on

President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will start cutting aid to three Central American countries as a caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants rolled on toward the US border. ...

October 23, 2018
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Angola says 380,000 illegal migrants have left in weeks

DUNDO, Angola (AFP) -- About 380,000 illegal migrants, mostly from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, have left Angola in less than a month during a massive operation targeting diamond sm...

October 22, 2018
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Afghan polling centres plagued by problems as casualties surge

KABUL (AFP) -- Problems plagued hundreds of Afghan polling centres Sunday in the shambolic legislative election's second day of voting, fuelling criticism of organisers and eroding hopes for credible...

October 22, 2018
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17 dead in Taiwan rail accident: authorities

YILAN, Taiwan - At least 17 people have died after a train derailed and flipped over in Taiwan Sunday, authorities said. The Taiwan Railways Administration confirmed the toll and said more than 70 p...

October 21, 2018
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Messi to miss three weeks after fracturing right arm

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) -- Lionel Messi is expected to be out for three weeks after fracturing his right arm during Barcelona's win over Sevilla on Saturday. Messi will now miss Barca's Champions Lea...

October 21, 2018
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Mexico allows caravan women, children in, but thousands still stranded

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexican authorities allowed dozens of women and children from a US-bound Honduran migrant caravan to enter the country Saturday but thousands remain stranded on a bord...

October 21, 2018
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Germany urges global minimum tax for digital giants

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview for publication Sunday he backed a global minimum fiscal regime for multinationals as Europe looks to levy tax notably on US tech giants. "We...

October 21, 2018
World Business
Taliban attack on top US commander, Afghan security officials kills three

A Taliban-claimed attack on the top US commander in Afghanistan and senior Afghan security officials Thursday killed at least three people and sent the government scrambling to secure the country's r...

October 19, 2018
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EU builds ties with Asia in face of US protectionism

European leaders sought to build support from Asia Thursday in defence of free trade and the fight against climate change, to counter the growing protectionism of President Donald Trump's America. T...

October 19, 2018
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Tradition, and mobs, keep women out of Indian temple

At the Indian temple that is the focus of a battle over gender equality, Hindu hardliners are in festive mood, successful -- so far -- in their bid to keep women out. A supreme court decision to end...

October 19, 2018
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18 dead in Crimea college rampage

Eighteen people died and dozens more were wounded, mostly teenagers, Wednesday when a student opened fire at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea. Speaking to journalists and parents of missing stude...

October 18, 2018
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Crimea college blast kills 13 in 'terrorist attack' - officials

MOSCOW - Thirteen people were killed and 50 more wounded on Wednesday, most of them teenagers, after a blast tore into a college canteen in Russian-annexed Crimea in what Moscow called a "terrorist" ...

October 17, 2018
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Merkel says 'still a chance' for deal on Brexit

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that there was "still a chance" for an accord with Britain to leave the EU but that Berlin was preparing for a no-deal Brexit. German chancell...

October 17, 2018
World Business
[Newsmaker] Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer: family

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65. "My brother was a rem...

October 16, 2018
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