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World needs stronger UN more than ever: Myanmar's UN envoy

Myanmar's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Hau Do Suan said Friday that the world needs a stronger UN more than ever. "At this critical time, the wo

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2019: Most violent year in Mexico since record-keeping began

2019 was the most violent year in Mexico, as the country saw more than 34,000 murder nationwide over twelve months.In addition to murders, violence is up across the board, with kidn

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Boeing's ousted CEO departs with $62 mln, even without severance pay

Boeing Co's ousted chief executive officer, Dennis Muilenburg, is leaving the company with 62 million U.S. dollars in compensation and pension benefits but will receive no severance pay in the wake o

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Romanian PM says aims to trigger snap election

Romanian liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Friday he will try to trigger a snap parliamentary election by mid-year in an attempt to restore confidence after

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SiriusXM and Pandora test bundle discounts

It’s been less than a year since SiriusXM completed its $3.5 billion acquisition of streaming music service Pandora, but the two companies have already leveraged their collective assets to boost

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India’s top court rules indefinite internet shutdown in Kashmir unwarranted and amounts to abuse of power

India’s top court ruled on Friday that the indefinite shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was unwarranted and demonstrated “abuse of power” by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi -led governm

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French FM Warns Iran Could Have a Nuke Bomb in 1 or 2 Years if it Continues to Violate JCPOA

Tehran is to date at the fourth stage of giving up its 2015 nuclear deal commitments following a US pullout from the accord. The Islamic Republic has also been accusing

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NBA highlights on Jan. 9: Without Embiid, 76ers rally to beat Celtics

Josh Richardson (L) of the Philadelphia 76ers handles the ball during the game against the Boston Celtics at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 9, 2020. Brett Brown

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NBA highlights on Jan. 9: Without Embiid, 76ers rally to beat Celtics

Josh Richardson (L) of the Philadelphia 76ers handles the ball during the game against the Boston Celtics at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 9, 2020. Brett Brown

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Japan says no to drones at Olympic venues, reports

Japanese police will step up their efforts to defend against potential terrorist attacks from drones during this summer's Tokyo Olympic Games. The Nikkei said that the police will install detection

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Madame Tussauds Removes Wax Figures of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle from Royal Family Display

Wax figures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been moved from other members of the Royal Family at Madame Tussauds in London after the couple announced that they w

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Central banks face a year of mounting challenges

Editor's note: Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, was chairman of former U.S. president Barack Obama's Global Development Council. He is the author, most recently,of"The Only

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Japan says no to drones at Olympic venues, reports

Japanese police will step up their efforts to defend against potential terrorist attacks from drones during this summer's Tokyo Olympic Games. The Nikkei said that the police will install detection

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Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed challenges

Fires have ripped through vast areas of countryside, burning up everything in their path. /AFP Photo Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed

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China EconTalk: Citi Research forecasts 3.2 percent inflation in 2020

01:52 Fresh data showed that China's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.9 percent year on year in 2019, within the government target of three percent, but the highest since 2011.Chin

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Vote paves way for UK exit from EU in just three weeks

Britain was on course Thursday to finally end its membership of the European Union (EU) in just three weeks time. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fast-track race to "get Brexit done" cleared its fina

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Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles: Canada's Trudeau, citing intelligence

A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said o