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Cash to remain legal tender in Europe after landmark ruling

The European Court of Justice ruling means vendors across the eurozone must accept cash payments. /Adrian Assalve/Getty images Cash will remain a legal form of tender for goods and services ac

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Self-cleaning water bottle company LARQ raises a $10M Series A

After launching its first bottle in 2018, LARQ has drummed up a good deal of interest among consumers looking for ways to wean themselves off of plastic bottles. Last year alone, the Bay Area-based s

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Brain-eating microbe warning for tap water in US city

Tests confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in the system after a child contracted the microbe and died earlier this month.

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Ethiopia tells UN 'no intention' of using dam to harm Egypt, Sudan

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses the members of parliament inside the House of Peoples' Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 19, 2018. /Reuters Ethiopian Prime Ministe

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Ramaphosa calls for unity in diversity as they celebrate heritage day

The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called on South Africans of different races, colors, and tribes to coexist peacefully in their diversity. /Getty Images The South Africa

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Putting a woman on the Moon: NASA reveals plans for 2024 mission

The Artemis programme will begin test flights late next year before sending a man and a woman to the Moon in 2024.

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Hurricane Sally brings flooding along U.S. Gulf Coast

01:02 Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday morning near Gulf Shores, Alabama.At landfall, Sally was a category 2 hurricane with top winds up to 105 mph.Moving at only 3 mph, t

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UN voices concern over excessive use of force in eastern Libya

Protest in Benghazi, Libya. /AP The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday expressed concern over reports of excessive use of force against demonstrators in the eastern Lib

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Fin Whale: Rare sighting off Croatia's coast

01:41 Out in the open blue water, researchers capture on video a fin whale swimming off Croatia's Adriatic coastline.Whales are known to visit these waters in the spring and summer mon

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Two killed in dam protest between Mexico and the U.S.

01:15 Two people were killed in a gunfight with Mexican military police at a protest at a dam that is diverting water to the United States, according to the National Guard, as tensions

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Abidjan Zoo ordered to close after hyena escapes

FILE PHOTO: Visitors look at an elephant in Abidjan's zoo, Ivory Coast, on July 24, 2015. /AFP A zoo in Cote D'Ivoire's capital has been closed after a hyena escaped its cage and briefly wande

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EU: One in eight deaths in Europe linked to pollution of environment

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2019 shows the smog-shrouded city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a week of clean air, Sarajevo has been shrouded in heavy air pollution as of Wednesday early mo

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Record floods threaten pyramid sites in Sudan

Creeping desert sands surround the Royal Cemeteries of Meroe Pyramids in Begrawiya, River Nile State, Sudan, November 10, 2019. /Reuters Record floods in Sudan have threatened sites housing th

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China celebrates successful launch of 'secretive' spacecraft

The highly secretive launch took place without any official pictures of the spacecraft, the name of which hasn't been released.

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Japan braces for powerful Typhoon Haishen, possible record rainfall

Japan is bracing for powerful Typhoon Haishen as it bears down on the country’s southwest, with weather forecasters warning of potential record rainfall, violent wind,

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China's nuclear reactor powered by Hualong One starts fuel loading

The No. 5 unit of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant. /CCTVNuclear fuel loading into the No. 5 unit of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant under China National Nuclear C

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India help to contain blaze on oil tanker off Sri Lankan coast

01:10 Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Friday said it was deploying an additional ship and two aircraft to intensify firefighting operation on a chartered supertanker New Diamond that caught f