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Brazil's bar association on Sunday called for the impeachment of President Michel Temer, after a tape was revealed in which he appeared to agree to bribe former Speaker Eduardo Cunha into silence.
Scientists searching for new antibiotics to cure hard-to-treat infections have found an effective bacteria in the human nose.
China has bolstered its claim to leadership in the highest reaches of computing with a supercomputer that was built with domestic processor chips.
The European Union urged its member states to quickly deliver on their refugee relocation and resettlement commitments ahead of a two-day summit here discussing the refugee crisis.
Edward Snowden, at risk of arrest if he enters the U.S., appeared at the Consumer Electronics Show anyway—courtesy of a robot-like device called Beam that uses a technology called telepresence.
French President Francois Hollande and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated, over phone talks, their common determination to fight against terrorism and to cement security cooperation to halt terrorists' offensive in Syria and Iraq, French presidency said on Monday.
The European Union (EU) will introduce a package of further sanctions over Ukraine situation on Thursday, EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday pledged to combat corruption, boost government transparency and build a clean government.
Egypt's National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, a pro-ousted president Mohamed Morsi coalition, called for 18 days of protests as of Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of the January 25 uprising that removed president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday called on police to maintain stability in the country's volatile North Caucasus region.