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Icy blast from Siberia sweeps across Europe

AwintryblastoffreezingtemperaturessweptacrossEuropeonSunday,withabitingwindfromSiberiaclaimingfourlivesandendangeringthecontinent'shomeless--withtheworstyettoco

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Brrr! Brutal cold raises concerns over Olympics opening ceremony

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Canada's bitter weather has even penguins coming out of the cold

JusthowcoldisitinCanada?AskthepenguinsattheCalgaryZoo:Eventheyhavehadtotakeshelter.Kingpenguins–oneoffivespeciesatthezooinwesternAlbertaprovince–arecertainlyacc

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Australia "won't walk away" from free trade despite TPP blow: government

​Australia will work with the remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations and look to other nations to salvage what it can of the doomed free trade agreement after U.S. President Donald Trump's overnight decision to withdraw from the deal, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said.

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Tax hike hurts Japanese large companies' sentiment: data

Business sentiment at Japan's large companies was hurt by April's sales tax hike, the first hike in 17 years, in the second quarter of 2014 for the first time in six quarters, according to a newly released government survey on Wednesday.

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S. Korea claims resilience from emerging market woes

South Korea actively claimed its economy's resilience from financial woes in emerging economies, citing falling foreign debts, fiscal soundness and persistent current account surplus.