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Abbas confirms medical checks, says results 'positive'

PalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbasconfirmedonThursdaythathewentintohospitalintheUnitedStatesformedicalchecks,sayinginatelevisioninterviewthattheresultswere"positi

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Nissan used uncertified inspectors even after misconduct found: sources

NissanMotorCo(7201.T)hadconducteduncertifiedvehiclechecksasrecentlyaslastweekevenafterrevealingthewidespreadmisconductatitsdomesticfactories,twosourceswithdirec

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Uber and Lyft may not have to fingerprint drivers in California

Ride-sharingcompaniesUberandLyfthavehadsomeissueswithdriverbackgroundchecksovertheyears.Morethan8,000driversfrombothcompaniesfailedchecksinMassachusettsthisyear

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Cyprus 'selling' EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine

BillionaireRussianoligarchsandUkrainianelitesaccusedofcorruptionareamonghundredsofpeoplewhohaveacquiredEUpassportsundercontroversial“goldenvisa”schemes,theGuard

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Mobile health rolls out for moms in villages

Free health messages are being provided through mobile phones for about 500,000 mothers and mothers-to-be in rural areas of Middle and West China.

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Japan clears two more idled nuclear reactors to be restarted

​Japan's nuclear regulator on Thursday gave safety clearance to two more nuclear reactors that were idled in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which will be a boon for the government who has been trying to bring the nation's reactors back online to alleviate the huge burden of imported fossil fuels.

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Poland to strengthen border checks during climate conference in November

Poland's Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz Wednesday ordered the temporary reintroduction of checks on Polish borders during an upcoming climate conference, according to Polish media report.

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U.S. Senate rejects expanding background checks on gun purchases

U.S. Senate on Wednesday afternoon rejected the proposal to expand background checks on gun purchases, dealing a major blow to gun control efforts led by President Barack Obama and Democrats.

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U.S. to see gun background check bill in "next week or two"

Leading the charge for tougher gun laws after last month's massacre that killed 20 small children, U.S. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said Sunday that a bill for universal background checks is just around the corner