FRANKFURT, Germany – The European Central Bank says Greece’s battered banks need 14.4 billion euros ($15.8 billion) in fresh money…
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Watchmaker Citizen harnesses space technology
Watchmaker Citizen is harnessing the power of space technology with its new Satellite Wave F900 watch, which was launched earlier…
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Russia conducts war games involving numerous missile launches
MOSCOW – Russia’s Defense Ministry says the military has conducted a series of ballistic and cruise missile launches from various…
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Juan Williams: Feeling thankful in new and unexpected ways
Thankfulness, a feeling of gratitude, comes to me as a song, most often a love song. It’s Marvin Gaye or…
Read MoreUN investigator urges Myanmar to allow Muslims, minorities and migrants to vote in November
UNITED NATIONS – A United Nations investigator is accusing Myanmar of discrimination and is urging the government to take immediate…
Read MoreNurses grant cancer patient’s dying wish by reuniting him with his horse
A British man battling terminal cancer got his dying wish granted days before he passed away Tuesday when nurses wheeled…
Read MoreAmnesty accuses Australia of paying people smugglers to ship asylum seekers to Indonesia
CANBERRA, Australia – Amnesty International has used full-page ads in Australian newspapers to accuse border protection officials of illegally paying…
Read MoreKuwait agrees to extend term for Iraq to pay $4.6 billion in war reparations further to 2017
KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait says it has agreed to let Iraq postpone a final batch of Saddam Hussain-era war reparations…
Read MoreDutch official quits after report criticizes failed Amsterdam-Brussels high-speed rail link
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch infrastructure official has resigned following the publication of a damning report into a failed…
Read MoreChinese city denied Guinness world record of 4 tons of fried rice because some was wasted
BEIJING – Guinness World Records has denied a Chinese city’s attempt at a new mark for the biggest serving of…
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