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BERLIN Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged the G20 states in a newspaper article to work together on continuing climate protection policies such as the 2015 Paris agreement from which …
Read MoreBy Ian Graham and Kylie MacLellan | BELFAST/LONDON BELFAST/LONDON The leaders of Northern Ireland’s two main political parties said on Tuesday talks on a new power-sharing executive in the British …
Read MoreBy Dave McKinney and Karen Pierog | CHICAGO CHICAGO In an action-packed Fourth of July holiday session, the Illinois Senate quickly overrode Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of fiscal 2018 spending …
Read MoreLONDON A Bank of England policymaker who last month voted to raise interest rates was quoted as saying on Tuesday that he was “reasonably confident” that investment and exports would …
Read MoreBy Jalil Ahmad Rezayee | HERAT, Afghanistan HERAT, Afghanistan Two Afghan girls refused visas to the United States for a robot-building competition said on Tuesday they were mystified by the …
Read MoreBy Tatiana Bautzer and Guillermo Parra-Bernal | SAO PAULO SAO PAULO Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) has agreed to exit Laboratório Teuto Brasileiro SA for a token amount after failing to find …
Read MoreBy Dave McKinney and Karen Pierog | CHICAGO CHICAGO The Illinois Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a $36 billion fiscal 2018 spending plan and big income tax hike …
Read MoreBy Jack Stubbs and Pavel Polityuk | KIEV KIEV Ukrainian police on Tuesday seized the servers of an accounting software firm suspected of spreading a malware virus which crippled computer …
Read MoreLONDON Climate change poses one of the biggest long-term risks to the global economy and companies, including big oil and gas firms such as Shell, have to be open about …
Read MoreBy Julien Pretot | VITTEL, France VITTEL, France French champion Arnaud Demare claimed his maiden Tour de France stage win when he powered to victory in a crash-marred finale on …
Read MoreMUMBAI Amiruddin Shah has been described as India’s “Billy Elliot” — a young lover of dance who rises from humble beginnings to great things on the ballet stage. It is …
Read MoreLONDON The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said on Tuesday talks had failed to reach a deal on forming a new power-sharing executive in the province but discussions …
Read MoreLONDON, July 4 Growth in Britain’s construction industry slowed in June, adding to signs that the economy might be struggling to regain much momentum after a lacklustre start to the …
Read MoreMOUNT ETNA, Italy A robot wheels across a rocky, windswept landscape that looks like the surface of some distant planet from a science fiction film. But it is not in …
Read MorePARIS Karl Lagerfeld presented Chanel’s haute couture collection under a scaled-down version of the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday. Haute couture fashion week is open to an exclusive club of designers …
Read MoreBERLIN When President Xi Jinping took the stage in Davos in January and painted China as a champion of free markets ready to fill the global leadership role vacated by …
Read MoreLONDON An MP from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority ruling Conservative Party, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of making false declarations over his spending in a 2015 …
Read MoreAmericans will celebrate Independence Day on Tuesday with fireworks, acts of gluttony and escapes to the beach, even for people in New Jersey where legislators brokered a last-minute deal to …
Read MoreBRUSSELS Uber [UBER.UL] played down an EU court opinion on Tuesday that some of its services could be illegal, saying that the case concerned only a ride-hailing app service in …
Read MoreLONDON Bright sunshine and Roger Federer await tennis fans heading to the All England Club for the second day of action at Wimbledon on Tuesday. After an opening day which …
Read MoreBy Se Young Lee and Joyce Lee | SEOUL SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Tuesday it will invest at least $18.6 billion in South Korea to extend …
Read MoreBritain’s ‘bad bank’, which is charged with winding down the assets of two bailed-out lenders, repaid 3.3 billion pounds ($4.27 billion) to the government last year. UK Asset Resolution (UKAR), …
Read MoreSEOUL North Korea test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, days before leaders from the Group of 20 nations are due to discuss steps …
Read MoreAT&T customers in central Indiana including Indianapolis experienced service outages on Monday and into Tuesday morning after a fiber wire was cut, the company said. Customers in Brownsburg and Danville, …
Read MoreBy Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON During his presidential campaign, Republican Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “strong leader” with whom he’d like to reset tense U.S.-Russian …
Read MoreA man drew a gun and fired at another man he had been arguing with at a South Carolina shopping center on Monday, but there were no injuries, North Charleston …
Read MoreBEIJING The Chinese government has disbursed 700 million yuan ($103 million) in emergency aid to four provinces in the south and east to help them deal with widespread flooding, the …
Read MoreBy Mica Rosenberg | NEW YORK NEW YORK The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump opposed opening the door to grandparents from six Muslim-majority countries on Monday, arguing in a …
Read MoreA soaring exhibit of stacked cardboard tubes shaped into three hive-like interconnected structures will make its debut on Thursday at a Washington, D.C., museum as part of its annual interactive …
Read MoreLOS ANGELES With the help of some of pop and R&B’s biggest names, music producer DJ Khaled’s latest album “Grateful” debuted atop the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on …
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