Day: April 14, 2017

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China’s Q1 Growth Stabilises At 6.8%

China's growth stabilised in the first quarter thanks to rising investments and a recovery in exports, experts said,...

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Egypt Copts Ready For Easter Mass Despite Attacks

Egyptian Copts will celebrate Easter mass on Saturday, marking one of Christianity's most joyous occasions just days...

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Ridding the World of Chemical Weapons

Russia criticised the world's chemical weapons watchdog for not sending experts to the site of an alleged chemical...

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IPR – Ghana Joins Media Campaign Against Galamsey

The Institute of Public Relations – Ghana, has offered to join the media campaign against illegal small scale mining...

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Uber Says Growth Strong As It Gives A Peek At Earnings

Uber on Friday provided a glimpse at its earnings, saying it is growing strong while working to overhaul company...

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Facebook Disrupts Suspected Spam Operation

Facebook on Friday said it disrupted an international fake account operation that was firing off inauthentic 'likes'...

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Disgraced Ex-NFL Star Acquitted of Double Murder

Disgraced former American football star Aaron Hernandez, who is already serving a life sentence for murder, was cleared...

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Huge US Bomb Kills Dozens of IS Militants In Afghanistan

The US military's largest non-nuclear bomb killed dozens of Islamic State militants as it smashed their mountain...

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Brittle Economy Risk For Erdogan Ahead of Turkey Poll

At rallies ahead of Sunday's referendum on expanding his powers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fond of...

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Kim, Ariya Share Lead At Lotte Championship

South Korea's Kim In-Kyung vaulted into a share of the lead with a sizzling eight-under 64 in the second round of the...

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What Is the ‘Mother of All Bombs’?

The United States has dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, otherwise known as the 'Mother of All...

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Mars Spacecraft’s First Missions Face Delays, NASA Says

NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts...

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Pressure On Japan’s Swimming Champ Hagino After Loss At Home

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino faces a fierce challenge from close to home in the 400 metres individual medley at this...

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Thais Soak In New Year With Nationwide Water Fight

Hordes of revellers armed with plastic water guns poured onto Thai streets on Friday for a second day of watery warfare...

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China Warns of War As N.Korea Vows ‘merciless’ Response To US

China issued a stern warning Friday that a conflict over North Korea could break out "at any moment", as Pyongyang...

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Buses Evacuate Hundreds From Four Besieged Syria Towns

Hundreds of civilians and fighters who have been under crippling siege for more than two years left four Syrian towns...

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Strong US Dollar A Threat To Trump Campaign Pledges

President Donald Trump takes credit for revitalizing the US economy even though he has not yet been in office for 100...

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Former Top General Jailed Over I.Coast Novotel Murders

A court in Ivory Coast has handed a former top general 18 years behind bars in connection with the abduction and murder...

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Smoking To Kill 200 Million In China This Century

Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a...