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Berlin Gives Refuge To Rosa Parks’ Detroit House

Rosa Parks fled the American South for Detroit in the 1950s at the height of her civil rights struggle. Now the house...

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US Senate Moment of Truth Nears With Gorsuch Vote

The US Senate prepared to take its most consequential step in years with the procedural vote Thursday on President...

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Australia Warns of Gallipoli Terror Threat

Australia Thursday warned terrorists could target Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey this...

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Corporate Giants Hit With $2.2 Bn Australia Tax Bill

Australia on Thursday said it had slapped seven large multinationals with a multi-billion-dollar tax bill as it pursued...

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Try Record Looms As England Eye Hong Kong Sevens Boost

Try-machine Dan Norton has a world record in his sights as England seek a long-awaited victory at this week's Hong Kong...

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Relief As Flood Peak Passes In Australia Town

Residents bracing for major flooding in an Australian town breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after a swollen river...

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Thai King To Sign Junta’s New Constitution

Thailand's king will sign off on the country's new constitution later Thursday, a document touted by the junta as a...

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USA Wary of ‘incredible’ Kyrgios In Davis Cup

The United States admitted Thursday they are wary of the Nick Kyrgios factor in their quarter-final with traditional...

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Driver Arrested After HK Tram Flips Over, Injuring 14

The driver of a double-decker tram that tipped over in Hong Kong injuring 14 people was arrested Thursday on suspicion...

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Gambians Head To Polls For First Post-Jammeh Vote

Gambians head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since the departure of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh, with...

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Johnson’s Back Injury Adds To Masters Drama

Top-ranked Dustin Johnson, uncertain for the Masters after suffering a lower back injury in a "serious" fall, added...

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Shanghai River Clean-Up Leaves Boat-Dwellers In Limbo

Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five...

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S. Korea Test Fires 800km-Range Missile

South Korea has successfully test-fired a home-developed ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit any part of...

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Five Issues For Xi and Trump’s First Meeting

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have been at odds over a range of issues since the...

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Keys, Williams Slump Out In Charleston

Top seed Madison Keys and former world number-one Venus Williams were the biggest casualties on a day of upsets at the...

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Chinese Students Imbibe Secrets of Burgundy Winemaking

Chen Yanfen swirls a glass of Burgundy wine, noting its ruby red robe and fruity bouquet before taking her first sip....

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China’s Strongman Xi To Meet His Match In Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the past four years putting brash, wealthy politicians and businessmen in jail....

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Australia Takes Apple To Court Over ‘refusing Service’ Claims

Apple was Thursday taken to court by Australia's consumer watchdog for violating laws by allegedly refusing to look at...

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Westbrook Kept Waiting As Thunder Down Grizzlies

Russell Westbrook inspired the Oklahoma City Thunder to a crucial victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday but...