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Lincoln Center Heads Urge Trump To Keep Funding Arts
Executives at New York's Lincoln Center made a joint appeal Tuesday for the United States to preserve arts funding,...
Russian Vetoes of UN Resolutions On Syria
Russia has now blocked seven UN resolutions regarding Syria since unrest erupted there in 2011, almost always with...
FIFA Ban Nigeria’s Adamu For Two Years
Nigeria's former football official Amos Adamu was on Tuesday banned for two years by world governing body FIFA for...
Lawsuit In US Says Automakers Knew of Takata Flaws
Leading auto manufacturers, including BMW and Nissan, equipped their cars with Takata airbags despite knowing they were...
Paris Auction of Moroccan ‘Nessie’ Makes Waves
Geologists in Morocco on Tuesday denounced the planned auction of a 66-million-year-old marine dinosaur skeleton in...
Saint-Andre To Help Coach Cameroon In Africa Rugby Cup
Former France coach Philippe Saint-Andre will help train Cameroon on a voluntary basis in the African Cup in May....
US White Couple Get Prison For Harassing Blacks
A white couple have been handed heavy prison sentences in Georgia for shouting slurs and death threats at guests at a...
Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria Sanctions
Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN resolution backed by Western powers that would have imposed sanctions on Syria...
Trump Looks To Reboot In First Address To Congress
President Donald Trump gives his maiden speech to Congress Tuesday, trying to boost low approval ratings and flesh out...
Colon Cancer Rates Rise Among Gen X, Millennials
Rates of colon and rectal cancer are rising sharply among young and middle-aged adults in the United States but doctors...
Family, Friends Mourn Indian Killed In Kansas Bar
Grieving family and friends mourned an Indian engineer Tuesday whose killing at a Kansas bar has shocked the country...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership -- the world's biggest individual prize -- drew a blank once...
Crowdfunding Drive For Singaporean Woman Deported From UK
A crowdfunding campaign for legal fees to help a Singaporean grandmother deported from Britain for breaching...
Three Wounded By Gunfire As Iraq Forces Disperse Demo
Three people were wounded by gunfire as Iraqi forces dispersed a demonstration Tuesday by students who threw stones at...
Hulk Strikes As Aussies Take AFC Hammering
Brazilian forward Hulk was amongst the scorers as Australian sides were put to the sword in the Asian Champions League...
Murder Mystery Probe Grips France After Family of Four Vanishes
A murder mystery probe has gripped France after a family of four including a 'psychologically disturbed' son vanished...
One Dead As Clashes Rock Palestinian Camp In Lebanon
One civilian was killed and four wounded on Tuesday in fierce clashes that rocked Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee...
US Consumer Confidence Rises In February
US consumer confidence rebounded in February to return to a 15-year high, the Conference Board announced Tuesday. After...
OneWeb, Intelsat Merge To Advance Satellite Internet
Satellite telecom firms OneWeb and Intelsat announced plans Tuesday to merge, and a fresh $1.7 billion investment from...