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Iran’s Tech Sector Blooms Under Shield of Sanctions
The names may be unfamiliar but the services are immediately recognisable: Snapp is Iran's answer to Uber, Digikala is...
Alphabet Profit Hit By EU Fine On Google
Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $3.5 billion, in a sharp decline from a year ago, with...
Alphabet Profit By By EU Fine On Google
Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $3.5 billion, with a massive fine by the European...
Justin Bieber Abruptly Ends Tour
The 23-year-old Canadian superstar -- who in recent years has been as known for off-stage antics as for his music --...
Libya Rescues 150 Europe-Bound Migrants Off Tripoli
Libya's coastguard rescued at least 150 migrants who were trying to reach Europe on Monday, after their inflatable boat...
UN ‘not Giving Up’ On Cyprus After Talks Collapse
The United Nations is "not giving up" on efforts to seal a Cyprus reunification deal despite the failure of an...
Poland’s President Duda Vetoes Judicial Reforms After Protests
Polish President Andrzej Duda has announced he is vetoing a controversial law to replace Supreme Court judges with...
More Than 140 Migrants Reach Cyprus By Boat
Cypriot authorities said a boat carrying over 140 migrants believed to be Syrians, more than half of them women and...
IMF Says Global Recovery On Firmer Footing
The global economic recovery is on firmer footing as improving growth in China, Europe and Japan offset downward...
Syrian Refugee Mardini Returns To Hungary For World Swimming Champs
Two years on from sleeping rough in Budapest on a perilous trek from Syria to Germany, teenage refugee Yusra Mardini is...
China Cashing Out As Mobile Payment Soars
Yang Qianqian holds out her smartphone to scan a barcode on the mobile of a vendor selling fresh fruit and vegetables...
European Stocks Slump On Higher Euro; Nasdaq Streak Ends
European stock markets ended the week down as the euro extended its gains on Friday after the European Central Bank...
Paapa Yankson Passes Away
Born Benjamin Paapa Kofi Yankson on June 22, 1944 at Winneba, the Tena Me Nky3n composer passed on after an illness,...
Racism In Football Will Never Stop – Tony Baffoe
The General Secretary of the Professional Football Association of Ghana (PFAG), Anthony Baffoe, has admitted that the...
NY Museum Honors Kermit the Frog and His Creator
Jim Henson, the relentless innovator who gave the world Kermit the Frog and "The Muppet Show," is getting a permanent...
Namibia Genocide Victims Battle For Compensation
On a thin strip of land at the bay of Luederitz in southern Namibia are dozens of gravestones bearing the names of each...
Eritreans Pursue Two-Wheeled Dreams In Exile
After representing Eritrea in cycling tournaments across Africa, Daniel Teklay took a journey of a different sort last...
‘Killer Pitch’ and Food Poisoning Haunt Asia Football Tours
There was the infamous Hong Kong "killer pitch", an 11th-hour cancellation of a Manchester derby in Beijing and now...
Euro Gets Boost From ECB’s Draghi; Nasdaq Ekes Out Record
The euro rose Thursday after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's comments bolstered the single currency even as...