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Asian Shares Advance, Dollar Supported By March Rate Hike Bets
Asian shares rose on Thursday as investors were encouraged by President Donald Trump's measured tone in his first...
Juncker Launches Post-Brexit EU Reform Proposals
European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday presented options for reforming the bloc to shore up...
Fillon Refuses To Quit French Election Despite Investigation
French centre-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon says a judge is placing him under investigation over a fake...
Fillon Refuses To Quit French Election Despite Charges
French centre-right presidential candidate Francois Fillon has said he will fight on, as he announced that a judge was...
Trump Administration Would Ignore WTO Rulings It Sees As Anti-U.S.
U. S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the World Trade Organization that...
Ghana Needs Independent Body To Monitor Party Financing
The European Union (EU) Observer Mission for Ghana’s 2016 Election has suggested that an independent institution be...
Long-Delayed Interim Authority Installed In North Mali
An interim authority for Mali's troubled northern Kidal region, a stronghold of the former Tuareg rebellion, was...
EU Observer Mission Blames EC For Tension
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) yesterday blamed the Electoral Commission (EC) for the tension...
EU Flays Media Coverage of Polls
The European Union (EU) Chief Observer of Ghana’s 2016 Elections, Tamas Mezerics has expressed worry about the State...
Crowdfunding Drive For Singaporean Woman Deported From UK
A crowdfunding campaign for legal fees to help a Singaporean grandmother deported from Britain for breaching...
Ethiopian Government Lambasted For Flipping On Political Reform Promise
nternational Rights Group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused the Ethiopian government of turning back on its public...
Spain Appoints ‘minister For Sex’ To Reverse Nation’s Plummeting Birth Rate
Spain has appointed its first Minister of Sex whose job will be to get people busy between the sheets. The government...
US Challenges Kremlin With New Russian TV Channel
Nearly three decades after it helped topple communist totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe, US-funded Radio Free...
US, S. Korea and Japan Look To Turn Screw On Pyongyang
Senior US, South Korean and Japanese officials met on Monday to discuss how better to enforce international sanctions...
UN Slams North Korea Over ‘provocative’ Sanctions Evasion
Backed by China, the UN Security Council on Monday unanimously condemned North Korea for its "irresponsible and...
EU Observer Mission Wants Incumbency Abusers Sanctioned
The European Union Election Observation Mission in Ghana is calling for a sanctions mechanism to be introduced as a way...
Spanish Gov’t Creates New Sex Position To Stimulate Low Birth Rate
Galician senator and demographics expert, Edelmira Barreria Diz, has been appointed government commissioner with...
Libyan ‘hell’ Driving New Migrant Surge
Nightmarish conditions in Libya are helping to drive a surge in the numbers of migrants attempting to reach Italy in...
Migrant Rescues Off Libya Encourage Traffickers
The head of EU border agency Frontex on Monday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they...