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Equities Advance Despite Weak US Jobs Report

Global stocks rallied Friday, with US and German markets hitting records after a lackluster US jobs report raised...

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Radiohead Hit Back At Israel Boycott Calls As ‘divisive’

Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel, calling the boycott effort divisive,...

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Sri Lanka Sweat On Mathews As Proteas Duo Get All Clear

Sri Lanka face a nervous wait to discover if captain Angelo Mathews will be fit for their Champions Trophy one-day...

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E. Guinea, Poland, Kuwait Among Six Elected To UN Security Council

Equatorial Guinea was for the first time elected to the UN Security Council on Friday during a vote that saw Ivory...

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UN Confirms Iran Compliance To Nuclear Deal

Iran is still sticking to the 2015 nuclear accord with major powers even as tensions rise between Tehran and US...

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Radiohead Hit Back At Israel Boycott Calls As ‘divisive’

Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel, calling the boycott campaign...

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Rain Shortens Australia-New Zealand Champions Trophy Clash

Rain saw the Champions Trophy one-day international between Australia and New Zealand at Edgbaston on Friday reduced to...

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Ethiopia Blocks Adoptions, Leaving Parents Stranded

Ethiopia's government has suspended adoptions, leaving dozens of foreign parents unable to unite with orphans they have...

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Bill Cosby Latest In Litany of Famous Sexual Assault Cases

Megastar turned pariah Bill Cosby, who goes on trial Monday for allegedly drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004,...

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Snapchat Spectacles, Which Take Photos and Video, Launch In the UK and Europe

Snapchat Spectacles, sunglasses which also capture photographs and video, are going on sale in the UK. Snap Inc, the...

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Dismay As Trump Signals Exit From Accord

There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announcement that the US is withdrawing...

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Six-Shooting USA Take Aim At First Under-20 Football World Title

The United States have raised hopes of a surprise Under-20 World Cup win after they stormed into the quarter-finals...

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Pride and Prejudice As India, Pakistan Clash In Champions Trophy

India have far more at stake in Sunday's Champions Trophy match against arch-rivals Pakistan than launching their title...

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Dorinda Martey Making A Case For ‘natural Hair Movement’

The apparent reemergence of the natural hair movement in Africa, particularly Ghana, has not only gotten many...

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Trump Pulls US Out of 2015 Accord

President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to...

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Ofori-Asante Likely To Be Appointed As CEO of Petroleum Commission

President Nana Akufo-Addo is yet to appoint someone to take over as Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Commission,...

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Jon Benjamin Bows Out With Final Jabs At ‘greed, Wanton Corruption’

Outgoing UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has delivered his signature sharp criticism of the 'evils' in the...

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Lions’ Choirmaster Gatland Says Harmony Key For Rugby Win

British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland says maintaining team harmony is a priority as he seeks to engineer a...

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England Champions Trophy Team Face Anxious Woakes Wait

England's joy at launching their Champions Trophy campaign with a commanding win over Bangladesh was tempered by the...