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Wal-Mart Earnings Dip But Sales Rise At US Stores
Wal-Mart Stores scored another increase in sales at its US namesake stores in first-quarter results released Thursday,...
NATO Chief Says ‘trusts All Allies’ On Intelligence Sharing
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that he had complete confidence in allies' sharing of sensitive intelligence,...
India’s IT Industry Body Slams Mass Layoff Reports
Indian software trade body Nasscom on Thursday dismissed widespread media reports of mass layoffs in the country's...
More Ghanaian Deportees From US Expected In Coming Weeks
More charter planes will be arriving in Ghana in the next few weeks with Ghanaians deported from the United States of...
UN Climate Talks Wrap Up Under Threat of US Exodus
UN climate negotiations conclude in Bonn on Thursday with delegates putting on a brave face despite the threat of an...
US Sticking By Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good News For Rouhani
The US decision to stick by the nuclear deal with Iran, despite new sanctions on its missile programme, provided...
Grunge Rock Icon Chris Cornell Dies At 52
Singer Chris Cornell, the grunge rock pioneer and lead singer of the group Soundgarden, has died after performing with...
China Urges S.Korea To ‘remove Obstacles’ To Good Ties
China's foreign minister urged South Korea's new government on Thursday to remove "obstacles" to good relations amid...
US Officer Cleared In Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
A white police officer in the southern city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal...
US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops
The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...
Turkey Calls For Ouster of US Envoy For Anti-IS Coalition
Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic...
India’s Army To Get First Howitzers In Three Decades
India will shortly take delivery of two M-777 ultra-light howitzers, manufacturer BAE Systems said Thursday, the...
EU Fines Facebook 110 Mn Euros Over ‘misleading’ Info In WhatsApp…
The European Commission on Thursday fined US social media giant Facebook 110 million euros ($120 million) for providing...
Bond Saga: NDC Is Going To ‘internationalize Their Incompetence’
Kweku Baako says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will make a mockery of themselves for petitioning a US...
Snowden Lashes Out At Hong Kong For Rejecting Refugees
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids...
Philippines Rejects ‘interfering’ European Aid
The Philippines said Thursday it would refuse European Union grants that "interfered" with its internal affairs,...
Former FBI Boss To Lead Russia Inquiry
A former FBI boss has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia’s alleged meddling in the election...
India’s Environment Minister Dies At 60
India's environment minister Anil Madhav Dave died Thursday at the age of 60 in New Delhi, shocking colleagues who...
Iran Condemns New US Missile Sanctions
Iran criticised new US sanctions on its missile programme on Thursday, saying they would undermine the nuclear deal...