Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:29:40 +0000
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has won a second five-year term, preliminary election results showed Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:00:14 +0000
LONDON – Official figures show that inflation in Britain unexpectedly held steady in March, with economists suggesting that Brexit uncertainty prompted retailers to keep prices lower than would otherwise have been the case.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:53:30 +0000
NEW DELHI – A powerful storm bringing dust, lightning and unseasonal rain has killed at least 47 people in central and western India, officials said Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:37:13 +0000
PARIS — The latest on the fire that tore through the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):1:20 p.m.Notre Dame’s rector says he will close the burned-out Paris cathedral for up to six years.Bishop Patrick Chauvet acknowledged that the famed monument would close down for “five to six years” as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday, two days after a blaze torched the roof of the cathedral and brought down its spire.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:06:15 +0000
YANGON, Myanmar — More than 9,500 prisoners were ordered released Wednesday in Myanmar under a presidential amnesty, but they did not include two Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:08:46 +0000
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Chinese attempts at military coercion only strengthen Taiwan’s resolve to defend itself, the president of the self-governing island republic said Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:26:45 +0000
BANGKOK – A dog found swimming more than 220 kilometers (135 miles) from shore by workers on an oil rig crew in the Gulf of Thailand has been returned safely to land.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:05:37 +0000
The Paris prosecutor said there’s no evidence of arson in the Notre Dame fire and that they’re working on the assumption that the blaze was an accident.
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This six-legged creatures may be a bugbear for most, but cockroach breeders in China are turning them into a niche business.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:30:06 +0000
PARIS – Experts are assessing the blackened shell of Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the almost 900-year-old building.
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