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Daily Archives: Jul 3, 2014

Drake will no longer be performing in the headline slot at this year’s Wireless Festival

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Drake has announced he will no longer be performing in the headline slot at this year’s Wireless Festival over the weekend. The Canadian musician said...
Shakira will perform at this year's World Cup closing ceremony on the Maracana stadium

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Shakira will perform at this year's World Cup closing ceremony, which takes place before the final in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. The 37-year-old...
Four senior executives and the former head of GSK China have been detained by Chinese police

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Allegations that GSK systematically bribed doctors in China are credible, says Peter Humphrey, an investigator hired by the pharmaceutical giant. Peter Humphrey was hired only...
Lt. Gen. Valeriy Heletey was approved by Ukraine’s parliament as new defense minister after being recommended by President Petro Poroshenko

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Ukraine’s newly appointed Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey has promised that the army would retake Crimea, restoring the country's territorial integrity. Addressing parliament in Kiev, Valeriy...
The bridge has collapsed on a bus in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte

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A bridge has collapsed on a bus in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, reportedly killing at least two people. The overpass...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit 17,000 for the first time

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit 17,000 for the first time. On July 3, investors pushed shares higher after a better-than-expected jobs report showed...
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats approved the national minimum wage as part of a power-sharing deal with the Social Democratic Party

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Germany has approved its first minimum wage, in a vote in the Bundestag on Thursday. The wage will be set at 8.50 euros ($11.50) per...
The US economy added 288,000 jobs in June 2014

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According to latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 288,000 jobs in June 2014. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%,...
Ryutaro Nonomura has yet to prove that he spent public funds legitimately

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A video of Japanese politician Ryutaro Nonomura wailing and sobbing when quizzed by journalists about the public funds he spent for personal travel has...
President Barack Obama calling Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard in São Paulo

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President Barack Obama has praised the efforts of the US soccer team in the World Cup in a phone call to two of its...
Oscar Pistorius has a lifetime vulnerability as a result of his disability

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Oscar Pistorius has been greatly affected by his disability, a sports doctor has told his murder trial. Dr. Wayne Derman told the court in Pretoria...
BSE has resumed trading after being disrupted due to a network outage

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Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) - India's main stock market - has resumed trading after being disrupted due to a network outage. Shares listed on the...
The killing of Mohammed Abu Khdair was condemned by both Israeli and Palestinian leaders

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Palestinians are preparing to hold the funeral of Mohammed Abu Khdair, the 17-year-old boy abducted and murdered in Jerusalem. The killing of Mohammed Abu Khdair...
Xi Jinping and Park Geun-hye would fully exchange views on the nuclear issue and the stalled six-party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions

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China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in South Korea for a two-day visit set to focus on North Korea. It is the first time a...
Megumi Yokota was kidnapped by North Korean agents on her way home from school in 1977

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Japan has decided to ease some of the sanctions it has imposed on North Korea amid ongoing talks on abducted nationals, PM Shinzo Abe...
Wojciech Janowski and Helene Pastor’s daughter, Sylvia, have been in a relationship for 28 years and have a teenage daughter

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Helene Pastor son-in-law Wojciech Janowski has retracted his "confession" to ordering the Monaco heiress murder, citing misunderstandings with police. Prosecutors said last week that Wojciech...