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Monthly Archives: December 2015

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The European stock markets have surged after the Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the first time since 2006. The main share indexes in France,...

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The United States and Cuba have reached an understanding on resuming regular commercial flights between the two countries, Cuban and American officials said on...

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China’s foreign ministry has summoned the US charge d’affaires Kaye Lee in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice-Foreign Minister...

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Argentina’s government has announced a relaxation of currency controls. According to experts, the move is likely to weaken the local currency, peso. President Mauricio Macri hopes...

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The Federal Reserve has announced it is raising interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. This is the US rate’s first increase since 2006. The move takes...

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Shares and bond markets have climbed on what is expected to be the first rise in US interest rates in nearly a decade. The Federal...

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At least 27 Qatari hunters - including members of the ruling family – have been kidnapped by gunmen in a desert area of Iraq...

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have chosen the name of their newborn son Saint’s godmother. “Kim and Kanye both feel that Kourtney is really...

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American rock band Eagles of Death Metal has announced the new dates of the European tour following last month's Paris attacks. Eagles of Death Metal...

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Canadian Christian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim has been sentenced by North Korea’s Supreme Court to a life term of hard labor for "crimes against...

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GOP presidential candidates sparred over how to stop ISIS, in the first debate since attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. The national security focus yielded...

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Facebook has announced it is to amend its controversial "real name" policy after protests from various communities. On December 15, Facebook said it was to...

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The Soyuz space capsule has arrived to the International Space Station (ISS). British astronaut Tim Peake and fellow crew members Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American...

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Marine Le Pen has been acquitted of charges of inciting hatred on the December 2010 campaign trail in Lyon, France. The charges relate to the...

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The Los Angeles Unified School District has closed all schools as an unspecified threat is investigated, the police have said. Officials would not specify the...

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A man has been arrested in the Paris region as part of the investigation into the November 13 attacks in the city, sources close...

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Highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens has had its world premiere in Los Angeles. Stars attended from the original series, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill...

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Silver Fern - the black, white and blue silver fern design - won New Zealand’s referendum to become a possible new flag, after the...

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Sgt Bowe Bergdahl will face a general court-martial for desertion and other charges. The US soldier was held for five years by the Taliban in...

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King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand has made a rare public appearance, amid concerns for his ailing health. In TV footage released on December 14 by...

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Bashar al-Assad had declared recently that he will not be negotiating with the armed groups. Stratfor is a leading news platform breaking all kinds...

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A teacher at Paris’ Jean Perrin kindergarten, who said he had been stabbed by a man shouting "Islamic State", has admitted he made the...

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A Beijing court has commuted the suspended death sentence of Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, to life in prison. The court said Gu Kailai showed...

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US diplomats joined a protest in Budapest, Hungary, against a planned statue honoring pro-Nazi Minister Balint Homan, who fomented anti-Semitism in the 1930s. Several hundred...

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A French teacher has been attacked in a preschool class in Aubervilliers, a suburb of Paris, by a man citing ISIS. The attacker shouted: "This...