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Monthly Archives: December 2015

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Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang, who was detained by police last week, has made an appearance at Fosun's annual meeting in Shanghai. The Fosun International chairman...

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Australia has ordered Reckitt Benckiser to take the Nurofen pain relief range off the Australian shelves after a court said UK-based drug giant misled...

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A Russian warship fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision, the Russian defense ministry announced...

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South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has announced he is replacing newly appointed Finance Minister David van Rooyen with Pravin Gordhan. On December 9, Jacob Zuma...

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Marine Le Pen’s far-right Front National (National Front) has failed to win a single region in the second round of elections, exit polls indicate. According...

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Dow Chemical and DuPont have announced a plan to merge, in a deal valuing them at $130 billion. The all-share deal will eventually lead to...

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Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi has become the first woman politician elected in Saudi Arabia. She has won a seat on a municipal council for the...

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President Barack Obama has said the climate deal reached at Paris summit is "the best chance we have to save the one planet we...

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A fire at a mental health clinic in the Voronezh region, western Russia, has killed at least 21 people, the emergency ministry says. Another two...

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Marine Le Pen’s National Front (FN) is seeking to consolidate its last week's gains in France’s second round of regional elections. The far-right FN is...

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World leaders have agreed a deal attempting to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C after two weeks of negotiations at...

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North Korean pop group Moranbong has halted its goodwill tour of China - before it even began. The all-female band unexpectedly turned up at Beijing's...

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Ford has announced it will invest $4.5 billion to expand its fleet of plug-in and hybrid electric cars, and will start selling 13 new...

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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has described Donald Trump as a "disgrace to America". Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Twitter that Donald Trump should...

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A climate deal final draft text has been reached after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations, Paris climate talks organizers say. An official in the...

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President Yahya Jammeh has declared Gambia an Islamic republic, saying the move marks a break with the colonial past. Yahya Jammeh told state TV the...

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Saudi women are allowed to vote for the first time in the kingdom’s municipal elections. Women are also standing as candidates, another first, despite the...

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The US and Cuba have agreed to restore a direct mail service, suspended 52 years ago at the height of the Cold War. A pilot...

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Muammar Gaddafi's son, Moutassim Gaddafi aka Hannibal, has been freed after being briefly kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, security sources say. In a...

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VW global sales fell 2.4% in November 2015 following the emissions scandal, the German automaker announced on December 10. The total for the 11 months...

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Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang, who was previously reported to be missing, has been detained by police. Guo Guangchang’s company, Fosun International, confirmed on December 11...

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If you're a restaurant chain or general food retailer with non-English speaking employees that is looking to expand into new states due...

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Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria. Such targets must be "immediately...

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According to the US Department of Treasury, ISIS has made more than $500 million trading oil. A treasury official said ISIS’ "primary customer" has been...

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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has welcomed the first 163 Syrian refugees to his country. The first military plane carrying Syrian refugees has landed at Pearson...