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Pope Francis warns Olympic leaders over sport commercialization

Addressing the delegates of the European Olympic Committees at the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Francis has warned that the commercialization…

11 years ago

Cairo expels Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Avni Botsali

Turkish ambassador to Cairo has been expelled, a day after PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed…

11 years ago

Disputed Islands: China creates “air-defense zone” over East China Sea

China has created an "air-defense identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also…

11 years ago

Iran nuclear talks: John Kerry arrives in Geneva after three days of lower-level meetings

Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Geneva for Iran nuclear talks involving the UK, Russia, France, China and…

11 years ago

Mauritania elections 2013: Poll boycotted by all radical opposition parties

Mauritania has decided to hold parliamentary and local elections - the first since a military coup five years ago –…

11 years ago

Duke Energy fined $1 million over golden eagles death

Duke Energy Renewables has agreed to pay out $1 million over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms.…

11 years ago

Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises to 5,209 in Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan death toll has risen above 5,000, officials in the Philippines say, two weeks after the devastating storm hit…

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JFK assassination 50 years on

The US is marking 50 years since President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas. Dallas, which has long struggled…

11 years ago

South African papers defy Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla house photo ban

Most of South African newspapers have published images of President Jacob Zuma's private residence in Nkandla, defying a government warning…

11 years ago

Maxima supermarket collapse death toll rises to 32 in Riga

According to Latvian officials, at least 32 people have died after the roof of a Maxima supermarket collapsed in the…

11 years ago