International News
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World investment in green power down, money went further in 2016 – report
By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Record levels of renewable energy capacity were added across the world in 2016 but…
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New Zealand begins clean-up as Cyclone Debbie floodwaters peak
Residents rowed boats along main roads and muddy water covered the airport's runway...
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Exclusive – Rio Olympic marathon champion Sumgong fails drugs test: IAAF
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) – Jemima Sumgong, who last year became the first Kenyan woman to win Olympic gold…
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Thousands expected to march in South Africa on Friday against Zuma
By James Macharia JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Thousands of marchers are due to protest in major South African cities against President…
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Japan PM Abe says he, Trump agree North Korea missile launch a ‘serious threat’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in…
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Facebook to use photo-matching to block repeat ‘revenge porn’
A specially trained group of Facebook employees will provide human review of each reported image, Davis said.
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White smoke signalled gas attack on Syrian town
At least 70 people, many of them children, were killed by what two U.S. government sources say was sarin gas...
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New Zealand and Australia still pounded by ex-Cyclone Debbie
Australian insurers have declared the event a catastrophe likely to cost more than one billion dollars, with state officials saying…
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Trump says chemical attack in Syria crossed many lines
Western countries, including the United States, blamed Assad's armed forces for the worst chemical attack in Syria for more than…
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Malaysia passes child sex crimes law, does not ban child marriage
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian MP said girls as young as nine were “physically and spiritually” ready for marriage,…
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