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US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2019
» WASHINGTON: The United States has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.
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Dubai eases liquor laws
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2019
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled stores previously only accessible to licence-holding residents, as the United Arab Emirates saw the first drop in alcohol sales by volume in a decade.
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US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» TALUSTUSAN, Philippines: The American priest's voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle Filipino lilt.
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Capital controls sends Argentina assets tumbling
Associated Press, Published on 02/09/2019
» LONDON/BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's international dollar and euro-denominated bonds fell to record lows on Monday while its financial stocks tumbled and risk premiums shot up after President Mauricio Macri reimposed capital controls on Sunday as the country's debt crisis spirals.
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Asian shares tumble as US-China trade war renews uncertainty
Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2019
» TOKYO: Asian shares tumbled Monday after the latest escalation in the US-China trade war renewed uncertainties about global economies, as well as questions over what President Donald Trump might say next.
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Espionage trial of Cambodian reporters begins
Associated Press, Published on 26/07/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The espionage trial of two Cambodian journalists who formerly worked for a US government-funded radio station began on Friday, almost two years after their arrest.
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Forget 'manmade': Berkeley bans gender-specific words
Associated Press, Published on 19/07/2019
» BERKELEY, United States: There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into "maintenance holes'' instead.
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Malaysia to decriminalise drug use to battle addiction
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: The government has plans to drop criminal penalties for the possession and use of drugs in small quantities as a way to battle addiction, but stresses it is not legalising drugs.
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Cambodian rivals use noodle ploy to get message across
Associated Press, Published on 09/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The bitter decades-long rivalry between Hun Sen, Cambodia's strongman leader, and Sam Rainsy, his self-exiled chief political rival and critic, has sometimes played out in deadly violence. But on Sunday, soup rather than blood was likely to be spilled.
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Cambodian court summons members of defunct opposition party
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A court in northwestern Cambodia has summoned for questioning more than two dozen regional members of the defunct opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party, accusing them of engaging in politics even though their party was dissolved by the Supreme Court a year and a half ago.
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