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N. Korea claims new-engine success
Kyodo News, Published on 09/04/2016
» BEIJING — North Korea claimed on Saturday to have successfully tested a new type of engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in its latest episode of sabre-rattling ahead of a rare party congress scheduled for early next month.
Brazil president takes Olympic time out from impeachment
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Dilma Rousseff tried to make it look like business as usual Friday with a visit to the Rio Olympics site, but time was running out for the Brazilian president ahead of a key impeachment vote.
Panama Papers threaten Macri's shine in Argentina
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine President Mauricio Macri has become a rock star of the right with a flurry of free-market reforms, but now the Panama Papers scandal threatens to dim his shine.
GM settles 'bellwether' ignition lawsuit avoiding trial
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» NEW YORK - General Motors settled a wrongful death lawsuit, attorneys said Friday, averting a trial on charges the automaker's ignition-switch defect caused the death of a 35-year-old father of five.
France visitor numbers up in 2015 despite attacks
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» PARIS - The number of foreign visitors to France grew in 2015 despite jihadist attacks in Paris thanks to a sharp rise in tourists from Asia, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Friday.
Al-Qaeda branch in Bangladesh claims murder of atheist activist
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» DHAKA - A Bangladesh branch of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) on Friday claimed responsibility for the murder of a secular activist after he criticised Islamists on social media, a US monitoring group said, as the government vowed to catch his killers.
US keeps Apple encryption battle alive in drug case
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» NEW YORK - The US government on Friday kept its encryption battle with Apple alive, pressing the high-tech giant to help crack an iPhone in a drug case in New York.
Panama pledges to work with France to fight money-laundering
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» PANAMA CITY - Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela assured his French counterpart Francois Hollande in a phone call Friday his country was committed to cooperating in the fight against money-laundering, his office said.
Russia switch ice hockey teams to avoid meldonium detection at world champs
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» MOSCOW - Russia replaced its entire U-18 world ice hockey championship team on Friday to "minimise" the risk of testing positive for banned drug meldonium, sports minister Vitaly Mutko said.
Warriors to decide on push for NBA glory
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he is yet to decide whether the team will seek to chase down the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' regular season record after clinching home-court advantage for the NBA playoffs.