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Stunned US allies seek new friends as Trump tensions mount
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» BRUSSELS - America's traditional allies are desperately seeking new friends as Donald Trump hails the leaders of North Korea and China instead, but may have to rely on themselves to ride out the storm, analysts said.
US unemployment falls to 3.8% in May, lowest in 18 years
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 18 years in May, the Labor Department reported Friday, showing the world's biggest economy remains robust even as it stands on the precipice of an all-out trade war.
After pro-Trump bravado, Kanye turns inward on album
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» NEW YORK - Kanye West succeeded in rocketing back into the headlines through his stubbornly contrarian lovefest with Donald Trump. But on a new album he offers a reminder of what made him a rap superstar -- introspection.
Paolo Savona, Italy's eurosceptic in charge of European affairs
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME - Paolo Savona, who was rejected as Italy's economy minister by the president due to his hostility to the euro, was instead sworn in Friday as European affairs minister in the country's new populist government.
Lebanon's spearfishers fight to preserve stocks
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» TRIPOLI (LEBANON) - Hunting fish with spear guns may seem like a counterintuitive way to save Lebanon's dwindling marine life, but a growing community of freedivers argues it is a potent awareness-raising tool.
Nobel dissident's widow serving 'life sentence' for love
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» BEIJING: Liu Xia, the widow of dissident Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, has said she felt that loving her husband was a "crime" for which she had received a "life sentence", according to an audio recording released Friday.
Motorway accident kills 8, injures 7
Published on 01/06/2018
» A four-vehicle accident on the motorway in Chon Buri killed eight people and injured seven others on Friday evening, traffic radio reported.
Populists finally take power in Italy
The Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME: Eurosceptic politicians cheered and Milan's stock index rose on Friday after Italy's populists staved off the threat of a new election and formed western Europe's first populist government with a last-minute compromise.
Kiev seeks to reassure West over faked journo murder
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» KIEV: Ukrainian law enforcement chiefs on Friday met Western diplomats to brief them on Kiev's decision to stage a contract-style killing of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, which has prompted widespread criticism.
Five big cats briefly flee flooded German zoo
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» BERLIN - Five dangerous big cats -- two lions, two tigers and a jaguar -- escaped their enclosures in a flooded German zoo Friday for several hours but were later reported back "in their cages".