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US, EU agree to resolve steel, aluminium tariffs
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States and the European Union will "immediately resolve" their dispute over US steel and aluminium tariffs and subsequent EU counter-measures, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday, as the two sides work to defuse a costly trade row.
Fire destroys late Greek director Angelopoulos' archives: widow
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» ATHENS - The house and private archives of Greek cinema godfather Theo Angelopoulos, who died in 2012, were destroyed in this week's deadly wildfires near Athens, his widow said Thursday.
Violence as 600 migrants storm Morocco-Spain border fence
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» MADRID - More than 600 African migrants reached the Spanish territory of Ceuta Thursday after storming a double border fence with Morocco and attacking police with caustic quicklime and excrements.
Southeast Asia stocks end higher
Published on 26/07/2018
» Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Thursday, with the Stock Exchange of Thailand gaining for the sixth session in seven trading days, as negotiations between the United States and Europe over reducing trade barriers calmed fears of a transatlantic trade war.
Floods from Laos dam collapse force evacuations in Cambodia
Published on 26/07/2018
» ATTAPEU, Laos: The torrent of water unleashed in a deadly Laos dam collapse has drained into Cambodia, forcing thousands to evacuate, as rescuers on Thursday battled monsoon rains to find scores of Laotians still missing after entire villages were washed away.
Fire at their backs, Greek elderly flee with grandchildren
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» MATI (GRèCE) - Yiannis Philippopoulou was sure he saw his nine-year-old twins picked up by a boat after they fled the flames. But days since the family's chaotic escape from the inferno, the girls appear to have vanished.
Qualcomm drops $43 bn bid for Dutch chip rival NXP
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» WASHINGTON - US computer chip giant Qualcomm dropped a $43 billion bid to acquire Dutch rival NXP on Thursday after failing to win approval from antitrust authorities in China.
Your horoscope for 27 Jul - 2 Aug
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 26/07/2018
» Spot-on horoscope for work, money, coupled & single life from famously accurate Guru's fortuneteller. Let's see how would you fare this week & beyond!
Eight bodies recovered after landslide at Myanmar jade mine
Reuters, Published on 26/07/2018
» YANGON: Authorities in northern Myanmar recovered eight bodies on Thursday after a landslide that engulfed 27 small-scale miners, an official said, the latest disaster to hit a centre of the country's lucrative jade trade.
Concerns linger in Europe after US-EU trade truce
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» BRUSSELS - European capitals on Thursday welcomed the trade truce announced by the EU and US but doubts lingered over its feasibility and the changing moods of President Donald Trump.