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Cameron unveils post-election cabinet
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled his new cabinet on Monday after an unexpected election victory that gave his Conservative party an outright majority in parliament for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Airbus to continue A400M test flights, crash victims honoured
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» MADRID - Airbus said Monday it would carry on with test flights of its A400M military transport plane despite the crash of one of the aircraft in Spain that killed four employees.
Bumper year for France and Italy at Cannes Film Festival
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» PARIS - France and Italy are leading the charge for the Palme d'Or trophy at the Cannes Film Festival opening this week, energised by a new generation of French female directors and an unexpected embrace of English by Italian filmmakers.
Sea-level rise accelerating, say scientists
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» PARIS - Sea-level rise is accelerating, not declining as some have hoped, scientists said on Monday citing meltwater from Earth's ice sheets as the likely cause.
Pakistan honours ambassadors killed in helicopter crash
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday handed one of its highest civilian awards to two foreign ambassadors killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Rescue workers battle landslides to reach isolated villages
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» NAMRUNG (NEPAL) - Rescue workers battled landslides to deliver medical aid to isolated villages in the foothills of Nepal's Himalayas on Monday, an AFP journalist at the scene said, two weeks after a devastating earthquake hit the country.
Greece to face cash crunch in 'couple of weeks': Varoufakis
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» BRUSSELS - Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned Monday that his debt-wracked country would face a cash crunch within two weeks, and was in an urgent need of the last tranche of rescue funds from its 240-billion-euro bailout.
France's Hollande to meet Fidel Castro in Cuba visit: office
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» HAVANA - French President Francois Hollande will meet Cuba's Fidel Castro Monday during his historic visit to the island, the first by a Western leader since Washington and Havana moved to restore ties.
Bank of England holds interest rate at record low
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» LONDON - The Bank of England froze interest rates at a record low 0.50 percent on Monday in the first monetary policy decision since the Conservatives triumphed in the general election.
US doubts N. Korea underwater missile
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - North Korea did not test fire a ballistic missile from a submarine as Pyongyang claimed over the weekend and the country is still a long way from achieving such a capability, US officials said Monday.