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Cancer to kill 10 mn in 2018 despite better prevention
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» PARIS - Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, experts said Wednesday, warning the disease's global burden continues to rise in spite of better prevention and earlier diagnosis.
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UK accuses Russia of 'lies' after Putin's Skripal poisoning denial
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» LONDON - Britain accused Russia on Wednesday of "obfuscation and lies" after President Vladimir Putin denied that the two men Britain suspects of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent were military intelligence officers.
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Damascus shells Idlib as UN chief warns of 'bloodbath'
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» BEIRUT: Government forces shelled Syria's last major rebel bastion on Wednesday, hours after UN chief Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council any full-blown offensive in Idlib risks triggering a "bloodbath".
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Juncker urges EU to take stronger world role
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» STRASBOURG, France: In an age of trade wars, terrorism and rising nationalism, Europe must become a global player with a muscular foreign policy to match its economic strength, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker declared Wednesday.
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Ryanair defiant as German pilots and crew walk out
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» BERLIN - Irish budget carrier Ryanair was defiant Wednesday as dozens of flights were disrupted in a walkout by German pilots and cabin crew, the latest flare-up in a bitter Europe-wide battle for better pay and conditions.
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Putin says Skripal poisoning suspects are 'civilians'
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» VLADIVOSTOK (RUSSIA) - Russia's Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that two men Britain suspects of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with military-grade nerve agent had been identified as "civilians" and were not criminals.
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Putin proposes Russia, Japan agree historic peace deal
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» VLADIVOSTOK (RUSSIA) - President Vladimir Putin suggested Wednesday Russia and Japan sign a peace deal "without any preconditions" by the end of the year, a historic proposal to try to solve a territorial dispute after decades of deadlock.
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Putin says two Skripal poisoning suspects are 'civilians'
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the two men Britain suspects of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with military-grade nerve agent are not criminals and have been identified as civilians.
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Gay sex ruling to free India's 'pink economy'
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» MUMBAI: From LGBT nightclubs to "gaycations" and more, a court ruling legalising homosexuality in India is set to unlock one of the world's largest "pink economies", experts say.
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US to miss Paris climate pact target by a third
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: The United States will fall short by a third on its commitment under the Paris climate treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released Wednesday in San Francisco.
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