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In show of confidence, ECB inches towards stimulus exit
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - The European Central Bank on Thursday signalled greater confidence in the eurozone economy and its own chances of hitting its elusive inflation goal by dropping talk of boosting its mass bond-buying programme.
Spanish women stage unprecedented strike for rights
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» MADRID - Spain marked International Women's Day Thursday with an unprecedented strike in defence of their rights that saw hundreds of trains cancelled and countless protests scheduled throughout the day.
UK races to find source of poison used against Russia ex-spy
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» LONDON - British detectives on Thursday scrambled to find the source of the nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a Russian former double-agent and his daughter.
Amazon to quiet Alexa's cackling
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon on Wednesday promised to keep virtual assistant Alexa from spontaneously cackling, giving people eerie feelings about what the artificial intelligence might be plotting.
Danish submariner's trial opens for journalist murder
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» COPENHAGEN - The high-profile trial of Danish inventor Peter Madsen, charged with murdering and dismembering Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine, opens Thursday, with proceedings expected to shed light on the circumstances of Wall's grisly death.
Into the dark: Climber recounts terrible choice on Pakistan mountain
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» ISLAMABAD - Engulfed in a blizzard at 6,000 metres, Denis Urubko screamed into the vast darkness on Pakistan's "killer mountain" -- then, through the wind came a woman's faint reply, setting up a daring late-night rescue.
Florida passes bill to restrict guns, arm some teachers
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» MIAMI - The US state of Florida on Wednesday passed a gun control bill that raises the minimum age to buy firearms to 21 while funding a program that allows some teachers and school employees to be armed.
UK police confirm Russian ex-spy and daughter hit by nerve agent
Published on 08/03/2018
» LONDON: The Russian former double-agent who collapsed in a British town alongside his daughter was targeted with a nerve agent, while a responding policeman has also been hospitalised, police said Wednesday.
Transatlantic war of words as Trump tariffs planned within days
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - Washington and the European Union -- the world's two largest economies -- were on an accelerating collision course Wednesday as Donald Trump's administration vowed to unveil new tariffs on steel and aluminum within days, and Brussels readied to retaliate.