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BMW Warns Profits Will Fall Due to Costs, Trade Uncertainty
FRANKFURT - German automaker BMW said Wednesday that profits in 2019 would be well below last years and that it ...
Geothermal Plant 'Triggered Earthquake' in S. Korea
SEOUL - A rare earthquake in South Korea was triggered by the country's first experimental geothermal power plant, a team ...
China Welcomes New Kazakh Leader, An 'Old Friend'
BEIJING - China on Wednesday welcomed the new president of Kazakhstan as an 'old friend' after the sudden resignation of ...
Laos Deputy Prime Minister Blames PNPC Dam Collapse on Poor Planning
Laos deputy prime minister has identified poor soil analysis for a fatal hydropower dam collapse, often described as the countrys ...
Former Netherlands boss Van Marwijk named UAE coach
Abu Dhabi - Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk has been named the new United Arab Emirates coach, the country's football ...
Cameroon Busts Ivory, Pangolin Traffickers
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Police in Cameroon have arrested four wildlife traffickers caught with huge quantities of elephant tusks and scales ...
Samjhauta blast verdict: Pak summons Indian High Commissioner
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 20 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the Indian High Commissioner over the acquittal of four accused persons ...
New Kazakhstan Prez for renaming capital to 'Nursultan'
Astana [Kazakhstan], Mar 20 (ANI): Newly sworn-in President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday suggested renaming the country's capital in ...
Harrington back on track at Maybank Championship
Cape Town - Padraig Harrington is teeing off his 2019 season in buoyant mood at the Maybank Championship as his ...
U.S. secretary of state telephones Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
JERUSALEM, Israel - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has taken time out on his current tour of the Midle ...
Heavy fighting continues in Yemen despite truce
With the UN announcing a new plan to shore up the December 2018 Stockholm Agreement between Yemen’s warring parties, the ...
Pompeo renews call for end to isolation of Qatar
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has renewed a call for Gulf countries to settle their ...
Devastation in south-west Africa growing by the hour
The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming clearer, the UN said ...
Four road deaths in Ireland on bank holiday weekend
DUBLIN, Ireland - Over the 3-day holiday weekend, 16-18 March 2019, four people died in road traffic collisions in Ireland. ...
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Varadkar meets head of EC Donald Tusk in Dublin
DUBLIN, Ireland - The leader of the Irish government, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar met with the President of the European ...
Etihad looking to bail out Jet Airways
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Stocks in Asia directionless, dollar also unchanged
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