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360 migrants leave Italy ‘ghost ship’
360 migrants leave Italy ‘ghost ship’

CORIGLIANO, Italy (AFP) ― Italian authorities disembarked 360 cold and hungry migrants Saturday from a ship left adrift by its crew off the country’s …

Buckingham Palace issues fresh denial over Andrew sex claims
Buckingham Palace issues fresh denial over Andrew sex claims

Britain’s Prince Andrew LONDON (AFP) ― Buckingham Palace issued a fresh denial Sunday of allegations an American woman kept as an underaged “sex slave” …

N.Y. police chief urges no protests

NEW YORK (AFP) ― New York police chief Bill Bratton urged officers not to protest against the city’s beleaguered mayor at a funeral for a slain cop as a …

Iraq oil exports highest since 1980 but low prices hit revenue
Iraq oil exports highest since 1980 but low prices hit revenue

BAGHDAD (AFP) ― Iraq’s oil exports reached their highest level in decades in December, the oil ministry’s spokesman said on Saturday, but vital revenues …

Draghi sees deflation risk as ECB prepares fresh stimulus
Draghi sees deflation risk as ECB prepares fresh stimulus

Euro notes. (Bloomberg) Mario Draghi gave his strongest signal yet that the European Central Bank is likely to start large-scale government-bond purchases by …

Merkel prepared to let Greece exit eurozone

BERLIN (AFP) ― German Chancellor Angela Merkel is prepared to let Greece leave the eurozone if Greeks elect a government that jettisons the country’s …

Testing antidrinking drug with help of a fake bar
Testing antidrinking drug with help of a fake bar

Dr. George Koob (left), director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and NIAAA scientist Dr. Lorenzo Leggio pose for a photo at the …

NASA explores inflatable technology
NASA explores inflatable technology

NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) ― Devising a way to one day land astronauts on Mars is a complex problem and NASA scientists think something as simple as a child’s …

Five arrested in India over Japanese tourist gang-rape

Five people have now been arrested for repeatedly gang-raping and extorting money from a young Japanese tourist held hostage for nearly a month in a basement …

Ice may have caused AirAsia crash: govt agency

Weather was the “triggering factor” in the fatal crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 a week ago, with icing likely causing engine damage, according to …

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