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New year could resolve Argentine debt debacle, or not
New year could resolve Argentine debt debacle, or not

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) ― The fine print Argentina blames for failed negotiations with disgruntled creditors expires Thursday, theoretically clearing the way for …

Abe pledges reforms to boost economy
Abe pledges reforms to boost economy

TOKYO (AFP) ― Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday pledged to carry out crucial structural reforms this year as part his drive to kickstart the …

First Ebola victim may have been infected by bats
First Ebola victim may have been infected by bats

NEW YORK (AP) ― A team of researchers think they have pinpointed how the Ebola epidemic in West Africa started ― with a small boy playing in a hollowed-out …

Scientists find first frog that gives birth to tadpoles

MIAMI (AFP) ― In the depths of an Indonesian rainforest, scientists have identified the first known frog that gives birth to tadpoles instead of laying eggs, …

Why Greece spillover to eurozone set to be contained this time
Why Greece spillover to eurozone set to be contained this time

Greece’s flirtation with an exit from the euro in 2011 and two cliffhanger elections in 2012 prompted the darkest days of the debt crisis, halted only by the …

Climate change: In 2015, the long march to Paris

PARIS (AFP) ― Agreements on climate change ― to paraphrase what the 19th-century German statesman Otto von Bismarck said about law-making ― are like …

Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in W. Africa
Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in W. Africa

GUECKEDOU, Guinea (AP) ― West Africa’s fight to contain Ebola has hampered the campaign against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that is …

Clinton, Oprah women most admired by Americans: poll
Clinton, Oprah women most admired by Americans: poll

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton remains the woman most admired by Americans, followed by television icon Oprah Winfrey and …

Business as usual for Ikea hacker
Business as usual for Ikea hacker

When Yap Mei Mei, or Jules as she is better known online, said she was thinking about becoming a full-time blogger, no one really took her seriously. Little …

For love ― and luxury
For love ― and luxury

It is easier than ever to buy overseas items, but that’s not the real reason behind the booming ranks of China’s “haitao” consumers. Liu Xin, 32, a …

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