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French economist Jean Tirole, winner of the Nobel prize for economics French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for research on …

CAIRO (AFP) ― International donors pledged about $5.4 billion in aid to the devastated Gaza Strip on Sunday and urged Israel and the Palestinians to renew …

HONG KONG (AP) ― An angry crowd tried to charge barricades used by pro-democracy protesters occupying part of downtown Hong Kong hours after police cleared …

TOKYO (AFP) ― Powerful typhoon Vongfong barreled into Japan’s main islands Monday, with at least one person missing and dozens injured while more than 500 …

EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) ― Evo Morales easily won an unprecedented third term as Bolivia’s president Sunday on the strength of the economic and political …

MURSITPINAR (AFP) ― Attacking Islamic State jihadists met firm Kurdish resistance Sunday in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane, but in Iraq they put …

SAO PAULO (AP) ― Marina Silva, a popular environmentalist who finished third in the first-round of Brazil’s presidential election, gave her endorsement …

KIEV (AFP) ― President Petro Poroshenko dismissed Ukraine’s third defense minister of the year Sunday in a surprise decision ahead of high-level talks with …

Clotilde Narzisi and Luca Soliman have run the Caffe Orefici, 200 feet from Milan’s iconic Duomo Cathedral, for 10 years. Forced to sell their business …

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (AFP) ― A railway in Sri Lanka that runs through mine-fields and snake-infested jungle is to reopen on Monday, nearly a quarter of a …