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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank cut one of its key interest rates and promised to unveil more stimulus measures on Thursday in an …

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency launched a rocket Thursday carrying two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so …

ANKARA (AFP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey had proof Russia was involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State group in …

MOSCOW (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed Turkey’s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Russia’s …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is nearly doubling the amount of renewable energy feeding its massive data centers that enable more than 1 billion people to …

BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Union launched a probe Thursday into US fast food giant McDonald’s tax deals with Luxembourg, widening an …

LONDON (AP) — British Tornados struck oil fields that help finance the activities of the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send reconnaissance …

MANILA (AP) — China’s economy will grow slightly faster than expected this year at 6.9 percent and its shift to fostering services and private …

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AFP) — Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of murder on Thursday after South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal threw out a …

When she was being tortured under Brazil’s military dictatorship, Dilma Rousseff could never have imagined becoming the country’s first female president. …