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Speeding, driver error may be blamed for bus plunge in China

A bus crash in northeastern China that killed 10 South Koreans and the Chinese driver might have been caused by high speed and driver error, according to …

[Newsmaker] U.S., Cuba declare end of hostility
[Newsmaker] U.S., Cuba declare end of hostility

WASHINGTON ― After more than a half century of hostility, the United States and Cuba declared Wednesday they will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals …

US employers add 223K jobs; jobless rate falls to 5.3 pct.

U.S. employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, a seven-year low. The numbers reflect a job market moving …

Greece becomes first developed country to default on IMF
Greece becomes first developed country to default on IMF

Cash-strapped Greece missed a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) payment to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday as last-ditch efforts to find a compromise …

Merkel says unaware of new EU proposal on Greece

BERLIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she was not aware of any new EU debt deal proposal to Greece after European Commission chief …

Greece to miss IMF debt payment and bailout to expire

ATHENS (AP) – Greece is set to become the first developed nation to not pay its debts to the International Monetary Fund on time, as the country sinks …

Liberia announces return of Ebola

MONROVIA (AFP) – Liberia announced the return of Ebola on Tuesday following the death of a 17-year-old boy, dealing a worrying blow to the …

’113 people were on board crashed Indonesian military plane’

A total of 113 people were on board an Indonesian air force transport plane that crashed Tuesday into a major city on Sumatra island, the country’s air …

EU leaders urge Greeks to vote ‘yes’ to stay in euro as default nears
EU leaders urge Greeks to vote ‘yes’ to stay in euro as default nears

European leaders Monday pleaded with Greek voters to back hotly disputed bailout proposals in a crunch referendum or face leaving the euro as bank closures …

EU to make latest proposals on Greek crisis on Monday

The president of the European Commission will make his latest proposals later on Monday to try to avoid a Greek default, the EU commissioner of economic …

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