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[Newsmaker] Anger as U.S. accused of spying in France
[Newsmaker] Anger as U.S. accused of spying in France

PARIS ― Embarrassed by leaked conversations of three successive French presidents and angered by new evidence of uninhibited American spying, France demanded …

[NEWSMAKER] U.S. retailers pull Confederate flag
[NEWSMAKER] U.S. retailers pull Confederate flag

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Walmart and Amazon will no longer stock merchandise bearing the Confederate flag after the Charleston church massacre, in a growing …

Dinner blooms for the tummy
Dinner blooms for the tummy

Edible flowers are catching on ― Tokyo now has a shop specializing in them. But do they really taste good? And how do you eat them? Pink alyssum and …

Forest spirits: Strange tales from the jungle
Forest spirits: Strange tales from the jungle

Nobody can “scientifically” prove (or disprove) if mountain spirits really caused the earthquake at Mount Kinabalu after being angered by rude nudists who …

Samsung, Elliott all out to win support ahead of showdown

Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, and a U.S. hedge fund opposing the group’s plan to merge its key units, are expected to ramp up …

Shootings highlight dark past for Charleston race relations

With a dark past and complicated present, race relations have always been a challenge in Charleston, the city where police say a young white man shot nine …

[Weekender] How drones do and don’t deliver
[Weekender] How drones do and don’t deliver

Koreans are known for their impatient temperament and cutting-edge innovations, but not even Korea has developed the idea of deliveries to your door by drone. …

Greek leader takes tough stance on bailout despite warnings

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says demands by the country’s rescue lenders to slash pensions are “incomprehensible” and warned that a failure …

EU said to extend Russia sanctions amid elusive peace in Ukraine

European Union governments struck a preliminary accord to extend sanctions against Russia by six months to the end of January, to keep up the pressure on the …

[Newsmaker] Donald Trump running for U.S. presidency
[Newsmaker] Donald Trump running for U.S. presidency

NEW YORK ― Property tycoon Donald Trump, one of America’s most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, threw his hat into the 2016 race Tuesday for the …

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