American prisoner relates experiences as prisoner of North Korea
QUEZON City, Philippines - Freed American prisoner, Kenneth Bae, related his experiences as a prisoner of North Korea for two…
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Philips says to spin off lighting branch in ‘historic’ IPO
HAGUE , Netherlands (AFP) -- Electronics giant Philips announced Tuesday it was floating its lighting arm on the stock market…
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Britain’s Harry and Canada’s Trudeau drop puck at Invictus Games launch
TORONTO, Canada (Reuters) -- Britain's Prince Harry and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped the puck for sledge hockey athletes…
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Lufthansa flies into red in first quarter
FRANKFURT , Germany (AFP) -- German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday that one-off effects and price pressures pushed it into a…
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San Francisco’s revamped modern art museum eyes global splash
by Sophie ESTIENNE SAN FRANCISCO ,United States (AFP) -- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopens in mid-May after…
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Olympics: S. Korean head of 2018 Winter Games resigns
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) -- The chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea resigned Tuesday less than…
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‘Impossibly rare’ violet diamond found in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia's remote Argyle mine,…
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Emotional return as first U.S. cruise in decades reaches Cuba
(Reuters) Hundreds of tourists and a handful of emotional Cuban-Americans arrived on the first U.S. cruise ship to sail…
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NBA: Oklahoma roar back to level in Spurs thriller
LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) -- Russell Westbrook scored 29 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder roared back into…
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HSBC Q1 net profit down 18 percent at $4.3 bn
HONG KONG , China (AFP) -- HSBC's net profit was down 18 percent at $4.3 billion in the first quarter,…
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