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India likens crypto cash to Ponzi schemes

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India warned Friday against investing in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, likening them to "Ponzi schemes", as it became…

Ivory Coast woman who swallowed over 1kg of cocaine held at Thai airport

  BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of…

South Korea seizes Hong Kong ship for oil transfer to North: Seoul

SEOUL. South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea briefly seized and inspected a Hong Kong-registered ship in November for transferring oil products…

Mumbai fire kills at least 15, according to police

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Fire tore through a Mumbai building where a rooftop party was being held early…

Russia probe makes US ‘look very bad’: Trump

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump Thursday said he believes the probe into Russian meddling in the…

Apartment fire considered New York’s worst in decades, kills 12 in the Bronx

by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A fire tore through a Bronx apartment building…

More than 40 dead in IS-claimed attack targeting Shiites in Kabul

by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- More than 40 people were killed and dozens wounded in…

Putin warns terror suspects can be killed ‘on the spot’

by Anna SMOLCHENKO with Marina KORENEVA in Saint Petersburg Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Trump ‘disappointed’ in China over NKorea sanctions

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump -- who has often hailed China's efforts to put pressure on…

From stardom to politics: some precedents

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Former international football star George Weah, who has won Liberia's presidential run-off, follows several celebrities who…

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