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‘Second skin’ may eliminate wrinkles, eye bags

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- US scientists have developed a new, transparent polymer material that temporarily tightens sagging skin and eliminates…

Bomb sweeps, bag checks as terror threat looms over Cannes

CANNES, France (AFP) -- Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the Cannes film festival, opening this week under maximum security…

Panama Papers database on shell companies goes online

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) by Paul Handley The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on Monday published online detailed data from the…

Brazil impeachment drive against Rousseff tips into chaos

BRASILIA Brazil (AFP) - by Damian Wroclavsky The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion Monday when the…

Saudi police shoot dead suspected jihadist

RIYADH , Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi security forces on Monday shot dead a suspected jihadist in the western province…

Austrian chancellor quits after far-right triumph

by Simon STURDEE VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quit Monday, bowing to intense pressure two weeks after…

Russia and US to ‘redouble’ efforts for Syrian political settlement

MOSCOW ,Russia (AFP) -- Russia and the United States on Monday agreed to step up efforts to find a political solution…

At least 81 injured in downtown Cairo fire

CAIRO , Egypt (AFP) -- At least 81 people including firefighters suffered minor injuries on Monday when a fire spread…

China landslide death toll rises to 31

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The number of bodies recovered from a landslide that engulfed workers at a Chinese construction site…

N. Korea detains, expels BBC reporter

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) -- A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained, interrogated for eight hours and eventually…

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