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Toronto van attack suspect may have felt anger against women
April 25, 2018
Toronto van attack suspect may have felt anger against women
A chilling Facebook message posted before a van plowed onto a crowded Toronto sidewalk has raised the possibility the suspect…
Danish inventor convicted of reporter’s murder, gets life
April 25, 2018
Danish inventor convicted of reporter’s murder, gets life
Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen was found guilty Wednesday of torturing and murdering Swedish reporter Kim Wall during a private…
Millicent Fawcett: Suffragist becomes first woman honored in London’s Parliament Square
April 25, 2018
Millicent Fawcett: Suffragist becomes first woman honored in London’s Parliament Square
The statues of famous men in Britain’s Parliament Square have finally got female company. A memorial to an activist who…
Monkey cannot own copyright on grinning selfie, US court rules on PETA suit
April 25, 2018
Monkey cannot own copyright on grinning selfie, US court rules on PETA suit
Years after a macaque monkey snapped a viral selfie in Indonesia, a US court rejected a suit by PETA to…
Asaram Bapu: Controversial India guru convicted of teen devotee rape
April 25, 2018
Asaram Bapu: Controversial India guru convicted of teen devotee rape
A self-styled Indian guru has been found guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013. Authorities beefed up security…
Africa loses billions due to high cost of remittances
April 24, 2018
Africa loses billions due to high cost of remittances
Immigrants sent a $38 billion (€31.1 billion) back home to Africa in 2017, according to a new World Bank briefing…
German military draws up 450-million-euro wish list
April 24, 2018
German military draws up 450-million-euro wish list
Amidst criticism that the Germany’s military hardware is fast becoming obsolete, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen will ask…
G7 to study Russia’s ‘malign behavior’
April 24, 2018
G7 to study Russia’s ‘malign behavior’
The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries have agreed to set up a working group to study Russia’s “malign behavior,”…
Can Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron save the Iran nuclear deal?
April 24, 2018
Can Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron save the Iran nuclear deal?
When French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet President Donald Trump in the White House within days of each other, it will…
Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan resignation a blow to Russia foreign policy
April 24, 2018
Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan resignation a blow to Russia foreign policy
The list of post-Soviet revolutions keeps growing. After Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004 and 2014 and Kyrgyzstan in 2005,…