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French court to deliver verdict in Sarkozy corruption trial

PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will on Thursday learn his fate in a corruption trial in which he is accused of taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help finance his 2007 election campaign. French prosecutors have requested a ...
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Australia’s social media ban for teens draws praise at UN

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promoted his government’s world-first teen social media ban at an event in New York, warning the challenges posed by social media for children was “constantly evolving”. Governments and tech firms are closely watching Australia’s effort to become the ...
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Australia’s iconic beach boxes lack the comforts of home but can cost more than a house

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The iconic, brightly painted coastal sheds in and around Melbourne, Australia, are a quirky real estate mix: absolute beachfront views, but lacking basic features including a bedroom, bathroom, running water and even power. While they lack homely comforts, some can sell ...
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Hong Kong reopens after world’s most powerful cyclone Ragasa

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong resumed flights out of its international airport on Thursday after a 36-hour suspension, reopening businesses, transportation services and some schools after the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year lashed the financial hub. Ragasa brought the densely populated city to ...
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Factbox-Drones and cyber outages exposing aviation weak spots since 2017

(Reuters) -Denmark’s Aalborg airport, used for commercial and military flights, was closed due to drones in its airspace, police said early on Thursday, two days after Copenhagen airport was shut over drone sightings that raised European security concerns. A string of drone sightings and digital ...
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From ‘bobolee’ to ‘pholourie,’ the Oxford English Dictionary adds 12 new Caribbean words

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognized on Wednesday. The longest of the words is “carry-go-bring-come,” and it dates from 1825. Variations ...
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A friendly Trump-Lula encounter could pave the way for a thaw in US-Brazil relations

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used his speech at the United Nations General-Assembly to criticize the unilateral moves by his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump. He will leave with a pledge to discuss tariffs with the American leader — ...
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Russian aircraft damaged after contact with second plane on taxiway

(Reuters) -An aircraft belonging to the Russian airline Rossiya suffered damage to its tail after coming into contact with another plane on a taxiway at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported. The agencies said the aircraft, a Sukhoi Superjet, had been readying ...
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Baltic states hopeful, but not reassured over US force posture in Europe

By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States’ Baltic allies continue to lobby and are hopeful that Washington will keep thousands of its troops in Europe, notably in countries closest to Russia, but they have yet to receive the assurances they seek, ministers said. Since ...
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Exclusive-Trump to meet Pakistan PM Sharif on Thursday, official says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, a Trump administration official told Reuters. (Reporting by Saeed Shah and Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Kim Coghill) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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Taiwan foreign minister attends event on sidelines of U.N. assembly

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung was in New York this week and met diplomatic allies on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), according to a Facebook post and a source with knowledge of the matter. Lin’s visit came ...
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Taiwan revises down Super Typhoon Ragasa death toll to 14, but 33 missing

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s fire department on Thursday revised down to 14 the death toll from a typhoon this week on its remote east coast, but said 33 people were still unaccounted for. The deaths happened after Super Typhoon Ragasa’s outer bands brought heavy rain to ...
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