Archive for the May 7, 2017
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An 85-year-old Nepali man attempting to become the oldest to climb Mount Everest died at the base camp on Saturday, a hiking official said, the second climber to die in a week while preparing to
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Argentina's government on Saturday publicly rejected a Supreme Court ruling that trims the sentences of those convicted for crimes committed during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship. "We reject the '2-for-1' concept and we reject that
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Chinese courts have sentenced 19 government officials and one business leader to prison for up to 20 years for their roles in a landslide which killed more than 70 people. The disaster occurred in Shenzhen,
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Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days starting on Saturday to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinians to return home, officials said. The move, described by Palestinian border officials as
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A draft of President Donald Trump's new counterterrorism strategy demands that US allies shoulder more of the burden in combating Islamist militants, while acknowledging that the scourge will never be totally eliminated. The 11-page draft,
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Swiss commodities trading group ECOM has received approval from German cartel authorities to purchase German cocoa grinder Euromar Commodities GmbH which declared insolvency in December, Euromar's insolvency administrator said on Tuesday. Production at Euromar's plant
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Nickel has gone from bull hero to zero in the space of just a couple of months. In early March, when London nickel was trading above $11,000 per tonne, it was the best performer among
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US corn planting likely remained well behind last year's pace as heavy rain across the Midwest and snow in the US Plains during the weekend hindered farmers' attempts to seed, analysts said on Monday. The
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A rally in the euro has dented prospects for EU wheat exports for the end the 2016/17 season, potentially taking the shine off unexpectedly brisk shipments earlier to destinations from Vietnam to Turkey. Despite a
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Supply and demand in the oil market could fall into balance by the end of this year if Opec and its partners extend their deal to reduce crude output, a Reuters survey forecast on Friday.
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