Up to 1,000 tourists were stranded in New Zealand's Golden Bay Wednesday after the remnants of Cyclone Gita buffeted the South Pacific nation, officials said. Authorities said they were considering sending ferries to ship the

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday sought to dispel perceptions his administration is too close to Sikh separatists, officials said, a controversy that has overshadowed his trip to India. Trudeau's visit has been dogged

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President Donald Trump's two top envoys on the Middle East told UN Security Council ambassadors that they hope for their support for the upcoming peace plan, diplomats said. Jason Greenblatt, the US envoy for Middle

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Germany's biggest-selling daily Bild came under pressure on Wednesday after a satirical magazine claimed it made up emails published by the newspaper that suggested Russian meddling in German politics. Bild on Friday ran a story

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The Red Cross demanded access Wednesday to a rebel-held enclave near Damascus where Syrian jets have been raining bombs in a four-day blitz that has killed more than 300 civilians. The United Nations chief Antonio

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Argentina could harvest fewer than 50 million tonnes of soybeans in the 2017-18 crop year, the lead analyst at the Rosario grains exchange told Reuters on Wednesday, as a prolonged drought looks set to continue

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Copper steadied on Wednesday after hitting a one-week low earlier in the session as investors moved into the safety of the dollar before the release of the minutes from the US Federal Reserve's most recent

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Shipments of oil products from a Russian Black Sea port, hit by a managerial conflict, have "collapsed", Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Wednesday. A Transneft spokesman said as many as six tankers have

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Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday ahead of data expected to show rising crude inventories in the United States and as the dollar strengthened from last week's three-year lows. Brent crude futures settled 17

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Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rose for a third straight session on Wednesday, continuing to rebound from an eight-month low hit last week, on the back of a weaker yen against the dollar, brokers said. TOCOM

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