A French court on Tuesday sentenced the former head of a Thai budget airline to four years in jail over a 2007 crash that killed 90 people, nearly two-thirds of them foreigners. The suit, filed

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Hong Kong's embattled leader insisted Tuesday she had no intention of stepping down after an audio recording emerged of her saying she wanted to quit over three months of unrest in the southern Chinese city.

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Hundreds of doctors in public hospitals across Zimbabwe went on strike on Tuesday demanding their salaries be pegged to the US dollar in the face of spiralling living costs. "We are not in the wards,

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Walmart announced Tuesday it will halt sales of ammunition for handguns and some military-style rifles used in some hunting rifles, calling the status quo on guns in the United States "unacceptable." The moves came a

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A military tribunal in Burkina Faso on Tuesday handed down a sentence of 30 years to the wife of a general convicted of leading a deadly coup bid four years ago. The prison term imposed

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A 14-year-old boy shot and killed all five members of his family in the US state of Alabama and then called police and confessed to the crime, local law enforcement said Tuesday. Three of the

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President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ruled out holding any bilateral talks with the United States and threatened to further cut Iran's commitments to a nuclear deal within days. Iran and three European countries - Britain,

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ICE cotton futures fell to a one-week low on Tuesday as the threat from Hurricane Dorian lost its edge and trade negotiations between the United States and China showed no progress. The cotton contract for

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Nickel prices clung to five-year highs on Tuesday after Indonesia spurred fears of shortages by banning exports of ore from January. Indonesia, the world's biggest nickel ore producer, on Friday brought forward a plan to

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Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with US crude futures down 2% after manufacturing data raised concerns about a weakening global economy, while the US-China trade dispute continued to drag on investor sentiment. US West Texas

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