Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday mocked his opponents' use of social media to mobilise protesters against his three-decade rule, saying that Facebook and WhatsApp can't replace presidents. Organisers of the anti-government protests that have

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Forty-seven migrants disembarked in the Sicilian port of Catania on Thursday, where the crew of the charity ship that rescued them feared legal action as Italy's far-right interior minister tries to stop new arrivals. The

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China's lunar lander has woken from a freezing fortnight-long hibernation to find night-time temperatures on the moon's dark side are colder than previously thought, the national space agency said Thursday. The Chang'e-4 probe - named

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Donald Trump's frustration over his campaign to fence off the US-Mexican border spilled into linguistic territory Thursday when the president declared himself fed up with people dancing around what to call his dreamed-of barrier. "Lets

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The United States is "disappointed" with Turkey's support of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a senior US official said Thursday, after Washington backed a bid by the South American's country's opposition to remove the leader

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President Donald Trump on Thursday touted the chances of success of US-China trade negotiations as the talks entered a second day, saying Beijing was eager to make a deal. In a morning series of tweets,

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Copper prices hit seven-week highs on Thursday as the dollar slipped after the US central bank signalled further interest rate rises could be shelved, but gains were capped by shrinking activity in China's manufacturing sector.

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Cocoa futures were slightly lower on Thursday, set to be among this month's weakest-performing commodity markets, while raw sugar and arabica coffee prices rose. March New York cocoa fell $6, or 0.3 percent, to $2,170

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Oil prices rose for a third straight day on Thursday, as production cuts curbed supply from OPEC and its allies, and US monetary policy appeared to be more favourable. OPEC oil supply has fallen in

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Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Thursday, after data from a cargo surveyor showed exports grew more slowly than expected in January. The benchmark palm oil contract for April delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives

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