European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic announced Friday he will run for Slovak president as a non-partisan with backing from the ruling populist party. The EU and Nato member country of 5.4 million people will

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A British Royal Navy sailor accused of taking part in the gang rape of a Canadian woman at a military barracks was acquitted Friday of sexual assault. Darren Smalley was the only person tried over

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepared to fly commercially to Afghanistan after President Donald Trump blocked her from using military aircraft, but she delayed the trip on Friday after the administration leaked the plans, her office

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At least 40 people have died and more than 1,000 have tested positive for swine flu since the beginning of this year in a western Indian state popular with foreigners, authorities said Friday. Last year

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A top North Korean general on Friday met President Donald Trump at the White House to prepare a fresh summit, a sign of progress in reaching a denuclearization deal that could end decades of hostility.

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Chinese stocks rose on Friday, posting their third straight week of gains, buoyed by hopes that Beijing and Washington could reach a deal to end their tariff war. The blue-chip CSI300 index closed up 1.8

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Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street as investors took heart from a report the US could lift trade tariffs on China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.29 percent or

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Technology and industrial stocks powered Wall Street's rise on Friday, setting the three main indexes on track for their fourth week of gains, amid growing optimism that the United States and China would resolve their

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US stocks advanced on Thursday as hopes of a resolution to the trade dispute between the United States and China boosted industrial shares and lifted investor sentiment. Stocks spiked higher in afternoon trading after the

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The Hong Kong shares rose on Friday amid optimism the United States and China were moving toward resolving their protracted trade dispute, and as technology and property stocks rallied. The Hang Seng index settled 1.3

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