London's FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday as a surge in sterling pushed exporter stocks lower, missing out on a global rally led by growing hopes of a resolution to the US-China trade dispute. The FTSE

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Hurricane Dorian, which reduced much of the northern Bahamas to rubble and left at least 20 people dead, whipped the Carolinas Thursday, bringing lashing winds, heavy rainfall and the threat of dangerous storm surge to

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Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday. An exposed server stored 419 million records on

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Indian authorities should allow journalist Gowhar Geelani to travel freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. On August 31, immigration officials at the Indira Gandhi airport in New Delhi stopped Geelani, a Kashmiri

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China said Thursday it accepted Canada's choice for a new ambassador to Beijing but urged Ottawa to "reflect on its mistakes" amid diplomatic tensions between the countries. Relations nosedived in December after Canadian police arrested

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A six-year-old boy was among four people killed after severe flooding hit India's financial hub Mumbai, resulting in dozens of cancelled or delayed flights, officials said Thursday. Mumbai - home to 20 million people -

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Seven months after Huang Yu's pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the new Garlic was created by Chinese firm Sinogene, becoming the Beijing-based company's first

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A senior US official personally offered several million dollars to the Indian captain of an Iranian oil tanker suspected of heading to Syria, the State Department confirmed Wednesday. The Financial Times reported that Brian Hook,

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Iran is set to detail its latest cut to commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal on Saturday, in response to US sanctions and perceived inaction by other parties to save the accord. Iran's atomic energy

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ICE cotton futures rose more than 1% on Thursday as the threat from Hurricane Dorian resurfaced, while investors turned optimistic after Washington and Beijing agreed to hold high-level talks next month. The cotton contract for

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