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The highest-profile political murder under Putin bodes well for no one
The murder in Moscow of an opposition politician in open view of the Kremlin shows only too well that anti-Western sentiment is now running wildWhoever killed Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on Friday night...
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5 options if Iran nuclear talks fail
As Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, prepares to criticise President Obama’s nuclear talks with Iran in a controversial address to Congress on Tuesday, those negotiations have been making...
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Your coffee is in danger — here's one scientist's plan to save it
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew have begun a desperate bid to find a new bean of coffee which can thrive as the climate warms, before the world's supplies run out.Currently, just one...
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Australian authorities are killing hundreds of koalas because of overpopulation
Australian authorities have killed almost 700 koalas in secret culls to prevent overpopulation in a coastal bushland region after members of a starving colony were seen “falling out of trees”.The...
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US Marshals are auctioning off 50,000 Bitcoins seized from the Silk Road
A batch of 50,000 Bitcoins seized from the Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht will be auctioned by the US government on Thursday, just weeks after he was convicted for drugs and money laundering...
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Why US death row is rotten and sadistic
This week, the US state of Georgia was getting ready to execute its first woman for 70 years.It was the second time Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 46, had prepared for the end – her first execution date had...
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REVEALED: The oil middleman between the Syrian regime and ISIS
A Syrian businessman described as the "middleman" for oil deals between ISIS and Bashar al-Assad's regime will be targeted for European Union sanctions on Saturday.The listing of George Haswani, the...
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Austria is fast becoming Europe's latest debt nightmare
A mini-Greece could go off in Europe's heartlands Ah Austria, land of schnitzel, lederhosen, Mozart, alpine meadows and beer drinking. Less widely appreciated is its special place in the history of...
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A timeline of how the Apple Watch was created
It's not easy to keep a lid on something when the whole world is clamouring to see it. When Apple chief executive Tim Cook finally unveiled the Apple Watch to the world in September 2014, it ushered in...
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Two Americans got arrested for carving their initials on the Roman colosseum...
Two American tourists have been arrested for engraving their initials on the walls of the Roman amphitheatre and posing for a selfieThe women, aged 21 and 25, from California, were spotted using a coin...
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Britain may broadcast Putin's financial secrets to Russia
Britain may broadcast the financial secrets of Russia’s ruling elite as part of the information war against the Putin regime, the Foreign Secretary has indicated.Philip Hammond said he was interested...
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That's a lot of snow
A tiny village in Italy is claiming to be one of the snowiest places in the world after it was smothered under more than eight feet (2.56 metres) of snow in less than 24 hours.An intense storm left the...
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Turns out the new Credit Suisse CEO survived a military coup, fumbled a $36...
For an Ivorian who studied in Paris, worked in America and spearheaded a British company’s expansion into Asia, perhaps running a Swiss bank is not such a strange move. But Tidjane Thiam’s appointment...
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'Everybody is reading' a paper about how the world is now at the mercy of the...
Sitting on the desks of central bank governors and regulators across the world is a scholarly report that spells out the vertiginous scale of global debt in US dollars, and gently hints at the horrors...
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The upcoming Israeli election is pivotal
Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future will turn on the outcome of Israel’s general election on Tuesday.The leader of the Right-wing Likud party – and Israel’s longest-serving prime minister since David...
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Jihadi John will keep his UK bank account
Only six out of more than 600 British jihadists have had their bank accounts frozen under special terror laws, according to an official report.The review also shows just £50,000 worth of assets was...
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The natural gas price crash could be next
Thought you had seen the last of the huge price movements in the energy markets? Well, think again.The supply glut which has led to a 50% slide in oil prices over the past year will begin to grip the...
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US urges allies to think twice before joining China-led bank
The United States urged countries on Tuesday to think twice about signing up to a new China-led Asian development bank that Washington sees as a rival to the World Bank after Germany, France and Italy...
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Companies are spending money they don't have to compete with Uber
Intensifying competition in the ride-sharing economy is driving taxi booking apps to spend every penny they have - and some that they don’t - just to keep up with the industry’s $40bn darling, Uber .In...
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Italian economist and ex-prime minister: 'France is the big problem of the EU'
Gallic nation threatens to blow Europe's Franco-German axis apart, warns former Italian prime ministerFrance has become Europe’s “big problem”, according to the former prime minister of Italy, who...
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