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European states urge G-20 to share data on offshore accounts
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 4:42 pmMADRID (AP) — The European Union’s five biggest economies, including Germany and Britain, have agreed to share information on company ownership and are urging other… -
5th Kashmiri dies in weeklong clashes with Indian troops
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 4:10 pmSRINAGAR, India (AP) — Army troops in Indian Kashmir opened fire on protesters throwing rocks at a military camp in the troubled Himalayan region Friday,… -
Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects motion to block impeachment
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 3:30 pmRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a blow to President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s Supreme Court early Friday rejected a motion seeking to block an impeachment… -
Islamic leaders pledge to combat terrorism, sectarianism
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 3:15 pmISTANBUL (AP) — A two-day summit bringing together leaders of the Islamic world concluded in the Turkish city of Istanbul with a pledge to combat… -
Hungary buries remains of Holocaust victims found in Danube
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 2:59 pmBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Human remains found in 2011, including many believed to be of Jews shot on the banks of the Danube River near… -
Lay off the sauce, maker says
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 1:50 pmLONDON (AP) — Mars Food, the maker of Dolmio and Uncle Ben’s, says some of its sauces will soon carry labels suggesting they should be… -
US defense chief visits aircraft carrier in South China Sea
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 1:40 pmABOARD THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS (AP) — For the second time in five months, Defense Secretary Ash Carter landed aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier… -
Amnesty calls for release of 35 men detained in South Sudan
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 1:34 pmJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Amnesty International on Friday called for the release of 35 men the group says are being held illegally and without… -
Donation of surplus peanuts from US dismays Haiti farmers
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 1:08 pmMIREBALAIS, Haiti (AP) — The barefoot farmer oversees three teenage workers as they attack weeds with spades in a sunbaked field of peanut plants, a… -
Company of Russian owner of Brooklyn Nets searched in Moscow
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 1:07 pmMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s main domestic security agency has searched the offices of a company controlled by the billionaire owner of U.S. basketball team Brooklyn…