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SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies on Tuesday unveiled a $2,800 tri-foldable phone as it seeks to extend its lead in the world’s biggest smartphone market and steal the spotlight from Apple hours after it debuted a new iPhone. … Read More

Opponent of Nicolas Maduro – widely seen as legitimate election winner – seeks asylum in Spain after being accused of a series of crimes The Venezuelan opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Edmundo González, has gone into exile in Spain, … Read More

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Islamic countries to form an alliance against Israel’s expansionism. His remarks followed the alleged killing of a Turkish-American woman by Israeli troops during a protest. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemned Erdogan’s statement as incitement … Read More

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that … Read More

NEAR ALLENBY BRIDGE CROSSING, West Bank, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said. … Read More

JERUSALEM, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, already at odds with coalition partners over demands to draft young religious men into the army, are again testing the unity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government with a challenge over education … Read More

After the news that Europe’s largest car producer VW may close two plants, experts are sounding the alarm that the downsizing of manufacturing isn’t just limited to the car industry. The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) says companies need … Read More

The decade of 1990 saw the launch of the one-child policy in China to address the issue of overpopulation.This led to an increase in the flow of children in state orphanages which eventually opened doors for international adoptions China announced … Read More

Greetings from Tyler, There seems to be some question as to whether they will put Donald Trump in jail over the New York charges.  All bets are off if they do that.  Sentencing has been delayed until after the election … Read More

On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron named Michel Barnier as the country’s new Prime minister. But will “Monsieur Brexit” be able to resolve France’s political deadlock? After a seven-week wait, Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator and a veteran … Read More

An armed man has been shot dead by German police near the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich. The man, identified by police as an 18-year-old Austrian national, was hit during an exchange of … Read More

BEIJING, Sept 5 (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing for more infrastructure projects, and the creation of at least 1 … Read More

Pope Francis brought up a topic that has rocked the American political discoursein recent months as he praised Indonesians for choosing large families over pets during the first stop of a historic four-country trip to Asia. The 87-year-old pontiff was … Read More

PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Nearly three months after plunging France into political crisis by calling a snap election, President Emmanuel Macron is struggling to name a new prime minister whom rivals will not immediately topple – and who will … Read More

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Ankara for the first presidential visit in 12 years, signaling a warming of relations with Turkey. The visit follows Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s trip to Cairo in February. Talks will focus on regional … Read More