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The NY entrepreneur swapping start-ups for charity 29 Jun 2016 - 12:31 pm

Alexandre Mars, founder and CEO of Epic Foundation, speaks at an event in New York, on June 6, 2016. AFP New York: After...

Trudeau hosts Obama and Pena Nieto amid Brexit drama 29 Jun 2016 - 12:28 pm

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) responds to a question as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) listens during a youth question and...

Italy recovers 2015 sunk migrant boat, hopes to ID victims 29 Jun 2016 - 12:27 pm

AFP/ File photo/ for representation only By NICOLE WINFIELD ROME: The Italian navy said Wednesday it has recovered the migrant ship that sank...

Cold kills homeless in Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest city 29 Jun 2016 - 12:25 pm

Homeless children spend the night on the street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 26, 2016. AFP / Miguel Schincariol / Sao...

Cracks show inside Islamic State's shrinking caliphate 29 Jun 2016 - 12:22 pm

An IS flag hangs amid electric wires over a street in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon...

Drug pusher deaths jump as Philippine leader takes office 29 Jun 2016 - 12:13 pm

This photo taken on June 27, 2016 shows Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte gesturing as he speaks before city hall employees in Davao City,...

Murders, violence on rise as parched central India battles for water 29 Jun 2016 - 12:05 pm

By Shuriah Niazi BHOPAL, India: Imrat Namdev and her younger sister Pushpa Namdev were neighbors in Chhatarpur district, in the drought-hit Indian region...

Bombing in Kurdish-controlled Syrian town kills at least five -witnesses 29 Jun 2016 - 11:57 am

AMMAN: At least five people were killed and scores injured on Wednesday in a bomb attack on a local administrative office in the...

Scotland determined to stay in EU, Sturgeon says in Brussels 29 Jun 2016 - 11:49 am

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is welcomed by European Parliament President Martin Schulz ahead of a meeting at the EP in Brussels, Belgium,...

Syria rebels battle IS at Iraqi border, aim to cut "caliphate" in two 29 Jun 2016 - 11:48 am

File photo of Syrian rebels. Reuters By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Tom Perry AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian rebels advanced into an Islamic State-held town at the...

Mongolians vote for new parliament with economy on the rocks 29 Jun 2016 - 11:19 am

Villagers leave a polling station after voting for the parliamentary elections in Mandalgovi. AFP / JOHANNES EISELE By Terrence Edwards ULAANBAATAR: Mongolians voted...

Indonesia plans peat monitoring system to curb choking haze 29 Jun 2016 - 11:16 am

A passenger wearing a mask stands in thick haze as he waits for his ferry. Reuters Jakarta: Indonesia is planning a hi-tech monitoring...

Insight: For one UK firm, Brexit vote means expansion abroad, not at home 29 Jun 2016 - 11:04 am

Project Co-ordinator, Ollie Khabiri, unpacks and checks child size crash test dummies (Anthropomorphic Test Devices) at the headquarters of ENCOCAM, in Huntingdon, Britain,...

Sanders: Brexit's message could draw Trump support in US 29 Jun 2016 - 10:53 am

File photo of Bernie Sanders. Reuters New York: The same popular frustration that saw a majority of Britons vote to abandon the EU...

Suspected Islamic State suicide bombers kill 36 at Istanbul airport 29 Jun 2016 - 10:31 am

Forensic police work the explosion site at Ataturk airport on June 28, 2016 in Istanbul after two explosions followed by gunfire hit Turkey's...

Iran suspends all flights to Istanbul airport after attack 29 Jun 2016 - 10:30 am

A Turkish riot police officer patrols Ataturk airport`s main enterance in Istanbul, on June 28, 2016. AFP / OZAN KOSE DUBAI: Iran said...

EU should sanction Russia over Syria: Syrian opposition 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Basma Kodmani Geneva: The European Union should consider slapping sanctions on Russia for violating the ceasefire in Syria, a high-ranking member of the...

EU leaders tell Britain to exit swiftly, market rout halts 29 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

French President Francois Hollande (C-R) greets European Union High representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini (C-L), as Estonian Prime Minister...