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Three US female tourists found dead at Belize beach resort
3 American women found dead in Belize hotel of likely drug overdose

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Three American women were found dead over the weekend at a beach resort in Belize, police said. Officials are...

China launches live-fire drills after Vietnam's territorial claim
China holds exercises in Gulf of Tonkin after Vietnam dispute

BANGKOK, Thailand: Chinese authorities said they started live-fire military exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin this week, just days after...

French warships join Philippines for South China Sea Drills
French aircraft carrier stages drills with Filipinos in disputed sea

ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE, Philippines: France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its warships arrived in the Philippines over...

Fresno State suspends two players, removes one amid gambling probe
Fresno State suspends 2 players, removes another in gambling probe

FRESNO, California: Fresno State suspended two of its top men's basketball players last weekend and removed a third player from the...

Poland to continue covering Ukraine’s Starlink costs, says deputy PM
Poland paying for Ukraine's Starlink subscription, says deputy PM

WARSAW, Poland: Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski confirmed over the weekend that Poland has been covering the cost of Ukraine's...

Opinion - Israel's government exploited hostages
Israeli government accused of lying its way through 15 months-war

Israel sustained the West's support for its slaughter in Gaza for 15 months only through an intensive campaign of lies. It invented...

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G20 poverty summit struggles as key finance leaders skip meeting
No-shows, aid cuts mar G20 meet on global poverty

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: An international summit on global poverty faced setbacks this week as key finance leaders skipped the G20...

Home Depot sees sales rebound in Q4 after two-year slump
Home Depot snaps same-store sales slump in Q4 with demand improving

ATLANTA, Georgia: After two years of declining same-store sales, Home Depot finally saw a turnaround in the fourth quarter, fueled...

U.S. stocks rally despite Trump doubling-down on tariffs
Dow Jones closes up 601 points Friday, Nasdaq Composite 303 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rallied on Friday as economic data showed the U.S. Federal Reserve has likely tamed inflation. The...

Personal Consumption Expenditures price index in January improves slightly
Consumption index confirms U.S. inflation under control

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Federal Reserve seemingly has inflation under control with the latest econbomic data confirming little push...

Arctic’s Svalbard Seed Vault to receive 14,000 new samples
Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A remote Arctic facility designed to preserve the world's agricultural diversity is set to receive a major new...

BP shifts focus back to fossil fuels, scaling down renewable goals
BP to end renewables goals, return focus to fossil fuels

LONON, U.K.: British Petroleum is set to abandon its ambitious renewable energy expansion targets in favor of a stronger focus on fossil...

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