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Nokia moves to finalise acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia said Thursday it was settling the ownership issue "through privately negotiated transactions".
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Disney opens first theme park in mainland China
Disney calculates there are 330 million people living within a 3-hour journey of Shanghai who are potential customers
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Gay couple ‘humiliated’ by Emirates staff in Dubai
Emirates issues apology to couple and calls for internal review
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Napster is back as digital music service Rhapsody rebrands
Napster was found to be facilitating music piracy and shut down by US courts in 2001, leading to bankruptcy
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Live-streaming of attacks a challenge for social media
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are struggling to find ways to keep out content that promotes violence.
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German minister tells doctors to be tougher on migrants facing deportation
Doctors issuing too many certificates where there is no real health reason not to deport someone, says Maiziere
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Live-streaming of attacks a challenge for social media
France killer posts live video of himself with victim's child on Facebook urging militants to carry out more bloodshed
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Pieces of missing EgyptAir plane found: investigators
Airbus A320 which had been en route from Paris to Cairo disappeared on May 19, with the loss of all 66 people on board
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French terrorist in cop stabbing case had ties to extremists in Pakistan
Witnesses say the man may have shouted “Allahu akbar” as he stabbed the policeman
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Bacha bazi: Afghan subculture of child sex slaves
The subculture of keeping boys for personal servitude and sexual pleasure is a centuries-old practice in Afghanistan
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11-foot alligator pulled from drain in Florida after ‘bad smell’ complaints
'Abnormally large’ alligator was found decaying in a pipe in a Fort Myers neighbourhood
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Threats against Muslims must stop after Orlando attack: US
Muslims in Mateen's hometown say they have endured death threats, profanity-laced taunts in recent days
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Taliban use 'honey trap' boys to kill Afghan police
The Taliban have used the pervasive practice to mount a wave of Trojan Horse attacks, killing hundreds of policemen
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Iran files complaint with ICJ to recover $2 billion frozen in US
The US Supreme Court ruled that the assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in a 1983 bombing
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Trump backs surveillance of mosques despite criticism of rhetoric
Trump repeated his call for a temporary ban on the entry of Muslims into the US
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Boy's body found after alligator attack at Florida Disney resort
There are signs prohibiting swimming at the lagoon but they do not warn about alligators
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Second gravitational wave detected from ancient black hole collision
Following February’s announcement, ripples have been spotted again from collision of second set of black holes
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US investigators question Orlando gunman's wife
Noor Salman was with Mateen when he cased possible targets in the past two months
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Orlando shooter not the only radical who frequented Florida mosque
This is the second time this house of worship has received unwelcomed publicity
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Facebook rolls out suicide prevention to users worldwide
Users will now be able to report concerning postings using a drop down menu
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Obama meets Dalai Lama behind closed doors
Dalai Lama has also increasingly spoken of succession and has not ruled out picking his reincarnation before his death
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Trump to meet NRA on terrorism 'watch list' gun restrictions
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has also supported gun control efforts
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IT worker at Panama Papers firm arrested in Geneva
Employee had been placed in provisional detention on suspicion of stealing a large haul of confidential documents
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Why do we call it the Schengen visa?
Here's a quick explainer
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India reforms to bring cheap air travel to millions
Indian government aims to increase domestic ticket sales to 300 million a year by 2022
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Myanmar censors ban movie at human rights film festival
The Austrian-directed film, "Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess," is set in mid-20th century Myanmar
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Kerry and Iran's Zarif discuss ways to renew Syrian truce, deliver aid
On Syria, where the war is in its sixth year, Kerry said he still hoped to be able to fully stop the fighting
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Bugs are food of the future, experts claim
Around 2 billion people eat insects as part of their everyday diet, says Terreform ONE co-founder Mitchell Joachim
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India launches emergency vaccine drive for new polio strain
Strain had not been seen in India for 17 years and the vaccines were not available locally in sufficient quantities
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India sentences man-eating lion to life — in the zoo
Seven lion attacks in villages near the Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat state have killed three people since March
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Iran accuses British-Iranian woman of bid to 'overthrow regime'
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an employee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested at Tehran airport
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Four Indonesians jailed over Islamic State-linked terror plot
The group assembled a bomb but were arrested by police just days before launching their attack
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'Emergency budget' warning as Brexit camp makes gains
Schools, hospitals and the army would all have their funding slashed if Britons vote to leave
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13-year-old gets standing ovation for her 'Trump' joke
Here's what the teenager had to say
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Pictures of the day: June 15, 2016
We look at 13 images from events around the world
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My father knew Islam is about peace, Muhammad Ali’s daughter says post-Orlando attack
Hana Ali pens her father’s views about Islam
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NATO demands Russia withdraw forces from Ukraine
US-led alliance will continue to stand by the government in Kiev
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Yemen peace talks broach military, security concerns: UN
Peace talks in Kuwait have completed their eighth week without any major breakthroughs
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Belgian police alerted to Islamic State fighters en route to Europe
The alert came two days after an attacker who pledged allegiance to Islamic State killed a French police commander
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China bans exports of nuclear-use technology to North Korea
The ban comes in the wake of UN resolution 2270, which aims to prevent the production of nuclear weapons
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France becomes first major nation to ratify UN climate deal
'Signing is good, ratifying is better' Hollande quipped at the Elysee Palace ceremony
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Indonesian accused of cyanide coffee murder on trial
Jessica Kumala Wongso denies the premeditated murder of her college friend Wayan Mirna Salihin
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Very hot drinks 'probably' cause cancer: UN body
IARC has reviewed more than 1,000 scientific studies on the possible cancer-causing properties of coffee
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Trial begins of German man accused in murder of migrant boy
The defendant confessed last year to killing Mohamed Januzi, a Bosnian boy and six-year-old Elias
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China's Xi to sign trade, aviation deals on eastern Europe visit
Chinese foreign direct investment to Europe hit a record high of 20 billion euros in 2015
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ASEAN countries retract statement expressing concerns on South China Sea
China, with its Nine Dash line on the South China Sea, stretches deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia
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French PM vows no climb down on reforms after violent demos
Critics see the reforms as skewed towards business interests, and strikes and clashes have flared.
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Solar, wind costs could fall up to 59% by 2025: study
Cost reduction conditional on policies curbing transaction costs, administrative procedures and approval processes
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Bangladesh police arm villagers against 'Islamist' militants
Police denied the scheme could be open to abuse, despite concerns from some human rights activists
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Women's clothing ‘causing rivers to run dry’, says senior Iranian cleric
Cleric urges Iran’s morality police to crack down on ‘improper veiling’

















































