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Study: Venezuelans have lost more than 11 kilos on average in 2017 By Sabrina Martín   According to the survey, 87% of Venezuelan households live in poverty. Of that percentage, slightly more than half (56%) are recently...

Trump to Spanish monarchs at the White House: “I will visit Spain” Miguel González and Amanda Mars   King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have been on a five-day tour in America that has taken...

The Last Bastion of a Profitable Press Shashi Tharoor Twitter: @shashitharoor NEW DELHI – Around the world, newspapers seem to be facing imminent extinction, as a mass exodus to the Internet causes their circulation to slump and...

Israel to join US in quitting Unesco   Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, after US officials cited "anti-Israel bias". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised...

Suicide attack on Shia mosque kills at least 29 in Afghanistan   The attack in Gardez, the capital of eastern Paktia province, also wounded dozens, officials say. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Burqa-clad...

How to Lose Weight (Without Going on a Diet!)   Did you know losing weight is the #1 new year’s resolution for 2017? Yes, 21.4 percent of Americans can’t help but resolve to shed some pounds gained...

How the Clooneys should dress their newly born and soon-to-be-judged twins Hadley Freeman   All twin baby books will tell you to think of your children as individuals – but there are advantages to coordinating their clothes....

Greeks rally in Athens over Macedonia name row Lefteris Papadimas, Vassilis Triandafyllou ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Greeks rallied outside parliament in Athens on Sunday to protest against the use of the term Macedonia...

FIFA finds no cause to block Russia and Qatar World Cups Russia was awarded the 2018 World Cup and Qatar the 2022 tournament in a single, secret vote in Zurich in December 2010. A much-awaited FIFA...

Kenya's election rerun faces major hurdles   The courts may have agreed with Kenya's opposition that there were problems with the election and ordered a rerun. But this poll may too be scuppered if concerns in...

New Orleans, along with three other US states brace for Hurricane Nate     Nate has already halted 92 percent of oil output and 77 percent of natural gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico. It...

Basque nationalists confirm vote against Spanish PM Rajoy Basque Nationalist Party party confirmed it will vote against Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence motion. The Leader of the Basque Group in the Spanish Parliament,...

Kim Jong-un's sister heads North Korea's Winter Olympics delegation - video   https://youtu.be/-bLgqRcniPA   The North Korean leader's younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, arrives in South Korea as part of a high-level delegation attending the opening ceremony of the...

5 Reasons You Should Hire a Digital Marketing Expert for Your Parenting Blog by Dale Harris   Over 95% of blogs get abandoned within 4 months, according to research published in the New York Times. They can’t generate...

New drug approved in Japan can kill flu in one day   Manufacturers of Xofluza say a single pill of the new drug will kill the flu virus in just a day. Scientist Ryosuke Yazawa in University...

When big tech meets big government By PETER APPS The authorities in London have decided to strip Uber of its licence to operate in the city. PHOTO: REUTERS Fight between the London government and Uber is just the...

Winnie Mandela was a hero. If she’d been white, there would be no debate Afua Hirsch   Peaceful protest did not end apartheid: it took revolutionaries. And it shouldn’t be difficult to choose between a system...

Costa Rica president-elect Carlos Alvarado calls for unity   Carlos Alvarado, who has won Sunday's presidential election in Costa Rica, has called for unity after a divisive election campaign. The centre-left candidate won by a surprisingly wide...

Egyptian doctors take their skills to the kitchen   A group of doctors in Egypt are taking their skills to a restaurant to provide healthy and nutritious food in a market they believe is riddled with...

First Ebola vaccines given as WHO seeks to beat Congo outbreak   Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun a vaccination campaign aimed at containing the outbreak of the virus, Congo's ninth since...

Executive Order Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions with Respect to Venezuela Foreign Policy Issued on: May 21, 2018     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of...

Dozens dead as powerful earthquake hits central Mexico   The quake's epicentre was seven kilometres west of Chiautla de Tapia, in the neighbouring state of Puebla. Authorities say at least 50 people died from the 7.1...

Lebanon blamed for 'unjustifiable expulsion' of Syrian refugees   Human Rights Watch report says Lebanese municipalities have expelled hundreds of Syrians from their homes since 2016. Displaced people who fled the Syrian war stand next to their...

Cheesed off: Amsterdam to curb tourist shops amid visitor influx by Elle Hunt   New outlets largely catering to visitors, such as bike rentals, will be banned from the city’s historic centre. Amsterdam is banning new shops targeting...