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Pets in China get a dose of acupuncture A rising number of pet owners in China are turning to alternative therapy and Chinese medicine to cure their animals' ailments. Pet owners in China are turning to acupuncture to help...

Germany Won't Tax You for Buying Coffee With Bitcoin   Germany won't tax bitcoin users for using the cryptocurrency as a means of payment, the Ministry of Finance has said. The guidance, published Tuesday, sets Germany apart...

Wildfires kill over 30 in Portugal and Spain   Wildfires in Portugal killed at least 27 and injured dozens more, with an unconfirmed number still missing, officials said on Monday. In neighbouring Spain, at least four...

15 Cancer Causing Foods You Probably Don’t Know We probably do not think the food we are eating every day might be cancer causing. However  there is a clear connection between food and cancer prevention. As cancer...

Kenyan supreme court annuls Uhuru Kenyatta election victory Six-judge bench rules 4-2 in favour of petition filed by rival candidate Raila Odinga and orders new vote within 60 days. https://youtu.be/36aGejTyONg Kenya’s supreme court has declared Uhuru Kenyatta’s...

The Eurozone Must Reform or Die Kenneth Rogoff Twitter: @KRogoff   OXFORD – With the election of a reform-minded centrist president in France and the re-election of German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeming ever more likely, is there hope...

Peru's congress ready to replace scandal-tainted president   Peru's congress was expected to vote Friday to accept President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's resignation and swear in as his replacement a politician who the vast majority of voters...

Angela Merkel holds on to power in German election – video     The German chancellor won a fourth term in office but Europe's most powerful leader will have to govern with a far less stable coalition...

Mega Pharma targets global pharmaceutical markets Author: Gianclaudio Broggi, CEO, Mega Pharma   As the Latin American market has slowed, pharmaceutical companies have faced numerous challenges. According to Mega Pharma, however, there are growth opportunities for those...

Mexico campaign closes with leftist Obrador looking unstoppable   As Mexico goes to polls on Sunday, opinion polls give leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado more than 20 percentage points lead over other presidential candidates. Mexico's presidential...

Day 10 of Turkey's military operation in Syria Tough terrain, difficult weather conditions and protecting civilians, all present persistent challenges to Turkish troops and Free Syrian Army forces in Turkey's Operation Olive Branch. Another 19...

Sacré blanc! Eiffel Tower remains closed as snow disrupts Paris   Traffic chaos in French capital as wintry weather hits country’s north.   The Eiffel Tower...

Santa Salsa   When you get off the L train in Williamsburg, you know you’re in the right place for delicious food in Brooklyn and get ready to take bite out of local culture, and South...

Wall Street predicts tech giants will only getting bigger in next 12 months   Amazon, Microsoft, Intel and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, add nearly $140 billion to their massive combined market value with Friday's...

1,000-year-old China Song dynasty bowl sells for record $37.7m   Bowl, originally designed to wash brushes, breaks record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby’s says. A 1,000-year-old bowl from China’s Song dynasty sold at auction for $37.7m...

In Pictures: Celebrating Buddha's birthday Celebrated in various countries, from India to Thailand, Myanmar, South Korea, and Malaysia, Wesak Day, as Buddha's birthday is known, is a festival that celebrates the birth, death and enlightenment...

Storms kill at least 47 as India temperatures soar     A fisherman and his wife row their boat in a fishing farm as it rains heavily on the outskirts of Kochi, India, May 29, 2018. Sivaram...

This Syrian artist turns bullet casings into works of art   Abu Ali uses spent casings to make toys for children in Douma province and to keep Syrians' suffering in the spotlight. Abu Ali is an artist...

Austria shifts to right as conservative star seals election win   Conservative leader Sebastian Kurz, 31, on track to become next leader after Sunday’s election but far-right Freedom Party could enter the government. Austria’s political “whizz-kid” Sebastian...

Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo   Google engineer James Damore caused a furore with an internal memo that suggested men naturally do tech better than women. Internet giant Google has fired the male engineer at the...

Two dead from Zimbabwe presidential rally blast     Medics attend to people injured in an explosion during a rally by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe June 23, 2018. Image: ...

Puerto Rican Newspaper Cans Popular Comic Strip, Raising Concerns Over Censorship Ángel Carrión   For Puerto Rican Congresswoman María Milagros “Tata” Charbonier, comic strips are no laughing matter. On July 11, the celebrated local comic strip Pepito made light...

Prisoners of Greek Islands   Refugee families trapped in Greek Islands are surviving various odds — from tackling violence to rape threats — with the hope that the European Union may agree to assimilate them into...

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...