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Zimbabwe will re-introduce a local currency “in less than 12 months”, after using the US dollar and regional currencies since a hyperinflation crisis a decade ago, the finance minister said in an interview published…

Donald Trump sold an estimated $35 million worth of real estate while serving in the White House last year, according to a Forbes analysis of local property records and federal filings. Although the president…

Firefighters are tackling a blaze in a business in the centre of Paris after a powerful explosion which injured at least 20 people, police say. The powerful explosion badly damaged a bakery in central Paris on Saturday,…

At the same time the FBI opened a probe into President Donald Trump for possible obstruction of justice after he fired FBI Director James Comey, counterintelligence agents were investigating why Trump was acting in…

Polish authorities have arrested two individuals and accused them of conducting espionage on behalf of the Chinese government, the Polish TV channel TVP has reported (via BBC). One is a Chinese man who is the head of…

The Canadian Parliament has announced plans to add more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. That's nearly one percent of the country's population each year. Canada welcomed more than…

Saudi Arabia on Thursday awarded a contract to build a $500 million wind farm, a first for the world’s top oil exporter as it pushes to diversify its energy sector. A consortium led by France’s EDF and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar…

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will skip the annual international conference at Davos, Switzerland if a government shutdown caused by the row over his demand for a US-Mexico wall isn’t resolved. Trump…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would withdraw its troops from Syria while continuing to finish the battle against ISIL. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Egyptian counterpart…

France on Thursday challenged the outcome of Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election, saying the declared victory of opposition chief Felix Tshisekedi was “not consistent” with the results and that his…

Paris’ first naked restaurant has closed its doors after just 15 months in business due to a lack of customers.O’Naturel’s opening in November 2017 made global headlines but its infamy seems to have done nothing for its shelf…

President Trump stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not fund a border wall even if he agreed to reopen the government, escalating a…

A Cambodian court jailed a man on Wednesday for three years for insulting the king in Facebook posts. It was the second known conviction under a new ‘lese majeste’ law enacted last year, which rights groups fear could be…

Police in Australia said on Wednesday they are investigating several suspicious packages sent 14 embassies and consulates, which media reports and other officials said included the U.S. and British missions. The…

A Saudi teenager who fled from her “abusive” family has been declared a legitimate refugee by the United Nations, the Australian government has said. Rahaf Alqunun, who fears being killed by her relatives if she…

A hammer-wielding man wounded 20 children in an attack at an elementary school in Beijing Tuesday with three suffering serious injuries, local authorities said.A male suspect was brought “under control” and the wounded pupils…

The Netherlands will give Britons a 15-month grace period to apply to stay after Brexit if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, a Dutch minister has said. The Dutch move is aimed at calming…

An Uber driver who went on a shooting spree that killed six people in the Midwestern US state of Michigan pleaded guilty to all charges Monday. In a surprise turn as the trial was scheduled to begin, Jason Dalton…

Norway got rich by selling oil—but it believes the fuel doesn’t have a future on its own roads. The country plans to end sales of all gasoline-powered cars by 2025.Based on the latest data from 2018, it seems to be heading in the…

President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, which has forced a shutdown of the US government now entering its third week.“We have to build the wall,” Trump…

Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers failed on Saturday to break a deadlock over a proposed border wall and end a two-week-old partial government shutdown, but will meet again…

Police in California on Saturday said three people were killed and four were injured in a shooting at a bowling alley near Los Angeles. Sergeant Ronald Harris of the Torrance Police Department confirmed to AFP that officers…

The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the New Year tuna auction at Tokyo’s new fish market. Kiyoshi Kimura, who owns the Sushizanmai chain,…

Kao Xiong, a California man has pleaded guilty to sending more than 150 threatening or hoax letters in 2017 to President Donald Trump and to former presidents, FBI offices and other individuals and businesses. Prosecutors say…