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Russia has also exerted soft power in the CAR. Kremlin funding resurrected the Miss Central African Republic beauty pageant after a three-year break

The Antarctica ocean sanctuary plans are part of a push to protect the last pristine continent

Police use heavy machinery to remove protesters from a wooden structure in Trafalgar Square in London

The hapless assassins kept passing on the contract, each time taking a cut of the cash, in the hope that someone lower down the chain would actually carry out the killing

Kim Jong Un's announcement is a striking repudiation of what was once one of the two biggest inter-Korean projects

Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins both verbally agreed to fight for the third time to finally settle the score.

All 54 African states are sending a representative to the event in Russia's Sochi

The Russian squadron consisted of a Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, two nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers and three Sukhoi Su-27 air superiority fighters.

Carrie Lam's ouster won't stop the violence in Hong Kong's five month-long protests.

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal has backed a Houston Rockets official who triggered a row with China

Nike CEO Mark Parker said the management shakeup has nothing to do with recent scandals at the company

Sterling's modest decline came a day after it hit a five-month peak, and after parliament forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request another extension to Britain's scheduled exit from the European Union

Biogen surged 29% after it announced it would seek regulatory approval for an Alzheimer’s drug.

Facebook says the digitial coin Libra will be managed by an independent nonprofit association, not by the social network

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the proposed digital currency Libra would empower people and extend America's financial leadership in the world

A drone-like flying taxi whirred over Singapore's waterfront Tuesday, with the firm behind the test hoping the aircraft will revolutionise travel in traffic-choked Asian cities.The 18 propeller vehicle, developed by German firm Volocopter and with a pilot onboard during the test flight, took off from a promontory and flew for about two minutes and 30 seconds around the Marina Bay district.Heavy rains in the morning almost delayed the flight, but the skies cleared in time for the battery-operated, two-seater taxi to quietly fly past skyscrapers.

Burning rubber: Continental's share price rose four percent

McDonald's missed estimates on disappointing efforts to lure U.S. customers away from competitors.

China's foreign minister on Monday denounced months of pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong as "violence pure and simple", accusing foreign forces and the international media of fuelling the political crisis.The comments, in an exclusive interview with AFP, were the most direct condemnation from a top Chinese official of the protests that erupted five months ago and have seen millions of people take to the streets calling for greater democracy.

Uber chief product officer Manik Gupta said the company was doubling its technology team in India

Hampering Mosul's recovery are the number of checkpoints dotting the roads out of the city, where reportedly 'armed groups' collect informal customs fees