Macron taps right-wing man as PM
Paris—French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday tapped a senior but low-profile bureaucrat as prime minister to replace Edouard Philippe, the ...
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US records 1 million COVID infections
Washington—The United States on Tuesday recorded its one-millionth coronavirus case as countries including Spain, Russia, and Nigeria took tentative steps ...
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Oil prices collapse on storage fear
Oil prices collapsed to more than two-decade lows Monday as traders grow concerned that storage facilities are reaching their limits, ...
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Global deaths exceed 30,000; Trump junks NY lockdown
Madrid--The coronavirus death toll shot past 20,000 in Europe on Saturday with Italy and Spain each reporting more than 800 ...
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French road strike drags despite government compromise
Paris, France"•A crippling French transport strike dragged into its 39th day on Sunday despite the government’s offer to withdraw the ...
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Europe heatwave seen to spike
Paris"•A dangerously intense heatwave across much of Europe is to spike even higher Thursday after already breaking records in several ...
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‘Desert Rose’ museum opens
Doha—Almost a decade in the making, three years late and at an estimated cost of $434 million, Qatar’s vast national ...
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Top Al-Qaeda commander killed in Mali
Bamako Mali—French armed forces have killed a top jihadist leader in an air and ground ambush in Mali, the government ...
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