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Russia backs Bosnia’s integrity amid Serb calls for secession

Russia backs Bosnia’s integrity amid Serb calls for secession

  SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Russia supports the peace accords that ended Bosnia’s war in the 1990s and the country’s territorial…
Mass tourism threatens Croatia’s ‘Game of Thrones’ town

Mass tourism threatens Croatia’s ‘Game of Thrones’ town

  DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Marc van Bloemen has lived in the old town of Dubrovnik, a Croatian citadel widely…
Global waste to pile up by 70 percent in 2050

Global waste to pile up by 70 percent in 2050

  Global waste growth will outpace population growth by 2050, with most of the trash being generated in urban areas.…
US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

US sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and…
Empty places at the table: Uighur children missing in China

Empty places at the table: Uighur children missing in China

  ISTANBUL (AP) — Chinese authorities are placing the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into dozens of state-run orphanages across…
Vietnam’s president dies after viral illness

Vietnam’s president dies after viral illness

  HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, a former chief of internal security who became one of the…
‘High uncertainty’ hurting global growth, OECD says

‘High uncertainty’ hurting global growth, OECD says

  Global expansion is likely to slow as tensions kickstarted by US President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies hit world trade,…
Hungary sentences Syrian migrant to five years’ jail for border riot

Hungary sentences Syrian migrant to five years’ jail for border riot

  SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) – A Hungarian court sentenced a Syrian-Cypriot man to five years in prison on Thursday for…
EU leaders keep up pressure on May to take Brexit deal

EU leaders keep up pressure on May to take Brexit deal

  SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) – EU leaders lined up on Thursday to tell Theresa May she needs to give guarantees…
Japan’s Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM

Japan’s Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM

  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in…
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