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Europe: Russia to set up own payment system

YoopyaMar 27, 2014September 26, 20230

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will set up its own payment system to rival Visa and MasterCard after the

Africa: Egypt appoints a new defense minister

YoopyaMar 27, 2014September 26, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s interim president has sworn in a new defense minister after the country’s army chief resigned so he could run in presidential

Obama tells Pope Francis he is a ‘great admirer’

YoopyaMar 27, 2014September 26, 20230

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, expressing his

India: India’s Congress Party promises jobs, universities

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 26, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s struggling Congress party appealed to its main constituency of poor voters in an election manifesto unveiled Wednesday that promises new

Science: Leaving politics behind, Russian-U.S. crew blasts off for space

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut blasted off for six-month stay aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, a partnership unaffected by

Africa: AU brands Central African Republic militia ‘terrorists’ after peacekeeper killed

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The African Union on Tuesday branded militia targeting Muslims in Central African Republic as terrorists and said they would be treated as enemy

Africa: Exclusive: South African military in ‘critical decline’, review says

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africa’s cash-strapped armed forces are in a critical state of decline that will take at least a decade to fix even with

World: Obama brokers Japan, South Korea talks as Pyongyang fires missiles

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama brought together the leaders of Japan and South Korea for their first face-to-face talks as a North Korean ballistic

Africa: Mali coup leader abandons hunger strike after stomach problems

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The leader of a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos two years ago, allowing Islamists to seize its desert north, has abandoned

India: India’s supreme court grants conditional bail to Sahara chief

YoopyaMar 26, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – India’s supreme court on Wednesday agreed to release on bail the head of the Sahara conglomerate, after setting certain conditions. The court asked