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France: 8th day of pension strikes cripple train travel
Paris commuters crammed into the city's only two working Metro lines as labor strikes over pension reforms crippled France's train services for an eighth day.
Fire on Russia's only aircraft carrier injures 2
A fire on Russia's only aircraft carrier injured two service members, Russian military officials said Thursday.
Pakistan charges 250 lawyers for treason in hospital assault
Pakistan on Thursday leveled "treason" charges against 250 lawyers who were part of a mob that stormed a hospital in the eastern city of Lahore the previous day, kicking and punching doctors and staff and trashing equipment and property, police said.
New European Central Bank chief holds her first rate meeting
Newly appointed European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde makes her first official assessment Thursday of the mixed bag that is the eurozone economy, which suffers from slowing manufacturing and global trade even as consumer spending helps prop up growth.
ADB trims India's growth forecast to 5.1 pct in current fiscal year
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut India's growth forecast from 6.5 percent to 5.1 percent for the current financial year (April 2019-March 2020), according to its official release.
Russia expels 2 German diplomats over Berlin murder probe
Russia expelled two German diplomats Thursday in retaliation for Germany ejecting two employees of the Russian Embassy in Berlin last week over a brazen killing last summer in the German capital.
North Korea berates US for criticizing its missile tests
North Korea accused the United States of "hostile provocation" on Thursday for criticizing its ballistic missile tests during a United Nations Security Council meeting and warned that the Trump administration may have blown its chance to salvage nuclear negotiations.
Britain goes to poll in historic election
Millions of voters on Thursday flocked to cast their ballots in Britain's third election in less than five years as polling stations opened across the country at 7:00 a.m. (0700 GMT).
Brazil's president says he has possible skin cancer
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he has a possible skin cancer after he had a mole removed from his ear.
Insider attack kills 7 police in S. Afghanistan
An insider attack on a police checkpoint killed seven police personnel in Shahr-e-Safa district of Afghanistan's southern Zabul province on Thursday, head of provincial council Ata Jan Haqbayan said.