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German President Warns Of Limits To Number Of Refugees

Germany's president has warned that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for as many as 800,000 arrivals this year, showing growing concern even at the highest level over how to look...

Taliban Breach Defenses Of Kunduz City In Afghan North

Taliban fighters launched a three-pronged offensive on the capital of the northern Afghan province of Kunduz on Monday, fighting their way through the main entrances to the city, burning buildings and briefly taking over a hospital. Breaching a provincial capital...

Hundreds Gather In Hong Kong To Mark Anniversary Of Protests

About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters on Monday to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The demonstrations last year, when activists...

Anti-India Protests Erupt In Nepal As Fuel Rationing Bites

Protesters marched in Nepal's capital on Monday, carrying an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing their giant neighbor of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics over the adoption of a new constitution. Tension between the...

Obama, Putin To Confront Tensions On Syria, Ukraine

Face-to-face for the first time in nearly a year, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday will confront rising tensions over Moscow's military engagement in Syria, as well as the stubborn crisis in Ukraine. Underscoring their deep...

Comcast To Buy 51 Percent Of Universal Studios Japan For $1.5 Billion

U.S. cable company Comcast Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Osaka-based theme park operator USJ Co for $1.5 billion. Comcast said in a statement Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Seoul-based private equity firm...

Shell Pulls The Plug On Arctic Exploration

Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its Arctic search for oil after failing to find enough crude in a move that will appease environmental campaigners and shareholders who said its project was too expensive and risky. Shell has spent about $7...

Oil Prices Ease As Demand Outlook Eclipses Supply Falls

Oil prices eased on Monday, paring some of last week's 2 percent rally, despite evidence of slowing U.S. production and a fourth weekly increase in U.S. investor holdings of crude futures. High oversupply and concern about demand growth in emerging...

Alcoa To Split Into Two Companies In Second Half Of 2016

Metals firm Alcoa Inc said on Monday it would split into two publicly traded entities, acknowledging that its legacy aluminum operations and higher-value and automotive businesses were diverging and no longer compatible. New York-based Alcoa's traditional smelting business has been...

Dangote To Inaugurate Tanzanian Cement Plant Oct 10

BEVERLY HILLS, September 28, (THEWILL) – Africa’s foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement, said on Monday that it is set to commission its new 3.0 million metric tonnes per annum cement plant located in Mtwara District of Tanzania on October...

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