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Google unveils Google Home, looks to compete with Amazon’s Echo 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Erik Kay, engineering director at Google, speaks on stage during the Google I/O 2016 developers conference in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 18,...

Lincoln documents expected to fetch millions in NY 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

An employee adjusts a display of two significant and foundational documents of the US, the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment signed by...

Female Sierra Leone athete "missing" after Switzerland event 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Aminata Turay Photo courtesy: Twitter/ @morrisjr88 Freetown: The Sierra Leone Volleyball Association announced Wednesday that one of its two athletes at the Under...

Fires strip away shine of Canada's oil eldorado 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A Canadian flag flies over damage caused by a wildfire, which prompted the mass evacuation of over 88,000 people, in Fort McMurray, Alberta,...

Freed anti-slavery campaigner says he will run for Mauritania presidency 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Mauritania anti-slavery activist Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid (C) is welcomed by supporters as he walks out of jail after the country's supreme...

After long delay, IMF review agrees new funds for Ukraine 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: An International Monetary Fund team has agreed to the release of $1.6 billion in fresh funds to Ukraine after a long delay...

Chibok girl rescue raises hopes for others held by Boko Haram 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Undated picture released on May 18, 2016 by Nigeria army of rescued Chibok schoolgirl and her baby in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Nigeria Military/Handout via...

Founder of anti-immigrant ‘Soldiers of Odin’ sentenced for assault 19 May 2016 - 12:00 am

he group calling themselves the 'Soldiers of Odin' carry a placard during a demonstration in eastern Finland. Reuters. HELSINKI: A Finnish court handed...

Healthy, educated women lead to healthy economies 18 May 2016 - 06:38 pm

Egyptian-American community activist Rana Abdelhamid demonstrates how to hold ones fist for an attack punch during a self-defense workshop for Muslim women in...

Islamic State militians killed in Mosul clashes with peshmerga 18 May 2016 - 06:35 pm

By Idris Okuducu MOSUL, Iraq: Some 60 militants from the Islamic State terrorist group were killed in clashes with peshmerga forces in Iraq’s...

Wave of strikes and protests rock France 18 May 2016 - 06:33 pm

French Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri speaks during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on May...

First Palestinian Museum opens in West Bank 18 May 2016 - 05:52 pm

A Palestinian woman tour at the Palestinian Museum for Arts and History during the opening ceremony, in West Bank town of BirZeit, north...

Duterte to Obama: Philippines open to talks with China 18 May 2016 - 05:45 pm

A supporter of president-elect Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte wears a "Duterte Shirt" while taking a selfie photograph with other supporters at a life-sized cutout...

Egypt police face trial for alleged assault on doctors 18 May 2016 - 05:17 pm

Cairo: Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday referred nine policemen to trial for allegedly using violence against two doctors at a public hospital when they...

Kyrgyzstan jails ex-premier's son for spying 18 May 2016 - 05:08 pm

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A court in Kyrgyzstan has jailed the son of a former prime minister for 12 years for treason, a spokesman said...

Director at Cannes urges Duterte to 'change' Philippines 18 May 2016 - 04:46 pm

An enterprising vendor prints "Duterte Shirt" of president-elect Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte along a sidewalk in his hometown in Davao city in southern Philippines,...