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Panama law firm helped Cuba thwart US embargo: report
09 Jun 2016
Cuba’s ministry of foreign trade, through the Compañía Panamericana SA, used Mossack Fonseca to create a string of disguised companies in Panama, the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands that bought and sold medicines, cigars and food
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Angela Merkel is Forbes Woman of the Year for 6th time
08 Jun 2016
Forbes magazine cited German Chancellor Angela Merkel's “sheer humanism” while naming her Woman of the Year for the sixth year running; followed by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in second place
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Clinton virtually clinches Democratic nomination
07 Jun 2016
Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the US Democratic presidential nomination, it emerged on Monday, a day before six states are set to vote in nominating contests
Swiss vote against ‘free’ salary to all
06 Jun 2016
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to introduce a guaranteed monthly income for all citizens, with the 'yes' vote only getting 22 per cent
UK launches laundry-proof plastic £5 notes
30 May 2016
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Recession of 2008-10 led to uptick in cancer deaths: study
30 May 2016
Increases in the unemployment rate were associated with additional cancer deaths except in countries where access to health care coverage did not depend on employment
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US okay with India’s Chabahar deal as it counters China: report
27 May 2016
Washington broadly supports India and Afghanistan signing a deal with Iran for a transport corridor opening up a new route to Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar, as it outflanks the $46-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project with Gwadar
Trump marches on, wins Washington comfortably
25 May 2016
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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