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Brasilia: The acting speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress annulled the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff on Monday and...

Washington: Scientists have gotten to the root of the carrot, genetically speaking. Researchers said on Monday they have sequenced the genome of the carrot,...

Lac La Biche (Alberta): Canadian officials on Monday planned to take their first look at the oil boom town ravaged by the nation's most destructive...

Beijing: Chinese regulators has imposed limits on the number of lucrative healthcare adverts carried by Baidu Inc following the death of a student who...

Brussels: Belgium has called up the military to assist in prisons where guards have been on strike for two weeks over what they say is dangerously low...

Beijing: The death toll in a landslide in China's southeastern Fujian province has risen to 34, with four people still missing, state media said on...

Ankara: Membership of the European Union remains Turkey's strategic goal and a deal to liberalise visas for Turks visiting the bloc should accelerate...

Vienna: Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann resigned on Monday, bowing to a revolt from inside his Social Democratic Party after it suffered humiliating...

Nairobi: Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing protesters in Nairobi who had gathered to demand that a body supervising...

Wellington: Wealthy Latin Americans are using secretive, tax-free New Zealand shelf companies and trusts to help channel funds around the world, according...