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The UN warned that violent attacks on international peacekeepers and civilians in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region have been increasing while tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee the fighting.

PBOC economists were cautiously optimistic on the outlook.

Standard & Poor's downgraded several U.K. and German banks, saying it considers government support for these banks to be uncertain.

South Korea's health ministry on Wednesday said two more people have died in its Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak and reported 13 new cases, taking the total to 108.

A collection of about 2,000 posters from the World War I era, considered to be one of the world's finest and amassed over more than a decade by a U.S. Army officer, will be sold at auction later this month, Guernsey's auction house said Tuesday.

American Airlines Group Inc. said it would begin operating a direct daily flight to Australia for the first time in more than two decades, expanding a partnership with Qantas Airways Ltd that will also see that carrier adding direct flights to the U.S.

The bids, submitted on Monday, bring P&G one step closer to shedding several assets it considers non-core.

Two industry associations fired the latest salvo in what could be a long fight over government access into smart phones and other digital devices.

The four killed in Suning county included at least one suspect, China Central Television said, giving few other details.

CEO Stuart Gulliver is due to outline on Tuesday his second major strategic plan since taking over at the start of 2011.

South Korea's health ministry said on Tuesday there were eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing the total to 95 but representing a sharp fall in the number of daily new cases from 23 reported a day earlier.

The number of labs that received live anthrax samples from a U.S. military base in Utah has risen to 66 in 19 states, Washington and three foreign countries, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Harvard has come under attack in court for allegedly limiting the number of Asian-Americans it admits. A Reuters examination reveals how the lawsuit brought in their name arose from a broader goal: upending a Supreme Court decision that has primarily helped blacks and Hispanics.

Dr. John Henry Hagmann has helped train thousands of soldiers and medical personnel in how to treat battlefield wounds, but an investigation by Virginia medical authorities alleges pigs weren’t his only training subjects, an exclusive Reuters report says.

Data on Friday showed strong foreign demand outweighed a slip in domestic demand.

Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor," hopes to revitalize her green credentials.

"The President did not state that the strong dollar was a problem," the U.S. official said.

Cameron spoke out after a group of over 50 of his own lawmakers said they were prepared to join a campaign backing a British EU exit.

China's trade grew 3.4 percent in 2014, missing the government's growth target of 7.5 percent by more than half.

Raytheon said the new SM-3 IIA missile had bigger rocket motors and a more capable kill vehicle that would allow the missile to engage threats sooner.

Seventeen of the new cases come from the same Seoul hospital emergency room where the country's first patient remained before being confirmed MERS-positive.

"It's unthinkable to continue to bring them all (migrants) to Italy," Renzi told reporters.

At least seven candidates and nine campaign officials were murdered in campaigning soured by drug cartel intimidation and dissident teachers protesting against education reforms.

Acapulco, a once-famed tourist hub, has more recently become known as one of Mexico's most violent cities.

AKP won just 41 percent of the vote, and the HDP ruled out a coalition government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the international community of ignoring Palestinian rocket attacks targeting Israel.

A former chief financial officer of the Swiss UBS AG, the incoming CEO has been on Deutsche Bank’s supervisory board since 2013.

Russia and Qatar have previously denied wrongdoing in the conduct of their bids for FIFA's 2018 and 2022 tournaments, respectively.

The European Commission president accuses the Greek prime minister of distorting proposals by international creditors for a cash-for-reform deal.