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ROME - Italy's highest court on Thursday upheld the conviction of American Amanda Knox for slander in a case related to the ...

LONDON - England Rugby Football Union CEO Bill Sweeney defended his pay package on Thursday and said he had no intention of ...

SEATTLE - A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an ...

DAKAR - The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa's health initiatives, the Africa ...

BERLIN - German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win ...

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DAVOS, Switzerland - U.S. President Donald Trump told business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, ...

CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.