Asian markets mixed as traders take stock after Fed-fuelled rally
Asian markets fluctuated between gains and losses Monday as investors took a step back after last week's rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut.
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France's renowned Pompidou Centre shuts for 5-year refit
Paris's Pompidou Centre, which houses one of the world's most significant modern art collections in one of the most celebrated modern buildings on the planet, is to shut to visitors on Monday for a major five-year overhaul estimated to cost almost half a billion euros.
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North Korea's Kim open to US talks, has 'fond memories' of Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he has "fond memories" of US President Donald Trump and is open to future talks with the United States -- if he can keep his nukes.
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Moldova's powerful diaspora courted in battle between Moscow and West
Seven years after moving to Ireland, Natalia Stirbu still goes home to Moldova to vote -- part of a powerful diaspora whose ballots could prove decisive in the small country's battle between Moscow and the West.
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Moldovan voters face crossroads between Russia and EU
Moldovans will vote this week in tense parliamentary elections which its president has called the "most consequential" in the small country's history, as it teeters between its powerful neighbour Russia and the West.
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Kenyan athletes shine in Tokyo, but anti-doping efforts remain in the dark
Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.
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In Sudan, 'never again' has proved untrue: UNHCR chief
After the bloody civil war in Sudan's Darfur region 20 years ago, the world said "never again."
Read moreEvacuees in Philipines, Taiwan take shelter as super typhoon nears
Hundreds of families sheltered in schools and evacuation centres on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Ragasa lashed the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan.
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Trump says Murdochs interested in investing in TikTok's US arm
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his eldest son Lachlan could be among the investors who will take control of TikTok in the United States.
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'No amnesty!' Brazilians protest against bid to pardon Bolsonaro
Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested Sunday against "shameless" lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair Bolsonaro, while pushing to shield themselves from criminal charges.
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