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France suspends fuel tax, utility hikes amid protests

Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 13:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The French government suspension fuel tax and utility hikes Tuesday, a major U-turn in an effort to appease a protest movement that sparked large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend. Prime...

Lawyers for Trump seek to punish porn star in court fines

Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 07:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Lawyers for President Donald Trump asked a court Monday for nearly $800,000 in lawyers' fees and penalties from porn actress Stormy Daniels for a failed defamation lawsuit against him. Attorney...

Dutch court rejects man's request to be 20 years younger

Monday, 3 December 2018, 15:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A Dutch court on Monday rejected Ratelband's request to shave 20 years off his...

UN chief issues dramatic climate appeal to world leaders

Monday, 3 December 2018, 12:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the climate summit in Poland by issuing a dramatic appeal to world leaders Monday to take seriously the threat of global warming and act boldly to avert...

Royal Mail delivers: Postman, can you take this to heaven?

Saturday, 1 December 2018, 14:35 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A 7-year-old Scottish boy who sent a birthday card to his father in heaven has received a heart-warming reply. A Royal Mail official responded to Jase Hyndman after seeing the card addressed:...

China halts work by team on gene-edited babies

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 13:24 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

China's government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies. Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping told...

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