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Monsanto ordered to pay $2 bn in new Roundup trial

A jury in California on Monday ordered Bayer-owned Monsanto to pay more than US$2 billion damages to a couple that sued on grounds the weed killer Roundup caused their cancer, lawyers said.

Row as France remembers troops slain in hostage raid

France was Tuesday to pay its final respects to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists.

Indian cyclone death toll rises, anger grows

The death toll from a major cyclone that hit eastern India and Bangladesh in early May rose to 77 on Monday as anger grew over millions of people still without power and water.

Philippine voters go to polls in midterm elections

Voting got under way in the Philippines' midterm elections on Monday, three years after President Rodrigo Duterte won power.

Gunmen kill six during Catholic mass in Burkina Faso

Gunmen killed a priest and five parishioners during mass Sunday in an attack on a Catholic church in Dablo, northern Burkina Faso, security sources and a local official said.

Pakistan to get $6 billion from IMF over the next three years

Pakistan and the IMF have reached a new agreement securing a $6 billion bailout for the cash-strapped country, officials said Sunday, following months of painstaking negotiations between the two sides.

New talks on Sudan civil rule on Monday

Sudan's army rulers and protesters are to hold fresh talks over handing power to a civilian administration on Monday, spokesmen for the generals and the protest movement said.

N.Korea says weapons test involved 'long-range' capability

US-China trade talks head into 2nd day as new tariffs hit

Critical US-China trade negotiations were heading into a second day on Friday, under the shadow of steep new tariffs on Chinese goods that took effect just after midnight.

Greece PM Tsipras faces confidence vote ahead of triple election challenge

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to survive a vote of confidence in parliament on Friday, as he seeks to shore up support ahead of a triple election challenge that kicks off this month.

Mexico City bans disposable plastics

Mexico City's legislature voted on Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers disposable plastics, a major shift for a sprawling capital that is awash in them.

Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content

Facebook is unwittingly auto-generating content for terror-linked groups that its artificial intelligence systems do not recognize as extremist, according to a complaint made public on Thursday.

Famine on rise in Near East and North Africa: FAO

Famine is on the rise in the Near East and North Africa with more than 52 million people undernourished, most of them in conflict zones, the UN food agency said on Wednesday.

EU meets for job tussle under shadow of Iran

European leaders are meeting in Romania today to start the race for the top jobs in Brussels and sketch a future without Britain, as the fate of the Iran nuclear deal teeters in the balance.

Venezuela's Maduro warns of military escalation with Colombia

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has warned of a possible "military escalation" with neighboring Colombia after Bogota accused Caracas of sheltering leftist guerrillas on its territory.

New Zealand unveils plan to go carbon neutral by 2050

New Zealand introduced legislation on Wednesday to make the South Pacific nation carbon neutral by 2050, although greenhouse gas emissions from the economically vital agricultural sector will not have to meet the commitment.

Scientists develop device to detect bacteria in minutes, not days

The era of doctors prescribing patients powerful antibiotics while they wait for lab reports could soon be numbered, with a new device returning results within minutes instead of days.

Easter bombers all killed or arrested: Sri Lanka police chief

Sri Lankan security authorities have either killed or arrested all the jihadists responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left 257 people dead, police chief Chandana Wickramaratne said on Tuesday.

Fighting kills 43 in Syria's northwest: monitor

Clashes between Syrian government forces and jihadists have killed 43 fighters in the country's northwest, where the regime and its Russian ally have stepped up bombardment in the past few days, a monitor said.