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16:16 31/05/2019
Lamar Odom opens up about his struggle against addiction and his desire to win back Khloé Kardashian

Odom is candid about his struggle with drugs and alcohol in his new memoir, "Darkness to Light," and recently spoke to CNN about his path forward.

15:45 31/05/2019
Madrid set to become first European city to scrap low-emissions zone

Region’s likely new president Isabel Díaz Ayuso believes congestion is part of city’s cultural identity.

15:27 31/05/2019
Migrants working in areas supplying Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands allege abuses including low pay and illegal contracts

Three of the world’s largest tobacco manufacturers, Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands, are buying leaves that could have been picked by exploited African migrants working in Italy’s multi-million euro industry.

15:01 31/05/2019
India set to get world's biggest Shiva statue

Being constructed at Ganesh Tekri in Rajasthan's Nathdwara, the landmark monument is being built with 2,500 tonnes of refined steel.

14:26 31/05/2019
Singer Leon Redbone dies at 69

Singer-songwriter, who specialized in old-school vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley-style music, died Thursday, his family confirmed. No cause of death was given for the notoriously private performer. 

14:02 31/05/2019
Irish Supreme Court rejects Facebook bid to block ECJ data case

The case, launched by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, is the latest to question whether methods used by technology firms to transfer data outside the 28-nation European Union give EU consumers sufficient protection from U.S. surveillance.

13:43 31/05/2019
China says hopes Canada understands consequences of siding with U.S.

Chinese authorities detained Canadian businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig in December, shortly after Canada arrested China-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, on a U.S. warrant.

13:28 31/05/2019
Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada

The Philippines says the rubbish was falsely labelled as plastic recycling when it was sent to Manila in 2014.

13:00 31/05/2019
Hungary boat crash: Captain of vessel involved in collision arrested

The 64-year-old Ukrainian national was held as a suspect over reckless misconduct in waterborne traffic leading to mass casualties.

12:29 31/05/2019
Philippines sends trash back to Canada after Duterte escalates row

The 69 containers were loaded overnight onto a vessel at the port of Subic, northwest of Manila, and left on Friday for a month-long journey to the Canadian city of Vancouver.

12:02 31/05/2019
North Korea executes envoy in a purge after failed U.S. summit

The February summit in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, the second between Kim and Trump, failed to reach a deal because of conflicts over U.S. calls for complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and North Korean demands for sanctions relief.

11:38 31/05/2019
Uber loses more than $1bn in first quarterly report since IPO

Company said it now had 93 million customers who are active on a monthly basis, 33% higher than the same period last year.

11:16 31/05/2019
NBA finals: Pascal Siakam soars as Raptors beat Warriors in Game 1

On Thursday night, the Raptors didn’t just arrive on that stage for the first time but showed that they belong with a gritty and resolute 118-109 win over the defending champion Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA finals.

10:45 31/05/2019
Competitors chase cheese downhill in annual event

A Canadian first-timer was the big winner at the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling competition in Gloucester, England.

10:27 31/05/2019
Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea to form production company

The two have spoken to studios about financing a pipeline of programs, said people familiar with the matter. They would give a studio first crack at releasing the projects, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are at an early stage.

 

10:00 31/05/2019
The delegation of Armenia delivered a presentation on the recent developments in the sector of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship (SME) of Armenia

at the meeting of the BSEC Working Group on SMEs held at the headquarters of the BSEC Organization. The first part of the presentation briefly elaborated on the activities of the SME Development National Center of Armenia, a principal organization implementing the government SME programs and strategies, which are targeted at increasing efficiency and competitiveness of SMEs, ensuring availability of business development services and expanding financial opportunities for SMEs, promoting innovations and R&D activities of SMEs and supporting their internationalization.
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