TOKYO—Japanese shares finished higher Monday on a strengthening dollar, lower oil prices and renewed optimism about global stock markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 262.50 points, or 1.99 percent, to close at 13,430.91 after inching up 0.33 percent Friday. The…
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he will not return to Thailand from the UK to answer corruption charges.
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Two people are killed and dozens hurt as police fire on Muslims near the de facto border in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Up to 130,000 people are displaced due to fighting between the army and rebels in the southern Philippines, reports say.
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Shanghai’s main stock index slides to a 19-month low on fears that rising inflation will damage company profits.
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US singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes, who won an Academy Award for the Theme From Shaft, is found dead at his home.
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Scientists in the US say they have developed materials that can bend light around 3D objects making them “disappear”.
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A United Nations-African Union helicopter comes under fire in the Darfur, the peacekeeping mission says.
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King Abdullah of Jordan becomes the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
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Russian soldiers move into the west Georgian town of Senaki, as frantic diplomacy to end the conflict continues.
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