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EU court rules against Facebook over transatlantic data deal
The EU\'s top court on Tuesday ruled that a key transatlantic data deal relied on by companies such as Facebook was invalid ...3 scientists share Nobel Prize for medicine for work on parasitic diseases
The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as "heroes in the truest sense of the word" for saving ...60 mn people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross
Some 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa are already going hungry and the situation could deteriorate dramatically as climate phenomena hike the ...Two Turkish jets harassed by unidentified MIG-29 on Syrian border
Two Turkish F-16 jets were harassed by an unidentified MIG-29 aircraft on the Syrian border a day after a Russian fighter plane ...630,000 migrants enter EU illegally this year: Frontex
About 630,000 people have entered the European Union illegally so far this year, the head of the bloc\'s border agency said in ...Hundreds feared dead after landslide in Guatemala
Hopes faded of finding any remaining survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 86 people, even as families ...Deadly flash floods hit French Riviera
Flash floods caused by torrential rain along part of the French Riviera killed at least 16 people and left several others missing, ...Palestinian kills two Israelis, wounds child in Jerusalem attack
A Palestinian said to be an Islamist militant killed two Israeli men and injured a woman and a toddler in a knife ...Busan marks 20th anniversary with 100 best Asian film list
A new list of the best Asian films of all time was published this week, as the region\'s increasingly vibrant cinema scene ...Portugal votes in test for austerity policies
Portuguese voters cast ballots Sunday to give their verdict on four years of austerity by either re-electing the centre-right coalition that steered ...