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The Nasdaq composite declined 72 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,919.

“That India’s representative in Geneva abstained on Friday is a significant shift testament to the strong ties that have developed between Israel and India over the last 20 years, and which are taking off now under Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, a columnist wrote.

Thailand confirmed on Thursday it had forcibly returned almost 100 Uighur migrants to China, heightening tensions between Ankara and Beijing over the treatment of the Turkic language-speaking and largely Muslim minority.

The developments come as banks in Greece remain closed and are in danger of running out of cash. Her Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel of the Social Democrats, has also hardened his position.

Frozen duty: George Osborne announced fuel duty was frozen once more.

A woman walks with children to the MacArthur Park Primary Center School in Los Angeles.

The new development bank will cover the shortcomings of the global financial system. It is a platform set up by the emerging economies to advance peace, development and cooperation.

Stocks closed with sizable losses Wednesday after a technical outage forced the New York Stock Exchange to halt trading for half the day. Trading exchanges have long struggled with technical troubles.

Ex- AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been sentenced to eight months home detention after admitting threatening to kill and drugs charges.

In addition, there are 7.6 million Syrians who have fled from their homes but have stayed within their country.

“Even as Technology and Automation may make low skilled jobs redundant in some sectors we have the natural advantage to learn new skills and lay claim to a whole new generation of jobs to manage all of this new age automation”, he said.

Steinmeier spoke to reporters Thursday after addressing a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The restructuring is expected to cost another Dollars 750-850 million. Moreover, CEO Satya Nadella said that Microsoft’s smartphone portfolio would be streamlined, from now on including only three types of devices: value phones, business phones, and flagships. It said it...

“We are not yet where we need to be on several of the most critical issues”, Kerry told reporters outside the 19th-century Viennese palace that has hosted the negotiations.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is blasting President Barack Obama for hosting the leader of Vietnam’s Communist Party at the White House on Tuesday despite that nation’s continuing human rights violations. As the Washington Post noted, it is rare for the president to...