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Dongfeng, Renault to set up $1.8 bn JV: media
Ambitious Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor and France's Renault may sign a deal this month for an 11 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) joint venture after a decade of talks.
09 July 2013
New gene sequencing yields healthy baby
Scientists said Monday they had used a new-generation gene sequencing technique to select a viable embryo for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) that yielded a healthy baby boy.
08 July 2013
Art collector Saatchi divorcing TV chef wife after row
British art collector Charles Saatchi told a newspaper on Sunday that he is divorcing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, following an incident in which he grabbed her by the neck outside a London restaurant.
07 July 2013
Jordan vows 'credibility' as Britain sends Abu Qatada home
Jordan on Sunday vowed "credibility and transparency" in dealing with radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada after Britain deported him to Amman to face terror charges.
07 July 2013
Spain's Pamplona bull run festival set to kick off
Spain's best-known fiesta, San Fermin, a nine-day mix of round-the-clock drinking, religious processions and running ahead of a pack of sharp-horned charging bulls, kicks off.
06 July 2013
China, Switzerland sign free trade agreement
China and Switzerland signed a free trade agreement -- Beijing's first in continental Europe -- in a deal that comes against a backdrop of trade tensions between the Asian giant and the EU.
06 July 2013
Solar plane poised for last flight of US journey
For Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard, flying an experimental solar aircraft across America has been exhilarating, but perilous at times.
06 July 2013
Britain's royal baby will have surprising family tree
Even before the birth of the new British royal baby to Prince William and his wife Kate, genealogists are looking into its family tree, and are coming up with many surprises.
06 July 2013
Brazil unrest could flare anew during papal visit
Brazil's social turmoil over poor public services and endemic political corruption appears to have abated but could flare again during Pope Francis' visit later this month.
06 July 2013
No risk of pandemic yet from MERS virus: scientists
The new MERS coronavirus that has claimed dozens of lives in the Middle East does not yet have the ability to trigger a pandemic, but vigilance is needed in case it mutates.
06 July 2013
More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death
Retirement is not traditionally on the cards for queens, kings or popes, but in recent months many are choosing to step aside instead of labouring on until death.
05 July 2013
Coward or scapegoat? Italy cruise captain on trial
The captain of the Costa Concordia has been portrayed as a villain who crashed and then abandoned his cruise ship in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.
05 July 2013
Obama, Merkel discuss concerns over US spy programs
President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to address mounting European concerns about broad US surveillance programs.
05 July 2013
Samruk-Kazyna mulls cooperating with British companies
Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund’s group of companies has signed memorandums of cooperation with British businessmen.
04 July 2013
'Cousin marriage' doubles gene risk for babies: study
First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.
04 July 2013
Football: Montenegrin footballer moves to Astana club
Kazakhstan's football club Astana has recruited defender Blazo Igumanovic from Montenegrin national team.
04 July 2013
El Greco sets new record at London auction
El Greco's 400 year-old painting "Saint Dominic in Prayer" on Wednesday broke the record for a Spanish Old Master, selling at a London auction for £9,154,500 ($14,000,000, 10,750,000 euros).
04 July 2013
'Amelie' star's dress is boon for young designer
"Amelie" star Audrey Tautou's choice of Yiqing Yin for the Cannes film festival generated more interest in one night than the Chinese-born French designer has enjoyed in her whole career.
04 July 2013
Mother-to-be Kate faces Diana comparisons
As Prince William's wife Catherine prepares to give birth to a new heir to the throne, she faces renewed comparisons with her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, whom she never met.
04 July 2013
Ecuador says hidden microphone found in London embassy
A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up.
04 July 2013
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