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BBC:Greece crisis: Eurogroup agrees to third bailout
Greece crisis: Eurogroup agrees to third bailout
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on a new bailout deal for Greece after Athens backed the plan.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the deal sent a message "loud and clear" - Greece will stay in the eurozone.
The agreement demands tax rises and more tough spending cuts in return for Greece's third bailout in five years.
The deal means new loans of up to €86bn ($95bn; £61bn) will be made available over the next three years.
BBC:US flag raised over reopened Cuba embassy in Havana
US flag raised over reopened Cuba embassy in Havana
The US has reopened its embassy in Cuba more than 54 years after it was closed, in a symbolic step signalling the warming of ties between both countries.
John Kerry, the first US Secretary of State to visit Cuba in 70 years, presided over the ceremony in Havana.
The US flag was presented by the same US marines who brought it down in 1961.
Mr Kerry said the US administration wanted to lift the trade embargo on the island - something that the Republican-controlled US Congress has blocked.
BBC:Japan and South Korea mark 70 years since end of WW2
Japan and South Korea mark 70 years since end of WW2
Japan and South Korea are marking 70 years since the end of WW2, when Japan's surrender to the allies freed Korea from a 35-year occupation.
South Korea's President Park Geun-hye will speak at a ceremony on Saturday to mark the country's liberation.
That will be followed by a service in Japan attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito, where a minute's silence will be observed.
On Friday Mr Abe expressed "profound grief" over Japan's role in the war.
BBC:Dallas Buyers Club case dealt blow by Australian court
Dallas Buyers Club case dealt blow by Australian court
An Australian court has blocked a US company from accessing details of customers who illegally downloaded the US movie Dallas Buyers Club.
The company, which owns the rights to the 2013 movie, is seeking compensation from people who pirated the movie.
But the Federal Court of Australia said the company had to pay a large bond before it could access their data.
Many Australians regularly illegally download digital content, such as movies.
BBC:Ethiopia stowaway gets to Sweden in airliner's hold
Ethiopia stowaway gets to Sweden in airliner's hold
An Ethiopian man hoping to get asylum in Sweden has been found in the hold of an airliner after a flight from Addis Ababa to Stockholm.
He was handed over to Swedish police after a medical check at Arlanda airport. His health is said to be good.
The hold of the Ethiopian Airlines jet would have got very cold during the long flight. There was a stopover in Rome, but he is believed to have come all the way from Addis Ababa.
Such cases are rare, officials say.
BBC:IS suspected of chemical arms attack on Kurds in Iraq
IS suspected of chemical arms attack on Kurds in Iraq
Militants from Islamic State (IS) are suspected of using chemical weapons in an attack against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, officials say.
German officials said Kurdish troops suffered breathing difficulties after an attack near the city of Irbil earlier this month.
They did not say what may have been used. US officials told local media they believed it was mustard agent.
IS has previously been accused of using chlorine gas against Kurdish fighters.
Reuters:Slim's America Movil eyes European fixed-line telcos
Slim's America Movil eyes European fixed-line telcos
America Movil is still sniffing out deals in Europe, which could become twice as important for the Mexican telecom company's revenue base within five years, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday.
Shares of America Movil, which is controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, are down more than 5 percent this year as it grapples with the prospect of competition from AT&T Inc, tough new regulation in its biggest market, Mexico, as well as likely recession in its second-largest market, Brazil.
But in Eastern Europe, where it already has a foothold through its subsidiary Telekom Austria, the outlook is brighter, and it was "feasible" the company could draw 15 percent of its revenue from Europe by 2020, CFO Carlos Garcia Moreno said in an interview.
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Europe presently makes up just under 7 percent of revenue for Latin America's biggest telecom company.
Reuters:U.N. warns of mounting political crisis in Burundi
U.N. warns of mounting political crisis in Burundi
Burundi's leaders need to renounce violence and resume their dialogue to prevent the country's political crisis from escalating, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
Tensions have been high in the central African state since late April when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to seek a third term in office, a move his opponents and Western powers said violated the constitution and which triggered a failed coup in May.
Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, told a news briefing in Geneva that at least 96 people had been killed since the start of election-related violence in April.
The violence has continued since Nkurunziza was re-elected on July 21.
Reuters:Georgia court weighs destiny of 18 captured beluga whales
Georgia court weighs destiny of 18 captured beluga whales
A U.S. court hearing on Friday on the fate of 18 beluga whales captured in Russia pitted federal regulators against the Georgia aquarium seeking to bring them to the United States.
U.S. environmental officers have said moving the whales to the United States would hasten the depletion of the wild population and violate the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
"No matter how you slice the data," the whale population can't handle the losses from capture for display in zoos and aquariums, said Clifford Stevens, a lawyer for the government.
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, which is suing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fisheries service, says that its efforts will promote education and conservation.
Reuters:Russia steps up demand for U.S. to drop European missile shield
Russia steps up demand for U.S. to drop European missile shield
Russia urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans to station parts of a missile shield system in Europe now that Iran has reached an agreement with world powers to limit its nuclear program.
Moscow has long opposed the plan, which it sees as a threat to its nuclear deterrence, and vowed to retaliate if it goes ahead. Washington has previously assured Moscow the shield was meant as protection from "rogue" states like Iran, and not directed against Russia.
Since the July agreement under which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for an easing of U.N., U.S. and European Union sanctions, Moscow has stepped up its rhetoric against the missile shield.
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"We don't see any reason to continue with the program, let alone at such an accelerated pace and with a clear aim at the Russian nuclear potential," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters.
Reuters:India taps private sector for two state bank bosses in industry shake-up
India taps private sector for two state bank bosses in industry shake-up
India has brought in private sector executives to run two of its largest state-owned banks, the first such appointments in a broad reform plan to shake up the country's dominant but often inefficient government-backed lenders.
Earlier this year, the government announced steps to overhaul its state banks, including the appointment of five new chief executives, with applications welcome from both public and private sector candidates.
The government hopes these changes can help the banks to improve governance and boost earnings, important measures as they prepare to tap the markets for capital to strengthen their balance sheets.
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The move also fits with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's preference for modernising the management of state-run firms, rather than privatising them, a policy he honed in his home state Gujarat where he made failing state industries profitable.
Reuters:Hedge funds pulled back ahead of Chinese turmoil
Hedge funds pulled back ahead of Chinese turmoil
A group of prominent private investors appears to have avoided some of the pain caused by recent market turmoil in China.
According to regulatory filings this week, some hedge fund managers reduced exposure to Chinese companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) and Vipshop Holdings Ltd (VIPS.N) in the second quarter.
That move helped them avoid a broad equity market pullback in July and a devaluation of the renminbi in August that burned many investors. The funds may have also been taking profits. The Shanghai Composite Index had gained more than 100 percent over 2014 and the first half of 2015.
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Senator Investment Group, for example, sold its U.S.-traded shares of Internet search company Baidu in the second quarter, averting a later 17.5 percent stock price decline.
NY NEWSDAY:Young Jupiter-like planet found in solar system that looks like Earth's, Stony Brook scientists say
Young Jupiter-like planet found in solar system that looks like Earth's, Stony Brook scientists say
Two planet-tracking scientists at Stony Brook University have helped pinpoint a jumbo "exoplanet" dubbed a young Jupiter orbiting a sunlike star in a constellation about 100 light years away.
A light year is equivalent to about 6 trillion miles and the term exoplanet defines any planetary body outside our solar system that is orbiting a star.