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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The undersea quake struck at a depth of 46 kilometres (28 miles), 154 kilometres northwest of Kota

Germany coach Joachim Loew was left fuming as the world champions laboured again in their 4-0 win over minnows Gibraltar to finish 2014 third in their Euro 2016 qualifying group. Thomas Mueller scored twice while Mario Goetze also netted before

Selma,” a powerful new film about civil rights icon Martin Luther King, triumphed at its premiere in Los Angeles this week — while critics are predicting awards season glory.Co-starring Oprah Winfrey and rising British star David Oyelowo, the film received

Michael Putnam, who is seeking his first US PGA Tour win, shot a seven-under 64 Friday for a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico.The contenders started to distance themselves from the field after a logjam

Britain will walk away from negotiations with European Union partners if its pleas for immigration reform are ignored, raising the real possibility of leaving the bloc altogether, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Friday.Hammond told the Daily Telegraph that the British

In a rarity for a US central bank chief, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen met Friday with activist groups calling for a fairer economic recovery and a more transparent Fed.About 20 representatives of community and labor organizations met with Yellen

A judge on Friday rejected a bid by Canadian doctors to force an aboriginal girl into chemotherapy treatment in a groundbreaking ruling that affirms the right to pursue traditional healing over mainstream medicine.The decision allows the parents of the 11-year-old

Thousands of Romanians took to the streets Friday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, favourite to win a presidency runoff this weekend, after a scandal over Romanians prevented from voting abroad.Protesters slammed the first round of voting,

Obesity among workers in the United States is costing the nation $8.65 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a study released Friday.The study by Yale University researchers is the first to give state-level estimates of the cost of

Campaigners from Amnesty International on Friday honoured two members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot who served 22 months in prison for staging a shock performance in a Moscow cathedral in 2012.Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina thanked their supporters