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In call to Ukrainian President, Ban urges peaceful means to diffuse political tensions

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks on the telephone.

South African Unions Call Mandela Model to End ‘Economic Apartheid’

The spokesman for Congress of South African Trade Unions says Nelson Mandela’s legacy of poverty alleviation is a guiding principle for the group to demand better working conditions for South African workers.

Owner of New York Sportswear Distribution Business Sentenced for Tax Fraud

Harry Neuhoff, a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison and three years supervised release for tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced....

Keep trade talks multilateral, MEPs and MPs urge WTO

The multilateral approach of world trade talks must "maintain its focal role", and not give way to bilateral or regional deals, said European Parliament Trade Committee members and 270 other members of parliaments across t...