AP Explains: What Resignation of New Zealand's Leader Means and other top stories.

• AP Explains: What Resignation of New Zealand's Leader Means

  

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister John Key unexpectedly resigned on Monday. His departure will affect New Zealand's relationship with the U.S., its free-trade agenda and its role on the world stage. The country's new leader will face an opposition buoyed by Key's departure as it heads into elections next year.A look at these issues:A RESET U.S. RELATIONSHIPNew Zealand's military and diplomatic ties with the U.S. weakened in the 1980s after the South Pacific nation banned n..

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• Full text of Prime Minister Modi's energetic speech at Petrotech-2016

  "Energy is a key driver of economic growth. Sustainable, stable and reasonably priced energy is essential for the fruits of economic development to reach the bottom of the pyramid.Hydrocarbons will remain the most important source of energy for many years to come. Therefore, the theme of the Conference “Hydrocarbons to Fuel the Future – Choices and Challenges” is both apt and timely. India is today the world’s fastest growing large economy. This growth has been supported by a series of policy me..

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• Qatar Airways Flight From Washington Hits Severe Turbulence

  

  A Qatar Airways flight from Washington heading to Doha hit severe turbulence while diverting for a medical emergency, sending some passengers tumbling through the aircraft. The state-run airline says QR708 landed on Sunday at Lajes Field on the Azores island of Terceira in the Atlantic Ocean. The airline says the flight diverted over a passenger suffering a heart attack and that the plane experienced "moderate to severe turbulence" during the landing. Anjali Sarker, a Bangladeshi passenger..

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• French Premier Valls Expected to Launch Presidential Bid

  

  PARIS — French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is expected to announce a presidential bid, in hopes of rallying the divided French left amid growing populist pressure ahead of France's April-May presidential election.Valls' office says he will make an unspecified announcement Monday evening in the Paris suburb of Evry. Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on Francetvinfo that he learned Monday morning that Valls is expected to announce his candidacy.President Francois Hollande, who is deep..

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• UK Government's Brexit Plans in Hands of Supreme Court

  

  LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May wants to start Britain's divorce from the European Union. Eleven judges may stand in her way.On Monday, May's government will ask Supreme Court justices to overturn a ruling that Parliament must hold a vote before Britain's exit negotiations can begin — a case that has raised a constitutional quandary and inflamed the country's heated debate about Brexit.May plans to trigger two years of divorce talks before the end of March by invoking Article 50 of the EU'..

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• Euro Falls After Italy Says No to Changes Seen as Vital for Growth

  

  The most immediate concern for investors is probably the Italian banking system. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he would resign, postponing, if not derailing, government plans to restructure Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy’s most troubled bank and a linchpin of the financial system.“This is a critical point for restructuring of the Italian banking system,” said Ángel Talavera, senior eurozone economist at Oxford Economics in London. Rebuilding the banks is “critical for the economy,” he said..

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