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THESSALONIKI, Greece – A Greek man has been convicted of a racist verbal assault on a Nigerian-born doctor who gave him emergency treatment. A court in the northern town of Kozani on Thursday gave 57-year-old retired bank employee a six-month prison sentence, suspended for three years. He was arrested leaving …

ROME – Italy’s Senate has approved an anti-corruption bill amid a rash of kickback and bribery scandals. Following passage Friday in Parliament’s upper chamber, the bill goes to the Chamber of Deputies. Premier Matteo Renzi’s infrastructure minister recently resigned following the arrest of a former top official in a probe …

SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating income likely beat analysts’ consensus. Though the company did not give reasons when it released its preliminary results, analysts said robust demand for the company’s mobile chips and improvement in its smartphone business were behind the better-than-expected …