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SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 2.25 percent on Tuesday in a bid to jolt an economy weighed down by falling commodity prices. The Reserve Bank of Australia’s quarter percentage point rate cut at a monthly board meeting was its first …

PARIS – French President Francois Hollande has pledged to redouble efforts to shore up France’s cherished secular traditions in response to threats from religious extremists like the radical Islamic terrorists who murdered 17 people last month. Hollande said that the “Spirit of Jan. 11” that saw millions of French people …

LONDON – A British police force has apologized after an officer asked a store for the names of people who had bought copies of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Wiltshire Police said the inquiries were part of “an assessment of community tensions” after the deadly Jan. 7 attack on the …