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Chelsea prepare for PSG showdown
PARIS (AFP) – Two months have passed since the draw for the Champions League last 16 was made and much has changed in that time as Paris Saint-Germain prepare to meet Chelsea in one of the headline...
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MoHA badminton team tournament begins
| Fadhil Yunus | THE opening ceremony of the Ministry of Home Affairs and its departments under it Badminton Team Tournament 2016 was held yesterday at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Fire and...
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Fascinators and fizz in elite Lagos polo club
| Cecile De Comarmond | LAGOS (AFP) – Elite, stylish and extravagant, the social scene at the annual Lagos polo tournament is as much of a show as the game on the pitch. Big name politicians...
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AirAsia X carried 3.61M passengers in 2015
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) carried 3.61 million passengers in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2015 (FY15), down 15 per cent from 4.23 million passengers in FY14. In its preliminary...
View ArticleJapanese commercial plane gets boost from US order
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp said Tuesday it has won 20 orders from a US leasing company for its new regional passenger plane in a transaction potentially worth over $900 million....
View ArticleChina bank lending surges to record in Jan
SHANGHAI (AFP) – China’s bank lending surged to a record 2.51 trillion yuan ($385 billion) in January, official figures showed Tuesday, as credit gushed to help boost the flagging economy. New loans...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia, Russia to meet as mood on oil deal shifts
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s top two oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia will hold talks on Tuesday, sources told Reuters, as producers try to tackle a glut that has pushed prices to their lowest...
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In Congo, a war for Africa’s elephants
| Tristan McConnell | GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK, DR Congo (AFP) – André Migifuloyo and Djuma Uweko lived together, worked together and last October died together fighting to protect Congo’s...
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Asia stocks tick higher as oil rebounds
HONG KONG (AFP) – Asian markets extended their rally Tuesday as hopes were raised major oil exporters could agree action to ease the supply glut, and authorities will step in to boost growth in major...
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Brazil military fight mosquitoes, flower pot to flower pot
| Sebastian Smith | SAO GONÇALO, Brazil (AFP) – The Brazilian military men surrounded the white bucket Monday and moved in – the Zika-transmitting mosquito larvae didn’t stand a chance. Naval...
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Samsung Electronics looks to VR as smartphone market saturation looms
SEOUL (MK Business News) – Samsung Group looking for a breakthrough innovation to fight a saturating smartphone market had its Samsung Venture invest in US virtual reality company Wevr that developes a...
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BoJ launches negative rates, already dubbed a failure by markets
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s negative interest rates came into effect on Tuesday in a radical plan already deemed a failure by financial markets, highlighting Tokyo’s lack of options to spur...
View ArticleBig-brained mammals more likely to go extinct: Study
PARIS (AFP) – Mammals with large brains tend to be smarter but they also face a greater chance today of going extinct, according to a study published Wednesday. Scientists have long known that having...
View ArticleTwitter not reliable predictor of election outcomes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In politics, it is said that all press is good press. But that does not necessarily apply to tweets. In fact, it is difficult to predict the outcome of an election based on the...
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Solving the evolutionary puzzle of menopause
PARIS (AFP) – Menopause in women and females from a few other “higher” species is probably a fluke of nature rather than evolution at work, according to a study published Wednesday. Biologists have...
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French historian rattles bones for truth about ‘Ernest’
| Julie Carnis Re-De-Frugie | SAINT-PIER, France (AFP) – For generations, the townsfolk of Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie in southern France have had no reason to doubt the story of “Ernest”, a skeleton...
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Study shows beluga whales dive to great depth to catch cod
| Dan Joling | ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Beluga whales off Alaska’s northern coast target Arctic cod and will dive to great depths to reach them, according to data collected over 15 years that...
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Hillary Clinton, in push for black support, promises to tackle racial...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton courted the critical black vote on Tuesday as she met with civil rights leaders in New York and promised in a speech to tackle...
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New species of turtle found in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY (AFP) – A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, one of a group which would have been present for the full geological formation of its main Pacific island,...
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Flux Party seeks to be the bitcoin of Australian politics
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A new Australian political party is using the virtual currency bitcoin as a model to replace what they say is an outdated political system – representative democracy – with a...
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