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Japan ups foreign visitor target to 30m
Published on 07/11/2015
» TOKYO — The Japanese government will raise its annual target for the number of foreign visitors to Japan to 30 million, as the current target of 20 million by 2020 is likely to be attained soon, government officials said.
Toyota to spend $1bn to speed artificial intelligence development
Published on 07/11/2015
» TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp said Friday that it will spend US$1 billion over the next five years to further the research of artificial intelligence in the United States in an effort to ramp up development of self-driving and other key advanced safety technology.
Benzema left out of Madrid squad after extortion case charges
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» MADRID - Karim Benzema has been left out of coach Rafael Benitez's squad for Real Madrid's trip to Sevilla on Sunday just days after he was charged in an extortion case involving a sex tape featuring fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena.
Lorenzo claims Valencia pole in record time
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» VALENCIA (SPAIN) - Jorge Lorenzo stormed to pole position in a circuit record time for Sunday's decisive Valencia Grand Prix to boost his chances of claiming a third MotoGP world championship.
Russia sending 44 planes to Egypt to repatriate tourists
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» MOSCOW - Russia will on Saturday send 44 planes to repatriate its nationals from two Egyptian Red Sea resorts, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said as suspicions grow that a bomb caused last weekend's plane crash.
Over 500 flights grounded as Lufthansa strike bites
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» BERLIN - German airline Lufthansa said it cancelled 520 flights on Saturday, leaving 58,000 passengers grounded as cabin staff kept up a strike in a long-running battle over cost cuts.
Search resumes for missing in Brazil mine mudslide
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» MARIANA (BRAZIL) - Rescue teams searched for a third day Saturday for survivors of an avalanche of mud and mining sludge that buried a village in southeastern Brazil, as authorities tried to pin down the number of dead and missing.
Elliot heroics at Bournemouth lift Newcastle out of drop zone
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» BOURNEMOUTH (UNITED KINGDOM) - Newcastle United goalkeeper Rob Elliot's virtuoso display earned his side a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday that lifted them out of the Premier League relegation zone.
Murray races into Paris Masters final
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» PARIS - Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Paris Masters final for the first time in his career.
Shakib, Rahim star in Bangladesh ODI win over Zimbabwe
AFP, Published on 07/11/2015
» DHAKA - Shakib Al Hasan grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul and Mushfiqur Rahim hit a fine century as Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by 145 runs in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday.