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Line launches cheap smartphone service in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» TOKYO - Messaging app provider Line Corp said on Monday it started offering a cheap smartphone service starting from 500 yen (170 baht or $4.80) a month in Japan to a limited number of subscribers.
Toshiba, Canon to start commercial drone services
Published on 05/09/2016
» TOKYO - Toshiba Corp and Canon Inc will start separate drone-based services for corporate clients, the companies said Monday.
Mahathir buries hatchet with Anwar after 18 years
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met his one-time arch nemesis Anwar Ibrahim for the first time in 18 years on Monday, brought together by their common fight against a security law that accords sweeping policing power to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Boxing: Inoue KO's Petchbarngborn, retains WBO title
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» ZAMA, Japan - Naoya Inoue successfully defended his WBO super flyweight championship for the third time on Sunday when he defeated Thailand's Petchbarngborn Kokietgym by technical knockout in the 10th round.
Losers Japan, Thailand 'must win'
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» AC Milan attacker Keisuke Honda has ordered his teammates to stand up and be counted when they face Thailand in Bangkok on Tuesday in a crunch final-round qualifier for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Syria army besieges Aleppo as US, Russia talks stumble
AFP, Published on 05/09/2016
» BEIRUT - Syrian government troops renewed the siege of rebel-held parts of Aleppo on Sunday, as Washington and Moscow failed to reach a deal on stemming violence in the country's devastating war.
Drones overfly Champs-Elysees in 'magical' Paris festival
AFP, Published on 05/09/2016
» PARIS - The Champs-Elysees was the setting of a mini-air show on Sunday as amateur drone enthusiasts flew their high-tech toys over the famed Paris avenue in the city's first festival celebrating the gadgets.
Cavendish crashes out in Tour of Britain as Greipel wins stage
AFP, Published on 05/09/2016
» CASTLE DOUGLAS (UNITED KINGDOM) - British sprint great Mark Cavendish's hopes of an 11th stage victory in the Tour of Britain met with disaster as he crashed on the opening stage won by German Andre Greipel on Sunday.
Monfils makes it into US Open quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 05/09/2016
» NEW YORK - French 10th seed Gael Monfils reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the third time on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.
Sevastova beats Konta to reach US Open quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 05/09/2016
» NEW YORK - Anastasija Sevastova became the first Latvian woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final in 22 years when she defeated Britain's Johanna Konta at the US Open on Sunday.