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Brady accepts 'Deflategate' NFL suspension
AFP, Published on 16/07/2016
» NEW YORK - Tom Brady said Friday he's dropping his legal battle against the NFL, meaning the superstar New England Patriots quarterback will open the 2016 season serving a four-game suspension.
Allardyce interviewed for England manager job
AFP, Published on 13/07/2016
» LONDON - Sam Allardyce looks to be in pole position to become the next England manager after his club Sunderland revealed Wednesday they granted at his request permission to speak to the Football Association.
Netflix recreates drug kingpin Escobar's death
AFP, Published on 22/05/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Slumped on a terracotta rooftop, Pablo Escobar succumbs to multiple bullet wounds, blood leaching from his chest, signaling the end of the drug lord's reign of terror in Colombia.
Islamic State threat raises stakes for US nuclear summit
AFP, Published on 30/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - The specter of the Islamic State group obtaining a "dirty bomb" will loom over a top-level nuclear security summit hosted by President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday and Friday.
Paris attacks suspect's 'accomplice' identified
AFP, Published on 21/03/2016
» BRUSSELS - Belgian prosecutors on Monday said they had discovered the real identity of a possible accomplice of Paris terror suspect Saleh Abdeslam, as they met with French counterparts to discuss the probe into November's carnage.
Paris attacks suspect planning 'something in Brussels'
AFP, Published on 20/03/2016
» BRUSSELS - Detained Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam has told investigators he had been planning to target Brussels, Belgium's foreign minister Didier Reynders said on Sunday.
Execs pay top dollar for audience with China's leaders
AFP, Published on 19/03/2016
» BEIJING - The China Development Forum this weekend may be the most important economic summit you have never heard of.
Michel Platini vows to fight 'injustice' at FIFA appeal
AFP, Published on 15/02/2016
» ZURICH - The fallen head of European football, Michel Platini, appeared at FIFA's headquarters on Monday to appeal against his eight-year ban from the sport over ethics violations.
Ivory trafficking in Africa controlled by 'powerful few'
AFP, Published on 15/02/2016
» WASHINGTON - Ivory trafficking in Africa, which threatens the survival of the species, is highly concentrated in a few geographic hotspots and controlled by a powerful few, say scientists who use DNA analysis to track the illegal wildlife trade.
Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs
AFP, Published on 14/02/2016
» WASHINGTON - Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming 30 years, experts warned Saturday.