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Marathon world record holder Kiptum dies in road accident
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2024
» NAIROBI: Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley on Sunday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the endurance classic in less than two hours and one minute.
DeSantis ends 2024 presidential campaign, endorses Trump
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2024
» WASHINGTON - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his fading presidential campaign on Sunday and endorsed Donald Trump just two days before the pivotal New Hampshire primary, leaving former UN ambassador Nikki Haley as Trump's last long-shot challenger for the Republican nomination.
Explainer - What do we know about the Hamas hostages?
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2023
» TEL AVIV - Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas took at least 200 hostages and killed about 1,400 people during an Oct 7 dawn raid carried out from the Gaza Strip on communities and military bases in southern Israel.
Djokovic returns to world number one
Reuters, Published on 13/06/2023
» PARIS: Novak Djokovic reclaimed the world number one ranking from Carlos Alcaraz after winning his men's record 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Rafa Nadal dropped out of the top 100 for the first time in 20 years.
Hong Kong Marathon runners forced to cover 'political' slogan: reports
Reuters, Published on 24/10/2021
» Hong Kong Marathon participants ran into trouble Sunday over clothes -- and even a tattoo -- that bore a Cantonese slogan popular with the city's pro-democracy movement, local media reported.
Netflix to edit Squid Game S. Korean phone number after woman inundated with calls
Life, Reuters, Published on 08/10/2021
» A South Korean woman who was deluged with thousands of prank calls and text messages after her phone number was highlighted as a key plot point in Netflix's hit show Squid Game may soon get some relief.
Myanmar's war displaces new generation on remote river frontier
Reuters, Published on 28/04/2021
» MAE HONG SON: Myanmar's coup has brought war back to a remote frontier after 25 years, sending a new generation of villagers in both Myanmar and Thailand running for their lives from bullets and bombs.
International pressure mounts on Myanmar junta as protests go on
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2021
» The European Union warned it is considering sanctions on Myanmar while Washington penalised two more generals for links to the military coup, as Western countries sought to pressure the junta to avoid a violent crackdown after weeks of protests.
Myanmar races to build field hospital
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2020
» YANGON: Myanmar authorities are racing to build a field hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon to cope with a surge of coronavirus infections that doctors fear threatens to overwhelm the country's fragile health system.
Second Chinese tourist found infected with coronavirus
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2020
» A second case of infection with a new Chinese coronavirus has been found in Thailand as health authorities ramp up checks on Chinese visitors arriving for the Lunar New Year holiday.