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Japan and judo - an unbreakable bond
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» TOKYO - When the Tokyo Olympics eventually open a year late, one of the hottest tickets in town will be for judo. Invented in Japan and first introduced at Tokyo 1964, judo is coming home.
As US pulls back, China builds influence at UN
AFP, Published on 18/04/2020
» UNITED NATIONS: As President Donald Trump announces a halt in World Health Organization funding, accusing it of kowtowing to China over the coronavirus outbreak, Beijing is building on a well-established strategy of leveraging its global standing wherever the US lets go of the wheel.
Messi ensures Setien enjoys winning start
AFP, Published on 20/01/2020
» MADRID: Quique Setien may want a different Barcelona but he needed the same old Lionel Messi on Sunday as the Argentinian gave his new coach a winning start with the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Granada.
Google's Sundar Pichai named CEO at parent firm Alphabet
AFP, Published on 04/12/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will assume the CEO role at parent firm Alphabet in a shakeup at the top of the Silicon Valley titan, the company said Tuesday.
Fuel shortage, price hikes squeeze protest-hit Lebanon
AFP, Published on 10/11/2019
» BEIRUT - A rationing of dollars by banks in protest-hit Lebanon sparked growing alarm on Saturday as some petrol pumps ran dry and grocery stores hiked prices.
Pope pleads with Madagascans to protect rainforest
AFP, Published on 07/09/2019
» ANTANANARIVO - Pope Francis on Saturday made an impassioned plea to Madagascans to protect the Indian Ocean's unique environment from "excessive deforestation" on the second leg of his African tour.
Hong Kong protesters call student boycott, strike
AFP, Published on 02/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong pupils made human chains at schools early Monday and protesters disrupted rush-hour trains as the city's pro-democracy movement returned to action after a weekend which brought some of the worst violence in three months of anti-government protests.
Johnson in Scotland as no-deal Brexit concerns grow
AFP, Published on 29/07/2019
» LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday promised a bright future after Brexit on his first visit to Scotland but Britain's top business lobby said companies need to be on an "emergency footing" because of the growing likelihood of a no-deal exit.
Trump-bashing gets physical at China tech show
AFP, Published on 12/06/2019
» SHANGHAI - It might be the most low-tech item at a Shanghai consumer electronics fair, but a bash-able Donald Trump is eliciting perhaps the most physical reaction from visitors amid his tech-and-tariff war with China.
German prosecutors charge ex-VW boss with fraud
AFP, Published on 15/04/2019
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Former Volkswagen chief Martin Winterkorn on Monday became the target of German charges over the group's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, bringing the affair back into headlines as VW battles to turn eyes to its future.