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Thai police to revive Red Bull heir hit-and-run case
AFP, Published on 29/03/2016
» BANGKOK - Thai authorities said Tuesday they are still pursuing a legal case against the heir to the Red Bull fortune over a deadly hit-and-run four years ago, as public frustration grows about impunity for the elite.
Starwood scores first US-Cuba hotel deals since 1959
AFP, Published on 20/03/2016
» NEW YORK - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said Saturday it has signed three hotel deals in Cuba, a first for a US hospitality company since the 1959 revolution on the communist-run island.
Sri Lanka fires security boss for harassing lovers
AFP, Published on 07/03/2016
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's government has sacked a senior security official after guards chased away couples from a monument in Colombo for holding hands, a minister in the conservative Buddhist country said Monday.
Chinese market electrifying for 'green' cars
AFP, Published on 07/02/2016
» BEIJING - Government subsidies are fuelling a boom in electric vehicles in China, driving hopes for the industry's global future as the world's biggest car market offers economies of scale that could make the technology mainstream.
GM unveils Bolt electric car in Vegas
AFP, Published on 07/01/2016
» LAS VEGAS - General Motors unveiled the production version of its Chevrolet Bolt electric car, on which the US auto giant is pinning its hopes for the emerging segment.
N. Korean leader expresses deep grief over death of top aide
AFP, Published on 31/12/2015
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has expressed deep sorrow over the death of a top aide, displaying unusual intimacy towards his "close comrade-in-arms whom nobody can replace".
Obama awards 'hero' who tackled suicide bomber top military honor
AFP, Published on 13/11/2015
» WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday awarded America's highest military honor to a French-born soldier who tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, maiming himself, but saving several comrades.
France-born soldier becomes American war hero
AFP, Published on 04/11/2015
» WASHINGTON - Wrapped around Florent Groberg's right wrist is a scratched, black metal band he hardly ever takes off.
Oscar Pistorius: The 'broke and broken' Olympian
AFP, Published on 20/10/2015
» JOHANNESBURG - At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon.
Brawl hits German refugee shelter, UN says numbers may rise
AFP, Published on 02/10/2015
» BERLIN - A mass brawl broke out in a crowded refugee centre in Germany, Europe's top destination for people fleeing war and poverty, as the UN warned Thursday the unprecedented migrant influx may yet grow.