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Chinese parents wary of World Cup dreams
AFP, Published on 24/12/2016
» BEIJING: Beijing's dream of making China a football powerhouse depends on millions of children taking up the sport, but even coaches say that tradition-minded parents view the game as a wasteful distraction from school.
Thousands displaced for China's huge new telescope
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» PINGTANG, China - Humanity’s best bet at detecting aliens is a giant silver Chinese dish the size of 30 football fields -- one that simultaneously showcases Beijing's abilities to deploy cutting-edge technologies and ignore objectors' rights as it seeks global prominence.
'Mosque-mobile' makes praying easier in gridlocked Jakarta
AFP, Published on 05/07/2016
» JAKARTA - As the call to prayer rang out across the Indonesian capital, Sutikno faced a dilemma -- the devout Muslim needed to set off through Jakarta's notorious traffic to pick up his wife but did not want to miss out on worshipping.
Pele sells his memories for $5 million
AFP, Published on 10/06/2016
» LONDON - The three-day sale of memorabilia belonging to world football icon Pele ended in London on Thursday with the artefacts sold for the princely total of £3.4million (about 176 million baht, $5 million, 4.4 million euros).
Leicester one win away from 'incredible' title triumph
AFP, Published on 26/04/2016
» LONDON - Leicester will complete an "incredible" Premier League title triumph and be crowned champions of England for the first time in their history if they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Football: What happened to the World Cup voters?
AFP, Published on 02/12/2015
» Five years ago on Wednesday, Fifa's executive committee chose Russia to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar for 2022 in one of the most controversial votes in sporting history.
The Paris assailants: what we know
AFP, Published on 17/11/2015
» PARIS - Investigators probing the deadly Paris attacks have so far identified five of seven gunmen and suicide bombers whose bodies were found at three sites across the city, while the hunt is on for others.
3D printers let amputees walk
AFP, Published on 03/06/2015
» Doctors amputated Ugandan schoolboy Jesse Ayebazibwe’s right leg when he was hit by a truck while walking home from school three years ago.
Myanmar farmers dream of resurrecting Asia's rice bowl
AFP, Published on 09/04/2015
» Dressed in Chelsea football shorts and a wide-brimmed hat, Than Tun toils away in his paddy field on the outskirts of Yangon, sweat pouring down his sinewy arms.