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Apple profit up as China sales surge
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» SAN FRANCISCO - Apple quarterly profit climbed with strong demand for iPhones, particularly in China where the California company's revenue surged.
BHP posts record Australian iron ore production
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» SYDNEY - BHP Billiton posted record annual iron ore production in Western Australia for the fourteenth consecutive year Wednesday, while Queensland coal production also hit an all-time high.
Sterling files new suit amid Clippers collapse fears
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling filed a new lawsuit Tuesday as testimony continued in a probate trial on the validity of a $2 billion deal to sell the NBA team.
Gaza rocket halts Israel flights as foes resist truce efforts
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Airlines blocked flights to Israel Wednesday after a Gaza rocket struck near airport runways, as the UN chief urged an end to a conflict that has killed 639 Palestinians and 31 Israelis.
Typhoon Matmo batters Taiwan, nine injured
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Typhoon Matmo pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and downpours Wednesday, leaving nine people injured, shuttering financial markets, and interrupting rail and air transportation.
‘Nam tok moo’, most popular in EU, US
Online Reporters, Published on 23/07/2014
» Nam tok moo, or spicy sliced grilled pork, has become the most popular dish in Thai restaurants in the European Union and the United States, according to the latest survey by the National Food Institute (NFI).
Indonesia election heads to court
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» JAKARTA - The ex-general who lost Indonesia's closely-fought presidential election will challenge the result in the Constitutional Court, a spokesman said Wednesday, after his team alleged that the winner Joko Widodo engaged in massive vote fraud.
Italy arrests five over migrant 'massacre' at sea
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» ROME - Italian police have arrested five migrants accused of the grisly murder of scores of fellow would-be refugees when fighting broke out on a boat making the treacherous crossing to Europe, local media reported.
Italy's cruise ship wreck begins final voyage
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Italy's once-luxurious Costa Concordia cruise liner embarked on its last voyage on Wednesday, as tug boats began towing it from island wreck site to scrapyard grave in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history.
Bolt, Farah headline stellar line-up at Commonwealth Games
AFP, Published on 23/07/2014
» Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and middle-distance king Mo Farah headline a stellar track and field line-up at the Commonwealth Games which start in Glasgow on Wednesday.