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McLaren keen to avoid blame game with Honda
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» MONTREAL - McLaren are keen to help their Formula One partners Honda accelerate their progress as the struggling union seeks to recover from another disappointing double retirement at the Canadian Grand Prix.
France boss Deschamps unfazed by leaky French defence
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» PARIS - French coach Didier Deschamps says he is not unduly worried about his side's struggling defence, which was again exposed in a 4-3 defeat by Belgium.
Yangon sends migrants back to Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» MAUNGDAW (MYANMAR) - Some 150 migrants found adrift in a boat off Myanmar's coast were transferred under armed guard to neighbouring Bangladesh Monday, returning them to a life of grinding poverty many tried to flee months ago.
China monitors university entrance exams with drones
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese students sat the annual make-or-break university entrance exams on Monday, with officials deploying drones or high-tech radio surveillance trucks at schools across the country to try and curb increasingly sophisticated cheating methods.
Ukraine says rebels have army of 'mid-sized European state'
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» KIEV - Ukraine's defence minister on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels backed up by Moscow's forces of assembling a 40,000-strong army sufficient for a "mid-sized European state".
Pistorius release offered Aug 21
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» JOHANNESBURG - Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee sprinter who shot dead his girlfriend, is scheduled to be freed on parole on August 21 after serving ten months in jail, officials said Monday.
Deutsche Bank still faces hard challenges after management revamp
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» FRANKFURT - The shock resignation of Deutsche Bank's two chief executives may offer Germany's biggest lender a fresh start but will not be a cure-all for its ills, observers said on Monday.
Pistorius recommended for release on Aug 21: S. African official
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» JOHANNESBURG - Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee sprinter who shot dead his girlfriend, is scheduled to be freed on parole on August 21 after serving ten months in jail, officials said Monday.
Anger in India over Modi's 'despite being a woman' speech
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set off a social media storm Monday after he praised his Bangladeshi counterpart for having the courage to fight terrorism "despite being a woman".
Tajikistan ends Facebook block prompted by IS defector
AFP, Published on 08/06/2015
» DUSHANBE (TAJIKISTAN) - Ex-Soviet Tajikistan on Monday lifted blocks on popular websites including Facebook and YouTube it imposed after a police chief appeared in an online video announcing his defection to the Islamic State group.