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Adele album enjoys decade's biggest US sales year
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» NEW YORK - Adele's record-breaking album "25" has scored another feat -- the highest US sales during a single year in a decade.
Courtois hopeful Chelsea can salvage season
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» LONDON - Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois believes the struggling Premier League champions can still salvage their season by qualifying for Europe and lifting a trophy.
Afghans kill all extemists in 25-hour siege at India consulate
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» KABUL - A 25-hour gun and bomb siege near the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif ended late Monday after all the attackers were killed, officials said.
US sues VW for at least $20bn over emissions cheating
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» NEW YORK - The US government sued Volkswagen Monday for installing equipment on nearly 600,000 diesel cars that intentionally subverted clean-air regulations, resulting in excess emissions.
Djokovic claims first win of season in 51 minutes
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» DOHA - Novak Djokovic took just 51 minutes to win his first game of 2016, easily beating Dustin Brown 6-2, 6-2 in the opening game of the Qatar Open on Monday.
'Rookie' Loeb speeds to maiden Dakar stage win
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» TERMAS DE RíO HONDO (ARGENTINA) - Nine-time rally world champion Sebastien Loeb won his first Dakar Rally stage on Monday, the 387km run between Villa Carlos Paz and Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina.
German athletes risk jail time for doping
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» BERLIN - German athletes found guilty of doping or in possession of performance-enhancing drugs risk a three-year prison sentence, according to a new anti-doping law which came into effect in the new year.
Saudi allies act against Iran
Published on 05/01/2016
» DUBAI - Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic ties to Iran after the ransacking of Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic, violence sparked by the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia cleric.
Real Madrid sack Benitez, hire Zidane as coach
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» MADRID - Real Madrid sacked coach Rafael Benitez after just seven months in charge on Monday with club legend Zinedine Zidane replacing the Spaniard.
Why the real King Kong became extinct
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» PARIS - The largest ape to roam Earth died out 100,000 years ago because it failed to tuck into savannah grass after climate change hit its preferred diet of forest fruit, scientists suggest.