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Turkish referee 'shown red card' in stormy top-flight clash
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» ISTANBUL - Turkish football faced new questions over the credibility of the game Monday after an anarchic clash between Galatasaray and Trabzonspor ended with just seven footballers from the Black Sea side on the pitch and one of its players showing the referee the red card.
China's foreign minister to visit US from Tuesday
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» BEIJING - China's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit the US from Tuesday, his ministry said, as the two powers grapple over weapons systems on the Korean peninsula and in the South China Sea.
US secretly agreed N Korea talks before nuke test: report
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» WASHINGTON - The US government secretly agreed to talks with North Korea aimed at formally ending the Korean War just days before Pyongyang conducted a nuclear test, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Philippines probes Pacquiao for poll violations
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» MANILA - The Philippines' election commission said Monday it would consider a complaint accusing boxing champion Manny Pacquiao of violating election regulations by promoting his upcoming fight in the thick of the campaign.
Traffic jams in Barcelona as metro strike hits major mobile fair
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» BARCELONA - Metro workers in Barcelona went on strike Monday to demand pay increases and better job security, creating major traffic jams just as the world's biggest mobile fair kicked off.
Fifa bans Worawi for three months
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» ZURICH — Fifa says former executive committee member Worawi Makudi of Thailand has been banned for three months for failing to obey a previous ban.
IEA sees oil market rebalancing in 2017
Reuters, Published on 22/02/2016
» Oil markets will begin to rebalance in 2017 thanks to falling US production but that decline will prove short-lived as efficiency gains will push US output to new records by the beginning of the next decade.
Push for Syria ceasefire after deadliest jihadist attack
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» BEIRUT - Efforts intensified for a partial truce in Syria as fighting raged near Aleppo on Monday and after the country suffered its bloodiest jihadist attack in nearly five years of war.
Ferrari's Vettel quickest in F1 testing opener
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» BARCELONA - Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel outgunned reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time as the 2016 Formula One season got underway with the first test in Barcelona on Monday.
Human vs AI: Go champ confident in $1m match -- for now
AFP, Published on 22/02/2016
» SEOUL - The world champion of Go said Monday he would beat a supercomputer by a "landslide" in a $1 million match next month, but acknowledged Artificial Intelligence would soon overpower the Asian board game's best human brains.