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Disney CEO frontrunner Thomas Staggs resigns
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» NEW YORK - US entertainment giant Walt Disney Corp said Monday that chief operating officer Thomas Staggs, viewed as the likely successor to chief executive Bob Iger, will step down next month.
McIlroy aces as Masters practice begins
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» AUGUSTA (UNITED STATES) - Rory McIlroy kick-started his 2016 Masters campaign and Grand Slam quest with an ace at the par three, 16th hole on the first day of official practice at Augusta National.
New Zealand's Helen Clark enters race to lead UN
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» UNITED NATIONS - New Zealand's former prime minister Helen Clark on Monday announced her candidacy to be the next UN secretary-general, aiming to become the first woman to lead the world body.
US tax season fuels surge in email scams
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - As the US tax season draws to a close, authorities are warning of an alarming rise in "phishing" scams designed to steal sensitive personal and financial information.
Rio Olympics golf winners to get majors reward
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» AUGUSTA (UNITED STATES) - Men's and women's gold medallists at this summer's Rio Olympics will be rewarded, if they need it, with exemptions to all of the major golf tournaments in 2017, golf officials announced at Augusta on Monday.
Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark enters race to lead UN
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - New Zealand's former prime minister Helen Clark on Monday entered the race to be the next UN secretary-general, touting her decades of leadership as she aims to become the first woman to head the world body.
Chair J.K. Rowling used to write Harry Potter books to sell at auction
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» NEW YORK - A chair J.K. Rowling used to write the first two volumes of her best-selling Harry Potter series is set to sell at auction in New York on Wednesday.
Long distance travelled since last meeting for PSG, City
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» PARIS - When nouveaux riches Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City meet at the Parc des Princes in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, they will do so as two of the ogres of the modern game.
'Suspicious' activity at N. Korea nuclear complex: US think tank
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» SEOUL - Recent satellite images of North Korea's main nuclear complex show suspicious activity that could be linked to re-processing plutonium for additional nuclear bombs, a US think tank said on Tuesday.
First UN soldiers on trial in C. Africa sex abuse scandal
AFP, Published on 05/04/2016
» KINSHASA - The first soldiers to face justice in a huge sex abuse scandal that has rocked the UN and France went on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.