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Prancing Horse takes top honours
Life, Published on 02/06/2016
» Ferrari's brand-new 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 has scooped the 2016 International Engine of the Year award -- a first for Italy's famous supercar marque.
Shabaab claims deadly car bombing on Mogadishu hotel
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» MOGADISHU - Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab on Wednesday launched a deadly attack on a top Mogadishu hotel popular with MPs, setting off a car bomb and fighting security forces inside the complex, the jihadists and security sources said.
UCLA campus on lockdown as police investigate shooting
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» LOS ANGELES - The University of California's Los Angeles campus was placed on lockdown on Wednesday as police investigated a possible active shooter and reports of two victims.
Euro 2016 warm-up: Spain hammer Korea
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» PARIS - Holders Spain stepped up their preparations for the European Championships by smashing South Korea 6-1 in a friendly in Austria with Alvaro Morata and Nolito each hitting a brace on Wednesday.
Mexican athlete's heroic escape sparks awe, doubts
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican football star Alan Pulido emerged as a hero after beating a kidnapper and taking his phone to escape a nightmare of captivity in barely 24 hours.
Sri Lanka president evacuated from luxury hotel fire
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena was evacuated Wednesday night from a fire at a luxury beach hotel minutes after presiding over its opening ceremony, an official said.
Leader of Kenya university attack killed in Somalia: local official
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» MOGADISHU - A jihadist leader who organised the April 2015 attack on Garissa University in eastern Kenya which left 148 people dead, has been killed in a raid in southwestern Somalia, a local official said Wednesday.
Fed: US growth 'mostly modest'
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - Most of the regions in the US economy were growing only modestly during the April-May period, with lackluster consumer spending, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book survey Wednesday.
Ronaldo absence a useful test - Portugal coach
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» LONDON - Portugal's friendly game with England on Thursday is an opportunity for the team to demonstrate that they can prosper without absent talisman Cristiano Ronaldo, coach Fernando Santos said on Wednesday.
UK paedophile admits Malaysia assaults
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» LONDON - A British paedophile on Wednesday faced a life sentence after admitting a string of sex attacks on children as young as six months, some from poor Christian families in Malaysia.