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Number of tourists to Japan on course for annual record
Published on 15/06/2016
» TOKYO - The number of foreign visitors to Japan has been increasing at the fastest pace this year, with more than 10 million already visiting the country as of June 5, the head of the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.
'I'm next. I'm dead' -- Orlando shooting survivor recounts horror
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» ORLANDO - Lying wounded on the floor of Pulse nightclub, with a gunman continuing to fire bullets into the motionless bodies of patrons all around him, Angel Colon thought it was his turn to die.
Expulsion threat mars Russian build-up to Slovakia Euro 2016 clash
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» LILLE (FRANCE) - Russia's preparations for their second Euro 2016 Group B game against Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday have been overshadowed by UEFA's threat to kick Leonid Slutsky's team out of the competition.
Willett stays grounded after Masters triumph
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» OAKMONT (UNITED STATES) - Danny Willett believes that the chances of any golfer winning all four majors in the same year are meagre to say the least, but he is not ruling it out entirely.
Sharapova appeals two-year doping ban to CAS
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» LAUSANNE - Russian superstar Maria Sharapova has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against her two-year doping ban, CAS confirmed on Tuesday.
Deadly Dettori strikes Royal Ascot racing gold
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» ASCOT (UNITED KINGDOM) - Riding legend Frankie Dettori produced a superb ride on English 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold to win the feature race on the first day of his favourite meeting Royal Ascot the St James's Palace Stakes on Tuesday.
Russia 'hacked Democrats for Trump data'
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - Hackers aligned with Russia's government breached US Democratic National Committee computers and stole data including a trove of opposition research on Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
65,000 fan invasion puts French cities on Euro 2016 alert
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» LILLE - Russian and English football fans taunted each other in Lille on Tuesday as the French city and nearby Lens braced for an invasion of up to 65,000 supporters ahead of the latest high-risk Euro 2016 matches.
May goes down as Earth's hottest on record: NASA
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - May's temperatures broke global records yet again, as the northern hemisphere finishes its hottest spring on record, statistics released Tuesday by NASA showed.
Hungary stun 10-man Austria
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» BORDEAUX - Adam Szalai and Zoltan Stieber scored second-half goals as Hungary stunned highly-fancied Austria 2-0 in their Group F opener in Bordeaux on Tuesday.