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Words behaving badly
Guru, Jarupat Buranastidporn, Published on 15/07/2016
» If the politicians and people of power here do anything well, it's finding the right euphemisms to spin "bad" terms into, well, "not so bad" terms.
Zika epidemic 'to fizzle out' within 3 years
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MIAMI - The outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, blamed for a surge in birth defects, has likely reached its peak in Latin America and the epidemic should be over within three years, researchers said Thursday.
Pain-loving Schippers ready for different Rio experience
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MONACO - Dutch sprint sensation Dafne Schippers predicted that the Rio Olympics would be an altogether different experience from the London edition four years ago.
ICC wary of fixing life-bans
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» LONDON - International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson poured cold water on suggestions match-fixers should face mandatory life-bans as Pakistan's Mohammad Amir made his Test return at Lord's on Thursday.
Pokemon Go mania sweeps Turkey, but some want it banned
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» ISTANBUL - As Pokemon Go users try to "catch 'em all" in Turkey, some want to see the hit mobile app banned in the country, accusing it of undermining Islam.
Messaging app Line soars in stock market debut
Published on 15/07/2016
» NEW YORK - Shares in the Asian hit messaging app Line, Thailand's favourite smartphone app, surged 27% in New York Thursday and 32% on the Tokyo bourse in the markets hungry for the newest technology IPO.
'To Hell with the mosquitoes!' - McLeod disses Zika
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MONACO - Top Jamaican hurdler Omar McLeod delivered a rallying cry Thursday for those athletes headed to the Rio Olympics and concerned about the Zika virus.
Nadal will be ready for Rio, says Spanish Olympic chief
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MADRID - Rafael Nadal will be fit and ready for Rio, the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee insisted Thursday, even though the 14-time Grand Slam title winner is still sweating on his place in the squad.
Tour director evokes 'exceptional circumstances' for Froome decision
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» MONT VENTOUX (FRANCE) - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme explained that "exceptional circumstances" were behind the decision to reinstate Chris Froome with the race leader's yellow jersey.
Microsoft wins fight to protect overseas data
AFP, Published on 15/07/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft on Thursday scored a big victory on a keenly watched privacy battlefront, with a US appeals court exonerating the company for refusing to give police user data stored overseas.