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Prom's journey ends
Published on 04/08/2016
» Prom Putthisri is now back in Thailand after one year in the United States. Here he describes leaving his US friends and getting reacquainted with Thai school life.
'Bullying' Mourinho should be jailed says FifPro member
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» LONDON - Jose Mourinho should be sent to prison for bullying and exiling Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, a member of world players' union FifPro claimed on Thursday.
Murray gives up apartment for village life
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray has decided against living in a private Rio apartment to move into the sprawling Athletes Village, according to International Tennis Federation chief David Haggerty.
Taboo lifted, some Republicans mull Clinton over Trump
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» WASHINGTON - For US Republicans, the taboo of voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election has been lifted, as party dignitaries reject Donald Trump amid one of the deepest controversies of his troubled campaign.
Indian passes landmark tax reform bill
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» NEW DELHI - India's upper house of parliament on Wednesday passed a landmark tax reform bill that will pave the way for the introduction of a new national sales tax, creating a common market across the country for the first time.
Rio Olympics football starts in empty stadium as doping storm rumbles
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The first sporting action of the 2016 Olympics started in a virtually empty stadium on Wednesday as the Russian doping scandal rumbled on.
Olympic torch parades through Rio ahead of Games
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The Olympic flame landed by boat in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to a welcome committee of samba dancers, cheering crowds and small protests ahead of the opening ceremony.
Froome to ditch ego and gamble on Olympic gold
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Tour de France champion Chris Froome said there will be no room for egos in the British team and vowed to gamble on winning Olympic cycling gold.
Pele tries to juggle schedule to light Olympic flame
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian football legend Pele said Wednesday he hoped to light the Olympic flame at Friday's opening ceremony in Rio but must first see if he can cancel prior sponsorship engagements.
Goldman fined $36.3 mn over leaked Fed documents
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it had fined Goldman Sachs $36.3 million for improperly obtaining and distributing confidential regulatory information.