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Japan to offer Myanmar ¥100bn in loans
Kyodo News, Published on 26/08/2016
» TOKYO - Japan plans to offer ¥100 billion (US$995 million) in loans to Myanmar for infrastructure development, a Japanese government source said on Friday.
Guardiola handed Barcelona reunion with Manchester City
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» MONACO - Pep Guardiola will return to former club Barcelona with Manchester City in the Champions League after the two sides were thrown together in Thursday's group stage draw in Monaco.
Ronaldo crowned Uefa Best Player in Europe
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» MONACO - Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo won the Uefa Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday after winning both last season's Champions League and Euro 2016 with Portugal.
Colombia's Santos orders definitive ceasefire with FARC
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» BOGOTA - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the army Thursday to observe a definitive ceasefire with the FARC rebels after the two sides reached a deal to end their half-century conflict.
Billion-euro deals shatter Premier League transfer record
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» LONDON - Big spending English clubs have shattered the Premier League's transfer spending record after the total splashed out £880 million ($1.1 billion, 1 billion euros) on Thursday.
Ethiopia's Rio medal haul not good enough: Gebreselassie
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's haul of eight track medals with just one gold at the Rio Olympics was not satisfactory, according to legendary distance runner Haile Gebreselassie, who blamed the under-par performance on the country's athletics federation.
Crosby leads Canada in World Cup of Hockey
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Sidney Crosby will captain Canada at the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, it was confirmed Thursday.
US man posted illegal gun parts to Thailand
Published on 26/08/2016
» WORCESTER, Massachusetts - A United States resident who illegally shipped gun parts around the world has been sentenced in Massachusetts to nearly three years in federal prison.
Myanmar soldiers, police seal off quake-damaged ancient temples
Published on 26/08/2016
» BAGAN - Truckloads of soldiers and squadrons of police sealed off some of the centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan on Thursday, a day after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful earthquake.
Turkey shells Kurdish militia in northern Syria: Turkish state media
AFP, Published on 26/08/2016
» ISTANBUL - Turkish artillery on Thursday shelled targets of the militia of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in northern Syria after they advanced in violation of an accord with the United States, state media said.