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Japanese film 'Your Name' takes Asia by storm
Kyodo News, Published on 17/11/2016
» Having taken Japan by storm, the animated film Your Name continued on its soaring popularity to top the box offices in both Hong Kong and Thailand over the past weekend, the film's distributor Toho Co said on Wednesday.
US Congress to grill Fed chair Yellen
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» WASHINGTON - For the first time since the election of Donald Trump, who has harshly criticised the Federal Reserve, Fed Chair Janet Yellen appears before Congress Thursday, when she may signal a December rate hike.
Messi will never leave Barcelona - club president
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» BARCELONA - Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu predicted Wednesday that Lionel Messi would not only extend his contract with the Catalan club but also end his playing days there too.
Mystery thickens over whether Van Gogh 'notebook' is real
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» PARIS - It was, on the face of it, one of the biggest art world discoveries in years.
Syria regime bombs rebels as Aleppo food aid runs out
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - Syrian government and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held parts of northern Syria Wednesday, including battered second city Aleppo, where food aid rations were all-but-exhausted after months of regime siege.
Circus Maximus reopening as Rome frets over vandals
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» ROME - A section of Rome's Circus Maximus, the ancient venue for chariot racing, will be reopened to the public Thursday after seven years of renovation.
Murray fights back to subdue Nishikori in Tour Finals epic
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» LONDON - Andy Murray moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals as the world number one wore down Kei Nishikori in a gruelling 6-7 (9/11), 6-4, 6-4 victory that took over three hours on Wednesday.
Bob Dylan can't make Nobel ceremony: Swedish Academy
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» STOCKHOLM - Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December to accept his literature prize because he has "other commitments", the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.
Economy minister's arrest shocks Russian government liberal wing
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» MOSCOW - The surprise arrest of Russia's economy minister over a two-million-dollar bribe on Wednesday sparked shock and bewilderment in the liberal wing of the Russian government, increasingly worried about political survival.
Twitter bans US 'white supremacists'
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter accounts of white supremacy advocates who helped Donald Trump win the US presidency were mute on Wednesday, suspended as the social network battles hateful vitriol spewed by "trolls."