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Root holds fort after England lose openers
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» CHENNAI (INDIA) - Batsman Joe Root steadied England after the visitors lost their openers early in the fifth and final Test against India in Chennai on Friday.
Smiley faced success for Japan's emoji creator
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» TOKYO - From a humble smiley face with a box mouth and inverted "V's" for eyes, crude weather symbols, and a rudimentary heart -- emoji have now exploded into the world's fastest-growing language.
Snapchat surgery: Education by seeing what a surgeon sees
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/12/2016
» To fight global shortage of surgeons & teachers, live surgery broadcast to medical students around world by innovative medical school teacher.
Red-shirt leaders charged with illegal political gathering
Online Reporters, Published on 16/12/2016
» Military prosecutors on Friday charged 19 leading red-shirt members with defying a ban on political gatherings in organising the launch of a centre to monitor the charter referendum.
Putin says next step for Syria is nationwide ceasefire
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» TOKYO - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the next stage in ending Syria's bloody civil war will be getting all sides to agree to a nationwide ceasefire, as thousands of civilians and rebels poured out of Aleppo.
Post-imperial strongman duo rile West with renewed alliance
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» ISTANBUL - It had seemed impossible to find insults more scathing, as Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of trading oil with Islamic State jihadists and making modern Turkey's founder Ataturk "roll in his grave".
Putin, Abe signal no resolution on island dispute
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» TOKYO - Russia and Japan on Friday signalled there was no resolution after a two-day summit to a decades-long territorial dispute that has blocked them from achieving a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities.
Armed force alone will never vanquish IS, US experts say
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - If the Islamic State group is to be defeated and prevented from reappearing under some new guise, the root causes behind its birth and growth must be addressed, American experts say.
China in 'bubble' warning as spending tops $1 billion
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» BEIJING - China's state media warned a "bubble" had developed in Chinese football on Friday after spending topped $1 billion this year and rumours swirled of yet more big-money signings.
Aleppo evacuation suspended: Syria security source
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - The Syrian government on Friday suspended an operation to evacuate civilians and fighters from the last rebel-held parts of Aleppo, accusing the opposition of violating the deal, a security source said.