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Japanese prince vows 'self-improvement'
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2018
» TOKYO: Crown Prince Naruhito, on the occasion of his 58th birthday on Friday, vowed to "pursue self-improvement" ahead of his accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, 2019.
Moscow cinema fined for showing banned 'Death of Stalin'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» MOSCOW - A Russian court on Thursday slapped a $1,700 fine on a Moscow cinema which screened British comedy-satire The Death of Stalin in defiance of an official ban, prompting a police raid.
German fake-news scandal: 'Bild' hoodwinked
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» Fake news in Germany: 'Bild' hoodwinked BERLIN: Germany's biggest-selling daily newspaper Bild came under pressure on Wednesday after a satirical magazine claimed it made up emails published by the newspaper that suggested Russian meddling in German politics.
Trump doubles down on call to arm school teachers
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared "gun free" schools a "magnet" for mass shooters Thursday, as he doubled down on a deeply controversial proposal to arm teachers in US schools.
Idris Elba taps own roots for director debut 'Yardie'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» BERLIN - British actor Idris Elba said he tapped into his own roots growing up among London's West Indian community -- and his DJ experience -- for his directorial debut, "Yardie", shown Thursday at the Berlin film festival.
Haiti suspends Oxfam operations pending sex scandal probe
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti on Thursday suspended the operations of British charity Oxfam pending the outcome of its investigation into allegations that its staff sexually exploited Haitians after a devastating 2010 earthquake.
All the wild horses are extinct: study
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» MIAMI - All the world's wild horses have gone extinct, according to a study Thursday that unexpectedly rewrites the horse family tree based on a new DNA analysis of their ancestry.
Earliest cave art belonged to Neanderthals, not humans: study
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» MIAMI - The world's oldest known cave art was crafted by Neanderthals more than 20,000 years before modern humans arrived in Europe, showing that our extinct cousins were capable of symbolic thinking just like us, international researchers said Thursday.
Fears soar of another election delay
News, Published on 23/02/2018
» Concerns about a further delay of the general election escalated Thursday after the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) voted to reject all seven candidates chosen to be election commissioners.
Pace shares dip again after surge
Business, Published on 23/02/2018
» The share price of financially beleaguered Pace Development Plc (PACE) fell Thursday following a substantial rise on Wednesday after the company embarked on a capital increase through a rights offering of new shares.