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From Man Utd to Hong Kong, Forlan's still going strong
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» HONG KONG: Former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan said he hasn't lost his passion for football and has no plans to retire as he embraces his latest challenge: firing Hong Kong's Kitchee in the Asian Champions League.
South Korean envoys in historic trip to meet North's Kim
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» SEOUL - The most senior South Koreans to travel North for more than a decade arrived in Pyongyang Monday to meet leader Kim Jong Un, the latest step in an Olympics-driven rapprochement on the divided peninsula.
Cambodians jailed for brutal attack on French tourists on Koh Kut
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» A court has sentenced five Cambodian fishermen to 50 years each for a violent 2016 attack on French tourists in which two women were raped, an official said Monday.
Eight arrested in Belgium anti-terror raids: source
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - Eight people were arrested in Brussels after counter-terror raids as part of an investigation into an alleged attack plot, a source close to the probe said.
Aid convoy enters Syria enclave as regime presses offensive
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - A UN convoy entered Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Monday to deliver much-needed aid as regime forces seized more ground in a fierce offensive to retake the battered rebel enclave.
UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Monday ordered an immediate probe into the situation in Syria's besieged rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, as aid arrived there for the first time in weeks.
China's defence spending to accelerate in 2018
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BEIJING: China announced on Monday an 8.1 percent defence budget increase for 2018, giving a boost to the modernisation of the world's largest military after spending slowed in the previous two years.
Italy vote 'mess' could deal blow to EU reform push
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The EU struggled Monday to absorb the shock of a populist breakthrough in Italy amid fears that the anti-migrant blowback would threaten a post-Brexit reform drive led by France and Germany.
Investigation opened into Astori death in Italy
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» ROME - A judicial inquiry had been launched following the death of 31-year-old Italian footballer Davide Astori, whose autopsy is expected to be carried out later in the day.
Germany warns protectionism is 'wrong path' for US
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - The German government warned Monday that a transatlantic trade war would harm both Europe and the US, urging Washington not to take a "wrong path" after a weekend of aggressive rhetoric.