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Zimbabwe opposition confirms court challenge to election results
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's MDC opposition party on Wednesday confirmed it would launch a legal challenge to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow election victory, which it says was due to fraud.
German Ryanair pilots to join European strikes on Friday
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Germany's Ryanair pilots will join a wave of strikes against the no-frills carrier across Europe on Friday, escalating a row over pay and conditions at the height of the summer season.
Will US sanctions spark turmoil in Iran?
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» TEHRAN - If the US was hoping renewed sanctions on Iran would cause immediate economic turmoil and mass anti-government protests, it may be disappointed, though real pain could still be on the horizon.
Tesla board says it will evaluate Musk proposal to go private
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» NEW YORK - Tesla's board of directors said Wednesday it will evaluate chief executive Elon Musk's proposal to take the electric car maker private.
Former Manafort deputy outlines tax evasion scheme
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» ALEXANDRIA (UNITED STATES) - Rick Gates, the key witness in the trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort, described in detail on Tuesday how he helped his ex-boss evade US taxes on millons of dollars for political consulting work done in Ukraine.
Myanmar's captured elephants 'die younger' than domestic-born
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» PARIS: Asian elephants snatched from the wild and conscripted to haul logs in Myanmar's timber industry live on average five years less than working elephants born in captivity, researchers said Tuesday.
Tesla boss Musk tweets he may go private
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» NEW YORK: Controversial Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday he was considering taking the company private, sending shares sharply higher before trading was halted.
US tariffs on Chinese goods to hit $50bn Aug 23: USTR
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: The first round of President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on China will hit the full US$50 billion in goods starting Aug 23, the government announced Tuesday.
Global equities profit from US earnings season
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» NEW YORK - Global stock prices rose on Tuesday on the back of solid second-quarter US corporate earnings which temporarily took investor attention off festering trade wars, dealers said.
New-look England try to do without Stokes in 2nd India Test
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» LONDON: England will be without Ben Stokes while India could make changes too for the second Test at Lord's on Thursday.