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Yemeni boys excited for bus trip before deadly strike, father recalls
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» DAHYAN (YEMEN) - Little Ali begged his father to let him and his brothers go on a class trip in northern Yemen this summer. None of them would come home alive.
Cambodian reptile cafe slithers into people's hearts
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» PHNOM PENH: For anyone terrified of an albino python, an orange corn snake or a scaly, bearded iguana, Chea Raty says getting up close and personal at Phnom Penh's first reptile-themed cafe is the only remedy.
Free from jihadist grip, Iraqi weightlifters target medals
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» MOSUL (IRAQ) - Two years ago, the Islamic State group offered two successful Iraqi weightlifters a choice -- either they compete in the Rio Paralympics, or stay in Mosul, then controlled by the jihadists.
For sale: Australian pub in the middle of nowhere
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» BIRDSVILLE (AUSTRALIA) - One of Australia's most well-known pubs, located in the country's remote outback thousands of miles from major cities, is on the market for the first time in decades and attracting local and international interest.
Uighur footballer chases China landmark in troubled times
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» SHANGHAI - The scion of a footballing family is primed to become the first Uighur to represent China's national team, amid growing international concern about the fate of the ethnic minority group.
Starbucks finally opens cafe in Italy, home of espresso
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» MILAN: US coffee giant Starbucks opens its first branch in Italy on Thursday, with the sprawling Milan 'roastery' at the avant-garde of an ambitious plan to conquer the spiritual home of espresso.
Facebook to build $1bn Singapore data centre, first in Asia
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» SINGAPORE: Facebook said Thursday it will invest over $1 billion to build a data centre in Singapore, its first in Asia, powered by renewable energy and adapted to the city-state's tropical climate.
Cambodia forms new government led by Hun Sen
Published on 06/09/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's lawmakers on Thursday voted in a new parliamentary leadership and government, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party, after a July general election that was derided internationally because it was largely uncontested.
India's Supreme Court ends ban on gay sex
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a colonial-era ban on gay sex at the centre of years of legal battles.
UK says Putin 'ultimately' responsible for spy poisoning
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» LONDON - British Security Minister Ben Wallace said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England in March.