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Rising wage bills curb Premier League profits despite record revenues
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» LONDON - England's 20 Premier League clubs amassed record combined revenues of pound sterling4.8 billion ($6.2 billion) for the 2017/18 season, but saw profitability hit by rising wage bills, according to a report by football finance experts Deloitte.
Thailand set to be Southeast Asia's hottest IPO market
Published on 25/04/2019
» BANGKOK/SINGAPORE: Thailand is set to see the most funds raised from IPOs in Southeast Asia this year, with more than $5 billion (160 billion baht) expected to be garnered in the second half, sources said, as a tourist boost to the economy trumps jitters stoked by inconclusive elections.
US records 695 measles cases, most since elimination in 2000
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» NEW YORK: The United States recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, health authorities said Wednesday.
Princess Soamsawali recovering
Online Reporters, Published on 25/04/2019
» Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali is recovering from a stroke and hypertension, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Thursday.
Falungong: The movement that rattled Beijing
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» BEIJING - The Falungong triggered a relentless Chinese government crackdown against the movement when thousands of its members protested around Communist Party headquarters in Beijing 20 years ago.
North Korea's Kim set for first summit with Putin
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» VLADIVOSTOK (RUSSIA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet for their first-ever summit Thursday, with the visitor looking for Moscow's backing in his nuclear stand-off with the United States.
Japan court grants $4.5m bail to Carlos Ghosn
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» TOKYO: A Japanese court granted Carlos Ghosn bail Thursday, meaning the former Nissan boss could soon walk out of his Tokyo detention centre to prepare his defence against multiple charges of financial misconduct.
Tagged 'spy vulture' causes stir in war-torn Yemen
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» SANAA: Griffon vulture Nelson crossed into war-torn Yemen in search of food but ended up in the hands of Yemeni fighters -- and temporarily in jail for suspected espionage.
Sri Lanka troops join hunt for bomb attack suspects
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka deployed thousands of additional troops countrywide overnight to help police hunt for suspects in the Easter Sunday suicide blasts that killed nearly 360 people, a spokesman said Thursday.
Isolation helps Brazil indigenous group defend way of life
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» ALTAMIRA (BRAZIL) - As the diesel generator rumbles to life in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, teenagers scramble to charge their phones and watch music videos -- an ordinary pastime in an extraordinary setting.