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MLB permanently adopts automatic runner in extra innings
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» NEW YORK - Major League Baseball's joint competition committee made permanent on Monday a rule change putting an automatic runner on base in extra innings for regular-season games.
Shine on: campaigners save London's historic gas lamps
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» LONDON - Intrigued tourists watch as Paul Doy climbs a ladder outside London's Westminster Abbey and lifts the globe of a gas street lamp.
Wikipedia creator's computer and NFT of first edit up for auction
AFP, Published on 04/12/2021
» NEW YORK - The personal computer that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales used when programming the online reference resource 20 years ago is going under the hammer, along with an NFT memorializing his first edit on the platform, auctioneers said Friday.
World's oldest captive alligator marks 83 years in Belgrade zoo
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» BELGRADE: Muja has lived through multiple bombing campaigns and several countries -- all while never leaving a tiny pool in Belgrade's zoo for 83 years, making him the world's oldest captive alligator.
Bombs rattle Bangkok during Asean summit
Agencies, Published on 02/08/2019
» Several bombs exploded in Bangkok on Friday morning, injuring three people, as the capital hosted an Asean foreign ministers’ summit also attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Chinese counterpart.
Duterte loyalists dominate mid-term vote in Philippines
Reuters, Published on 14/05/2019
» MANILA: Allies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have dominated a mid-term Senate election according to unofficial results on Tuesday, indicating growing support for the maverick leader and broad public endorsement of his controversial rule.
Paragliding popularity soars as Hong Kongers seek urban release
AFP, Published on 07/01/2019
» HONG KONG - On a mountain slope overlooking Hong Kong, Giovanni Lam waits for the right gust of wind to send him soaring skywards, one of a growing number of paragliders using flight to escape the dense urban sprawl below.
NHL set for fairy-tale final between Knights and Capitals
AFP, Published on 27/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - A first-year Las Vegas expansion team of NHL castoffs meets a long-suffering Washington club with superstar Alex Ovechkin in his first championship series when the Stanley Cup Final begins Monday.
Tight New Zealand bowling restricts England to 234
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» WELLINGTON - Tight bowling by part-timer Colin de Grandhomme saw New Zealand restrict England to 234 in the third one-day international in Wellington on Saturday.