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Stumbling starts for Spieth, McIlroy as Masters drama resumes
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» AUGUSTA: Jordan Spieth, seeking his fourth major title, and Rory McIlroy, chasing a career Grand Slam, stumbled on the opening hole in Friday's second round of the Masters, where star attraction Tiger Woods had an afternoon start.
Nadal wins in first match since January
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» VALENCIA, Spain: Rafael Nadal on Friday won his first match since limping out of the Australian Open in January when he beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets in the Davis Cup quarter-finals.
First strikes on Syria's Ghouta in days as talks sputter
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» BEIRUT - Deadly air strikes slammed into the last opposition-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Friday for the first time in over a week, after talks sputtered over a rebel withdrawal.
US-China trade war fears escalate as threats ramp up
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: The escalating trade confrontation between Washington and Beijing threatened to boil over Friday after President Donald Trump lashed out again and China called on the European Union to join the battle, sending global stocks into the red.
Trump says WTO is unfair to US
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump teed up a fight with the World Trade Organization Friday, claiming the 164-country body was biased against the United States.
US imposes sanctions on Putin's oligarch allies
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States struck at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle Friday, imposing sanctions on seven of Russia's most influential oligarchs and stoking a diplomatic crisis that some have dubbed a new Cold War.
Trump to again snub White House correspondents' dinner
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will again snub the annual White House correspondents' dinner, organizers said Friday, amid an escalation of attacks by the president on the US media.
US imposes sanctions on Putin's oligarch allies
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs accused of supporting and profiting from President Vladimir Putin's efforts to undermine western democracies.
China urges EU to 'act together' against US protectionism
AFP, Published on 06/04/2018
» BRUSSELS - China on Friday called on the European Union to take a joint stand against US protectionism as the tit-for-tat trade rift between Washington and Beijing threatened to entangle Europe.
Facebook data 'scraping' almost universal
The Associated Press, Published on 06/04/2018
» NEW YORK: Facebook's acknowledgement that most of its 2.2 billion members have probably had their personal data scraped by "malicious actors" is the latest example of the social network's failure to protect its users' data.