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Referee, executive charged in Belgium football scandal
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» BRUSSELS - A top football referee and a club executive were on Thursday among the first suspects charged in a massive fraud and match-fixing scandal that has engulfed Belgium's elite league.
Scientists produce babies from same-sex mice pairs
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» TOKYO: A team of researchers has produced viable offspring from same-sex pairs of mice, using a novel technology that involves stem cells altered to remove certain genes.
Florida picks up the pieces in Hurricane Michael's wake
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» PANAMA CITY (UNITED STATES) - Residents of the Florida Panhandle woke to scenes of devastation Thursday after Michael tore a path through the coastal region as a powerful hurricane that killed at least two people.
Sports industry gears up for virtual reality revolution
AFP, Published on 11/10/2018
» LONDON - From training with Major League Baseball pitchers to bone-jangling racing on board an F1 car, technology's potential to revolutionise sport was the hot topic as industry leaders met in London this week.
Vietnam seeks to reduce reliance on Asian rice markets
Reuters, Published on 11/10/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam is seeking to reduce its reliance on Asian rice markets while boosting the output of high-quality grain to better position itself in the global market, the government said on Thursday.
US consumer prices up slight 0.1% in September
AP, Published on 11/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: Consumer prices edged up a slight 0.1% in September as energy prices retreated after a big gain in August.
Chinese police use drone to rescue man lost in desert
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/10/2018
» Police in western China used a drone to find a man who had wandered into a desert and got lost, Chinese media reported.
Thailand drops in ranking for expats in HSBC survey
Online Reporters, Published on 11/10/2018
» As other Southeast Asian countries saw their positions unchanged or up in a survey of expats, Thailand and the Philippines went in the opposition direction.
Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the country after a Thai jailbreak last year and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said on Thursday, in disregard of China's request to hand them to Beijing.
Former Fifa official Worawi at court for ban appeal hearing
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» LAUSANNE: Former Fifa executive committee member Worawi Makudi is at the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenging his ban for forgery ahead of a Thailand soccer federation election.